In reply to: Thank you Dr. White. You suck worse than the Jack wagon. posted by hibernianangst
Paul turned down 6 jobs before relenting with LSU. And he only relented because ND screwed him over (and no, not compensation). Once they did, Mainieri determined the school wasn't as loyal to him and he was to the institution.
And as appreciation for all of his contributions, White enforced the the full extent of Paul's buyout clause causing him to have to personally take out a loan to pay it off.
Swarbrick has neglected ND baseball. And there's really no doubt about that. But he has a ways to go before he is in Kevin White's league as ND's shittiest athletic director.
Which jobs did PM reject and how was he screwed?
Are at least 3 of them.
Not to be too vague, but it was a personal matter that I'd prefer not to repeat but it's been discussed before. But the issue wasn't about pay, and frankly it wasn't even about him.
....tells you how much the school has lost its way. Fucking embarrassing.
Don't forget that White and Jenkins thought they could hire Urban Meyer by just offering him the head coaching job.
EDIT: White also "negotiated" the Weis the contract extension.
What started him to have wandering eyes was his daughter not being accepted to to ND I believe the story goes.
I say bring Javi Sanchez out of retirement and make him HC. Dude is an ND guy through and through. Hell, he's responsible for the recruitment many of LSU's upperclassmen in the CWS this year!
A quick Google search shows that Mainieri was hired Aug. 25, 1994, and Rosenthal was the AD into 1995.
Dick Rosenthal was the last somewhat competent AD at Notre Dame.
EDIT: Rosenthal was still not as good as his predecessor, Gene Corrigan. Roger Valdiserri should have been hired to replace Corrigan.