Experienced AD would've been preferable, but no doubt that
by Freight Train (2023-06-08 11:54:06)
Edited on 2023-06-08 12:41:26

In reply to: Swarbrick stepping down in 2024 (link)  posted by RISteve

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Bevacqua > Swarbrick. Bevacqua, an attorney by trade, has run several organizations with real people, real budgets and real shareholders. Swarbrick was a transaction attorney.

Attorneys are generally good advisors on legal strategies but they are almost universally horrible leaders of organizations. Bevacqua bucked that trend and he proved that elsewhere. Swarbrick did not.

I'm not saying Bevacqua would be better than any number of experienced ADs. He's a disappointing choice to be sure, but there's every reason to believe he'd be a step-up from the low bar that was Swarbrick. He's actually run businesses.

P.S. Bevacqua being the successor was foreseeable for several years. Below is just one of many video interviews I've seen between Swarbrick and Bevacqua. There's another one somewhere that was conducted at the top of the Hesburgh Library or the Stadium Press Box within the last 2-3 years.



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