Very Quiet Concerning AD Search

[UNT90]

13 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

I absolutely believe the AD position to be very important.  Since the AD hires the coach, perhaps more important than the coach himself, although not paid as well generally.  My point was, and I think I made it, that outside our own little "University of Whatever" most people don't know the AD by personality.  He or she is known, without name, by the hires they make.  Some get it right over and over.  Some never seem to get it.  I listen to the coach's show or the post game interview with the coach.  I don't recall tuning in to catch the AD show before or after the game. 

 

This hire is likely the most important in my 35 year tenure as a Mean Green fan.

 

Just sayin'.

 

GO MEAN GREEN

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[NTXCoog]

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 2:36 PM, greenjoe said:

And by the way, without looking, how many athletic directors of any size college can you name ?

Baylor just hired Mack Rhoades as their AD.  I knew him without looking.  Part of that was because he was UH AD for a while.  Also he had the misfortune of coming from Mizzou and dealing with all of the player strike and on campus protest issues.  Going from one trouble department to another.

[TreeFiddy]

Mizzou must really be F'd if he is leaving there to go to Baylor. 

Edited July 14, 2016 by TreeFiddy

[GMG24]

2 hours ago, NTXCoog said:

Baylor just hired Mack Rhoades as their AD.  I knew him without looking.  Part of that was because he was UH AD for a while.  Also he had the misfortune of coming from Mizzou and dealing with all of the player strike and on campus protest issues.  Going from one trouble department to another.

Yeah dealing with people wanting to not be called Racial slurs and backing student athletes supported it is such a terrible problem.  He and the athletic department handled that like champs.  The president of the University would not apologize or admit that students were using the N word in reference to african american students on campus.   I would not call Mizzou athletic department trouble for that, rather more of the visionary forward thinking departments. 

[NTXCoog]

2 hours ago, GMG24 said:

Yeah dealing with people wanting to not be called Racial slurs and backing student athletes supported it is such a terrible problem.  He and the athletic department handled that like champs.  The president of the University would not apologize or admit that students were using the N word in reference to african american students on campus.   I would not call Mizzou athletic department trouble for that, rather more of the visionary forward thinking departments. 

Not calling the people in the athletic department trouble, calling the situation there VERY difficult.  Money is down dramatically.  Applications to the school are down dramatically.  Unrest on campus with racial issues.  Not an ideal situation for athletic success.