4/27/2010: Lariviere leaves no doubt who is in charge. From Ron Bellamy in the RG:
Lariviere said that at times he re-directed Kilkenny when he felt that the search was heading in a direction with which he wasn’t comfortable. “Not that Pat was promoting a particular person, but a name or two would come up,” Lariviere said. “I think at last count, we had five coaches who have won national championships who were interested in this job. … There were at least two of them that I would not have allowed to be the coach at the University of Oregon, because they didn’t share the values we were looking for here (in) looking after student-athletes’ academic and personal success.”
30 minutes after the ceremony Kilkenny was in his jet, leaving Eugene.
But Bellamy’s article goes on to show that Kent’s teams had better academic performances than Altman’s. And of course his contract gives him bonuses for wins and ticket sales that are about 5 times the $120,000 bonus for academic success. That reveals UO’s preferences – we’ve got a $16.5 million nut to make on those bonds, every year starting now. Kilkenny and Frohnmayer may not be in charge, but their past decisions don’t leave Lariviere much of a choice.
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