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Gene Smith (Former AD, ‘10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

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I was going to comment that an athletic director should not make more than the university president; then I "googled" Gordon Gee:

Ohio State's Gordon Gee is nation's highest-paid public university president

The highest-paid president in this year?s public school survey is Gordon Gee of Ohio State University, whose pay is worth more than $1.5 million including salary, retirement and deferred compensation.

Entire article: http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1...ions-highest-paid-public-university-president

All I can say is: :yow1:
 
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ScriptOhio;1782619; said:
I was going to comment that an athletic director should not make more than the university president; then I "googled" Gordon Gee:

Ohio State's Gordon Gee is nation's highest-paid public university president

The highest-paid president in this year?s public school survey is Gordon Gee of Ohio State University, whose pay is worth more than $1.5 million including salary, retirement and deferred compensation.

Entire article: http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1...ions-highest-paid-public-university-president

All I can say is: :yow1:
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Yep

Given the fact that we're about the biggest public school (always in the top 3) it's not shocking we have the highest paid president

Given the fact that we have the largest athletic department it's not a surprise that we have the highest paid AD
 
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A rising tide lifts all boats.

Ohio State is one of the premier institutions in the nation and one of the most visible for a multitude of reasons, one being the athletic department.

It would be one things if these guys weren't improving conditions/perceptions and performance. But both Smith and Gee are excellent at their jobs.
 
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Q&A With Men's Basketball Committee Chair Gene Smith
Nov. 16, 2010

With the Division I men's college basketball season officially underway, Gene Smith, the Associate Vice President and director of athletics at Ohio State and chair of the Division I Men's Basketball Committee, shares his insights into what makes the college game great, why the NCAA tournament has become the spectacle it is, what committee members do to prepare for selections in March, and how the new 68-team bracket will affect the committee's work.

There's already great anticipation building toward the first March Madness to include 68 teams, but what is making college basketball so special right now in November?

It's the start of something special. The great thing about college basketball is that the excitement is renewable. Everyone wants to know which teams and which players will emerge. We always have the teams that resonate with most people because of their historical success, but who's going to be different? Who will be the new coaching stars? Who's going to be the next great player?

People often wonder if there's a better way - or at least a more collective way - to tip off the season. College football typically has an opening weekend on Labor Day but basketball's "opening" is more staggered. Has the committee ever talked about this?

As a matter of fact, at our committee meeting last week in New Orleans, we spent time talking about this very thing. While it wasn't an agenda item for us, it emerged nonetheless as part of a long-range planning discussion. It's not within the committee's purview to create or mandate an official start of the season, but we will continue to discuss this topic and perhaps explore options. Perhaps there is a way to create that big splash that is currently lacking. We suspect fans would like it, television networks would rally around it, and frankly, the game deserves it.

Right now, the staggered approach to opening the season kind of gets lost in a time when the tension in Division I football is so huge. We're right in that window where the awareness of BCS football is so prevalent. Can we create something in that space to raise awareness and attention for basketball? Even if it's not an "official start date," perhaps there could be a more coordinated effort among a number of teams to begin their seasons on the same day, or maybe there's one multi-team tournament or event that distinguishes itself as the de facto tip-off to the season that
everyone would want to be involved with.

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http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111610aaa.html
 
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I have to commend Gene on his decision to move the students to behind the benches and behind the opponents hoop in the second half. Really pumps up the arena and it will have a tremendous effect especially in conference play.

:banger:
 
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Is Gene Smith Really that bad?

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Hey BuckeyeNation...I have been reading posts and hearing comments by the heads of other buckeye football websites, and I have been surprised at all the Gene Smith bashing. IMHO, It seems to me that Gene Smith has been receiving some unwarranted criticism based on a few errant statements and past actions (i.e...Making a joke at the self-report press conference, "getting" his wife a job, etc...). I tend to think Gene Smith has been a wonderful athletic director based on what he has done and not done in the athletic department as well as his work in campus community.
When he came into the position, he made sure to ban boosters and ppl associated with compliance violations. He decided against transitioning 6 varsity sports programs into osu club teams because he didn't want to take away the scholarships and funding to the student athletes. That decision has hurt OSU athletics bottom-line.​
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A couple of my friends are in a mentorship program in which Gene mentors something like 20 OSU undergrads and helps them get internships, etiquette training, professional skills, and helps build their character. I've seen the result his and his wife's work has done for my friends, and I find it hard to believe that so many buckeye fans think he hasn't done a great job. By the way, I'm extremely salty that I was not able to get into the mentorship program during my undergrad.
Gene was recognized by his peers as the best athletic director in the country, and was nominated to be the head of the NCAA basketball committee for a reason. I think he does deserve criticism for the fact that Coach Tressel did not come him with emails. IMO, that reflects poorly on him. The "Game" scheduling criticism he received was unwarranted because he had BuckeyeNation best interest in mind but had to publicly politic during that process. From what my friends has told me, his wife Sheila, did amazing things in University Development, has an IQ of 150, and wasn't just handed a position at the University. With all that said, I think the Gene Smith bashing on other sites is unfounded. However, I would love to hear from you all as to why Gene Smith deserves criticism because I do believe he does deserve some criticism, but the bashing and "fire" Gene statements are just excessive and unfounded. I don't think we could get a better AD for the University, and I think if Gene left we would soon realize that we had a good one. I'm excited to see how his hiring of the baseball coach and wrestling coaches turns out.​
 
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LiveForPeace;1909236; said:
I don't think we could get a better AD for the University, and I think if Gene left we would soon realize that we had a good one.
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There's an old saying -

"One 'Oh Shiat' makes your ten 'attaboys' look like shiat."

He may have been AD of the year in 2010, but when the aw shiat moment hit em, all that went out the door. Which may be one very good reason why Buckeye fans are so pissed at him.

Me, personally, I'd take the guy here at UNO - look at the guy we have there (Alberts, LOL).
 
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I think Gene is a fine AD, though I think his NCAA selection committee did poorly.

I also think the internet is rife with loud, annoyingly vocal douchebags. I wouldn't worry too much about "reading posts and hearing comments by the heads of other buckeye football websites" that paint Gene in a bad light.

just my imo.

:wink:
 
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I don't believe that Buckeye fans are up in arms about Gene Smith. There's a whole lot of success across the board in Ohio State athletic programs. He has picked up from Andy Geiger without fumbling the ball.

The Tat 5 issue aside, he has done a wonderful job. If that is the only blemish on his career at Ohio State in a decade, he will be thought of as one of the best Ohio State ADs.
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1909250; said:
Well if you're going to call me out directly.......I think he's done an average job at best since December.
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lol...I'm not sure if you were saying that in jest, but if not I didn't mean to call you out or refer to your User ID. I meant to type Buckeye (space) Nation...my bad...alexhortdog95, I agree with what your saying. Thanks for the comments gentlemen and/or ladies. I just wanted to kind of gauge what other mostly rational religious Buckeye fans think, and I Buckeyeplanet posters are more inclined to be unbiased then other websites IMO.
 
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Posted on Thu. May. 19, 2011
Smith stirs pot with pay comment
Only large schools could afford giving athletes a ?stipend.?
By Tom Davis
of The News-Sentinel

One would think Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has enough controversy on his plate right now. On top of Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel admittedly lying to his superiors regarding compliance issues, Smith doesn?t need to stir up anything else.

But that?s what he and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany did in recent comments regarding paying student-athletes in their conference a stipend above and beyond their athletic scholarships.

The Big Ten leadership is discussing covering the difference between a student-athlete?s tuition, fees, room and board, and books and the so-called full cost of attendance, which involves costs such as transportation, clothing and other living expenses.

?Forty years ago, you had a scholarship plus $15 a month laundry money,? Delany told ESPN.com. ?Today, you have the same scholarship, but not with the $15 laundry money.?

Studies suggest such a discrepancy could reach upward of $3,000 annually.

?How do we get back more toward the collegiate model and a regulatory system that is based more on student-athlete welfare than it is on a level playing field?? Delany asked. ?Where everything is about a cost issue and whether or not everybody can afford to do everything everybody else can do??

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http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110519/SPORTS/105190317/1002
 
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