Bill Moos Out As AD at Nebraska

[kchusker_chris]

People are trying really hard to make this into some form of scandal.  

...others are trying to brush this off as business-as-usual...which unfortunately for Nebraska it is becoming.

 

[Savage Husker]

I'm not going to research it.  But, contracts like this are common and this stuff is typically spelled out in the contract when the person is hired.

Pertaining to the contract itself, I won’t argue. The announcement, no “retirement” press conference, no thank you for your service, nothing from coaches, and vague response about future vision.@Dr. Strangelove has a point that this wreaks of something not good. Not doom and gloom bad, but the lack of transparency comes off like weak leadership without direction.
 

Not going too far down the rabbit hole, make me wonder if Moos was too much backbone for the B1G and his dissenting vote(s) put pressure on NU to make a change. Wonder if Moos was ready to actually lead something last fall or if he got whipped back in-line. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Not going too far down the rabbit hole, make me wonder if Moos was too much backbone for the B1G and his dissenting vote(s) put pressure on NU to make a change.

Do you have a problem with any of his actions towards the Big Ten?

 

[admo]

Can I have 5 bucks?

 

[Nebraska55fan]

What is disappointing is we haven't seemed to learn from our mistakes. 

Have someone in the WINGS BEFORE you FIRE someone- unless said firee is causing harm to others. Disappointing. 

Have no problem with replacing Moos if he is AWOL- but have someone in the wings, committed and ready to replace him.

 

[DrinkinwitTerrellFarley]

Nebraska: Plan is to buy out Moos and go get option #1 for AD.

......Gives Moos hefty buy-out, option #1 declines AD job.......

Nebraska: Well, f#&%.

Oh God, it's Houston Nutt on the tarmac isn't it?

 

[Savage Husker]

Do you have a problem with any of his actions towards the Big Ten?

From outside looking in and for the little that I know, I do not. If there is more info out there than what I’m privy to, that could alter my opinion. I liked Moos, I met him twice and I enjoyed my conversations with him and his wife.
 

Am I wrong for wondering what’s going on now that we’ve had sudden departures of Bounds and now Moos? It just doesn’t sit right. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

...others are trying to brush this off as business-as-usual...which unfortunately for Nebraska it is becoming.

It's common for Nebraska because it's common in college athletes nation wide.  We are not unique in this....as much as people want to think we are.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Pertaining to the contract itself, I won’t argue. The announcement, no “retirement” press conference, no thank you for your service, nothing from coaches, and vague response about future vision.@Dr. Strangelove has a point that this wreaks of something not good. Not doom and gloom bad, but the lack of transparency comes off like weak leadership without direction.
 

Not going too far down the rabbit hole, make me wonder if Moos was too much backbone for the B1G and his dissenting vote(s) put pressure on NU to make a change. Wonder if Moos was ready to actually lead something last fall or if he got whipped back in-line. 

Good Lord people....a 70 year old AD retired.  He wanted to wait till the end of his contract, but was asked to retire early.  Do you realize how often that happens in every day life in companies all over?  It's not a scandal.  It's not cause for alarm.  It's not an indication of some deep horrible condition of the AD department.

A 70 year old retired.  That shouldn't be this big of news.

 

[Dogs In A Pile]

What is disappointing is we haven't seemed to learn from our mistakes. 

Have someone in the WINGS BEFORE you FIRE someone- unless said firee is causing harm to others. Disappointing. 

Have no problem with replacing Moos if he is AWOL- but have someone in the wings, committed and ready to replace him.

I figured with the sudden nature of his "retirement" they would have somebody to fill the job this week. After all, we've been down this road a few times. The only thing I can figure is they wanted him out and it needed to be before the end of the fiscal year. But once again we are in search mode with the job vacant.

 

[BigRedBuster]

But once again we are in search mode with the job vacant.

Which is not an alarming horrible thing.

 

[knapplc]

Good Lord people....a 70 year old AD retired.  He wanted to wait till the end of his contract, but was asked to retire early.  Do you realize how often that happens in every day life in companies all over?  It's not a scandal.  It's not cause for alarm.  It's not an indication of some deep horrible condition of the AD department.

A 70 year old retired.  That shouldn't be this big of news.

If there's no announcement soon, there's an issue. Upcoming retirement or not, Moos isn't told to go now, leaving the AD position vacant for an unknown amount of time, without an issue. 

If they don't announce a new AD within the next few days that means there's a reason Moos had to go. That reason could be anything from a performance issue to a health issue.  There's good reason to be curious about all of this.

 

[BigRedBuster]

If there's no announcement soon, there's an issue. Upcoming retirement or not, Moos isn't told to go now, leaving the AD position vacant for an unknown amount of time, without an issue. 

If they don't announce a new AD within the next few days that means there's a reason Moos had to go. That reason could be anything from a performance issue to a health issue.  There's good reason to be curious about all of this.

The position isn't vacant.  There is an interim AD.....one of which has been basically doing the job for a while now.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't the replacement.

AND....I have no doubt that he was asked to retire earlier than he wished.  Again....like I said earlier.....that's not an indication of some horrible condition in the AD office.

 

[Savage Husker]

Good Lord people....a 70 year old AD retired.  He wanted to wait till the end of his contract, but was asked to retire early.  Do you realize how often that happens in every day life in companies all over?  It's not a scandal.  It's not cause for alarm.  It's not an indication of some deep horrible condition of the AD department.

A 70 year old retired.  That shouldn't be this big of news.

I know a 72 year old hanging on until his company tells him it’s time to go, so I do understand your point. 

I’m just speculating at this point and If this program didnt have a track record of instability or turmoil, then my opinion would be different. You could very well be correct, and I’m hoping that’s the case.

 

[knapplc]

The position isn't vacant.  There is an interim AD.....one of which has been basically doing the job for a while now.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't the replacement.

AND....I have no doubt that he was asked to retire earlier than he wished.  Again....like I said earlier.....that's not an indication of some horrible condition in the AD office.

The position is vacant, let's not parse words. 

I also never said there was anything "horrible." We can't really determine that yet, can we? 

If there's an announcement of a new AD soon, this was all because their candidate was ready now and Moos was already going to retire. But without that announcement, there's something else going on. 

I’m just speculating at this point and If this program didnt have a track record of instability or turmoil, then my opinion would be different. You could very well be correct, and I’m hoping that’s the case.

I think there's enough truth to this that speculation is warranted. 

Maybe it turns out to be nothing. But we can't decide that with what we know right now.