Mattress Mac political supporter

greenjoe · December 12, 2015

I was in Galveston earlier this week on business. I saw several Gallery Furniture ads, mostly with women doing the pitch. There is a mayoral and city council election going on in Houston and one political ad featured Jim Macavale (sp) . In this ad, Mac did all the talking and promised that if voters would elect his guy, they would save money. And as he said the "save money" part, he reached into his hip pocket and pulled out a wad of cash and waved it at the viewer.

He's obviously quite a public figure in the Houston area.

Welcome Coach Littrell.

GO MEAN GREEN

rcade · December 12, 2015

Mattress Mac is a good example of why you can't let your athletics program depend entirely on big money donors. They sometimes get mad, take their ball and go home.

A program needs a solid base of supporters at all financial levels. Including Pissant.

Ben Gooding · December 12, 2015

He's a huge figure in Houston. Too bad he's a tool. Also #keephoustonblue.

This...This right here...This explains a lot.

Cerebus · December 12, 2015

Keep politics off the football board.

Christopher Walker · December 12, 2015

Keep politics off the football board.

Plz.

GangGreen · December 12, 2015

Politics sux.

Side Show Joe · December 12, 2015

Back to the topic...

I'm from the Houston area and grew up watching Mattress Mac wave his money around in commercials on channel 39's weekly Sam Houston Colosseum wrestling program. He is a local celebrity in the Houston area. Wish we could get him back to supporting the Mean Green.

Stix · December 13, 2015

I saw several Gallery Furniture ads, mostly with women doing the pitch.

Those are his daughters. I think he's starting to slowly turn the business over to his children - he is 65.

greenjoe · December 13, 2015

Easy on "he IS 65" STIX. If you're very very lucky, you'll be 65 one day. His daughters are very pretty.

Welcome Coach Littrell

GO MEAN GREEN

Edited December 13, 2015 by greenjoe

Stix · December 13, 2015

Easy on "he IS 65" STIX. If you're very very lucky, you'll be 65 one day. Phishing daughters are very pretty.

Welcome Coach Littrell

GO MEAN GREEN

I have no clue as to what you're trying to say. All I am saying is at 65, he's probably looking to lessen his workload and to ensure the business stays in the family (I doubt he'll ever retire). And... I'm already 55. God willing, I will at least see 65. Hopefully, at least 85, like my mom.

HoustonEagle · December 13, 2015

Mattress Mac is a good example of why you can't let your athletics program depend entirely on big money donors. They sometimes get mad, take their ball and go home.
A program needs a solid base of supporters at all financial levels. Including Pissant.

Well the problem back then is he was the only big money donor. Well that is a relative term, I understand. This season with all of our troubles we still had men stand on the field with giant checks equaling over 3 million dollars. Even more money has been donated behind the scenes for us to afford to buy out Mac and pay Littrell and his staff competitive salaries. Yet it seems to go unnoticed by everyone on this board. Mattress Mac gave one million dollars to the program back then and we nearly fell out of our chairs. He subsequently made our practice field a source of amusement for many by forcing the AD to name it after a coach we fired.

Edited December 14, 2015 by HoustonEagle

Stix · December 13, 2015

Mattress Mac gave one million dollars to the program back then and we nearly fell out of our chairs. He subsequently made out practice field a source of amusement for many by forcing the AD to name it after a coach we fired.

And to this day, I wish that he would have asked that the practice fields be named for Andrew Smith.

But... that's Mattress Mac.