And for all intents and purposes, he’s a “coaches AD”. My sister was on women’s field hockey scholarship before he came on board at Stanford. But his tenure at Stanford made him one of the more highly visible AD’s nationally. I’ll not indulge you with all of Stanford’s accomplishments during his time as Stanford’s AD, but trust me on this. There were a ton of championships on his watch.

What’s that all mean? I haven’t the slightest idea, as following in Hansen’s footsteps is not something that will be an easy thing to do. Or. . . it’ll be a very easy thing to do. (I don’t exactly know what the Commissioner CAN DO or has LATITUDE to do, as far as responsibilities are concerned)

One thing’s for certain, with Leland’s pedigree, he’ll have at the end of his mouth a TON OF PEOPLE IN POWER who’ll give their ear and listen to what he has to say. He’s got “juice”, for lack of a better phrase.

And what is it with that little school up north called U of Pacific? (Coach Carroll’s spent some coaching time there, it’s where my uncle when to dentistry school AND it’s as hoity-toity as they come for small colleges).

funny coincidence