Purdue AD Mike Bobinski is retiring

We did it!

PeteNakos said:

Purdue AD Mike Bobinski is retiring, sources tell On3. Will retire on Dec. 31.

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This comes as no surprise. It also means he will announce his plans on Dec. 31. My guess is the transition will happen in and around Jan. 30, 2027 which was pretty much the plan all along. Update--I was wrong about the Jan. 30, 2027--it looks as if it will be EOY.

Wait until you see his replacement before you all get too excited.

Raise the statue in Mitch's honor? Statue of Mitch, that is...

Alan_GoldandBlack.com said:

This comes as no surprise. It also means he will announce his plans on Dec. 31. My guess is the transition will happen in and around Jan. 30, 2027 which was pretty much the plan all along.

Are you surprised he didn't hold off until we have a new university president or do you think we'll have an acting AD in the interim?

finkchem said:

Raise the statue in Mitch's honor? Statue of Mitch, that is... Are you surprised he didn't hold off until we have a new university president or do you think we'll have an acting AD in the interim?

Just realized this means Mitch is probably doing the hiring here .. that should be a good thing.

Jaycee79 said:

Wait until you see his replacement before you all get too excited.

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 Better the devil you know.

finkchem said:

Raise the statue in Mitch's honor? Statue of Mitch, that is... Are you surprised he didn't hold off until we have a new university president or do you think we'll have an acting AD in the interim?

Ya, this is interesting to me as well. Would think that you'd want whoever was going to be the full time President next to make this pick. Incoming ADs I would think would also want to know this.

bear_down_chicago_89 said:

Just realized this means Mitch is probably doing the hiring here .. that should be a good thing.

This is true and probably a better scenario. Best case would've been Mitch back, with Mike Berghoff still leading the charge on the BoT. Hopefully Lehman is up to the challenge. Big, big decision - bigger than any single coaching hire.

bear_down_chicago_89 said:

Just realized this means Mitch is probably doing the hiring here .. that should be a good thing.

Two thoughts: Mitch hired Bobinski. No AD will want to take a job without knowing who his/her boss will be. The President search has to be dome by then.

Thank God. Bye

Jaycee79 said:

Wait until you see his replacement before you all get too excited.

Tiffany Grimes come on down lol.

Bluto71 said:

Two thoughts: Mitch hired Bobinski. No AD will want to take a job without knowing who his/her boss will be. The President search has to be dome by then.

Fair .. he didn’t start off that bad, just was not equipped for dealing with the new landscape. Maybe the hirings will be concurent, or roughly coordinated .. who knows.

Alan_GoldandBlack.com said:

This comes as no surprise. It also means he will announce his plans on Dec. 31. My guess is the transition will happen in and around Jan. 30, 2027 which was pretty much the plan all along.

So the big question is, who will decide the next AD? Is it gonna be Daniels?

Meet new boss. Same as the old boss. That's going to be the outcome. For better or for worse, Purdue is going to do what it's always done.

Alan_GoldandBlack.com said:

This comes as no surprise. It also means he will announce his plans on Dec. 31. My guess is the transition will happen in and around Jan. 30, 2027 which was pretty much the plan all along.

Yeah, I was going to say, hasn't this been sort of known/speculated here for a while just not a target date revealed....

Other than one bad hire, he didn't do a bad job. Definitely room for improvement though!

Imagine submitting a resume that includes hiring the worst football coach in Purdue history. Grimes wouldn't get hired at Lafayette Jeff.

BoilerN said:

Other than one bad hire, he didn't do a bad job. Definitely room for improvement though!

Katie Geralds has been a miss

ThePurdue said:

Katie Geralds has been a miss

Unless you want more money diverted from FB and MBB for WBB, don't expect much from the Lady Boilers.