WWDog
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Our current AD has done some things right. He gets credit for those things. He has also bungled a long list of things hurting Tech Family who give the smaller amounts to LTAC and those who can't afford luxury seating or travel to away games. His obvious snub of the "lesser fans" could be seen by some very early on, but it has become much more obvious now. Not taking part in the post game Alma Mater is a perfect example that he lacks people skills and is a tad arrogant.
I'll admit that our AD job has to be a tough one - but it feels like our middle class fan base is being pushed to the side.
I believe that Skip Holtz could be the best Louisiana Tech AD ever. The man has connections with basically everyone in college sports. He is very friendly, likeable, outgoing,... Holtz is also very fair and genuinely concerned with helping others overcome obstacles.
One of these days when I have some time, I'm going to do some research on what other universities have done with "grassroots" fund raising campaigns in the last 5 - 10 years. Maybe no one hits that very hard.
If anyone has any info on that already, I'd be interested in seeing it.