Tranghese to announce retirement

by Mike Rutherford on Jun 5, 2008 11:21 AM EDT Comment 7 comments

News has broken this morning that Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese will call it quits next June, ending a tenure of 19 years. He has decided to stay on for another year in order to give the conference ample time to find a replacement.

The official announcement that Tranghese will retire next June will come later today, but Tranghese said that he felt the timing was right for him to spend one more year to make things were in order before he stepped down at the end of the 2008-2009 athletic season.

"It was just the right time for me,'' said Tranghese, who has been with the Big East since it was created in 1979 as a seven-team basketball league. "The league has never been stronger in basketball. Everyone seems happy.''

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"Right now everything is working fairly well,'' said Tranghese, who says he still wants to work, but at a different pace. "In football, there doesn't seem to be any movement towards a ninth school and everyone is happy with the level of basketball. We've never been stronger.''

The good news is that this represents an opportunity to get someone in power who will take a more open-minded look at issues like college football's postseason. The bad news is that Tom Jurich's name is very likely going to be on the short list to be that person.

This could be a dicey few months.

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oh no....

when I read the opening of your post, the first thing I thought was…they’d better not come after TJ and then I read the end of your post. Do you think TJ would be interested??? He sure isn’t a quitter but wouldn’t he be quitting U of L and leaving us to the mercy of Coach K??? (gulp)

by Linda on Jun 5, 2008 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uh-oh...new Commish?

Does this mean that we’ll be getting Witchita State, Balwin-Wallace and Snake Valley State added to the Big East? Bad enough that they were even considering Memphis and we’d have to play in the crumbling Liberty Bowl stadium.

And pay attention, Big East (and this goes for stinky Auburn, too) Don’t even think about it!.....hands off Tom Jurich!!!

by MrBlunt on Jun 5, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by the way....

I just emailed TJ (his email available on staff directory – UL Athletics) and reminded him how much he is loved and appreciated; I plead my case fof him to stay with U of L- if you have a minute over the next 12 months, how about letting him know how much we want him here. Couldn’t hurt.

by Linda on Jun 5, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Future Headline

Tom Jurich announces that Big East Football is "rebuilding"

by Blocky on Jun 5, 2008 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A precarious time

for U of L football…

by frankpos on Jun 5, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Old Blood

The good news for UL is that the old guard in the Big East will likely feel threatened if Jurich is the selection so they wont allow it. The bad news is that losing him to the Big East Commissioner spot is a lot better than the alternative we are likely to see….loss to some SEC school.

He Hate UK

by orlandocard on Jun 5, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs