1st round of Zoom interviews happened on Wednesday. 2 of the candidates to me - my opinion - were solid, and the other just didn't WOW.
There was a lot of talk about how the community is in supporting the athletics department. I do feel that the community does an ok job of support the university and the athletics.
An interesting comment made by a candidate - students should be treated as donors, and taken care of......after all their student fees are going to athletics no different than us giving $$ for athletics.
Of concern, the question was asked and rightfully so about the university's commitment to remaining at the D1 level. Some took offense to it, but I took it as a question this person asked to make sure when he up-roots his family for Monroe - is it a D1 job that he's signing up for. Valid question that needed to be asked, but concerning that there's that much of that perception out in the open.