on 6/7/2026, 7:21 am, in reply to "Re: The urgency to clean house by President Blanchardt"
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I can even understand (though not excuse) that Smitheran constrained by a rigid fixed budget was trying to to reduce expense. There is no question Jenny's program had sliped below the top UCSB program over 10 years. She had lost a couple top players transferring. However, if you are simply going to de-emphasize tennis to fund your MBB program by trying to find $30 k or so (can't be a massive amount) off the top line, then just be brutally honest about it - don't go about it trying to squeeze a HOF coach in to a corner, if you never had any intention to extend a contract of a coach in the first place, and go about making snide allusions. This was a coach that could have pocketed a portion of camp money and who had cultivated donors to make the program a juggernaut.
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It's unlikely we'll ever hear evidence or both sides of the story. These things tend to end up being settled. But...the only evidence I need is that 3 or 4 of our best coaches suddenly retire before their time in roughly 15 months. Just because Jenny is the only one to speak up is not any vindication for Slytheran the snake. I'm sure the others, like Knipe, had issues with him but have reasons for staying quiet. Previous Message
There are always 2 sides to every story. Agree that the AD should report to the Pres. Previous Message
How do we know the AD did act like an ass? Maybe he did. But, I'm one of those silly people that would like to see evidence first.
That said, we are in total agreement that Apel needs to be removed from overseeing athletics. Let the AD report directly to the president. Previous Message
why would an AD have acted like such as ass?
regardless of the reasons, #1 on the list is this VP middle man situation has to be eliminated pronto to start.
and then go from there, and not to let the AD use a new reporting structure as any excuse for any thing..
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