Trev to A&M

[Cdog923]

He’s gotta be 70 right?

73. Let him do it for a year or two until someone more permanent can be found. 

For reference sake: TO was 70 when he was hired as AD in 2007.

 

[presidentjlh]

The time has come to seriously ask: What dark rituals did Devaney and Osborne perform that we have been paying for for nearly 25 years?

 

[Micheal]

Can we take his name off north stadium if he leaves? hahaha Probably not. 

 

[SandhillshuskerW]

"People don't quit their jobs, they quit their boss."

This is 100% accurate. I left my last teaching job in Grand Island because the administration was tough to work for. I have taught for 23 years now and I've had some good and some bad, but I would say I definitely left jobs because of bosses. I am really hoping this whole Trev thing is a ploy to get more money, but it sounds like he is probably gone.

 

[BIGREDIOWAN]

WTF?!  :facepalm:

 

[Street Novelist]

This is not the news I wanted to wakeup to...and it's been such a quiet offseason. 

 

[Micheal]

This is not the news I wanted to wakeup to...and it's been such a quiet offseason. 

We were bound to have a gut punch this off season. This one would hurt pretty good though. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

"People don't quit their jobs, they quit their boss."

OK...so who is the problem?

 

[teachercd]

That is the only thing that makes sense. Big cash grab prior to retiring.

Right, do work another 4 years, make 10 million or more and go enjoy life with your family out in South Carolina. 

 

[Loe Doesnt Know]

or, if the rumored amount of 4.1 mill per year is true.. work for 4 and retire with 16 mill... who the heck wouldn't take that? 

 

[Decoy73]

I'm almost fully convinced that, if this is actually happening, it's political in nature. 

What I’m thinking too.  
 

 

[Red Five]

Interesting, if true.

So he's been looking for a reason to leave for a while.  Hmmmm

 

[Lorewarn]

Guys did we just.... lose the offseason national championship?

dynasty over :'( 

 

[Cdog923]

OK...so who is the problem?

That's the $64,000 question, but I'm guessing there's a few Rs and Ds behind their names. 

 

[Wistrom Disciple]

A&M is a worse job because of external expectations and booster ego's that compete to run the place. They have very little success in sports because they have 20 mega boosters pulling Athletics in 20 different directions. There's a reason they've never won anything before, it's a pressure cooker without a leader. 

It does pay more than Nebraska and boosters with more money. But he's going to inevitably be fired because TAMU inevitably fires all their ADs.

Some might say that Nebraska has had similar issues with boosters, administrators, and fans having outsized expectations or ego issues. Outside of volleyball and bowling, it's hard to find any of our programs that have had reasonably sustained success in the past 20 years. A strong argument could be made that A&M has accomplished more than us during that time. Unfortunately, we shot ourselves in the foot with a few coaches who were successful (Solich & Pelini) because of high expectations and it took quite a while for our administrative alignment to fall back into a good place. 

I'm still hopeful that Trev decides to stay and sees the progress through. It's been quite an impressive turnaround within the department, to lose that momentum would suck.