And now they have another new athletic director! One of thousands!
Among [the new AD’s] first to-do items will be hiring men’s and women’s basketball coaches. The women’s program, coached by Angela Jackson for 15 seasons, lost a Division I-record 59 games in a row over the last three seasons before ending the streak in February. The men’s program let go of [its last coach] after the Cougars went 3-29 in his eighth season.
How do they even field teams?
Why does a school that’s so bad it’s practically non-existent have an athletics program?
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Ask the taxpayers of Illinois. Maybe they can tell you why they’re paying for this guy.
In August 2012, [Chris] Zorich agreed in court to pay back more than $300,000 in unaccounted [charitable foundation] funds. In July 2013, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for failing to file federal income tax returns from 2006 to ’09.
Stealing from Chicago State is certainly a tradition among quite a few of the people who work or have worked there. I guess Chicago State, and the taxpayers, appreciate traditions.
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Or ask a philosopher. If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it…