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seanbryan3:
Tressels is such a good quality man.

Penguin Nation:
1AA--

Strollo, per your description, seems like a nice fellow who likes you.  That's great.

In terms of job performance, the FB playoff appearances were an annual expectation under the former AD, and stopped immediately as soon as Strollo became AD.  This is the #1 sport at YSU.

I'm glad Olympic sports are doing well, but that's only a portion of his job  Every school is doing facility upgrades (JMU is unrecognizable to my wife who went there in the 90s), so that rationale holds no water.

The signature sport at YSU deteriorates immediately at the start of his role as AD (the worst post-season drought since the 70s) , continues to this very day, and he is held unaccountable?

IMO, seeing Strollo and Slocum collect checks and under-perform gives me the impression that the YSU Athletic Department really doesn't care about improvement or success.  Getting by is good enough.  I say that as a fan and alumni who has attended MBB and FB games for over 40 years.

Wick250:
Nation,

Although I agree with your analysis, Strollo is no longer an issue.  He was when we had university presidents who were either unconcerned or ignorant about intercollegiate athletics.  Now the board of trustees will make major decisions based upon the recommendations of Jim Tressel.  Strollo will basically handle financial matters which by all accounts he does very well.

Penguin Nation:
Wick---

That is reassuring, but there still is a lack of accountability.  It is unfair for Heacock, Hill, Martin, and Wolf to get fired....but Strollo lingers around as if he was a competent AD.

paladin:
For the record, I did not attend one basketball game last year. Nor will I this year. Online or TV will do.  The AD had destroyed Olympic sports for a decade. Made two hires that destroyed women's BB and men's has been broken for more than decade. Football? Lol. He has ruined non-league game scheduling. Promotion of YSU games are a joke. he caters to the big money guys and screws the fans. He was hired because of politics and keeps his job for the  reasons unknown to me. To evaluate him would be to fire him. Nice guy ? Sounds like the heacock crew again. No money till he is gone.

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