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re: Jeff Long out as Kansas AD
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:27 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:27 pm to TigerLunatik
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Jeff Long out as Kansas AD
Good.
Now they can hire an AD who has a clue.
This post was edited on 3/10/21 at 3:34 pm
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Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:31 pm to Robot Santa
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Didn't Petrino hire and subsequently promote his mistress? From what I recall that is what got him fired, not the motorcycle wreck where he crashed his face into her boyfriend's fist 16 times in a row.
Yes I think any AD would have fired Petrino after this. Other than maybe Joe Alleva.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:32 pm to bigDgator
If I remember correctly. I believe he also refused to fire Bret Bielema.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:33 pm to bigDgator
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Yes I think any AD would have fired Petrino after this. Other than maybe Joe Alleva.
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Former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva wanted ex-coach Les Miles fired with cause in the summer 2013, an email from Alleva showed in the newly released Husch Blackwell investigation.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:34 pm to TigerLunatik
RCJ
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:37 pm to hogSS
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Single handedly destroyed the football program by firing Petrino
While I don’t disagree with the rest, pretty sure he had no choice with Petrino once it came out he got his mistress a job in the AD. Had he just been fricking her it wouldn’t have been such a big deal.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:38 pm to BluegrassBelle
I've always thought that the $20,000 "gift" was a big reason why Petrino was fired too.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:39 pm to Robot Santa
He recommended the hire to Long and he can only approve the hires. So knew what was going on. But nothing he did involved the NCAA or an FBI investigation. It was a bout covering up any embarrassing or wrong doing on his part. To save his own face, he put Petrino under the bus. Kansas was smarter and fired Long.
Petrino never had the backing of the Arkansas good ole boys and certainly not Long. Nutt who underachieved made sure he got a long with the big name boosters and lasted way longer than he should have.
Petrino never had the backing of the Arkansas good ole boys and certainly not Long. Nutt who underachieved made sure he got a long with the big name boosters and lasted way longer than he should have.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:40 pm to WhiteGramblingGrad72
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Don’t really get how this is Jeff Long’s fault. None of this was public until last Thursday and they acted quickly.
Long either asked questions before hiring Miles and got some answers and ignored them or he didn't truly vet the hire. Both are not what a good AD does.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:42 pm to TigerLunatik
I know, he would probably have "wanted" to fire Petrino as well. He needs to fix his want to.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:47 pm to calcotron
He also knew that before hiring John L Smith that he was millions in dollars in debt and had the mental state of a squirrel.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:50 pm to bigDgator
The problem is no one knows what happened behind the scenes. The Arkansas media is so dishonest here and Long was a good liar.
This post was edited on 3/10/21 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:50 pm to dchog
Kansas still has their sleaze ball basketball HC.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:51 pm to dchog
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Here are the Mr. Integrity hires after Petrino. I'm sure I'm missing more but these are the ones at the top of my head. John L Smith The Bert Jimmy Dykes Chris Bucknam
You forgot Dave Wannstadt at Pitt.
Long was into lazy hires where he concentrated on making a big splash with a known name without actually looking at things like fit, recent success, or suitability. And he ALWAYS thought he was the smartest guy in the room.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:52 pm to Robot Santa
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crashed his face into her boyfriend's fist 16 times in a row.
Fiancé. Fiancé, who also worked for the university
Posted on 3/10/21 at 3:56 pm to HongDong
He was never going to fire Bert. Long was fired in November 2017. The excuse was that he wouldn't fire Bert but it was far more complicated than that.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:00 pm to dchog
Long, and a long = "along"
Just messing with you dchog
Just messing with you dchog
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:01 pm to dchog
Long knew about the frickup with the RF contract. That’s why he wouldn’t have ever fired Bert. He was trying to cover his arse.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:28 pm to Cossatotjoe
RF? I may have blocked something but I don't know what you're referencing.
Posted on 3/10/21 at 4:41 pm to WhiteGramblingGrad72
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Don’t really get how this is Jeff Long’s fault. None of this was public until last Thursday and they acted quickly.
Jeff Long essentially admitted he knew about Les' issues when he said it was questionable if they could prove they didn't know when they hired Les. That is why the cut a deal instead of firing Les.
TLDR: Jeff Long knew before hiring Les and that is why he is being fired.
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