Larry Scott is fired

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He struck first when it came to the TV Deal, so he got a lot of short-term hype that proved fruitless when the SEC and the rest of the Conferences signed their deals with ours being the lowest.

Frankly it'd be a shorter list to show what he did do right. Spending a boat load of money for offices in SF; failing to promote both the Network and develop and retain talent. Lack of attention on FB and BB in favor of the Olympic Sports. Selling the various Schools/Presidents/BOT on the Vision of the P12 and how it benefits them (like removing a conf game from the schedule for an OOC)
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Would Mullens be a candidate for this job?
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duckfan96 wrote:Would Mullens be a candidate for this job?
I'd say so.
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https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/orego ... part1.html

An old 4 part series from Canzano about Larry Scott and the Pac 12.
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Just thinking this morning... This is the best news our program has gotten in the last week, in my opinion, so I'm arbitrarily bumping this thread to the top.

This may serve to save Pac-12 football, frankly. Go Ducks.
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bigsugarduck wrote:Can someone fill me in on why LS was so universally disliked? If my memory is correct, I thought there was positive sentiment when he was hired and on the job for a year or so. What happened after?
The Pac 12 was one of the best conferences in football before Larry Scott. However Larry Scott didn't see that he was making it harder on Pac 12 teams with crazy hard non conference schedules and 9 conference games when Alabama and Clemson play a D 2 team in the second to last game. The fact that the Pac 12 went from arguably the 2nd or 3rd best conference to people wanting to put UCF's conference ahead of it shows how bad Larry Scott was. Also the Pac 12 refs are always horrible and Larry Scott never cared.
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Let’s hire Condi Rice, move the friggin’ League offices to Phoenix or Vegas and let’s get this damn show on the road. We got media rights to sell and money that needs to be grown and distributed.
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bdkipe wrote:Let’s hire Condi Rice, move the friggin’ League offices to Phoenix or Vegas and let’s get this damn show on the road. We got media rights to sell and money that needs to be grown and distributed.
I vote no on ANY politicians and lawyers......the PAC-12 is screwed up enough already and is teetering on bankruptcy, do you really want a politician shoving it over the edge. We need a fixer, not a money sponge.

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rsbgduck wrote:
bdkipe wrote:Let’s hire Condi Rice, move the friggin’ League offices to Phoenix or Vegas and let’s get this damn show on the road. We got media rights to sell and money that needs to be grown and distributed.
I vote no on ANY politicians and lawyers......the PAC-12 is screwed up enough already and is teetering on bankruptcy, do you really want a politician shoving it over the edge. We need a fixer, not a money sponge.

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The Pac-12 is not quite teetering on bankruptcy, it turns an annual profit of $400 million. The problem is that the other P-5 conferences, namely the Big Ten and SEC, are making more and their TV deals are much better.
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bdkipe wrote:Let’s hire Condi Rice, move the friggin’ League offices to Phoenix or Vegas and let’s get this damn show on the road. We got media rights to sell and money that needs to be grown and distributed.
She'd be a great hire. However, unless she's a big sports fan, I don't see how she'd take a pay cut and accept that position.
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I think she could be a great leader... But the conference needs a great business person.
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Outside of being a member of the BCS selection committee, what other qualifications does Ms. Rice have?

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Condoleezza-Rice

Stanford Professor (Head of the Hoover Institute), former national security adviser, Secretary of State (Under GWB), n 1991 Rice returned to Stanford and in 1993 began a six-year tenure as provost, during which time she balanced the university’s budget and revamped the curriculum for undergraduates.

She is at least a decent negotiator (Rice helped negotiate an end to Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip. She also persuaded North Korea to return to talks aimed at dismantling that country’s nuclear weapons program. Rice led an intense effort to promote democracy and broker a U.S.-friendly peace in the Middle East.)

Dealing with PAC12 administrators should be a cakewalk.

In 2012 she was one of the first two women to be admitted as members of Augusta National Golf Club.

Given Mr. Scot's background as a golf specialist, that may be her attribute least likely to be a qualification ;)

The question is, how would her experience mesh with negotiating media deals?

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StevensTechU wrote:I think she could be a great leader... But the conference needs a great business person.
Donald J Trump? The accompaniment of his Oath Keepers death squadron would make him basically unbeatable at the negotiation table.


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dthomas=ddixon wrote:
StevensTechU wrote:I think she could be a great leader... But the conference needs a great business person.
Donald J Trump? The accompaniment of his Oath Keepers death squadron would make him basically unbeatable at the negotiation table.


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I don’t know, after the results of the election, the “negotiation” tactics of the left, ANTIFA/BLM seem to be the type of actions that work best. Reminds me of a two year old flopping around on the floor screaming until the weak parents give in and give it what it wants. Let’s not forget there is a convicted terrorist (Pardoned by Clinton) at the top of BLM. If you want to do a count of which one of these radical groups (proud boys, ANTIFA/BLM, oath keepers) are responsible for the most damage (physical/financial) and deaths I think you’ll find a lot of Americans lost everything including there lives all because of politicians agendas and the media pushing a narrative. Kinda like a Mod who is supposed to support and enforce the rules of a page unless they have there own agenda they want to voice. Whatever happened to zero politics on this page except for the one dedicated thread. Personally I think it’s all sad and embarrassing that grown ass adults can’t sit across from one another and figure s*** out. I guess at every level the rules don’t apply to those in charge something rural Oregon is used to. I think the leaders of all these groups/politicians who have promoted violence should be in jail with the rest of the criminal leaders who ran criminal enterprises. I don’t care what side your on violent actions are NEVER the right actions and just creates more divide, more reasons to hate but more importantly, never a reason to come together.
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"Personally I think it’s all sad and embarrassing that HUGE ass adults can’t sit across from one another and figure s*** out."

FIFY

Someone needs to get off the comfy cushions, roll up their collective sleeves, and ruin their manicures!

The fact it took this long to remove Larry Scott seems like a microcosm of modern politics.

I sincerely hope that whomever is chosen as a replacement is a leader that works for the people he ostensibly serves.

Wouldn't that be a nice surprise?
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