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[WataugaMan]

Nepotism? Now where have I seen this before?

Not just Jerry and little Jerry but when Cobb hired his wife as soccer coach.

Little Mo you mean.

[AppinVA]

Nepotism? Now where have I seen this before?

Not just Jerry and little Jerry but when Cobb hired his wife as soccer coach.

Little Mo you mean.

I shall call him...Mini Mo.

[Saint3333]

Cobbs wife was paid 18k to be an asst. coach. Really set up the family with that sweetheart deal.

[NewApp]

Nepotism? Now where have I seen this before?

Not just Jerry and little Jerry but when Cobb hired his wife as soccer coach.

Little Mo you mean.

I said what I meant.

[NewApp]

Cobbs wife was paid 18k to be an asst. coach. Really set up the family with that sweetheart deal.

Regardless she was hired by her husband. Nepotism is nepotism.

[WataugaMan]

Nepotism? Now where have I seen this before?

Not just Jerry and little Jerry but when Cobb hired his wife as soccer coach.

Little Mo you mean.

I said what I meant.

Okay

[Saint3333]

Hiring a qualified and professional individual and paying them less than market as a stop gap seems to be good business.

[NewApp]

Hiring a qualified and professional individual and paying them less than market as a stop gap seems to be good business.

Yep. But still nepotism.

[Saint3333]

It's like talking to a wall.

[AppGrad78]

Hiring a qualified and professional individual and paying them less than market as a stop gap seems to be good business.

You sugarcoat it anyway you like, Saint. It's still nepotism. App is 79-85-26 (.482 percent) during Cobb's 10-year career here. Not exactly a great return on investment.

[Saint3333]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

[NewApp]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

It's hard to call hiring a son or wife anything other than nepotism.

[kiddbrewer]

Cobbs wife was paid 18k to be an asst. coach. Really set up the family with that sweetheart deal.

Regardless she was hired by her husband. Nepotism is nepotism.

The word favoritism pops up when the word nepotism is looked up on dictionary.com.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nepotism?s=t

If she was specifically chosen because she was the wife of the AD, then yeah, nepotism applies. If she was the most qualified person for that position, then nepotism doesn't apply. I'm not well connected, so I don't know one way or the other. I doubt others on here are connected enough to know, but I could be wrong.

[kiddbrewer]

Hiring a qualified and professional individual and paying them less than market as a stop gap seems to be good business.

You sugarcoat it anyway you like, Saint. It's still nepotism. App is 79-85-26 (.482 percent) during Cobb's 10-year career here. Not exactly a great return on investment.

The sugarcoating can go both ways, especially for the anti-Cobb group...just saying. I think the political circle calls it "spin".

[Saint3333]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

It's hard to call hiring a son or wife anything other than nepotism.

Wrong.

[AppGrad78]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

By the way, Lindsay Cobb's job status changed last year when she was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant coach. Consequently, she makes significantly more than the figure you quoted. Relatives working for relatives at a major public institution is never a good idea.

[kiddbrewer]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

By the way, Lindsay Cobb's job status changed last year when she was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant coach. Consequently, she makes significantly more than the figure you quoted. Relatives working for relatives at a major public institution is never a good idea.

I can buy that argument better than the previous one you put up.

But, I can't imagine Cobb not going through Peacock to get approval on that hire. I would also imagine Peacock making sure there were no improprieties associated with the hire. To me, no story here.

[Saint3333]

Great point there are clear policies when hiring state employees, but that doesn't fit the continued anti Cobb narrative these two love to stir up.

[AppGrad78]

Hiring a relative is not always nepotism. It is only nepotism if one is chosen over another that is more qualified. Unless you have the name(s) and resumes of others that were putting in for this 18k a year job you are speculating.

You guys are acting like she was given a job she wasn't qualified for or paid above market.

78 go fire the field hockey coach, golf coach, etc. if you're concerned about ROI.

By the way, Lindsay Cobb's job status changed last year when she was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant coach. Consequently, she makes significantly more than the figure you quoted. Relatives working for relatives at a major public institution is never a good idea.

I can buy that argument better than the previous one you put up.


But, I can't imagine Cobb not going through Peacock to get approval on that hire. I would also imagine Peacock making sure there were no improprieties associated with the hire. To me, no story here.

So let's say you're the girls tennis coach at, say, Rockingham County, and your assistant coach is the wife of the athletic director. Who really is in charge of the program? If the assistant coach is doing a poor job, do you really have the ability to make a change? What happens when the head coach and the assistant coach disagree on which lineup to use? What about equipment? Scheduling? Etc... This situation is rife with conflict.

And, Saint, this has got nothing to do with anti-Cobb sentiment. Nepotism is wrong. It was wrong when Jerry Moore hired his son. It was wrong when Charlie Cobb hired his wife. It'll be wrong if and when Chancellor Everts puts her husband on the books at ASU.

[AppinVA]