Data should not be the only guide of employment decisions, but if FSU and other colleges continue to make sports a business and coaches’ millionaires, someone needs to create some objective criteria to measure the success of its coaches. And when they fall short, those coaches need to be dismissed. It’s not mean, its business. And that someone is the AD.
AD’s should not escape measurement either. Directors of Athletics should also be judged by similar standards and analytical approaches to budget, revenue, attendance, and team performances. Fans may all like their AD and their teams’ coaches, but John Thrasher liked Jimbo Fisher – a lot – and look where that got you.
From the Oregon Ducks angle
From the Oregonian: Ducks recruits are restless about the situation
From the Register-Guard: What we know about the Taggart situation
From Duck Territory: Taggart has reached out to players’ families
From the Oregonian: What are the lessons to be learned from the Taggart situation?
From the Oregonian: This situation can’t go any longer, can it?
From the Register-Guard: Taggart is negotiating with FSU
NBS Sports Northwest: Taggart has turned down two programs, but FSU unknown
