as he allowed the Big East conference to disintegrate on his watch with little to no effort to try and alter its demise. Swofford has made a lot of mistakes and dubious decisions but, whether you ascribe it to dumb luck or shrewd political skills he managed to keep a formally basketball centric conference together while recognizing that football pays the bills and needed to be accorded its proper place in the hierarchy. Tranghese gets credit for being smart enough to latch on to Gavitt's coattail and essentially get a free ride through his entire career without ever really doing anything.