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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Bruce will do well as an Ass. AD. He didn't have the skills or temperament (word is he posted on this board to defend himself) to be the #1 guy, but I wish him well.

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by johnnylightnin View Post
    Bruce will do well as an Ass. AD. He didn't have the skills or temperament (word is he posted on this board to defend himself) to be the #1 guy, but I wish him well.
    Asst. AD, that is.

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    LOL
    Good old Memorial Gym

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    What are the odds he is already on here posting?
    Good old Memorial Gym

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech77 View Post
    What are the odds he is already on here posting?
    About 99.9995%
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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    I'm still waiting for him to whip my ass!
    I'm an asshole! What's your excuse?

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Do they have internet access on campus??

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech77 View Post
    What are the odds he is already on here posting?
    Quote Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
    About 99.9995%
    eisnerbb?

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    He wouldn't make a very good double-naught spy.
    Good old Memorial Gym

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    When I heard Bruce speak in Baton Rouge for the first time, I was thinking "I really can not believe that we hired this clown to be our AD". His time spent in Ruston was way too long. He is a goof ball and in no way shape or form has any business being an AD...he is out of his league. He might be better fit for an Ass. AD. I hope he never comes back to Ruston. He is a goofball, or what we used to call a "goose" back in the day.
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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden View Post
    I wonder if Bruce will threaten to sue uwred.com?
    Buckyville is where it's at.
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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by eisnerbb View Post
    Class act Russdawg and I agree with your post. Bruce hired great coaches (Dykes & White) who won conference championships in basketball and football, something that has not happened too often around here. He raised money, improved athletic facilities and could have moved faster if he did not have to drag that ball and chain DR. Our student athletes graduated as well. Sounds like he landed a great job and I wish him the best.
    He didn't hire Dykes. He may have been AD but he had about as much to do with hiring Dykes as he did with hiring Holtz. Mike White was a great hire! But it's fairly obvious BVD had ulterior motives with that hire (further supported by his next hire). There is a reason he keeps getting relieved of his duties. I'm glad he's a good family man and all, I do the same with a fraction of his income. He deserves no pity. If he does well, he'll keep his job. If he doesn't he'll get terminated, again.....

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by boxerdog View Post
    He didn't hire Dykes. He may have been AD but he had about as much to do with hiring Dykes as he did with hiring Holtz. Mike White was a great hire! But it's fairly obvious BVD had ulterior motives with that hire (further supported by his next hire). There is a reason he keeps getting relieved of his duties. I'm glad he's a good family man and all, I do the same with a fraction of his income. He deserves no pity. If he does well, he'll keep his job. If he doesn't he'll get terminated, again.....
    ....or leading the decision about the Ibowl/Liberty Bowl fiasco. Fact.

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Quote Originally Posted by marketdawg View Post
    Just a man trying to make a living for himself and his family. He does have one. A family. A fine one at that. Sometimes we can forget such things when it comes to times like these. Those of you that got to know him know he is a good family man with good family values. Maybe that doesn't fit with your image of him but it is my image of him. Much the same can be said about Jim Oakes; who I consider to be a great gentleman to this very day. Whether or not he, or Jim, did his level best for this university is up for debate by all of you....as the nature of this position ultimately decides productivity=character; apparently. However, Bruce always treated me with respect, as did Jim, and I'll never say a bad word about either as far as character is concerned. Now-is there a better fit for our fantastic, end-all-be-all destination for any up and coming athletic director..what with all our superior funding (usually last in conference) and our understanding and super-supportive and loyal fan-base (sarcasm included free of charge)? Possibly...but I damn sure know I wouldn't want the job..regardless of pay. I hope you have the decency to remember that the new one is a young, family man and is probably trying to do his best....against seemingly insurmountable odds. Maybe we'll try to help this one out a bit more rather than tear him down and get ready for the next one. Sleep well; throwers of rocks, for another era begins.
    It's fun to throw rocks from the cheap seats. I guess no one here has ever heard the saying "walk a mile in the other mans shoes". Until we as Tech fans begin to have realistic expectations we will always be disappointed.

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    Re: The Best to Van De Velde

    Anyone in his shoes that has to defend himself on a public fan message board is nothing but a chump, and then to come back and do it again after he leaves just proves my point. He is a chronic liar, and honesty is high in my book. I hope he never comes back to Ruston...he was in way over his head and shame on DR for letting him stay in the position for that long.
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