“Our plan isn't to threaten them, but we want to address raising the standards on how their programs are administered and managed so that these kinds of incidents are true to what we say -- that it is a small number of coaches involved and the vast majority of guys are doing it well.”
“I think it was just a general reluctance to change. But the coaches were able to communicate with their athletic directors why this rule made sense. Then it gained more and more support.”
“From the standpoint that identifies there are circumstances that are beyond control of the coach, (and) you can't hold the coach accountable, I think this is very positive.”
“The NABC is thrilled that the NCAA is taking a leadership role in the hurricane relief effort, ... We would expect that all other coaches associations would link arm-in-arm with the NCAA in a show of support as this very important effort moves forward.”
“Tivoli was a good fit because it's already monitoring and managing our internal environment, ... We know that if we get alarms that someone is trying to hack into our environment, we already have the [Tivoli Enterprise] infrastructure in place that does centralized alarming, alerting escalation, and paging.”
“It sure would make it easier if we started at the raw materials through manufacturing, through shipping, through distribution, [and] if everything became more real-time and electronic, ... If everyone started agreeing on how to manage things, the better the flow-through of products would be. Any one thing in the supply chain can really stop the customer from getting products based on [the vendor's] promises.”
