I'm really glad that 1SEIACLONE will not be in the running to be our next AD.
Pollard announces his retirement
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JP bought a nice home on Lake Panorama 10+/- years ago and has been looking forward to spending more time there. This retirement is by no means out of left field, he has actually been contemplating it for several years. I don't claim to know what exactly went into his decision, but getting TJ locked up for long term, setting up the football program with what we all hope is a great future under the new staff, and getting CyTown to the point where it's handed off to the developers seems like a real obvious point for him to finally be able to step away. There will never be a time when an AD doesn't have several irons in the fire, but his vision for the future of ISU is in place and he can hand off the reins.
For the record, I have been to games in both Iowa City and Lincoln. And just because they continue to shoehorn fat American bodies into spaces they really can't fit doesn't mean it is the only solution.
If I was you would know where I stood on things, which I suppose you could say the same about Pollard.
Sorry I ruffled so many feathers, but its just seemed odd to me and still does. Planning for retirement and then doing it after signing a new contract is different, but as long as he is happy, good for him.
I think he's done a great job hiring coaches and obviously knew exactly who he wanted for the next football coach so I wouldn't be surprised if he's successful, but I wish he would have got TJ to sign a much higher buyout.
How does it seem odd? Specifically?
Were there details in the contract that said he had to stay?
Do contracts come with clauses to get out of them?
I have gone through the reasons, not going to rehash them again. No one is saying he is not entitled to retire, or he was forced out. It will be interesting to see if he is on the committee to hire his replacement, which at other schools tends to happen.
There is not going to be a committee. Cook, if he has any brains, will examine the feelings and desires of the main coaches and department heads, but he is going to bring his person in. As President, he will want someone he trusts and is comfortable with to run things so he can concentrate on running the University. Alignment is the modern term used. Cook will want to lead, not control in person.
At this point with the abundance of money the Big10 and SEC schools have, they'd just pay it, no matter how high it is. Once one of those schools finds their "guy" they get ahold of their donors and make it happen.
Input from FB, MBB, both wrestling programs. WBB Bill has a lot of institutional knowledge but his input should be minimal a program that bleeds red and has underachieved for a decade. The rest of the sports hopefully get to survive.
You bring up a non-business point, the five-year contract extension. Wendy did that as a favor to him so that he knew where he would be whether there was a good relationship with the president or not. That is a common courtesy in this environment. A five-year contract does not mean anything as it relates to retirement decisions.
Wow - Mary Greeley an anchor?? Lol You are negative on something you obviously know nothing about.
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Read the press release again. Wow. The structure in place is a great step for both sides and it's pretty normal in this situation.
Jamie is in good health now, but he had a heart attack in 2015 and testicular cancer in 2021. He and Ellen are fully empty nesters with their youngest, James, now working as the video coordinator for the UNI basketball team. I cannot fault the guy for handing off his work and looking to enjoy retirement while he still has his health.
By all rights, the heart attack should have killed him. Had he not been at a huge track meet with a half dozen Athletic Trainers and UNIs Head of Athletic Training within 15 feet of him, he'd have died.
I can't blame the guy one bit for wanting out.
Also, James beat cancer as an infant, and iirc, was not supposed to live past age 4. Another little tidbit.
Good health now.
I had a heart scare. Nowhere close to what JP had.
But being told that you almost died weighs.
I'm sure a more severe event like JP had is still in his mind.
I hope he posts a picture on a yacht with a manly beard and captain's hat in a few years.
Live long and prosper, JP.
But Cytown isn't done!!!!
I am also skeptical about CyTown but I am hopeful. Lincoln has a similar, smaller, district. Lincoln is substantially larger than Ames but if you assume Ankeny and even Des Moines are sort of, kind of, part of the population area it looks better. It is a really short walk to all of Jack Trice, Hilton and CY Stephens. There isn't anything similar nearby.
