Trojans name Lynn Swann AD

[NDSMC78]

Swann was a nice player. Not sure what experience he has administering a major athletic program.


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...athletic-director-southern-california-trojans

 

[Irishjohn68]

I have always liked Lynn Swann, but it does seem like a strange hirer. But I do hope SC goes 11-1 every season under Lynn. Go Irish!

 

[artemis gordon]

I can't believe he would leave beautiful Pittsburgh for Southern California.

 

[Classic Irish]

I suspect that he'll be more like Garret than Haden.

 

[cgvr]

Swann was a nice player. Not sure what experience he has administering a major athletic program.


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...athletic-director-southern-california-trojans

He'll use his experience to be more discrete with the bags of cash....

I wish Luther had ripped his head off.

 

[ndbeartrap]

I would like to have our corners play like Bradley did.

 

[schadenfreude]

I suspect that he'll be more like Garret than Haden.

I don't think Garret was any better than Haden. For the Trojans' sake, he'd better be an improvement on both.

 

[mbd11]

They seem to prefer football alumni over people with actual experience in athletic administration. Hope it works out well for them though; always thought Swann was a classy guy.

 

[greengael]

They seem to prefer football alumni over people with actual experience in athletic administration. Hope it works out well for them though; always thought Swann was a classy guy.

Hooray for HOLLYWOOD!!

 

[Classic Irish]

I don't think Garret was any better than Haden. For the Trojans' sake, he'd better be an improvement on both.

I thought Haden was a good guy and tried to clean up the place. I think Swann will be more like Garret in terms of pushing the envelope on NCAA rules.

 

[cgvr]

I would like to have our corners play like Bradley did.

I would like our whole team to play with bad intentions.

Watch the 1977 Green Machine game versus southern cal. It's on youtube. I was able to play it on my TV a while back. We made a lot of mistakes that game and still managed to beat the ever living crap out of them. We had a ton of beautiful flying tackles in that game. PS "Choirboy" Restic was an animal....

 

[IRISHJD98]

Their last two guys didn't have any experience and that worked out well.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/usc-trojans-lynn-swann-athletic-director-041316

 

[cgvr]

They seem to prefer football alumni over people with actual experience in athletic administration. Hope it works out well for them though; always thought Swann was a classy guy.

They also prefer a man in a leather skirt as a mascot.

 

[Pennick4]

OJ might be next in line.

 

[john0gaunt]

Swanny is going to be great. They're going to make that school the place to be in LA again.

Sh*t, the ND coach in a few years is going to have his hands full.

Go Irish!

 

[greengael]

Swanny is going to be great. They're going to make that school the place to be in LA again.

Sh*t, the ND coach in a few years is going to have his hands full.

Go Irish!

You understand that he is the Athletic Director right? The N.D. coach already has his hands full, that wasn't exactly a route last year under particularly favorable circumstances, was it?

 

[john0gaunt]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought he was hired as the Athletic Director. My comment is that this is a home run hire for the team from southern california.

Go Irish!

 

[Pennick4]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought he was hired as the Athletic Director. My comment is that this is a home run hire for the team from southern california.

Go Irish!

Maybe from a ND fans perspective. Since when is the Ad job a ceremonial position?

 

[cgvr]

Oh, thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought he was hired as the Athletic Director. My comment is that this is a home run hire for the team from southern california.

Go Irish!

Well as big a tool bag as Petros is he sort of knows what is going on....

USC Morning Buzz: Lynn Swann Takes Center Stage
Posted on April 14, 2016 by Scott Wolf
21 Comments
http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/

Lynn Swann will be at USC today. And he should be congratulated for an amazing feat: He was hired as athletic director after USC considered more than 200 applicants for the job. More than 200 people applied and USC determined the most-qualified person was someone with no experience as an athletic director. Did Swann even interview for the job?

“Lynn Swann will be able to immediately fill Pat Haden’s role as golf-trip organizer for the USC rich and powerful boosters,” radio host Petros Papadakis said. “Don’t sit here and lie to people and say you hired a search firm. They obviously don’t want to hire anybody with any kind of administrative experience. They want to make an image hire. Don’t tell me about your search firm.

“I don’t think USC cares what anybody cares or thinks about anything anymore.”

 

[FLballcoach1]

Wait. YOU are calling someone a "tool"? So what is the adjective we should use to describe you? I mean you are a jock sniffing, name dropping, football ignoramus with deep seeded self esteem issues and in dire need of psychotropic drugs.

I believe the politically correct term is "developmentally disabled". Is your alleged ND degree filled out in crayon or finger paint?

 

[schadenfreude]

They also prefer a man in a leather skirt as a mascot.

Everyone knows that the skirts men wear should be made of wool.

 

[mbd11]

Well as big a tool bag as Petros is he sort of knows what is going on....

USC Morning Buzz: Lynn Swann Takes Center Stage
Posted on April 14, 2016 by Scott Wolf
21 Comments
http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/

Lynn Swann will be at USC today. And he should be congratulated for an amazing feat: He was hired as athletic director after USC considered more than 200 applicants for the job. More than 200 people applied and USC determined the most-qualified person was someone with no experience as an athletic director. Did Swann even interview for the job?

“Lynn Swann will be able to immediately fill Pat Haden’s role as golf-trip organizer for the USC rich and powerful boosters,” radio host Petros Papadakis said. “Don’t sit here and lie to people and say you hired a search firm. They obviously don’t want to hire anybody with any kind of administrative experience. They want to make an image hire. Don’t tell me about your search firm.

“I don’t think USC cares what anybody cares or thinks about anything anymore.”

Well, he was the Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a few years, and he ran for governor of Pennsylvania once. So there's that. Personally I don't think he can be worse than Garrett and Haden, and will probably be a step up from them.

 

[cgvr]

Wait. YOU are calling someone a "tool"? So what is the adjective we should use to describe you? I mean you are a jock sniffing, name dropping, football ignoramus with deep seeded self esteem issues and in dire need of psychotropic drugs.

I believe the politically correct term is "developmentally disabled". Is your alleged ND degree filled out in crayon or finger paint?

Let's see, looking at it now, it's signed by:

Theodore M. Hesburgh, President
Leo V. Ryan, CSV, Dean
Richard J. Sullivan, University Registrar
Edward A Stephan, Chairman Board of Trustees

Haha you'll never get one.

PS I thoroughly enjoyed your ignorant dumping on Autry Denson. It was almost as funny as your claim to fame of doing high school football team laundry with some NFL has been. Apparently, you enjoy and can't get enough of real life high school jock sniffing. Lastly, yesterday I was with Cam McD who is hoping to be invited to an NFL camp. He is still working out hard and doing some real impressive things. He was running like a gazelle and making circus catch after circus catch. It was even more striking because it came on the heels of a heavy lift workout. The on field workout was with 3 current NFL players along with current college stars. Haha you weren't invited....

 

[Classic Irish]

Well, he was the Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a few years, and he ran for governor of Pennsylvania once. So there's that. Personally I don't think he can be worse than Garrett and Haden, and will probably be a step up from them.

As a product of the McKay-Goux cesspool at southern cal, I suspect he'll be more inclined to look the other way when it comes to NCAA rules. I realize that Haden played under McKay as well, but Swann strikes me more like Mike Garret than Pat Haden.

 

[mbd11]

As a product of the McKay-Goux cesspool at southern cal, I suspect he'll be more inclined to look the other way when it comes to NCAA rules. I realize that Haden played under McKay as well, but Swann strikes me more like Mike Garret than Pat Haden.

Swann has always seemed very classy to me. So I don't know where you're getting your impressions from, other than guilt by association because he played under McKay and Goux.

 

[Classic Irish]

Swann has always seemed very classy to me. So I don't know where you're getting your impressions from, other than guilt by association because he played under McKay and Goux.

Yeah, I was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up as an ND fan in southern California in the early 1980s. Needless to say, their fans were awful, so I consequently don't hold their players or fans in high regard (with a few exceptions).

 

[IRISHJD98]

Yeah, I was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up as an ND fan in southern California in the early 1980s. Needless to say, their fans were awful, so I consequently don't hold their players or fans in high regard (with a few exceptions).

I thought your opinion was related to the ongoing controversy about the Caesar's bankruptcy. Last month, a bankruptcy examiner concluded after a $17 Million investigation that there may have been fraudulent transfers that cost creditors about $10 Billion. (Link)

Swann was one of three directors at Caesars that approved the transfers. This related story ran last summer:

Lynn Swann’s personal assets up for grabs in Caesars bankruptcy?
August 13, 2015

Could former National Football League great Lynn Swann lose his personal fortune if creditor lawsuits go against casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp (CEC)?

Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wideout who was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2001, has been an independent director of CEC since the company was taken private in 2008. Swann was one of three CEC directors who approved the controversial transfer of profitable assets out of CEC’s main unit Caesars Entertainment Operating Co (CEOC) before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this January.

On Thursday, the New York Post quoted two sources saying that lawsuits brought by junior creditors protesting these asset transfers could lead to claims of personal liability against Swann and the other two directors who gave thumbs up to the suspect deals.(Continued)

 

[greengael]

I thought your opinion was related to the ongoing controversy about the Caesar's bankruptcy. Last month, a bankruptcy examiner concluded after a $17 Million investigation that there may have been fraudulent transfers that cost creditors about $10 Billion. (Link)

Swann was one of three directors at Caesars that approved the transfers. This related story ran last summer:

Lynn Swann’s personal assets up for grabs in Caesars bankruptcy?
August 13, 2015

Could former National Football League great Lynn Swann lose his personal fortune if creditor lawsuits go against casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp (CEC)?

Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steelers wideout who was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2001, has been an independent director of CEC since the company was taken private in 2008. Swann was one of three CEC directors who approved the controversial transfer of profitable assets out of CEC’s main unit Caesars Entertainment Operating Co (CEOC) before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this January.

On Thursday, the New York Post quoted two sources saying that lawsuits brought by junior creditors protesting these asset transfers could lead to claims of personal liability against Swann and the other two directors who gave thumbs up to the suspect deals.(Continued)

Sounds like he may need the gig?

 

[Epictitus]

Wait. YOU are calling someone a "tool"? So what is the adjective we should use to describe you? I mean you are a jock sniffing, name dropping, football ignoramus with deep seeded self esteem issues and in dire need of psychotropic drugs.

I believe the politically correct term is "developmentally disabled". Is your alleged ND degree filled out in crayon or finger paint?

Now that Mo1e is dead, there is no bigger tool on this board, no bigger liar, no more reprehensible jerk and no more of a Notre Dame Hater than cgvr.

 

[twalsh]

Now that Mo1e is dead, there is no bigger tool on this board, no bigger liar, no more reprehensible jerk and no more of a Notre Dame Hater than cgvr.

I thought surely that sentence would end with Argus or one of his various alter egos. Or maybe all of them.

 

[IRISHJD98]

Sounds like he may need the gig?

Regardless of whether Swann faces any real danger of personal liability, I would question whether the best guy for the job is a guy that serves on the board of directors for one of the largest gambling enterprises in the country. Before Swann was on Caesar's board of directors, he was on Harrah's.

He doesn't have experience running an athletic department. Is THIS what USC thinks he brings to the table?

I really don't get it.

 

[mbd11]

Regardless of whether Swann faces any real danger of personal liability, I would question whether the best guy for the job is a guy that serves on the board of directors for one of the largest gambling enterprises in the country. Before Swann was on Caesar's board of directors, he was on Harrah's.

He doesn't have experience running an athletic department. Is THIS what USC thinks he brings to the table?

I really don't get it.

He's also been on the board of HJ Heinz Co. and some others as well. So it's not like he was only on the board of gambling enterprises.

 

[greengael]

Regardless of whether Swann faces any real danger of personal liability, I would question whether the best guy for the job is a guy that serves on the board of directors for one of the largest gambling enterprises in the country. Before Swann was on Caesar's board of directors, he was on Harrah's.

He doesn't have experience running an athletic department. Is THIS what USC thinks he brings to the table?

I really don't get it.

It's a HOLLYWOOD thing. All show and no go. They do seem to be rather insular in their perspective sort of like New Yorkers but without the charm![smile] I hope the D&O coverage was adequate.

 

[cgvr]

Swann was a nice player. Not sure what experience he has administering a major athletic program.


http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...athletic-director-southern-california-trojans

Interesting article on the hire....

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2016/04/18/action-reactio/

Reaction IV: What’s that? Swann ran for governor of Pennsylvania? That career arc certainly makes him qualified to hire coaches, navigate the legislative landscape, work the budget, identify new revenue streams and preside over a rule-abiding department. I mean, plenty of schools use the former-NFL-star-turned-broadcaster-turned-game-show-host-turned-failed-politician model as their AD. Check that: Nobody uses that model. Ever. Except the Trojans.

 

[scotchirishblood]

I thought surely that sentence would end with Argus or one of his various alter egos. Or maybe all of them.

Or add something intelligent and constructive to the thread.


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