The Next AD - A Discussion Thread

[Kel Varnsen]

Wait, we're considering the guy who sits at the front of the student section as a potential AD?

[SubGod22]

Is this TE's list or is this an actual list? If this is a realistic list, then Garrett or Pracht would be my choices. No way in hell on Lester. KU honk through and through. Hard pass.

I'm guessing this is Taylor's list. He needs things to write about this time of year and the AD search is going to get clicks. With that said, it would be possible that a few of these guys could be on the list. For those concerned about in the family hires, most of the ones that have gone bad have been those being promoted from within. A guy like Pracht is a guy who spent a lot of time here under the man most of us consider the best AD we've ever had, and has gone on to be successful in other programs and growing his experience and knowledge outside of Wichita. And that would be the case for all involved.

Didn't Bardo have Wichita connections? So it's not always bad to bring someone back after getting experience elsewhere.

[Shock Top]

Had never heard that ND wanted to join the Big 10

Yep. So really, people can thank Michigan for ND coming what they became.

They started traveling all over to play games. Playing Army in NYC really got them on the map. Then they started to travel to places like Texas, Nebraska, then eventually the best cross conference rivalry in USC.

They became a national team and brand. All because Michigan was but hurt they got beat by them once in 1909!

[1972Shocker]

Didn't Bardo have Wichita connections? So it's not always bad to bring someone back after getting experience elsewhere.

In 1976, Bardo started his career at Wichita State University in the sociology department for five years, where he also won a Fulbright scholarship to study in Australia. In 1983, Bardo left Wichita State to become the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State).

After serving at Southwest Texas State for three years, Bardo served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at two different institutions – the University of North Florida from 1986 to 1990 and Bridgewater State College from 1990 to 1993.

On July 1, 1995, Bardo began his 16-year tenure as the 10th Chancellor of Western Carolina University. During his tenure, enrollment grew almost twice the number from 1996, the campus grew with new buildings, and an honors college was established. Bardo resigned in 2011 to return to teaching. WCU named a building in his honor, the "John W Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center".

In April 2012, the Kansas Board of Regents selected Bardo as the 13th President of Wichita State University. Wichita State would name a building in his honor in 2017.

Not surprising that Dr. Bardo completed the circle.

[shock]

Pracht is my pick. It’s the Schaus connection, coupled with his Kansas ties.

[RoyalShock]

If memory serves, I had some dealing with Pracht when he was the marketing guy in the AD under Schaus. He was easy to work with, gave me permission to use some of WSU's logos/trademarks on ShockerNet and even intervened when I received a cease and desist from the legal firm that represented the licensing company.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t believe Taylor’s list of candidates is mere speculation.

[shoxlax]

I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t believe Taylor’s list of candidates is mere speculation.

I would say he has some insight we don’t have which allows him to make educated guesses.

[WuTheOne]

Eldridge may have gotten some "leaks" in order to check fan and donor support for certain candidates. Might be a little like a police lineup. Put one or two under consideration into a group with similar backgrounds and see how the community and donors respond.

[shock]

They should look at Amber Heard. She at least gives a sh!t.

[shoxlax]

They should look at Amber Heard. She at least gives a sh!t.

I don’t know what that means, but I laughed anyway.

[SubGod22]

I don’t know what that means, but I laughed anyway.

From my understanding, Amber **** in Johnny's bed and bragged about it or something. I didn't follow the trial but it was hard to miss certain things when a number of friends were.

[Shockm]

Here's a summary of the story.

Amber said it was a joke, and Johnny said it wasn't funny. Sounds like a deal breaker to me.

A longtime employee of Johnny Depp's says Amber Heard once told him that defecating in the former couple's once-shared bed was "a horrible practical joke gone wrong."

Starling Jenkins III — an executive chauffer and security guard for Depp who first met the actor in 1993, and has since provided services ranging from childcare, animal care and personal-assistant duties to security and transportation — testified in court Thursday as Depp, 58, and Heard, 36, continue to face off in the defamation trial that kicked off April 11.

Speaking from a live video call to the court in Fairfax, Virginia, Jenkins recalled accompanying the Aquaman actress to Coachella in 2016. While driving Heard to the festival one night, Jenkins says they "had a conversation pertaining to the surprise she left in the boss's bed" following a fight she and Depp allegedly had before she departed for the trip with friends.

Clarifying that the "surprise" was "the defecation," Jenkins testified that Heard told him it was "a horrible practical joke gone wrong."

[DwShock]

No KU ties please.

[WuDrWu]

No KU ties please.

Also, no Johnny Depp, Amber Heard or **** ties, please and thank you.