Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs abruptly resigns
Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs resigned effective immediately on Friday.
Pat Hobbs abruptly resigns as Rutgers AD
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From Hobbs email announcement this morning:
After meeting with my cardiac team this week and having just been apprised of the results of my latest round of testing, it is clear that I can not continue to serve as Athletic Director given the requirements of the position. I recognize this is not the ideal timeline to depart, however, other factors need to take precedence.
Let’s keep him in our prayers. He did a very good job.
Say a Prayer for Pat. He is Seton Hall Thru and thru , graduating from The Prep in 78, SHU in 82
I'm sorry to hear the news. It must be pretty severe to take this action.
Just pray Hobbs will be ok. Jobs will be there long after you leave. It’s time for him to focus on his health and family.
Pat Hobbs is a good man. Prayers are going out for his health.
Trilly reporting on his discord that multiple sources saying resignation related to issue with Gymnastics team.
The silence on well wishes from those remaining at Rutgers is not helping silence questions at the very least.
Uhhhh ya think….just take a step back and think about this objectively. There are several aspects of this situation that are very strange. I’m not suggesting that the story released cannot be true but I think it would be extremely naive to think there couldn’t be more to the story here.
You sign a multi year extension just a few months ago and your doctors tell you this week it’s imperative you resign immediately? No leave of absence. No transition plan. New gets released 1PM on a summer Friday. No well wishes from RU. Etc.
Maybe this is all a coincidence, but I just wouldn’t be shocked to learn there’s more to this (i.e. Trilly post).
Regardless, I wish Pat all the best and hope for a long and healthy retirement. He’s 64 years old - that job would put a tremendous amount of stress on the heart.
You sign a multi year extension just a few months ago and your doctors tell you this week it’s imperative you resign immediately? No leave of absence. No transition plan. New gets released 1PM on a summer Friday. No well wishes from RU. Etc.
Maybe this is all a coincidence, but I just wouldn’t be shocked to learn there’s more to this (i.e. Trilly post).
Regardless, I wish Pat all the best and hope for a long and healthy retirement. He’s 64 years old - that job would put a tremendous amount of stress on the heart.
Yeah, and as Steve Politi pointed out in his column this morning, you have a health problem and you don't take a leave of absence so you could a. keep drawing a paycheck and b. treat your health issues with State-provided health insurance. Unless he got some sort of severance, that doesn't make a ton of sense..
Someone told me once, “the best thing about telling the truth is that you only have to remember one story.”
This seems rather odd and if it turns out to be something different…really a bad look that will tarnish what appears to be a good reputation.
This seems rather odd and if it turns out to be something different…really a bad look that will tarnish what appears to be a good reputation.
Right, that’s an excellent point. Again, there are just so many angles of this that just seem extremely odd.
When I first read the story and read the comments here I thought “am I the only one that thinks none of this makes any sense?”
Boy and girls, the health scare is a smokescreen. As I said after the story broke, I’m selling it not buying.
Agreed, HALL85. Although I'll assume Hobbs' statement is true, until it's not. But it would be a very bad look to cite health reasons for an immediate departure, get sympathy and well-wishes, and then learn it was a fabrication. Those tying his departure to the "gymnastics team" doesn't really say anything so it's best not to speculate.
At the very least it’s poor PR. The statement raises more questions than it answers. Best to wait and see.
Shouldn’t the AD take an interest in a program beset with issues?
Ex-Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs being investigated for alleged ‘inappropriate’ relationship after shock resignation
Former Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs is reportedly under investigation for a possible “inappropriate, consensual relationship.”
nypost.com
All over media now, and Murphy and others with public statements.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...propriate-consensual-relationship/ar-AA1pK2Uq
