Post by Coyote Fan on Feb 2, 2011 23:08:10 GMT -6
Back to the mention of a conference such as what I mentioned earlier. The Missouri Valley is nice but it's still not a nice tight perfect package. Because the Valley is not an all sports conference I can see another Conference come up that could surpass it that offers all sports. There is no competing with the Big 10 or Big 12 etc but there is definately a place in the upper midwest for an all sports high-mid major, FCS football all encompassing conference. Basically the conference would consistant of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Actually replacing Indiana with Minnesota wouldn't be bad if there were any D1 schools not named Minnesota.
USD has always held to the status quo at least that has been the case for decades. I believe it's always a good idea to be looking ahead, especially considering the still changing landscape of college athletics and conference shifting. David Sayler is the first USD AD that I consider a true visionary. Someone that doesn't know the definition of standing pat but instead looking to the future. In today's college sports your either moving forward or your moving back. Imagine where we'd be today if we didn't make the decision to go D1. Regardless of how the decision was come upon it was made, thank goodness. Joel Nielson was an average AD which was much better than what we had prior. Sayler on the other hand is state of the art. He doesn't buy into the notion that an arena is 10-20 years down the road. The time is now to look for the future not tommorrow. Sayler is a "get it done today" person and someone that is already leaving his mark and will hopefully be the model for future AD's. We cannot afford to put limits on our visions. USD is not going to become a power over night at everything they do but by continuing to strive and move forward will set the U up for bigger and better things in the future.
Just go into a job interview and you can almost not avoid the question, "how do you adapt to change"? If you even hint that you aren't one that expands it's horizons your resume will be thrown in the trash can faster than you can get to the exit door. USD should be no different. These are times of change and we shouldn't put limits on the future.
USD has always held to the status quo at least that has been the case for decades. I believe it's always a good idea to be looking ahead, especially considering the still changing landscape of college athletics and conference shifting. David Sayler is the first USD AD that I consider a true visionary. Someone that doesn't know the definition of standing pat but instead looking to the future. In today's college sports your either moving forward or your moving back. Imagine where we'd be today if we didn't make the decision to go D1. Regardless of how the decision was come upon it was made, thank goodness. Joel Nielson was an average AD which was much better than what we had prior. Sayler on the other hand is state of the art. He doesn't buy into the notion that an arena is 10-20 years down the road. The time is now to look for the future not tommorrow. Sayler is a "get it done today" person and someone that is already leaving his mark and will hopefully be the model for future AD's. We cannot afford to put limits on our visions. USD is not going to become a power over night at everything they do but by continuing to strive and move forward will set the U up for bigger and better things in the future.
Just go into a job interview and you can almost not avoid the question, "how do you adapt to change"? If you even hint that you aren't one that expands it's horizons your resume will be thrown in the trash can faster than you can get to the exit door. USD should be no different. These are times of change and we shouldn't put limits on the future.