OT: Morgan Burke to Step Down At Purdue July 2017
Breaking: Purdue announces that Athletic Director Morgan Burke plans to retire in July 2017.
— Dave Bangert (@davebangert) February 11, 2016
(If he's not forced out first)
But not before signing Darrell Hazzell to an 8 year, 24 million dollar extension. (I made that up).
Seriously though, Morgan Burke was a key figure in upgrading the basketball/football facilities at Purdue, hopefully the next guy can get someone like Joe Tiller who can at least make it 4-5 games into the season pretending to be a good team.
February 11th, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^
Trey Burke and Jordan Morgan's love child is the AD at Purdue? Honestly had no idea...
February 11th, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
cannot remember ever caring less about anything, ever, than this thing.
February 11th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
+ 1 informative
February 11th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
I cared less when "Sex and the City 2" came out than I care about this.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:01 PM ^
AHHH you cared about Sex and the City!
February 11th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
I just wanted Sarah Jessica Parker to find love. She deserved it...
That, and I was hoping that old leathery woman they hung out with would die in one of the movies...
February 11th, 2016 at 3:34 PM ^
I can remember one thing I care less about...
what Alabama beat writers and fans think of UM practicing at IMG.
February 11th, 2016 at 2:53 PM ^
Given the state of the revenue programs there, this sure seems like something Purdue's brass engineered.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:02 PM ^
Might put them in a bind when it comes to Hazzell. If they are bad, as we all expect they will be, it may be tough to sign up a good coach. Coaches like to know who their AD will be. Knowing that a new guy will be in charge before your team takes the field for the first time, who may not feel any loyalty to the new coach, might further limit the number of coaches willing to take the Purdue job.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
Hazzell has a 7 million dollar buyout. The new AD (possible front runners -- Matt Light (Patriots ex tackle), Rod Woodson (duh), Stephanie White (member of 1999 women's basketball championship and head coach of the Indiana Fever) as well as some administrative types that nobody probably cares about.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:31 PM ^
I read your comment too fast and thought you were saying that Stephanie White was a candidate to replace Hazell. The worst part is, not sure she could do a much worse job!
February 11th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
I am going to guess that those aren't serious suggestions. I don't see any signs that they have any collective experience as athletic administrators. Just being a famous NFL player doesn't make you qualified to run a college athletic department.
Edit: Read a Purdue blog (they exist, who knew?) and those names are the search committee. A far cry from possible frontrunners.
February 11th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^
ah yes. makes much more sense. I must've mis read before, I was surprised with those names myself but also it's Purdue. Anyway, with 16+ months until it happens there is plenty of time for them to figure it out.
February 11th, 2016 at 3:13 PM ^
I hear Dave Brandon is looking to get back into an AD role...
*ducks and runsI*
February 11th, 2016 at 3:15 PM ^
I know this goes without saying, but Purdue is bad at football: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_seasons
How does a team like Purdue turn itself into a competitor?
February 11th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
Wow-who knew?
February 11th, 2016 at 3:26 PM ^
word as to whether Mitch Stauskus is going to resign as well?
February 11th, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
Burke did a good job early in his tenure. Joe Tiller was, for a ~8 year stretch there, a transcedent-type hire. But these #s, sourced from the link below, are Burke's legacy:
In 2005: PU had 33% more athletics revenue vs. Indiana (their chief rival).
In 2014: PU had 16% LESS athletics revenue vs. Indiana.
As for Burke getting credit for upgrading facilities: it was simply insane that it took until 2015 (!!!) to get rid of those awful south end zone bleachers at Ross-Aid. I get it, it's college, stadiums will have many bench seats. But those bleachers were something different --- they truly felt like something from West Lafayette High School.
http://www.allmysportsteamssuck.com/2015/09/17/we-respectfully-disagree…
February 11th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
The word on the virtual street (take it for what it is worth, which isn't much sometimes) is that one of the many more interesting candidates that Purdue may look at Purdue alum Rod Woodson among others (although that sounded a lot more like a pipe dream insertion on someone's part), but the early frontrunner is apparently Xavier's current AD Greg Christopher. Of course, considering all that exists is a list here and there, it's all speculation. I think Burke has been in that role nearly 25 years, which is forever given how ADs all over seem to come and go now.
February 11th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
February 11th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
I hate to be so negative, but Purdue probably brings the least to the table in terms of the Big Ten in terms of sports...they're good at basketball every once and a while but you can always count on them to lose early in the tournament. That's about it. At least Rutgers and Maryland bring us Croots.
February 11th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
Purdue still has fewer Big Ten championships than Chicago.