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Western Carolinian Volume 64 (65) Number 11 (13)

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  • Bye, Bye Jug This past weekend in Boone left Shawn Snyder (left) with bruised ribs, coach Bill Bleil (below) in disgust, and Appalachian State with the Jug. by Mike Poston Staff Writer WCU 10 BOONE- After one year of ownership of the Old Mountain Jug, the Cats were forced to give it back to App. State after a 34-10 loss this past Saturday. ASU 34 The story in this game is the same that has marred the Cats all season—the inability to stop the big plays and the inability to create big plays. The Cats came into the game with a lot of intensity and were playing well. They stopped Apps first drive and scored on their first drive on a Josh Jones, 36-yard field goal. Head coach Bill Bleil said, "[The team] played hard. They played with a lot of emotion." After that point the Mountaineers took control of the game. On App's next possession, Daniel Jeremiah threw a screen pass to Troy Albea for an 80-yard touchdown, and the romp was on. The big plays didn't stop there for the Mountaineers. In the second quarter Jeremiah threw his second touchdown pass to Daniel Wilcox for 45 yards. Later in the game, running back Karim Razzak scored on an 81 -yard run. Razzak lead the Mountaineers with 148 yards rushing on 11 carries and two touchdowns. Bleil said, "We gave up too many big plays", adding," we didn't create the big plays." The Cats would not score again until late in the fourth quarter when Brad Hoover scored on a 3-yard plunge. Hoover ran hard in his last game against Appalachian. He gained 174 yards on 24 carries and scored once. Quarterback Shawn Snyder did not have his best game passing the ball. He threw for 70 yards on seven completions. Snyder played most of the first half until being knocked out of the game after reinjuring his bruised ribs. David Hunter, the backup QB, took his place at the helm of the offense, but did not fair much better. He threw for 76 yards on five completions. On the defensive side of the ball Anthony Jenkins led the Cats despite being banged up. He tallied eight tackles, four for loss, and had one forced fumble. Hoover only needs 22 yards to have his second consecutive 1,000-yard season. The only other player to tally two 1,000-yard seasons is Darrell Lipford, the Cats all time leading rusher, in 1976 and 1977. Appalachian's three big plays are not the only big plays the Cats have given up this year. In fact 18 times opponents have scored touchdowns of over 40 yards. Next week, the Cats will end their 1999 campaign against The Citadel in what is jokingly being referred to as the "Floyd Bowl." $25,000 Nationwide AD Search Underway Candidates to be Interviewed in January by Don Costello Editor-in-Chief The university has hired the services of an executive search firm, DHR International, to conduct the initial search for candidates to fill the Director of Athletics position, which will be open once outgoing AD Larry Travis retires in June. According to DHR's Website, their fee to the university will be approximately one-third of the "first year's total cash compensation" for the new AD, estimated to be between $25,000 and $35,000. Salaries of ADs in the Southern Conference range from $65,000 to $125,000, and the advertisement placed in the NCAA News states the salary to be negotiable and competitive. DHR International is a search firm that specializes in Athletic Directors, according to Dr. Bill Haggard, associate vice chancellor of student affairs and chair of the 13-member committee assigned to interview candidates. "They do our work for us," said Haggard of the search firm, "and do more thorough screening. They will also go out and search for applicants who may not have applied otherwise. They are marketing the position with one-on- one contact." Haggard said DHR will conduct a nationwide search by screening candidates and making reference calls in response to interested candidates. DHR will then give a list of the most qualified candidates to the committee. The committee is hoping to have a list of 12 to 20 possible candidates from the firm in mid-December. "The committee will review those until we get a list narrowed down to a smaller number of can didates to invite to campus [for interviews]," Haggard said. Those candidates will be on campus for interviews in late-January, early- February, he said. The committee will then recommend three candidates to the Chancellor, "if we have three qualified candidates," said Haggard. It will then be up to the Chancellor to make his pick and recommend that pick to the Board of Trustees, hopefully by the March 1 meeting of the Board. Dr. Merritt Norvell, president of the education division at DHR, is heading up the search. He was on campus last week and attended the women's basketball exhibition game with the Chancellor and the $36,000-a-month consultant for the athletics task force. WCU has used outside search firms to fill positions in the past. The two most recent were the positions of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Vice Chancellor of University Advancement. If DHR's fees are an industry standard, then those two search cost the university more than $60,000 combined. The advertisement posted in the NCAA News states WCU is looking for a candidate with "extensive experience in strategic planning ... experience in constructing athletic facilities ... a track record of significant fundraising," and "a strong commitment to gender equity." The ad also describes WCU as an institution which currently enrolls 6,400 and "is expected to grow to 9,400 students by 2008," ending with, Western Carolina University "invites qualified women and minorities to apply." According to athletic directors around the Southern Conference, the qualified candidates for the position described in the advertisement will command a salary around $100,000. Student members appointed to the committee by Chancellor Bardo are Tracy Biggs (football, baseball) and Christy Attebery (volleyball).
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