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Bold.

The lesson I took from Sherman is don't let personal attachments and history get in the way of getting the best candidate available today.

Me - I found the info on the Web site and everything.

Saw this live last year -- really freaking cool.

You just krammed me so hard. Bravo.

You know who else sucks? Brandon Jennings.

Is it possible for 25,000 more people to develop the same congenital analgia that Kram has? We'd be in pretty good shape as a program...

I'm only arguing because I'm bored, but saying all Catholics support Notre Dame is like saying all Methodists support SMU. Maybe all that money people donate for prayer candles at mass has been secretely funneled to pay Charlie Weis's per deim? If so, I blame the Illuminati.

Man - Boston College, Marquette, Seton Hall, Loyola, Gonzaga, Georgetown, etc. are really getting jobbed then. Does TCU get the Christian money?

If I had a dollar for every time I said that...

Nope - the university communications office. Send them a letter! Unless being gay is now an NCAA sport. Of course, if we had a gay team, I don't think many of you wouldn't attend, but you'd certainly find the live feed with no sound on the other school's board.

Don't get banned.

Isn't that a good thing?

Why is the line moving? WHAT DO YOU KNOW!!!???? EDIT: Whoops - you are bold my good man.

Two follow-up points: 1.) I didn't mean to come across as bagging on KRAM and the exes for what they do so hard. My apologies to him and everyone else who works so hard to further the organization. 2.) Crippled dog analogies aside, a job in college athletics is not some horrible curse or point of charity. There are thousands of people who would kill for this job and the folks who have those jobs should be expected to do the best job possible. Some do and some don't - just like any business. They also got them because they were skilled and qualified. We all have the right to attack them if we're frustrated, but if you're going to attack them, at least know who you're attacking before casting a broad net. And, I'm done. But, GMG

The old "wanna see my garden" trick. Works every time.

Did a great radio interview at halftime as well.

Come game week - I'll bet good money we see those stories shopped and picked up. Have you seen any Cowboys coverage breaking down whoever they play after Green Bay? Give a game week, let's track the coverage/angles taken/activities done and see where it lands. Fair? FIU is in a large media market too - and no one gives a crap about them either unless they win, compete, hire Isaiah Thomas or fight Miami. The last real stories with national appeal I've seen out of our team ahve been the hiring of Dodge, the wacky shoot-out with Navy (offensive turnaround in general), the racism charges and the beginning of the Riley Dodge era. And all of them got what I thought was significant national attention - especially for us. I'm not trying to promote Eric Capper or champion him. I'm fairly certain that he could care less about me - and rightfully so. We have journalists or former journalists on the board - is there anyone who would have you writing a feature-type story on the Army game prior to the FIU game? My definition of anger and outrage is only because you are so far off your usual, smiling tone of joy. I assume this is as about as angry as you get. Oh, and to the first point, coaches and ADs - even at UNT rates - make at least 10 times most of their staff, so no, it's not really the same boat at all.

Most of the time, I don't like to bash anyone except other posters - it's been pretty much my policy for 4 years, especially as I realized there's a small group that actually cares what I have to say. The material is endless. When mister rah-rah positive pants gets his panties in a wad and stars going negative on a board where the other breaking topics are Playmaker's thoughts on RV, I'll go with what interests me. I found out if we did the NT Preview suggestion - we did and it failed miserably - and has for several years, even when we played Navy. Working in communications, you can push the story lines and news items all you want, but if you don't have a reason for people to care, no one covers you. Why would Johnny Sparepants in Richardson want to read anything more than the notes and coverage from Vito on the team? Do you want Kevin Sherrington to write a column? Do you have story angles to push? When we had angles - such as conference titles, leading rushers, etc. - the AD pushed them and got some great national coverage out of it. Dunbar still gets the majority of our dwindling positive press. I guess I have a certain amount of sympathy for members of the staff - even the ones that I am fairly certain hate my guys and file away my posts for some future plot to destroy my internets. Working in college athletics is - for many reasons - a job with a ton of crappy baggage. Kicking them - outside of specific incidents or failures - is akin to me to pushing a crippled dog off a treadmill for not walking faster. I don't advocate blaming anyone, but if you think the people responsible for putting a good face on what has become a floundering and irrelevant football product deserve the majority of your outrage and anger, then I just don't think you see the big picture.

Call them and ask them what they're doing. Ask for a time sheet if you must - maybe even sketch out a few ideas for them. I mean, it's so easy to judge from the "box scores," but unless you get into the AD and see it "live", you won't appreciate the "improvements", right? I think they'll be more and happy to talk to you. Or...keep being a passive-aggressive douche. Either/or.

What an unexpected turn of events. And thanks to my grandfather, father, cousins and several good friends who have done tours around the world. I'm looking forward to greeting a good friend at a bus stop with shorts when he gets home in December.

I guarantee you the score was sent to anyone and everyone who could use it. You should be asking the question why does the DMN not see the need to include it?

Let's all visit the athletics web site for Kram! http://www.meangreensports.com/SportSelect...&SPSID=9509 SID - all of the game notes, media guides, day-to-day media relations, long-lead stories, etc. They have a team that attends every game and populates the site, sends scores, info, etc. to local and national outlets ASAP, blogs, puts together videos, etc. Eric Capper and the Stephens are your guys here. Marketing - Paul Batchelder is the lead guy for marketing and has been for a long time. Jamie Adams runs the promotions show and has since 2005. He meets with student groups, develops materials, works with sponsors and partners, works with more student groups and puts together events like the Clark Park tailgate. They develop the scripts for all sporting events, coordinate with the band, etc. You know Jamie - you're just playing dumb, because he is the one you complain about the shirts too. Mean Green Club - John Burkett with Mandy over him. They would be the ones to ask about the flyers, etc. All of these people have two college degrees - especially the younger ones, because that is what the market requires. When an internship opens anywhere in the country, hundreds of grad-trained students apply for these openings - usually for little to no pay. This demand also holds the salary down at the lower ranks - meaning you have to really want to put in 80 hour work weeks for 8-10 years or so before the money and opportunities to enjoy your family come. UNT doesn't have a sports mgmt masters program - this is why we don't get many of our grads back in the AD. It's not an agenda or a hatred of the school, it's just the realities of college athletics. Hope that helped. Let me know if you need help wiping or cleaning up the toilet seat later today. I'm always here to help!

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