Lew Perkins gone as of today!!!!!

[WavetheWheat]

Lew is retiring as of today (news to break shortly).....good riddance.

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Link (http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/7/announcement.shtml)

[Milo]

Link Here (http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/7/announcement.shtml)

[OtisLivingston]

Haha.

FAIL on my part.

[Milo]

It is true.

[WavetheWheat]

Heard it this afternoon from a large booster. According to him all "anti-Lew" large donors all received a phone call this AM.

[Jayhawker]

Interesting timing.

[WavetheWheat]

Turner Gill just crapped his pants.

[DrJamesANaismith]

Interesting timing.


Interesting indeed. What do it mean? :popcorn

[Milo]

So what does this do for the current staff?

[Jayhawker]

It really doesn't do anything other than put them on edge. Hopefully the new guy realizes that jobs are hard to come by and keeps them around.

[Milo]

I was talking about the football staff.

[Jayhawker]

Their pretty much in the same position. I would think they might be a little nervous though if the new guy comes in and doesn't appreciate losses to FCS teams.

[LimeHawk]

I don't know, I seem to remember a few years back when an AD left that a certain bball coach really liked. It started a downward spiral of that coaches tenure in Lawrence. I think Bill Self is a big Lew fan, I don't know that for sure, but, I think Self has gotten anything he wanted from Perkins (that's not a bad thing). I know this thread is in reference to what the football programs response to the AD "retiring" but it will go much deeper than that IMO.

[Hawker007]

One big difference Lime, our current coach doesn't think he is bigger and better than the University itself.

Coach Self knows that he has an awesome job regardless of who his "boss" is.

[Hawker007]

Is that a typical severance package for someone like this? You get to move up your retirement a whole year, but still get paid for it (and then some)?

[LimeHawk]

Agree, but, we all know what it is like to work for someone you can't stand. If it became unbearable for Coach Self, we all know that there are many places around the country that would be more than happy to help him get out of an unpleasant work environment.

I guess I am just hoping that the administration thinks big in the next hire for AD. Conference realignment isn't going to go away. We need someone with connections and the ability to sell the University on it's merits as a whole and not why we have a football program with no real consistent winning tradition.

We need a crushed dove icon. I guess this will work for now. :killme

[WavetheWheat]

Bill Self has known Lew is "retiring" for a long time. Yes, Self and Perkins have a good relationship, but its not like they are tied together at all.

We have nothing to worry about with Bill....The other coach might have just gotten the hottest seat after one game in NCAA history.

[BlueMan]

Turner Gill just crapped his pants.


And WavetheWheat/FinalFinal just jizzed in his pants. This is like Christmas morning for you, isn't it.

[WavetheWheat]

That's exactly how I described it in another thread.

I am driving to Lawrence to help the big ooff pack his bags.

[LimeHawk]

I hope and think that you are right WtW. I just think you are dealing with a different dynamic when you have a proven successful head coach and the university hires some "wet behind the ears, something to prove" AD to put his stamp on a program. It might get interesting. :popcorn

[BlueMan]

That's exactly how I described it in another thread.

I am driving to Lawrence to help the big ooff pack his bags.


I've lost track of where your total hatred of Lew stemmed from. Did you lose your primo seats in AFH when the point system came into play or something?

[WavetheWheat]

The man has done nothing but build a nice buildings and fix up AFH. Otherwise complete and utter failure. He rode coattails of two coaches he didn't hire and built those facilities with their work.

He served over the most corrupt Athletics department in our schools history. He has 5 workers under federal indictment, he is currently under investigation, his department stole millions from our school, he fired the best football coach of my generation on wrongful and dishonest accusations and he did all of this with and arrogance and smug attitude that turns anybody off that meets him.

He bent my university over and fucked it repeatedly up the ass for years and our fan base took it because we were winning in football and winning in basketball.

His 4 million dollar paycheck two years ago and his 2 million dollar buyout today are yet again another screw job.

[Milo]

The aidz board loved Lew. Most people I knew hated the man, and it wasn't the points system. It was the handling of a lot of university affairs. He wasn't some magic guy like everyone made him to be. The Bonnie thing really set off some of the alumni I know. Toss the Mangino fiasco in, the hiring of an unproven at our revenue generating sport, and the ticket scandal on top of that and many people are celebrating.

[Jayhawker]

The guy has a shady as all hell past. Anyone remember how his tenure at Maryland ended?

As for Self, I think any AD they bring in would understand that letting him leave this university would only result in a massive PR disaster. I don't even think BGL would be dumb enough to let him leave. Imagine Texas hiring a new AD who immediately fired Mack Brown.

[sweaterbydarwin]

Texas is smart enough to know on what side the bread is buttered; our admin. I'm not so sure about.



The guy has a shady as all hell past. Anyone remember how his tenure at Maryland ended?

As for Self, I think any AD they bring in would understand that letting him leave this university would only result in a massive PR disaster. I don't even think BGL would be dumb enough to let him leave. Imagine Texas hiring a new AD who immediately fired Mack Brown.

[Evolvehawk]

Self's not going anywhere and will probably have input on the new AD

Good riddance Lew

[WavetheWheat]

Hire this guy....tomorrow.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h91E5W0796g/S12_80TBEeI/AAAAAAAAATw/y7TNQlDbZmI/s320/Mike_Leach.jpg

We have the personnel to run the system. He has an even bigger chip on his shoulder than before....We would dominate. He is like an in shape Mangino.

[KVN638]

lol he's what is in considered in shape?

[WavetheWheat]

lol he's what is in considered in shape?

Leach compared to Mangino = "in shape."

[KVN638]

damn near anyone compared to mangino is in shape.

[WavetheWheat]

More info here (see bolded below)

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/ku-forced-out-lew-perkins-to-prevent-hiring-input-28946

KU Forced Out Perkins To Prevent Successor Input
Posted by Brooks on Sep. 07, 2010, 3:08pm

Tuesday Thayer Evans of FOXSports.com reported that University of Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins resigned from his post effective immediately. The school later confirmed Evans’ report, framing Perkins’ ouster as a “retirement.”

Lew Perkins

In the past year, Kansas school officials have uncovered astounding corruption in Perkins’ KU athletic department regarding the misuse of game tickets. (The FBI is still investigating.) Perkins was not implicated by the school itself in that scandal, which reportedly cost the school up to $3 million in lost ticket revenue, but Perkins was still facing an ethics investigation into his own handling of state funds.

The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission is scheduled to meet on Sept. 21 to explore conflict-of-interest issues pertaining to state employees. The commission was expected to soon examine the issue of Perkins accepting a “personal loan” of $15,000 in exercise equipment from a Kansas Athletics vendor - who has confirmed the transaction - in exchange for better seats to Kansas basketball games.

Kansas law states that “no person subject to the provisions of this section shall solicit or accept any gift, economic opportunity, loan, gratuity, special discount or service provided because of such person’s official position.”

Violation of the law is grounds for dismissal and a $5,000 fine.

With the commission’s next meeting just two weeks away, perhaps today’s “retirement” announcement was related to the prospect of more Perkins-related bad publicity for the school.

While a source didn’t confirm that connection, I was given some additional insight into the impetus of the effective dismissal of Perkins.

I was told today by a former Univ. of Kansas athletic dept. staffer that much of the departure of Perkins had to do with the school’s unwillingness to allow him to assist in the hiring of the school’s next athletic director.

I’m told Perkins was already promoting one of his KU athletic dept. cronies for his former post, but that university officials were extremely uncomfortable in having the scandal-addled Perkins associated with the future hire.

Thus, Perkins was pushed out to prevent any input whatsoever on the future of the Kansas athletic department.

[blackPHOGmoan]

We could turn our stadium into an actual pirate ship with the river floating underneath.

[WavetheWheat]

Awesome....I love it. The jayhawk could be the parrot sitting on Leach's shoulder!!! This is genius.

[Jayhawker]

If that's true, I would expect that Mr. Lester's position will be very temporary.

Glad to see that we are looking out of house for the replacement.

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

So who do you hire for AD? We just demonstrated how helpless we are in this realignment crap. Who is going to want to take on a BCS program that may be in a second tier league in 3-5 years? Certainly not anyone from another BCS program and not anyone that's a legit up and comer.

[Milo]

Yarrrrr!

[Jayhawker]

So who do you hire for AD? We just demonstrated how helpless we are in this realignment crap. Who is going to want to take on a BCS program that may be in a second tier league in 3-5 years? Certainly not anyone from another BCS program and not anyone that's a legit up and comer.


Someone who wants to gain the rep of "saving KU basketball" by getting them into a big conference perhaps?

[WavetheWheat]

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2010/05/26/KU_Ticket_Presser_009_t460.JPG

So its the day after Christmas. I am stuffed and feeling a bit bloated, but I have a small smile on my face remembering what an amazing day it was.

[SWHawk]

I would do that in a second. Sadly, it won't happen. :-\

[WavetheWheat]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/wavinwheat/memorial.jpg

[Liljohnny]

The name of this board is appropriate. It is all WtW, all the time.

[KVN638]

The name of this board is appropriate. It is all WtW, all the time.


Nah, probably half his posts have come since this past weekend. He only comes around during football season or any time there is news about Lew/Mangino/Gill

[KVN638]

can you stop making new retarded threads? And just keep it all in one thread like you were asked?

[pieces of eight]

I hope the new guy doesn't mess with the academic staff too much. They've been doing an amazing job.

[Jayhawker]

I hope the new guy doesn't mess with the academic staff too much. They've been doing an amazing job.


THIS. We have some great people working in the AD here, especially in the academic department.

Personally, I'd like to see them hire a former KU athlete that everyone loves. I'd love for Riggo to take the job, but I know he never would. Plus he's not that much younger than Perkins.

[CStop]

As long as we pull the plug on Gill in 3 years, I'm fine for now. One game, while extremely bad, doesn't show me enough.

[CStop]

Pritchard? Any other KU grad that could do the job? Not that we need a KU grad, but just curious.

[Joe Norris]

R.C.

[ElJefe58]

R.C.


Buford would be great, IMO.