WCC has a new Commissioner

[thebigsmoove]

https://twitter.com/wilnerhotline/status/975744129035419648

[jazzdelmar]

Like a new captain on the Titanic.

[thebigsmoove]

Like a new captain on the Titanic.

I guess its better than being the commissioner of the WAC. That place is about to implode.

[RenoZag]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-nevarez-64795b1/

Has previous WCC admin experience, FWIW. UMASS undergrad, Berkeley Law School

[jazzdelmar]

I guess its better than being the commissioner of the WAC. That place is about to implode.

Andrea Doria v Titanic? Same old....

[thebigsmoove]

Andrea Doria v Titanic? Same old....

If she somehow convinces Gonzaga and BYU to stick around, while also getting other members to buy into facility and program improvement i will be amazed.

[TexasZagFan]

Like a new captain on the Titanic.

She got on one of the last lifeboats leaving the Pac 12 Titanic, only to discover the lifeboat has no oars and the seals are leaking.

I saw nothing in her resume and experience that any fan of the WCC should be excited about.

Let's put it another way: why would anyone want to hire someone from the Pac 12?

I don't follow Larry Stone of the Seattle Times, but this article is worth a read:

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/its-time-for-the-pac-12-to-get-serious-about-being-able-to-compete-nationally-again/

If this is the main qualification on her resume,

Nevarez had been the senior associate commissioner at the Pac-12 since 2010. She oversaw all sport championships except for football and she was also the PAC-12 liaison for basketball.

consider me not convinced...she's been there for 8 years, and the conference has only gotten worse...and she's going to negotiate the next TV contract, with or without Gonzaga?

[Zagdawg]

On a positive (?) note she comes from the Pac 12 --(maybe be able to ink a WCC vs Pac yearly challenge--since a good number of the schools already play each other --it should be pretty easy to get done) -- but it sounds like she was in a position that was to be downsized/eliminated-- so how long does she stick around before she finds the next step in her career?

[TexasZagFan]

Experience as a Compliance Officer? Bang up job there, Gloria!!! lol

[TexasZagFan]

On a positive (?) note she comes from the Pac 12 --(maybe be able to ink a WCC vs Pac yearly challenge--since a good number of the schools already play each other --it should be pretty easy to get done) -- but it sounds like she was in a position that was to be downsized/eliminated-- so how long does she stick around before she finds the next step in her career?

The Pac 12 commissioner is paid $4 million a year? Wow. No doubt Gloria's taking a pay cut, unless she can convince the Zags and BYU to hang around.

That's another problem with college sports today, too much bureaucracy, spending way too much money on administrators.

[TexasZagFan]

On a positive (?) note she comes from the Pac 12 --(maybe be able to ink a WCC vs Pac yearly challenge--since a good number of the schools already play each other --it should be pretty easy to get done) -- but it sounds like she was in a position that was to be downsized/eliminated-- so how long does she stick around before she finds the next step in her career?

Hoover of Animal House couldn't have been more positive...lol.

Not calling you Hoover, Zagdawg...far from it.

[thebigsmoove]

...consider me not convinced...she's been there for 8 years, and the conference has only gotten worse...and she's going to negotiate the next TV contract, with or without Gonzaga?

Without.

[PCZ_Frites]

Experience as a Compliance Officer? Bang up job there, Gloria!!! lol

Wait, why are you making fun of experience as a Compliance Officer? Unrelated to this hire, Gonzaga's own Shannon Strahl is a career Compliance Officer, and I would guess she'd make a fine conference commissioner if she ever decided to do something like that. She was my favorite person in the athletic department during my time at GU.

I wonder who the other candidates were, and whether or not this was the second, third, or fourth choice. Does anyone know the other candidates?

[thebigsmoove]

Wait, why are you making fun of experience as a Compliance Officer? Unrelated to this hire, Gonzaga's own Shannon Strahl is a career Compliance Officer, and I would guess she'd make a fine conference commissioner if she ever decided to do something like that. She was my favorite person in the athletic department during my time at GU.

I wonder who the other candidates were, and whether or not this was the second, third, or fourth choice. Does anyone know the other candidates?

Because of Arizona? You been living under a rock? lol

[thebigsmoove]

I don't follow Larry Stone of the Seattle Times, but this article is worth a read:

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/its-time-for-the-pac-12-to-get-serious-about-being-able-to-compete-nationally-again/

I wonder if we could parlay our interest from the MWC into an invite to the PAC 12 for all sports except football? I wonder if their tune would change because of how abysmal they are at basketball now?