Last week, we took a look at new Boston College athletic director Blake James’ record at hiring coaches - the most visible part of an AD’s job - and found a record that was for the most part pretty decent, but not extraordinary.
Of course, an AD’s role goes beyond hiring coaches, with most of the AD’s time spent managing the department’s staff, fundraising, and making big picture decisions for the program.
This week we’ll try to take a look at that aspect of James’s record.
It can be argued that, with BC’s marquee coaches in a decent place, and facilities across the major sports either upgraded or in the midst of upgrades, the political aspect of the job might be what’s most important at this moment in BC’s history — figuring out where BC fits in in the evolving world of college athletics, and navigating issues like name/image/likeness and potential future conference changes.