Bobby Valentine to Sacred Heart?

    Bobby Valentine has had, lets just say, an interesting career path in sports.  From leading the Mets to the World Series in 2000, to becoming the first American manager to win a Japan Series in 2005 with the Chiba Lotte Marines, to essentially imploding the Red Sox organization in only 1 season, its safe to say Bobby V has become quite a conventional name, for most unconventional reasons.

    Now, according to a report by the Connecticut Post, you may be seeing Valentine this year not on NESN or ESPN, but instead in a small New England college.  Valentine is currently the leading candidate to fill the vacant role of athletic director at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT.  The Stamford native visited the campus 2 weeks ago to interview for the role to fill retiring Don Cook's shoes.

    Neither Valentine nor Jim Barquinero, Vice President for athletic and student affairs, have elected to comment on the legitimacy of Valentine's interest.  Nevertheless, a quiet little college in Connecticut may be exactly what Valentine needs after creating one of the worst on and off field drama saga's imaginable with the Sox this past season.

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