new AD Hire (next door neighbor dad looking guy from iowa)

[Shooter Jones]

Sorry, laird.

https://twitter.com/john_currie/status/856952964845625346

Oh man, Reid is a major sweater in meetings.  Great bean counter though.  Is Tennessee struggling financially?

Beans won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their beans from a jar

[Kat Kid]

Well, this looks terrible.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/apnewsbreak-critical-audit-another-blow-to-iowa-athletics/2017/05/11/e0739150-3678-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_story.html?utm_term=.39cc42590bc5

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Missing iPads. Unnecessary travel. Improper credit card purchases.

A recent audit of the University of Iowa athletics department found that administrators failed to adequately monitor information technology purchases, allowing wasteful spending and creating major risks for equipment theft. The department’s IT director, Patrick Delin, left his job in February as auditors were nearing the conclusion of an inquiry that was sharply critical of his practices, Iowa confirmed this week.

The audit comes at a difficult time for athletic director Gary Barta. Last week, a jury awarded $1.4 million in damages for discrimination, unequal pay and retaliation cited by his former top aide, Jane Meyer. At trial, the university argued that deputy athletic director Gene Taylor was paid $70,000 more than Meyer because his job included overseeing IT.

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The 10-page report was unknown to Meyer’s lawyers, who successfully argued she was doing similar or more work than Taylor for less pay.

“It turns out the one extra area they claimed Taylor was doing was being handled incredibly poorly,” said Meyer attorney Tom Newkirk, who added that he would have used the report to cross-examine Taylor. “We’re very disturbed that the university didn’t produce this report prior to trial.”

Taylor left last month to become athletic director at Kansas State. He didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry.

The Associated Press obtained the report from the Board of Regents, which was recently warned that the findings revealed unacceptable weaknesses. The report found an array of questionable practices in IT, where purchasing expenses skyrocketed by 43 percent in one year.

The waste ranged from five football players who weren’t charged for school-issued iPads that were missing when they left to an employee caught making personal purchases on a department credit card. That employee refunded the money during the audit; the university hasn’t identified the individual or released details of the spending.

The report said one employee took two trips for “training” that didn’t appear to be related to job duties — including to a conference for association executives — while another needlessly extended a trip by three days at a $530 cost. It said supervisory reviews of travel were ineffective, allowing unnecessary and excessive spending.

Delin, 39, had worked since 2012 as IT director, earning $100,000 annually. The university said he left Feb. 2 but declined to elaborate, calling it a confidential personnel matter. A phone number for him rang unanswered. The audit was dated Feb. 21 and sent to President oscar Harreld and Barta.

Auditors cited several weaknesses in the oversight of purchasing, discovering two vouchers with the wrong receipts attached. They also found that Delin used a subordinate’s credit card when his neared its monthly transaction limits, circumventing a key spending control and violating guidelines.

Auditors found that televisions, tablets, Apple watches and MiFi hotspots were either poorly tracked or not tracked at all. More than 120 pieces of equipment were listed as belonging to employees who no longer work there; some had been gone five years. Old equipment wasn’t disposed of as required through the university Surplus Department, increasing the risk of theft. Over a three-year period, the department bought 72 tablets on credit cards and submitted one to Surplus.

The report faulted Delin’s handling of phones that were loaned to employees who traveled internationally or needed hotspots. The department wasn’t reviewing bills to ensure employees paid for personal calls and that they were in compliance with NCAA recruiting guidelines. One phone was used by a staffer for an extended period without approval from management.

Department leaders vowed to review all policies related to how they buy, track and dispose of equipment and to tighten oversight of spending, travel and cell phones.

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[Tobias]

what in the holy hell

[star seed 7]

IT dorks smdh

[pissclams]

was the audit completed by internal or external auditors?

[WarmYellowLight]

Never thought Gene had the IT factor anyway.

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[sonofdaxjones]

Sounds like Snyder got his yes man and tax shelter back.

Gene "Weiser" Taylor

Circa 2020:  It was revealed Kstate Athletics gave a low interest loan to AD Gene Taylor to buy a lake house.  Taylor responded, "I'll pay it all back, and look at that view"!

[Pete]

So K-State

[Dugout DickStone]

BITB pointed out Taylor has greatest job in world.  Well above what he should have achieved, he has pretty good facilities in place and any decisions he makes on new coaches will really not matter because he is old AF and this is basically his retirement job with a golden parachute.

[Dugout DickStone]

We were all worried about Bill hiring Sean when we should be worried about The Mustang cleaning out all the computer labs...

[Shooter Jones]

new nickname ideas, IT related:

The Trojan - If the Trojan is really powerful, it can take over your entire security system. As a result, a Trojan can cause many types of damage starting from your own computer to your online account.
The Firewall - Part of a network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.

[pissclams]

new nickname ideas, IT related:

The Trojan - If the Trojan is really powerful, it can take over your entire security system. As a result, a Trojan can cause many types of damage starting from your own computer to your online account.
The Firewall - Part of a network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.

sorry shooter, he's the mustang

[Dugout DickStone]

I think something that reflects how incredibly lazy and tuned out he apparently is.

Maybe "The Millennial"

[WildcatNkilt]

Also, Patrick Delin was K-State Athletics IT before he went to Iowa.

[WillieWatanabe]

Delin was only making 100k?  good grief.

[The Big Train]

new nickname ideas, IT related:

The Trojan - If the Trojan is really powerful, it can take over your entire security system. As a result, a Trojan can cause many types of damage starting from your own computer to your online account.
The Firewall - Part of a network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.

WannaCry - Lock you down so fast you may WannaCry but you can't deny you're gonna have to buy that cryptospy some digital Bitcoin supply.

[Pete]

Lots of cyber ransom attacks coming out all of a sudden.  Coincidence?

[The Big Train]

Lots of cyber ransom attacks coming out all of a sudden.  Coincidence?

Just like I said with CloudFlare, not a coincidence. 

[Dugout DickStone]

Delin was only making 100k?  good grief.

If you add in all the stuff he stole and purchased on the EMAW CC I am sure its twice that

[Dugout DickStone]

Dudes who rip off rural public universities like it's their birth right are cool

[wetwillie]

Veatch to Florida

[Kat Kid]

remember when I looked at all the AD talent that we had or had recent K-State connections and how we went outside of all that to hire this guy who may be completely incompetent?

[MakeItRain]

remember when I looked at all the AD talent that we had or had recent K-State connections and how we went outside of all that to hire this guy who may be completely incompetent?

Bill and Myers got their huckleberry. People wanted Currie out, grats

[meow meow]

Currie was gonna leave for Tenn anyway so wgaf