BE Commish Marinatto resigns

by **Pony!Poni!Pone'!** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:50 am

per Brett McMurphy tweet

by **SMUer** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:29 am

We were the last straw.

by **RyanSMU98** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:29 am

From the NJ Star Ledger: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2012/05/john_marinatto_big_east_commis.html

One quote I found really interesting: "The story [from CBSSports.com] reports that the league's presidents asked Marinatto to resign on Sunday."

by **ponyscott** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:10 am

The league presidents voted and wanted a new fresh face in front of the BE when they negotiate the new TV contract and as they all enter a new era and asked him to resign...he did a good job for what he had to do at the time and what he had to work with and by NO means signals a negative connotation for the BE. Quite frankly it's a positive spin, so all the debbie downers need to back off again.
New freshly engaged candidates will emerge this week.

by **smuuth** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:15 am

Looks to me as an outsider looking in that the old days of the conference commissioners just participating in golf tournaments and doing some back-slapping and keeping the biggest football revenue producers happy are gone. they have to be polished salesmen or women who must have great negotiating skills for the big money tv deals and be innovative in keeping conferences together.

by **goldenstang** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:20 am

I don't see what the big deal is, didn't anyone who was paying attention see this coming?

by **skyscraper** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:55 am

Fresh face and energy needed as CFB goes through big transition post-BCS. Hopefully a good choice will be made.

by **Paladin** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:18 pm

It looks like time to summon our Superhero...... OrsiniMan........ to swope down and save the Big East from calamity, mayhem, and destruction.

Long live OrsiniMan !

by **Stlhockeyguy02** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:01 pm

Don't forget we and Houston and UCF all voted on this. So...I dunno, make of that whatever you want lol.

by **gostangs** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:06 pm

I think Orsiniman is on a well deserved vacation. Someone get the Pony eye in the sky lit up!! (good cartoon in there somewhere if someone wants to take a shot).

by **Kynd Tulsa Phan** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:07 pm

Its kindof wierd but at the end of the day it doesnt matter.

The Big East will get a nice TV deal and despite no AQ will still get more of the pie than the fail conferences.

Orsini is a winner.

by **SMU89** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:33 pm

Paul Tagliabue w a CIW

by **MustangSTATS** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:52 pm

CBS article claiming Marinatto was a scapegoat for school presidents who failed to agree on a tv deal in time.

by **goldenstang** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:07 pm

He is definitely the fall guy. He isn't totally to blame but he was a big part of the problem.

by **MustangStealth** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:01 am

goldenstang wrote:He is definitely the fall guy. He isn't totally to blame but he was a big part of the problem.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. He didn't do enough to strengthen the conference when it needed to be done. TCU was too little too late.