Perhaps Tommy McClelland needs to Google Curt Cignetti.
Purdue’s new athletic director took the podium for his introductory press conference on Thursday, and within minutes he got his tenure off to a pretty lame start. McClelland, who was recently hired as the Boilermakers’ fifth athletic director since 1942, tried to give a motivational message to the school’s recruits but instead made himself look like a bit of a fool on his very first day.