The conference is slogging through another poor season. Why? It starts with the coaching.
On several occasions, you have referred to the Pac-12 as a “mediocre” basketball conference. However, recall: UCLA’s title in 1995; Stanford’s impressive showings in the late 1990s; and Arizona’s title in 1997 and yearly top-10 play. What major factors would you attribute this long-standing decline to? — Jim Varnell
How does that tally of collective Final Four appearances compare with those from other power conferences? So poorly that we won’t even bother listing the numbers.The Pac-12’s performance has been below an acceptable standard in recent years; and that acceptable standard, beyond two schools, is not very high.
This might be the third or fourth season I’ve asked, but what will it take for Stanford to fire Jerod Haase? This hasto be the year it happens, right? And what about athletic director Bernard Muir? Does he have tenure? — @joshfried That strategy might be ideal for an alternate universe. But given the current state of ASU athletics specifically and college sports in general, the absence of a permanent athletic director leaves the Devils at significant risk of falling behind on various fronts.
That said, WSU and OSU would also have access to the CFP through the at-large pool.We haven’t been optimistic about the networks since the early days of its existence, before the DirecTV ship sailed off to faraway lands occupied only by Larry Scott’s hopes and dreams.The networks will cease to exist as a media distribution company on June 30, when the carriage contracts expire.
You could dissect the specifics of Kliavkoff’s media strategy — everything from his choice of consultants and his approach with UCLA and the UC regents to the refusal to expand before the collapse — but it’s probably more productive to focus on three broader issues:Kliavkoff never understood the fundamental tenet that college sports is a relationship business. He failed to forge the connections between essential stakeholders and opted to run the conference via Zoom.
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