Friday, December 08, 2006

Oregons Search for an Athletic Director ( Day 11)

Ron Bellamy of the Eugene Register Guard newspaper has two interesting points on the search for a new Athletic Director at Oregon,

Leland Report: Bellamy writes:
"Oregon brought former Stanford athletics director Ted Leland to Eugene to produce a State of the Cas Center report.

According to sources, Leland spent two days interviewing UO coaches, athletics administrators and donors, to assess the athletic department under Bill Moos.

Presumably, he presented his evaluation, the good and the not, to UO president Dave Frohnmayer.

A question: Had Moos, by then, already determined that he was moving on, and the purpose of this was to leave an objective outside analysis for Frohnmayer and the next AD?

Or did Leland's findings have an effect on Oregon's decision to seek close to $2 million from donors to forge a resignation agreement with Moos?

(The Register-Guard has requested a copy of Leland's report under the state's open records law.)"


Tom Jernstedt:

Bellamy in the rest of the column suggest that Tom Jernstedt, NCAA Senior Vice President, be looked at as a potential candidate for the Duck's new AD. He is a Duck himself and in the past worked for the Oregon Athletic Department.

(for a link to the entire Ron Bellamy column click on the title for a link)