Again 100% agreement!Originally Posted by Bigdog13
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Again 100% agreement!
Obviously BVDV (the bargain basement deal by D.R.) has sucked you in...just WOW!
Jim Oakes didn't have anything to work with compared to this used car salesman.
JOakes was just lazy
He got us out of the mess that idiot Stovall (guess who hired him?) got us into. After he got us out of that mess the WBB loving president we have tied his hands. He was so loyal, he never passed the buck to the problem we still have to this day.
+1000
Y'all are funny about, "Bruce finding the money". Amazing that some of you think that BVDV cares more about this program than those who approached him about making a change.
DR needs to focus on the scholastic mission where BVD needs to focus on the athletic mission. Afterall, that is an Athletic Director's job...isn't it?
Dooley being the exception, our AD has NEVER made a move w/out approval from D.R.. The happiest day of D.R.'s tenure was Dooley's exit to Tenn..DR needs to focus on the scholastic mission where BVD needs to focus on the athletic mission. Afterall, that is an Athletic Director's job...isn't it?
Before we call him a great hire. Can we at least wait till he has a winning record first?
Nobody said that. Ultimately it is his decision. At the least he did a good job of listening to the fans.
I sure hope you can deliver on that promise Jason.
I know that there is already plenty of ammo for the Bruce Bashers and the Bruce lovers. My opinion will be probably be solidified one way or the other by this hire.
It took guts to make today's move regardless of who ultimately made the call. I just hope that the reasoning behind the decision was more forward-thinking than a knee-jerk reaction to a 42 point home loss. Hopefully they were looking forward to selling CUSA on our membership.
I am still pessimistic after watching unending basketball mediocrity, at best, for the past 20 years at TECH. We have been through this hiring/firing deal before. Four 20 win seasons in 20 years does not make me optimistic. Zero NCAA appearances in 20 years does make me optimistic.
On the other hand, I am cautiously optimistic about this search because the timing indicates that maybe, just maybe, they are concerned about what message we are sending to CUSA. A final ground for optimism is that Bruce has made an excellent basketball hire before. He was the guy that hired Stew Morrill at Utah State. I would say that one worked out pretty well for our conference mates.
That's interesting reasoning to solidify a teetering opinion. We can't see the future, and we won't know if this is a good or bad hire until a few years down the road. BVDV can't control how the ball bounces, but he does control many other things. It's Bruce's job to put our coaches and players in the best position they can to succeed. That's how BVDV should be judged.
For example, Dooley set up Dykes with 7 "home" games and 5 "road" games with only 1 at a BCS venue. Dooley was successful for putting Dykes in a position to succeed. However, Dykes failed to take advantage of the situation. It's not the AD's fault that Dykes couldn't decide on a QB or Rufus couldn't fall on the ball in the end zone.
On the other hand, Joakes failed by lining up Auburn, Miami, and Tennessee in a 4-week stretch. Bicknell didn't fail by losing all those games because he didn't have a chance. Joakes didn't throw the pass to beat Bama or call the play to beat Michigan State. Joakes gave Rupp a huge budget increase over what Richard had. Richard failed, but does that mean he was a bad hire? What if he had the resources that Rupp had? What if Bicknell had the resources Dooley had?
Basically what I'm saying it would be foolish to judge BVDV based on this hire.
I will be judging on the process used and whether the hire is designed to place us in the best light possible with CUSA. I am interested in seeing if Bruce views this in light of its importance to the entire athletic program's future.
I don't currently have a negative opinion or positive opinion of Bruce, but I suspect I will have one or the other after this hire is done. I understand that we will not know how well the new coach will perform, but the ultimate perception of entire program will likely flow from the hire. CUSA is watching now, not 3 years from now.
Because of the importance of basketball to CUSA, this hire may end up being Bruce's legacy with TECH, much like the Morill hire is with Utah State.
Thats mainly what Im talking about. Van De Velde went through a thorough process to find Dykes. As you mentioned, he hired Utah State's head coach.
The last three times we hired someone for basketball, it was who someone else handed us (Floyd-Woolridge, Malone-Rupp), or it was who was here-Richard.
I think they will do a better job going out and screening through more people this time and get it done.
I'm really convinced that BVDV could not do anything that would make some on this board happy.
Also, I'm convinced that the only thing that would make the same population happy would be if Reneau left.
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