New AD

[Dawg Fan]

That quote is from when he was hired at SFA.

Okay, now this is downright weird. As I suspected, SFA updated McClelland's position on the page years after the comments were made. McClelland was at Tech when Ivey went to SFA.

The original post was

“I commend Dr. Pattillo and his committee on an outstanding hire. Ryan Ivey is a tremendous athletics administrator that has demonstrated success every place he has been. Having worked alongside Ryan for over five years I can attest to his work ethic, leadership and vision for an athletics department and its student athletes. More importantly, he is a wonderful person, husband and father. His knowledge of the Southland Conference and the state of Texas will serve him well. I cannot think of a better fit than Ryan Ivey to build on the incredible legacies of my good friends Steve McCarty and Robert Hill.”
- Tommy McClelland, Director of Athletics, Louisiana Tech University

https://web.archive.org/web/20191205201650/https://sfajacks.com/staff-directory/ryan-ivey/297

[PawDawg]

I think alot of folks will be underwhelmed but this may be a better hire than most folks realize...

I want somebody who is more than a glad hander and seat wiper...

No more "face men" please. This one ain't. Hopefully he will see the need to fix some of the stuff McClelland "fixed" that didn't need fixing.

IMO, we had a leader on the committee who probably made the decision on the President as well. I have no doubt that he did it because he wants the best for LaTech.

[revf]

Just hope he turns out to be a pleasant surprise. I will withhold judgement and give him a chance to strut his stuff. There is so much low-hanging fruit at Tech for any new AD to address. We'll see.

90% if the low-hanging fruit is just undoing stuff the last two ADs did.

I mean the guy would be instantly in if he announced tomorrow we are going to redo tailgating to make it easier for fans.

[Blue Dawg]

No more "face men" please. This one ain't. Hopefully he will see the need to fix some of the stuff McClelland "fixed" that didn't need fixing.

IMO, we had a leader on the committee who probably made the decision on the President as well. I have no doubt that he did it because he wants the best for LaTech.

So far Henderson is making a very good effort to be transparent (I'm sure that is a political illusion, but we take what we can get). So while my jury is still out, I'm more optimistic than I was two months ago.

Perhaps this will be the same.

[Tech80]

He could start out by changing from Pepsi to Coke at the concession stands!!

[qng001]

He could start out by changing from Pepsi to Coke at the concession stands!!

Isn't that an overall university contract? Pepsi product vending/cafeteria/food court etc.

[inudesu]

Isn't that an overall university contract? Pepsi product vending/cafeteria/food court etc.

Yeah. I agree that it would be a good thing, but it's not the AD's call.

[Tech52]

Isn't that an overall university contract? Pepsi product vending/cafeteria/food court etc.

Unfortunately.

[Dawgpix]

Isn't that an overall university contract? Pepsi product vending/cafeteria/food court etc.

The President is already two months too late in initating this change. Reneau and Guice's VPs are the ones who encouraged the change to Pepsi. It was one of those overachiever recommendations.
I've never seen a domiinate sized ad effort at The Joe, the TAC or the LoveShack by the soft drink bid recipient.
As the veteran Coke guy told Reneau, "You get what you pay for."

[glm47]

The President is already two months too late in initating this change. Reneau and Guice's VPs are the ones who encouraged the change to Pepsi. It was one of those overachiever recommendations.
I've never seen a domiinate sized ad effort at The Joe, the TAC or the LoveShack by the soft drink bid recipient.
As the veteran Coke guy told Reneau, "You get what you pay for."

Reneau was always good with that.

[Blue Dawg]

He could start out by changing from Pepsi to Coke at the concession stands!!

What he can do is unrename the Techsters

[dawg80]

Okay, I know the new guy has nothing to do with it...but! Tech is enjoying a lot of winning lately. Baseball is 8-0 and both hoops' teams are playing very well right now.

I'm gonna say it...got rid of the empty suit AD and bam!!!

[CARTEK]

My Momma always told me if you didn't something good to say just don't say anything...Reneau never got it and missed so many opportunities. He did not have a business mind, and he didn't have anyone around that had one because he didn't think he needed one. Guice...I've known for 45 years...like him a lot, but he learned from Reneau.

It's time to run Tech like a business...and Pepsi is bad for business!

[PawDawg]

It's time to run Tech like a business...and Pepsi is bad for business!

So is Aramark

[Dawg Fan]

So, I just watched the video of the new AD's introductory press conference. Ivey is not the most charismatic rah-rah person I have ever heard speak, but I have seen plenty of good speakers who couldn't successfully get a job done. The ability to make good decisions and develop good one-on-one relationships will determine how good a job he is able to do. So, here we go...