Big Turk Posted September 18 Posted September 18 Seriously? Do people not learn from other instances of hiring random sports reporters to either be the coach or GM? Jeff Saturday with the Colts? Mike Mayock with the Raiders? Just because he went to Bonaventure and graduated doesn't make him fit to run the basketball operations. Mind boggling. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nba-insider-adrian-wojnarowski-leaving-espn-to-take-over-as-gm-of-st-bonaventures-mens-basketball-team-150237562.html 1 Quote
BarkLessWagMore Posted September 18 Posted September 18 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Big Turk said: Seriously? Do people not learn from other instances of hiring random sports reporters to either be the coach or GM? Jeff Saturday with the Colts? Mike Mayock with the Raiders? Just because he went to Bonaventure and graduated doesn't make him fit to run the basketball operations. Mind boggling. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nba-insider-adrian-wojnarowski-leaving-espn-to-take-over-as-gm-of-st-bonaventures-mens-basketball-team-150237562.html This has to be a joke post. Apples and Zebras. Saturday was the head coach and Mayock was GM of NFL franchises. Directly responsible for roster construction and on field performance week to week. Woj will be neither. I am quite sure his role will be centered around the NIL and making his beloved alma mater competitive in that arena despite having one of the smallest athletic budgets in Division I, bringing to bear his considerable connections to create opportunities for the players, both now and for future recruits. It is an absolutely brilliant move that is only possible with a school like SBU that develops lifelong love affairs with a significant percentage of its alumni. Could not be more excited about it. Edited September 18 by BarkLessWagMore 4 1 1 Quote
Augie Posted September 18 Posted September 18 13 minutes ago, BarkLessWagMore said: This has to be a joke post. Apples and Zebras. Saturday was the head coach and Mayock was GM of NFL franchises. Directly responsible for roster construction and on field performance week to week. Woj will be neither. I am quite sure his role will be centered around the NIL and making his beloved alma mater competitive in that arena despite having one of the smallest athletic budgets in Division I, bringing to bear his considerable connections to create opportunities for the players, both now and for future recruits. It is an absolutely brilliant move that is only possible with a school like SBU that develops lifelong love affairs with a significant percentage of its alumni. Could not be more excited about it. Yeah, he’s not coaching an NFL team or running their draft. He’s taking a mostly administrative type of role at his Alma mater. I don’t know what that role entails or how qualified it is, but it’s St Bonaventure, not the NFL. I wonder if he was going to be one more cut at ESPN and he found another path. He’s probably as qualified as anyone to handle NIL and portal issues, since it’s not like other people have been doing this for decades. It’s a new frontier, and I’ll wish him well. 1 Quote
zow2 Posted September 18 Posted September 18 I read somewhere else he was already a huge supporter of the Bonnies program in every way and has been very involved in getting NIL donations, etc.. So now instead of doing it in an unofficial capacity he will be official. 1 1 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted September 18 Posted September 18 (edited) 4 hours ago, BarkLessWagMore said: This has to be a joke post. Apples and Zebras. Saturday was the head coach and Mayock was GM of NFL franchises. Directly responsible for roster construction and on field performance week to week. Woj will be neither. I am quite sure his role will be centered around the NIL and making his beloved alma mater competitive in that arena despite having one of the smallest athletic budgets in Division I, bringing to bear his considerable connections to create opportunities for the players, both now and for future recruits. It is an absolutely brilliant move that is only possible with a school like SBU that develops lifelong love affairs with a significant percentage of its alumni. Could not be more excited about it. Bonaventures actually has a pretty decent basketball budget it is nowhere near one of the smallest out of 360 division 1 schools For example they're their basketball budget last year was over 4 million dollars Niagara on the other hand was just over 1 million Niagara has one of the smallest budgets in the country, Bonnie's is 4x as much The A10 has the biggest basketball budgets outside of the power four conferences and the Big East Edited September 18 by Buffalo716 1 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted September 18 Posted September 18 He grew up in the area 2 miles from the campus, is a alum there and has been a big supporter. He's 55 and said I've made enough I'm going home. Good for him 3 1 2 1 Quote
CowgirlsFan Posted September 19 Posted September 19 I will miss his views on the NBA. I wish him well in this next chapter of his career. 1 Quote
Augie Posted September 19 Posted September 19 20 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said: He grew up in the area 2 miles from the campus, is a alum there and has been a big supporter. He's 55 and said I've made enough I'm going home. Good for him I heard on Dan Patrick this morning his contract was for $7 MIL/year and he had 3 years left. How many years had be been making that kind of coin? The guy can afford to do anything he wants at this point in his life. He can afford to make “only” about $70k/yr now. Good for him! I think it’s awesome! 1 Quote
bills_fan Posted September 19 Posted September 19 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: No more woj bombs 🙁. It’s Shams world now. You sure about that? I'm pretty sure Woj will drop a bomb when he gets a top 35 recruit to commit to St. Bona....lol 2 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted September 19 Posted September 19 From todays Athletic.... On Wednesday, he put out a statement on X that harkened back to those award-winning general sports columnist days at the Record. Wojnarowski wrote, “Time isn’t in endless supply and I want to spend mine in ways that are more personally meaningful.” 1 1 Quote
Augie Posted September 19 Posted September 19 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: From todays Athletic.... On Wednesday, he put out a statement on X that harkened back to those award-winning general sports columnist days at the Record. Wojnarowski wrote, “Time isn’t in endless supply and I want to spend mine in ways that are more personally meaningful.” I will quote that because, well, I can. I used to see him pop up on TV in various places annoying me with NBA news (I loved the Braves, but don’t even watch the Finals now). He seemed fine, but I just wasn’t interested in his content. I am now a huge fan of this man. Enjoy the new gig, and the new life, sir! . Edited September 19 by Augie 2 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted September 19 Posted September 19 21 minutes ago, Augie said: I will quote that because, well, I can. I used to see him pop up on TV in various places annoying me with NBA news (I loved the Braves, but don’t even watch the Finals now). He seemed fine, but I just wasn’t interested in his content. I am now a huge fan of this man. Enjoy the new gig, and the new life, sir! . I think that is a great quote and so true. 1 1 Quote
US Egg Posted September 20 Posted September 20 To derive anything other than positives here is a head scratcher. There's so few who'd do a "Woj" in big time athletics. Class move all the way around. 2 Quote
BuffaloBill Posted September 21 Posted September 21 16 hours ago, US Egg said: To derive anything other than positives here is a head scratcher. There's so few who'd do a "Woj" in big time athletics. Class move all the way around. Sometimes people simply need to refresh their careers and lives. Maybe this is this type of move for him. Quote
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