Big East Moves Forward

I do not know new Big East commissioner Mike Aresco personally.  He does have the required vowel at the end of his name and so he must be a fit for the conference.  Seriously, I like the hire but will know a bit more, like all of you, once he actually does something.
While the focus with both the hire and the future of the conference is with a new television deal, the real work to be done is with public relations.  The public thought the old Big East stunk and stunk it did in terms of perception.  But in terms to play on the field the Big East was holding its own until the most recent seasons when everything bottomed out.
But the new Big East should wipe the slate clean.  The conference will certainly provide markets but what is really needed are wins.  Big football wins over top competition.  And while the conference never did get anything for generally running a clean ship, they cannot reverse course and break every rule in the book to catch up with the others.  A couple of their programs have some red flags but for the conference the need is to play hard, recruit hard and win without cheating.   And to do that they must retain good coaches and identify others.