Any guesses on possible AD candidates? Bob Stull was mentioned a while back.

Here's a speculative list I put together back in December when it was first announced Turner would be leaving:

Scott Barnes, UW senior associate athletic director for advancement
On the job since 2005, his area of emphasis is fund-raising.

Mike Cragg, Duke associate athletic director
UW ’86 graduate with reputation as a master fund-raiser.

Chris Hill, Utah athletic director
Experienced and was a finalist when Turner was selected.

Greg Lewis, Big “W” Club director and special assistant to the AD
A name for the future, but likely too inexperienced this time around.

Joel Maturi, Minnesota athletic director
Balanced the athletic budget and got a stadium built on campus.

Bill Moos, former Oregon athletic director
Guided UO building boom, but has no-compete deal with Ducks.

Chuck Nelson, broadcaster, Boeing Classic tournament director
Former player with solid ties to UW and business community.

Jim Phillips, Northern Illinois athletic director
Experienced, affordable and a finalist when Turner was hired.

Dan Radakovich, Georgia Tech athletic director
Rising star at LSU when UW president Mark Emmert was there.

Bob Stull, UTEP athletic director
UW ties coaching under Don James and has AD experience."

I guess it's time for an update, but most of those would still seem to be viable names.

Thanks, Don. Some of the names are certainly familiar. On some others - like Chris Hill and Joel Maturi - are you speculating that this would be a good career move for them? Or is there some connection to UW that makes this an attractive move for them?

Don,
Do you think the complacency comment could be directed at administration, coaching, or both?

I included Hill because he was apparently considered strongly last time the job was open and because he might certainly consider a Pac-10 job a step up from a Mountain West job.

I have never heard Maturi's name mentioned at UW, so that one is pure speculation on my part. However, when UW declares the Husky Stadium renovation its top athletic department priority, you'd have to think that they might want to consider one of the few exisiting guys who has actually gotten that mission accomplished.

As for the complacency, my take is that it was directed most at coaches; although, in fairness to Ty Willingham and Lorenzo Romar, it could just as likely have been directed at coaches in the minor and Olympic sports as the big income-producing ones.

If the priorities are fundraising and a new stadium, then the concerns about complacency are obviously directed at Football and Basketball (i.e., the sports that actually generate revenue). Let's face it, nobody really cares if the UW Golf team sucks.

If their priority is getting a new stadium funded, they are putting a huge cart before a tiny horse. If Husky Football does not start winning - NOW - season ticket sales and Tyee donations will continue to fall, big donors will continue to leave, and we will be farther - not closer - to whatever goals the AD has. Their priority needs to be on getting somebody in that Football program that can BOTH get the right kids into the program (check), AND motivate and train them to win on the foeld once they are here (?). If that's Ty, awesome. If not - better start looking next winter.

Hold on a minute, DB! I care if the golf team sucks and by the way, the Husky golf team has had a great run over the last several years under Matt Thurmond, 2005 PAC-10 Coach of the Year. Matt took over the team in 2001 and from 2002 to 2006 The Huskies finished in the top 11 at the NCAA Championship. Do you know how hard it is to get great high school golfers to come to the rainy Pacific Northwest? Most guys want to go to UCLA, Arizona or Arizona State for the sunshine. Matt and the Women's coach, Mary Lou Mulflur are spearheading the fund raising for a new indoor golf center. Great idea! You might consider a donation DB.

OK, OK, it figures that I would use a bad example. There are some really great teams in the non-revenue sports, golf among them, apparently, but the point I was trying to make is that they are in fact non-revenue. If the AD wants to build football stadia in the sky, it should really pay some attention to returning the revenue sports to a winning tradition... which ain't where they are right now.

For the record, I like my old wooden benches under the open sky just fine, thank you.

I find the apparent presence of "complacency" in the football and men's basketball programs interesting when juxtaposed against the issues the women's basketball team is going through. It seems that Tia Jackson was hired because Todd Turner perceived that June Daugherty had that program in an underachieving position, and several of the ballyhooed members of the last recruiting class have now left the UW program after the coaching change. Was Turner being hypocritical in his approaches to men's programs vs. women's programs (or just these few sports)? Did he fancy the UW as another UConn in that regard?