Poor Leon Barmore

[faninmonroe]

Watching his empire crumble under the direction of Oakes and Reneau is heartwrenching.

I feel for the man and would not be upset if he was named the head women's coach at lsu in a couple of months.

He deserves better than to have his program ruined like this.

[Cal&Ken]

I only have so much sympathy. Apparently he is the one that hand picked Budke and then Long. He should stay out of the selection of coaches. He is 0 fer on his selections.

[Sundance]

Amen, Leon was a great coach but it he picked his successors as alleged, did the Techsters a disservice, especially if Mulkey is a candidate for the LSU job.

[johnnylightnin]

Wasn't Leon's hand-picked successor Kim Mulkey?

[grimey]

Kim's name was mentioned as a replacement for Pokey last night on the local news.

[DallasDog]

I think Budke was the "best available" at the time. Kim was gone and if I remember correctly there weren't any big names available/interested when he stepped down. I always got the impression we settled for the JC coach because out of everyone available he had the most wins etc...

I can't speak to long's hiring I wasn't around to gauge the mood and atmosphere. I would say Leon is 0-1 in coaches if long was his choice.

[oledawg66]

Wasn't Leon's hand-picked successor Kim Mulkey?

Yes. I wonder who let her get away (dripping sarcasm).

[oledawg66]

Kim's name was mentioned as a replacement for Pokey last night on the local news.

Talk about adding insult to injury. That would be too much to bear .

[Brian96]

I only have so much sympathy. Apparently he is the one that hand picked Budke and then Long. He should stay out of the selection of coaches. He is 0 fer on his selections.

If he hand-picked his successors it is because someone in the administration was not doing their job. Don't lay this at Barmore's feet. He's a coach, not an athletic director. We accomplished more than a school with our half-assed financial and administrative support should ever have achieved because he was loyal to his school despite lucrative offers to go elsewhere. If Barmore is to blame for anything it is for setting the bar of our expectations too high in light of the realities of what our administration was ever actually going to do to support athletic excellence.

Barmore was a rarity on many levels, most notably that he could get things done--on and off the court-- by the sheer force of his personality, and then he could back them up with his skill. So far Dooley seems to be cut from that same type of mold, but we will have to see if he can back it up with results on the field.

[Cal&Ken]

If he hand-picked his successors it is because someone in the administration was not doing their job. Don't lay this at Barmore's feet. He's a coach, not an athletic director. We accomplished more than a school with our half-assed financial and administrative support should ever have achieved because he was loyal to his school despite lucrative offers to go elsewhere. If Barmore is to blame for anything it is for setting the bar of our expectations too high in light of the realities of what our administration was ever actually going to do to support athletic excellence.

Barmore was a rarity on many levels, most notably that he could get things done--on and off the court-- by the sheer force of his personality, and then he could back them up with his skill. So far Dooley seems to be cut from that same type of mold, but we will have to see if he can back it up with results on the field.

I agree - never said otherwise. They should never have let him pick. I do not nor have I ever thought that it is not the fault of DR and JO. If you see my posts you will see that in many of them.

[Brian96]

It is also telling that several of Barmore's proteges are having pretty decent careers--at other schools. Not sure if it means anything, but maybe, just maybe, there is more to this formula than meets the eye.

[johnnylightnin]

I agree - never said otherwise. They should never have let him pick. I do not nor have I ever thought that it is not the fault of DR and JO. If you see my posts you will see that in many of them.

Nope, when he picked, the administration should've listened and kept KMR around. Barmore is not to blame for Budke (who's having some success this year if I'm not mistaken) or Long. They asked him who they should get, he told them and they didn't make it happen.

[oledawg66]

Talk about adding insult to injury. That would be too much to bear .

Wrong smiley. My bad.

[Mean Gene]

It is also telling that several of Barmore's proteges are having pretty decent careers--at other schools. Not sure if it means anything, but maybe, just maybe, there is more to this formula than meets the eye.

Whoa!!! NEVER looked at it that way but ya may be on to something!!!

Gene

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Mulkey had the opportunity to stay at TECH, with a higher salary and an open wallet, and chose to leave.

4 years, 5 years, whatever. She left on her own will.

Let it go.