PowerOfDixieland 3,226 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 We currently have a president who does not know a football from funnel cake. Retirement day is coming and reckoning day with it, let's hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Gowebb11 said: I could argue that our last two ADs were not hired, rather 'appointed'. The root of the problem. I rate this post a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,666 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 5 hours ago, keesler said: Dang, looks like uat had a good plan in place and made a really good hire. It seems strange sometimes as an outsider to watch other programs plan, organize, and control their operations so seamlessly. bruuuuhhhhh.......... :[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 5 hours ago, keesler said: Dang, looks like uat had a good plan in place and made a really good hire. It seems strange sometimes as an outsider to watch other programs plan, organize, and control their operations so seamlessly. I've heard this guy turned down other jobs including Tennessee before accepting the Bama job. Doubt he would've picked Auburn anyways. Saw that Phillip Fulmer is now front runner for Tennessees AD job.. Guess he has the business background that Tuberville doesn't have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sometimes it seems while officials at AU are busy putting out fires, officials at UAT are spending their time preventing fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnacle 9,064 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 This is a pretty big deal for Alabama. They really hit a home run with this hire. Scary if he continues to improve upon an already exceptional department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never2Yield 1,005 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Barnacle said: This is a pretty big deal for Alabama. They really hit a home run with this hire. Scary if he continues to improve upon an already exceptional department. Agreed, expectations are at a high for Bama. Looks like a really good hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 11 hours ago, milehighfan said: Sometimes it seems while officials at AU are busy putting out fires, officials at UAT are spending their time preventing fires. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerOfDixieland 3,226 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Serious question, besides the obvious elephant in the room (get it?), where exactly does bammer excel in terms of the athletic department? Softball and gymnastics...... I believe "excellence" in the minds of Auburn people is relative to their not having been seriously investigated by the NCAA, which is a function of the Saban/Emmert relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 12 hours ago, milehighfan said: Sometimes it seems while officials at AU are busy putting out fires, officials at UAT are spending their time preventing fires. It's a lot easier when you blow off taking care of the actual university and focus the majority of your time and money on football. Of course, if you're not a fan of a blatantly racist Greek system basically running your university, that's probably not the best plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, PowerOfDixieland said: Serious question, besides the obvious elephant in the room (get it?), where exactly does bammer excel in terms of the athletic department? Softball and gymnastics...... I believe "excellence" in the minds of Auburn people is relative to their not having been seriously investigated by the NCAA, which is a function of the Saban/Emmert relationship. Football, football and football. Everything else is just icing on the cake. But now uat has a sure fire leader who knows what he can do for the rest of the other sports. Sky is the limit, and so is the money. And "excellence" in the mind of AU people seems to be 8-5 in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinForAuburn 128 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 31 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said: Football, football and football. Everything else is just icing on the cake. But now uat has a sure fire leader who knows what he can do for the rest of the other sports. Sky is the limit, and so is the money. And "excellence" in the mind of AU people seems to be 8-5 in football. But, I can recite the creed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,082 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 58 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said: Football, football and football. Everything else is just icing on the cake. But now uat has a sure fire leader who knows what he can do for the rest of the other sports. Sky is the limit, and so is the money. And "excellence" in the mind of AU people seems to be 8-5 in football. That was only the case when we were beating Bama 6 in a row & I didn't agree with the mindset even then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1auburn1 1,110 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 5 hours ago, ellitor said: That was only the case when we were beating Bama 6 in a row & I didn't agree with the mindset even then. You guys are all over it. Striving for a squeaky clean reputation seems to be paramount. I honestly don't think winning is important enough to those in charge and it permeates through the coaches and to the players. The next time I hear a recruit say the main reason he wants he wants to come to Auburn is to win championships will be first time in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hired RichRod as football coach...3-9 season this year....what more can you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoundationEagle 637 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 5 hours ago, AU64 said: Hired RichRod as football coach...3-9 season this year....what more can you say? Durn facts. That doesn't help us bash JJ. Didn't you get the email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 28 minutes ago, FoundationEagle said: Durn facts. That doesn't help us bash JJ. Didn't you get the email? Byrne wasn't hired to resurrect the football team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoundationEagle 637 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 7 hours ago, aujeff11 said: Byrne wasn't hired to resurrect the football team... I don't know what he was hired for, but hiring a successful football coach in a power 5 conference is always pretty close to the top of the list. May not be the top of the list, but it was likely up there somewhere. If it wasn't then he had a very strange version of an AD job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 8 hours ago, aujeff11 said: Byrne wasn't hired to resurrect the football team... He is probably the guy who will hire Saban's successor don't you think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, AU64 said: He is probably the guy who will hire Saban's successor don't you think ? Yes. And every coach will line up for the job if not Dabo. I read Bama hired him because they wanted to be a well rounded athletic program, not just a football power. They want basketball to climb up there as well. Also, everybody loved the Rich Rod hire before he fizzed out. Rich Rod denied bama after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, aujeff11 said: Yes. And every coach will line up for the job if not Dabo. I read Bama hired him because they wanted to be a well rounded athletic program, not just a football power. They want basketball to climb up there as well. Also, everybody loved the Rich Rod hire before he fizzed out. Rich Rod denied bama after all. They always love a Rich Rod hire....until he is actually there for a while ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 minute ago, AU64 said: They always love a Rich Rod hire....until he is actually there for a while ? Well if they loved it, cannot blame the AD for the hire because it was obviously supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnacle 9,064 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 37 minutes ago, aujeff11 said: Yes. And every coach will line up for the job if not Dabo. I read Bama hired him because they wanted to be a well rounded athletic program, not just a football power. They want basketball to climb up there as well. Yeah, this is what I've read as well. I've also heard that his first line of order will be a new basketball arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 33 minutes ago, aujeff11 said: Well if they loved it, cannot blame the AD for the hire because it was obviously supported. My recollection of the courtship of Rich Rod was that many Bama fans were absolutely opposed to him and even made fun of his wife on talk shows. It has been a number of years ago but I think he would have had the same resistance at Bama he found at Michiga. Neither school was ready for his style of offense. Whatever..., the new AD will do what the PTB's tell him to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 minute ago, AU64 said: My recollection of the courtship of Rich Rod was that many Bama fans were absolutely opposed to him and even made fun of his wife on talk shows. That was dissonance from Rich Rod saying no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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