Bill Moos agrees to terms with WSU
by John Berkowitz on Feb 23, 2010 5:32 PM PST
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PrintBill Moos has agreed to become the next AD at Washington State. The 59 year old Moos will be welcomed as a Messiah/Rock Star whose job is to rebuild a slumping WSU athletic department that has the lowest budget in the Pac 10.
Moos is a charismatic fund raiser who was the main mover and shaker behind Oregon's climb to national prominence. Moos did a have a little help from a guy named Phil Knight but he was the architect who put the thing together and brought a lot of other contributors to the table.
Fund rasing will be job number one for Moos at WSU. Many think he is the guy who will be able to unite a lethargic fan base to do great things. Job number two will be firing Paul Wulff next fall and finding the next great football coach who will fill the stands of Martin Stadium.
My take on all of this is Moos will do a tremendous job but WSU is not Oregon. There is no Phil Knight in the Palouse. That being said he will rally whatever troops that are left out there and leave the school better shape than he found it when he retires.
If I was a Cougar fan I would be excited.
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We're excited
We kinda feel like M’s fans feel about Zduriencik.
Don’t know if I agree that job number two will be firing Wulff. Like Wulff or not, Moos was on the committee that recommended hiring him. So we do know that Moos was at least at one time a Wulff fan. Who knows if the last two years have changed his mind.
Hes going to have to pull off a miracle
And I personally don’t see Moos as a savior that will find billions of dollars but if he can energize the donors and get the stadium going ill be happy
by Brian Floyd on Feb 23, 2010 6:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Agree
WSU has way too many holes to fill and PAC 10 yeams even got better last year, except the Cougs. They may have played harder…okay they didn’t quit…well it just didn’i go good for them. Wullf has no answers.
The Tunnel is Hallowed and Sacred Ground
by bigdawgdaddy999 on Feb 23, 2010 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
you don't know if he was one time a fan.
you only know that he was on the committee. Who knows if he was on board with the decision?
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
The word is Moos was active in recommending him.
by spencer peaty on Feb 24, 2010 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe the question was who is the best coach we can find for around half a million per year?
by John Berkowitz on Feb 24, 2010 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
That was my guess at the time
We know what the answer was, but we don’t know the question. My guess is there was a hard spending cap
by Brian Floyd on Feb 24, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Wulff
So long, Farewell, Auf Weidersehn, Goodbye.
Unless Wulff pulls off a miracle and gets close to a .500 record next season, he won’t be back. New AD’s always want to hire a new coach.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Maybe he can figure out a way
to get Coug fans in the PDX area to drive to Pullman for games. The Coug fans I worked with would drive to Qwest for a game but not Pullman.
The isolation of Pullman is something that can’t be solved.
by John Berkowitz on Feb 23, 2010 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
The time frame I reference
was when they were still winning. I don’t know what it’s like now the Wulff is the HC.
Things will improve
WSU got the right guy for the job in fact WSU got the guy UW should have gone after when they were looking for an AD.
I believe one of the tasks Moos will do is
have at least one game a year in Qwest Field just to get the $$ and some semblance of fan interest. Someone also needs to make sure he stays away from Paul Allen.
Qwest definitely will be in the picture
If there is one thing that Sterk mismanaged terriby it was the relationship with first and goal. Scheduling stinkers at Qwest was a mistake. playing someone like Oregon or Oregon State that would have filled the stadium up would have been a much better deal.
by John Berkowitz on Feb 24, 2010 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
The whole Qwest idea was good at the time....except for opponents
I’ve been outspoken in wanting Oregon at Qwest, at least one time, for the influx of money it brings. If we can sell that place out, we end up making a ton of money
by Brian Floyd on Feb 24, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Oh man that Hawaii game was just....yuck
Ok St was the biggest name we had and I think it also sold the best
by Brian Floyd on Feb 24, 2010 5:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Job No.1 for Moos
Bill Moos will evaluate the football program this next season. I firmly believe Wulff has one season to show major improvements. Not just in the winning column, Wulff needs to make some head way pertaining to the culture, and putting his stamp on a struggling football program.
I believe Wulff and Kelly are in the same boat. Both coaches are relatively new to their positions. And so far both coaches are sitting in the shadow of prior coaches. The major problem I see with Wulff is that he has yet to enthuse any Coug fans pertaining to his program. Nobody has gotten behind the coach and has shown very little loyal support in Wulff’s corner. Winning can go along way in solving all these issues. But I think Wulff’s days are numbered. Their simply is too much negative talk coming out of the Wulff-led program.
Moos will make his first hire sometime next season or moments after the season has wrapped up. I’m almost sure of it. Wulff stinks! But as a loyal Husky fan I hope Moos keeps him around.
All I saw was purple
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