Sports of almost any type are among my favorite things to chat about but I refrain from using this blog as a forum. Once in a while, I am tempted to cross the line and chat sports here! My topic today is more about the business of sports, poor management and oversight, and holding onto your job.
Just in case you have been on a remote island without Internet, radio or television, you may not know that Bob Mulcahy was fired as the Athletic Director at Rutgers University this week. Mulcahy has been at RU for about 10 years during the twilight of a terrific sports management career. The big picture at RU looks great: stadium expansions, facilities upgrades, nationally ranked football and women's basketball teams, etc. A closer look reveals the deletion of sports like crew, fencing, and swimming; elimination of many other jobs across the university; lack of sufficient housing for students, etc. On top of that, very fishy deals were made under the table with coaches and Nelligan Sports was hired to manage the college's sports broadcasts. This is the same Nelligan that hired Mulcahy's son into an executive role and fired Bruce Johnson, the longtime voice of RU sports, in favor of younger announcers with a New York feel.
Mulcahy and his cronies say he is the fall guy for the RU President and Board of Governors who established the climate he worked within. My feeling is Mulcahy was totally at fault, did not care about the livelihoods and well beings of his staff, the students, and his colleagues and spared nothing to win in high profile sports. I would love to see performance appraisals during his tenure but I bet they do not exist!
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