The media today has no class.
If there is nothing to hide…..why hide it? To act like nobody cares when it’s a dark question that so many people are wondering about seems fair. What constitutes improvement by SF and the metrics Trev is using is a 5 million dollar question. I can guarantee you that if they have to reveal it prior to the start of the season it will get a LOT of discussion.
Why?I'm not sure why there is hostility towards the media here. Having governmental agencies promise bonuses in secret, regardless of whether they are based on performance metrics, is not really a good thing IMHO.
The athletic department has zero taxpayer funding supporting its mission.I’m also with USA Today on this one. NU is a public institution, funded in part by taxpayer funds. With that comes transparency requirements. Refusing to disclose information that by law should be made available just heightens curiosity.
Doesn’t matter how it is funded. It’s still a government entity owned by the tax payers. And I guess we will find out if it’s required by law.The athletic department has zero taxpayer funding supporting its mission.
And this isn’t necessarily information that is required by law.
Need to know? Seriously?Why?
What’s your need to know?
There is no reason on heavenly Earth that you need to know what the performance metrics are. All hiring entities are required to follow certain employment standards. I’m sure a governmental based hiring entity with all the legal, regulatory and disclosure requirements surrounding it … would not do anything illegal or untoward.
There is a lot of good reasons to not disclose including increased pressure including undo media scrutiny on not only the coaching staff but the team as a whole. Could you imagine if winning 7 games was the metric and they enter the last few games needing to achieve that metric? The media frenzy would be insane. Could you imagine some dumbass reporter asking an athlete about having to win this game to allow the coach to keep his job?
Im sure one way or another we will find out the metrics when it is appropriate.
The athletic department has zero taxpayer funding supporting its mission.
And this isn’t necessarily information that is required by law.