BREAKING NEWS: University of Washington AD Todd Turner Resigns
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by SSreporters
After the athletic director for the University of Washington Todd Turner, gave football head coach Tyrone Willingham one more year to suck prove he is a great coach, Turner quit. Not a surprising decision by any means, heck, I think it is because he was so Pro-Willlingham that got him a lot of fire under his seat. The resignation is effective at the end of January of 2008. Although UW president Mark Emmert says that there is no connection between Willingham’s stay and Turner’s immediate resignation, I say that’s nonsense.
Ever since Turner took the job in 2004, what was a dominant Husky football program, getting 11 wins and a trip to the Rose Bowl, now can’t even get 11 wins in 3 years. The basketball program was a #1 seed in the 2005 NCAA Tournament, and they were blitzed by Louisville in the round of 16. Different seed and the same ending the year after that, a loss to UConn in OT in the round of 16. They weren’t even in the NIT after a poor record with an inexperienced team in 2006. Now it’s 2007, and it looks like UW may not even get a winning record.
I’ve never been a fan of Turner, he has made some poor decisions that have made UW sports a laughing stock, and hopefully the new AD in February can revive Washington athletics once more.
This article was originally posted on Stupid Sideline Reporters
