Oh, For C+#st's Sake! On a Lot of Fronts.

Oh, For C+#st's Sake! On a Lot of Fronts.
by dillon77 (2022-06-12 12:34:49)
Edited on 2022-06-12 13:20:49

In reply to: That is a major bummer. posted by G.K.Chesterton

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- Matt Sparks found, mentored and promoted Carlson up the ladder and -- blammo -- out the door. Now, I guess that Tennessee threw a freaking bank vault of cash at him, but this still kind of boggles the mind.

My gut is that Carlson felt he was losing that A+++ squad of XC runners to graduation and that it wasn't going to get any better at du lac (at least not for awhile), so leave while you're on top and a lot of cash is coming your way. Plus, maybe he didn't like the idea of being in charge of the entire track program.

So, he gets a raise for less responsibilities. Maybe he didn't want them?

- For ND, The only good thing I can say is that Sparks is still here to keep the mothership going. He can, if need be, step into the HC role for distance again while finding someone.

- Now, for Tennessee: the timing of this is just beyond tactless. Given the release hit Sat., June 11th, did Carlson even take a plane back to South Bend? On top of that, we're currently playing Tenn. in baseball. What happens if Tennessee beats the Irish in the game three today? Oh, we steal Long Distance/XC coach and beat your baseball team.

Seems like Tennessee doesn't give an iota about any degree of collegiality. So, if they don't, I won't: hope the Irish bats warm up and pound the Vols. Also hope Sparks and/or new assistants come back strong next year.

Well at least we beat #1Tennessee in baseball. *

Yeah, I'm Glad We Did That...

and not allow the Tennessee AD to go up, 2-0, on the Irish over the weekend.

I'm pretty level-headed about most things at my age, but I can't tell you how ticked off this makes me. It must be something out of the "deal with it" playbook, but everything from the open checkbook to the timing just galls me.

And, while Carlson, as an employee doesn't owe us squat, I've got to think Matt Spark is blindsided by his protege.

Errr...

Like when Bielema broke the news to Barry Alvarez? *

Tennessee AD is ND '02 and son of Kevin White *

The White family has no love for ND *

What’s backstory? Did Kevin feel pushed out? This guy was a

walk on during Breys early years, right?

Not sure

All I know is when ND plays at Duke, he tends to be unavailable so as to (as was quoted to me) "avoid those Notre Dame assholes".

ND grad & current Duke AD, Nina King, spoke at Reunion

She had many, many good words about Kevin white - minority and women hiring especially - of course he brought her with him when he went to Duke.

I have no other knowledge of Kevin White, just though I'd post another opinion of Kevin White I just heard recently.