Huskies Athletic Director quits

 


Huskies fans are pretty upset due to their team’s recent results, and mostly because despite those results, Dr. Mark Emmert continues to dismiss their critics and allegations about the poor leadership from both AD Todd Turner and Coach Tyrone Willingham.

Hostility increased when Emmert said that “fans that are giving up tickets because they are tired of losing are not real fans.”

I guess it’s OK to give a coach the chance when he is going through a bad streak, but it’s also nonsense to keep him when his winning percentage is of .304

And both Emmert and Turner are not looking at the figures, the team was placed tied for last and 9th in the Pac-10 conference during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, they also ended up last in the Pac-10 for the 2007 season, this is the third time in four years which makes Willingham the worst coach in Washington’s history.

Turner knew he was making the wrong choices and didn’t wanted to keep on taking the heat for the series of problems and controversies.

Todd Turner’s decision came after after Dr. Emmert decided to keep Willingham despite the team’s continued struggles.

Turner was a constant defender of Willingham but I guess there is a point when guilt is stronger than stubbornness and fans are more than willing to help Turner move his things out of his current office.

Emmert announced Scott Woodward, current Washington’s vice president for internal affairs as Turner’s temporary replacement while the’re promising "a national search" for a permanent replacement.

I guess Turner’s mistake was to not listening to what fans were asking for, he was blinded by his ego and didn’t wanted to recognize he was wrong, now he’ll have the time to meditate on his awkward point of view.