Beat: Hermann on way out?

This is a pretty complex story that I'll try to condense as much as possible. Mike Hermann, the current Towson athletic director, no longer has a contract. It expired May 31. But he's still on campus and still doing his job. Well, trying. You see, when new head football coach Rob Ambrose was hired, it was not his final decision. Bob Caret did that. Bob Caret also wanted Gordy Combs fired, a move that was made so Ambrose could be brought in. Hermann wanted Combs to stay. Gordy himself will tell you that. My point is, Hermann is losing authority within the department and everyone knows it.

According to a source I spoke with within the department who did not want to be named until a final decision on Hermann was made, the fazing out of Hermann began months ago, and the search for a new AD is in full swing. The way Hermann's contract is characterized right now is "month to month", the source said. Meaning, in simpler terms, he's here until Caret hires a new one. The source even went so far as to say the new AD will be hired only on an interim basis, not a full time one. This because as he says "other coaches are on their way out" meaning the new AD will be the one firing the coaches, then himself be fired so a new, permanent AD can bring in his own coaches. 

 

The weird thing is, everyone I talked to about this (and the list is large) doesn't want to go on record about this. If Hermann gets a new contract, as small as that chance is, they don't want to be on record and then have their relationship with their own boss severed. Fair enough. But for journalists like me, it just makes my job harder. At least I have a blog like this where I can tell you guys all this. Am I right?