Akey Firing Won’t End UI Problems
As he prepares to hire a fourth football coach since becoming Idaho’s athletic director in 2003, Rob Spear is
confident that he can find the right man to turn around the program. He’d better. There aren’t many athletic directors who get five chances to get the most important hire in the department right— and there is a growing chorus of Idaho fans who don’t think Spear should get the chance to replace Robb Akey, who was fired Sunday. Junior tight end Taylor Elmo put his frustration into a tweet Sunday night, suggesting that Spear’s decision to fire Akey was in part to keep the heat off of him. “Fire a man to keep your own job???” Elmo tweeted. Spear bristled at the idea that this decision would have a larger reflection on him than others/
Brian Murphy
, Idaho Statesman.
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(SR file photo: UI AD Rob Spear, center, introduces new football coach Robb Akey, left, in December 2006)
Question: Is it time for the Idaho Vandals to get a new athletic director, too?
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