NWRebel Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 11 hours ago, toonkee said: Wow. Everyone is on board that this is a really good hire by UNLV. Kinda nice. We've certainly had our share of shyt shows. But, this hire looks good to me. I hope we can keep her for a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Her primary motivation was probably wanting to come back to the West Coast. Her being responsible for hiring Justin Fuentes from Memphis was a good move. I'd say Sanchez better start winning more football games. It'll be interesting to see how she handles the Fertittas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, aztech said: Her primary motivation was probably wanting to come back to the West Coast. Her being responsible for hiring Justin Fuentes from Memphis was a good move. I'd say Sanchez better start winning more football games. It'll be interesting to see how she handles the Fertittas. She's worked at big time schools with boosters who are tougher to deal with than the Fertittas, who aren't even UNLV boosters. They're Sanchez boosters. Regarding Sanchez, his seat isn't even remotely warm.! He's been here two years, his win total has increased each year, and he's dramatically improved the infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 42 minutes ago, ph90702 said: She's worked at big time schools with boosters who are tougher to deal with than the Fertittas, who aren't even UNLV boosters. They're Sanchez boosters. Regarding Sanchez, his seat isn't even remotely warm.! He's been here two years, his win total has increased each year, and he's dramatically improved the infrastructure. She wasn't the AD back there. The AD deals with the boosters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyovanian Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Couple bottles of wine, and I'd hit it. I'd tell her my name was ph(il) and that I lived in the northwest, a short drive from the Amargosa Valley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 minute ago, aztech said: She wasn't the AD back there. The AD deals with the boosters. She saw the ADs deal with the boosters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfan8431 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 14 hours ago, CockyUNLVPoster said: We've certainly had our share of shyt shows. But, this hire looks good to me. I hope we can keep her for a long while. I hope you're right. I've looked at a lot of resumes over the years. I started to notice again & again that many folks change jobs after 18 mos to 2 years. It happened so often I started to believe there must be some psychological reason. Like it's new, they get on top of it & then they get bored? She's had like what 8-10 jobs in 25 years? I'm sure a lot of that was upward which is positive but still that's a lot of movement in a career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 3 hours ago, ph90702 said: She saw the ADs deal with the boosters. Is that what she told ya? OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, aztech said: Is that what she told ya? OK She has a legal background and has been in numerous capacities, has been involved in high profile situations that involved bigger egos than the Fertittas. She can work the room well and certainly will handle the boosters that support UNLV with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWRebel Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Nothing new here but, UNLV has announced her hire officially. News conference tomorrow at 2pm PT. https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-officially-announces-reed-francois-as-ad/ She announced it on Twitter: DR_Francois @DRFrancois1 Follow More Thanks to all who have made this day possible. Excited about the future of @UNLVAthletics #GoRebels RETWEETS11 LIKES36 9:01 AM - 17 Apr 2017 10 replies11 retweets36 likes Reply 10 Retweet 11 Like 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTanked Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Hmmm. This seems to check all the boxes I was looking for. I'm still a little stunned that it looks like UNLV finally made a good hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RoscoesDad Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Don't know much about her. I have a buddy on the search committee, he said she absolutely killed her interview. Looks like a good hire. I hope she is up for the challenge of completely demolishing the current structures within the athletic dept. and makes it a priority to cut out all of hands in the pot that continue to stall progress. We need an autonomous AD who is in charge and has the power to make decisions without various interest groups involvement. Otherwise I am skeptical of how much impact any AD at UNLV can have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWRebel Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Looks like she is in for 5 years at $350,000 per year. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/apr/17/desiree-reed-francois-announced-as-new-unlv-athlet/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 13 hours ago, Rosegreen said: She has a legal background and has been in numerous capacities, has been involved in high profile situations that involved bigger egos than the Fertittas. She can work the room well and certainly will handle the boosters that support UNLV with ease. Her publicist couldn't have said it any better. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosegreen Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 49 minutes ago, aztech said: Her publicist couldn't have said it any better. lol Jealousy doesn't look good on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudleyDgroot Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 She used to go by Desiree Reed, Esquire when she was at San Jose State......Always thought that was kind of strange and self aggrandizing........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Rosegreen said: Jealousy doesn't look good on you. I'm not jealous. In fact I'll be glad if she works out for UNLV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4UNLV Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/what-theyre-saying-about-unlv-hiring-desiree-reed-francois-as-new-ad/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoggFather Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 For a fundraiser they can have a "sink a put into her mouth" promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoggFather Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 On 4/17/2017 at 2:25 PM, dudleyDgroot said: She used to go by Desiree Reed, Esquire when she was at San Jose State......Always thought that was kind of strange and self aggrandizing........... She wasn't well liked in her time at Fresno State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...