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Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins is set to resign from Kansas University effective with the end of the 2010-2011 school years, sources have told the Lawrence Journal-World and KUsports.com.Perkins came to KU in 2003 after Al Bohl was fired in a saga that led to Roy Williams bolting for North Carolina.Perkins has overseen a dramatic increase in the athletic department's budget, but has recently become engulfed in a scandal over ticket sales and blackmail allegation.
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Quote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:38:12 PM http://bit.ly/bTIKKj The part is that he is getting a year to GTFOOTheirF.
Quote from: CNS Casey on June 10, 2010, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:38:12 PM http://bit.ly/bTIKKj The part is that he is getting a year to GTFOOTheirF.Not a good time to be without an AD, you know
Quote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:40:40 PMQuote from: CNS Casey on June 10, 2010, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:38:12 PM http://bit.ly/bTIKKj The part is that he is getting a year to GTFOOTheirF.Not a good time to be without an AD, you knowYeah, that's why he's not resigning until next spring.
Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins has announced his retirement, effective September 4, 2011. With this announcement, Perkins released the following statement:“I have loved my time here at the University of Kansas and I will continue leading Kansas Athletics over the course of the next year.“At this time, my greatest priority is working on conference alignment issues, and as I’ve committed to the Chancellor, I will work tirelessly on these efforts. Conference alignment is the biggest challenge we have before us as an athletics department and an institution.“I am very proud of the academic and athletic success of our student-athletes during my time at KU and I will forever treasure the friendships and experiences being a Jayhawk has brought.“Our supporters are among the best across the nation and I could not be more pleased with how much we have accomplished together.“Gwen and I are proud to call Lawrence home. We’ve talked over the past couple years about retirement, and with my 65th birthday this year, this is the right decision for us.“After more than 40+ years in the athletics business I look forward to retiring next year, spending time with my wife, our children and grandchildren, as well as finding a little more time on the golf course.“However, my work here is not done. Chancellor Gray-Little has my support as she chooses a new Athletics Director, and my commitment to make the transition as seamless as possible. We have a lot of work to do over the course of the next year and I am honored to do it.”Perkins has served as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas since June 2003. He arrived at KU after achieving nationally recognized success as athletics director at the University of Connecticut. In the summer of 2008 Perkins topped the public voting in TIME Magazine's online poll of the best sports executives in the world. He was the only college sports administrator to make TIME's list of 35 individuals, which included team owners, team managers, league commissioners and other executives from around the world.
RCJBlog - This is what Lew Perkins does... he runs from conflict. He left UConn before the Big East broke apart. I'm not really surprised.
LOL @ KU fans already partaking in their same old ritual whenever somebody leaves their university...QuoteRCJBlog - This is what Lew Perkins does... he runs from conflict. He left UConn before the Big East broke apart. I'm not really surprised.
QuoteKansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins has announced his retirement, effective September 4, 2011. With this announcement, Perkins released the following statement:“I have loved my time here at the University of Kansas and I will continue leading Kansas Athletics over the course of the next year.“At this time, my greatest priority is working on conference alignment issues, and as I’ve committed to the Chancellor, I will work tirelessly on these efforts. Conference alignment is the biggest challenge we have before us as an athletics department and an institution.“I am very proud of the academic and athletic success of our student-athletes during my time at KU and I will forever treasure the friendships and experiences being a Jayhawk has brought.“Our supporters are among the best across the nation and I could not be more pleased with how much we have accomplished together.“Gwen and I are proud to call Lawrence home. We’ve talked over the past couple years about retirement, and with my 65th birthday this year, this is the right decision for us.“After more than 40+ years in the athletics business I look forward to retiring next year, spending time with my wife, our children and grandchildren, as well as finding a little more time on the golf course.“However, my work here is not done. Chancellor Gray-Little has my support as she chooses a new Athletics Director, and my commitment to make the transition as seamless as possible. We have a lot of work to do over the course of the next year and I am honored to do it.”Perkins has served as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas since June 2003. He arrived at KU after achieving nationally recognized success as athletics director at the University of Connecticut. In the summer of 2008 Perkins topped the public voting in TIME Magazine's online poll of the best sports executives in the world. He was the only college sports administrator to make TIME's list of 35 individuals, which included team owners, team managers, league commissioners and other executives from around the world. I got my ass handed to me. See ya.
Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins has announced his retirement, effective September 4, 2011. With this announcement, Perkins released the following statement:“I have loved my time here at the University of Kansas and I will continue leading Kansas Athletics over the course of the next year.“At this time, my greatest priority is working on conference alignment issues, and as I’ve committed to the Chancellor, I will work tirelessly on these efforts. Conference alignment is the biggest challenge we have before us as an athletics department and an institution.“I am very proud of the academic and athletic success of our student-athletes during my time at KU and I will forever treasure the friendships and experiences being a Jayhawk has brought.“Our supporters are among the best across the nation and I could not be more pleased with how much we have accomplished together.“Gwen and I are proud to call Lawrence home. We’ve talked over the past couple years about retirement, and with my 65th birthday this year, this is the right decision for us.“After more than 40+ years in the athletics business I look forward to retiring next year, spending time with my wife, our children and grandchildren, as well as finding a little more time on the golf course.“However, my work here is not done. Chancellor Gray-Little has my support as she chooses a new Athletics Director, and my commitment to make the transition as seamless as possible. We have a lot of work to do over the course of the next year and I am honored to do it.”Perkins has served as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas since June 2003. He arrived at KU after achieving nationally recognized success as athletics director at the University of Connecticut. In the summer of 2008 Perkins topped the public voting in TIME Magazine's online poll of the best sports executives in the world. He was the only college sports administrator to make TIME's list of 35 individuals, which included team owners, team managers, league commissioners and other executives from around the world. I got my ass handed to me. See ya.
Quote from: BMWJhawk on June 10, 2010, 04:01:24 PMQuote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:40:40 PMQuote from: CNS Casey on June 10, 2010, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: steve dave on June 10, 2010, 03:38:12 PM http://bit.ly/bTIKKj The part is that he is getting a year to GTFOOTheirF.Not a good time to be without an AD, you knowYeah, that's why he's not resigning until next spring. Good luck with your lame duck AD, losers.
Quote from: Pett on June 10, 2010, 04:10:07 PMLOL @ KU fans already partaking in their same old ritual whenever somebody leaves their university...QuoteRCJBlog - This is what Lew Perkins does... he runs from conflict. He left UConn before the Big East broke apart. I'm not really surprised. They hated his ass at Maryland they hated his ass at Wichita State . . . after he killed their football program he ran out of there like his hair was on fire.
Quote from: sonofdaxjones on June 10, 2010, 04:11:50 PMQuote from: Pett on June 10, 2010, 04:10:07 PMLOL @ KU fans already partaking in their same old ritual whenever somebody leaves their university...QuoteRCJBlog - This is what Lew Perkins does... he runs from conflict. He left UConn before the Big East broke apart. I'm not really surprised. They hated his ass at Maryland they hated his ass at Wichita State . . . after he killed their football program he ran out of there like his hair was on fire.He hired Gary Williams at Maryland and helped UConn football join Division 1.
