The David Nakhid Thread

[asylumseeker]

I honestly don't know where David is going with this.

The path he usually trods.

Placing aside considerations grounded in the law, consider that DN is arguably the most distinguished AU soccer alum and is the father of an accomplished AU soccer alum. Many institutions turn to pedigreed alum without collegiate head coaching experience as hires for programs. A lot of times that happens with a nod and a wink and an adulterated selection process in which the job is the candidate's to lose rather than to gain. Clearly, here there was no inside track for DN ... although one may have existed for someone else.

Institutional discretion and standing aside, there is a pot worth stirring here. And, arguably, this suit seems to have influenced AU's sensibilities regarding minority hiring ... particularly vis-a-vis the hiring of the women's coach.

There's a lesson in this already for AU.

[Cocorite]

I honestly don't know where David is going with this.

The path he usually trods.

Placing aside considerations grounded in the law, consider that DN is arguably the most distinguished AU soccer alum and is the father of an accomplished AU soccer alum. Many institutions turn to pedigreed alum without collegiate head coaching experience as hires for programs. A lot of times that happens with a nod and a wink and an adulterated selection process in which the job is the candidate's to lose rather than to gain. Clearly, here there was no inside track for DN ... although one may have existed for someone else.

Institutional discretion and standing aside, there is a pot worth stirring here. And, arguably, this suit seems to have influenced AU's sensibilities regarding minority hiring ... particularly vis-a-vis the hiring of the women's coach.

There's a lesson in this already for AU.

Good stuff as usual Seeker. Point well made. DN knows he will probably not win the case. But the stirring of the pot is indeed a worthy cause in itself.