An Athletic Director Thread

[Show-Me Hog]

I know I am probably alone on this board in this opinion, but I think it's a perfectly reasonable position to take that the athletic department is in good shape as to all sports except football (women's basketball might be an exception), and a D-1 worst football program is acceptable in light of all the other sports.

Of course I would rather have a good football team, all things considered.

[vegashog]

a simple majority of the bot is all it takes to send a recommendation. but it's the chancellor and system president that choose to take any action or does any firing.

[bigpig]

I know I am probably alone on this board in this opinion, but I think it's a perfectly reasonable position to take that the athletic department is in good shape as to all sports except football (women's basketball might be an exception), and a D-1 worst football program is acceptable in light of all the other sports.

Of course I would rather have a good football team, all things considered.

The only problem is football is the only true revenue generator for the AD, so getting that wrong is bad enough to outweigh being fine or good in all other sports.

[DrMongoose]

Let's not act like the whole athletic program was a dumpster fire or even sideways when Hunter was hired, but football has gotten worse. Diefel and Hale were long hires whose success he didn't see.

Women's hoops is as bad in the sec now as football is and that is on hunter's watch.

I saw where the spin was the last 9 years have been the most successful in program history. Do the numbers back that up? I find it hard to believe but then if it happened before they were in the broyles center then that seems not to have happened (which was part of long's problem).

How did Lawson get to the board president when he was an appointee to fill boyer's seat? Is that predetermined on when that term rolls off?

Stienmart hired him and then he got run off when the s&m stuff surfaced which is fitting considering all the butt stuff and other bondage the ad has done to the football program.

[wmr]

I saw where the spin was the last 9 years have been the most successful in program history.

Track natties pad the Learfield standings every year.  We're never that low in the rankings simply due to that.  Being pretty good in baseball and a resurgence in basketball is enough to keep us in the Learfield top 15 since track has had so many men's and women's top 5 finishes.  The Learfield shit doesn't mean much.

We are in the hole we are in because of poor decisions by management. 

If the athletic department was a publicly traded company the shareholders would have voted long ago to replace Yurachek.

Fans are expected to invest, but don't get a vote.  That frustration is why you see people talking about boycots and airplanes, etc. 

[Barton Fink]

Gotta admit, that's a damn good looking graphic.

https://x.com/JustinW35347825/status/2108603122004214211

[Feral]

Gotta admit, that's a damn good looking graphic.

https://x.com/JustinW35347825/status/2108603122004214211

Remember when Chuck and Bo said other programs were "marveling" at the job Pittman was doing?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[SwahiliSteve]

You're not getting a new AD or new coach. Sarah says give them a chance
https://x.com/pigtrailnation/status/2108237841314586809?s=46&t=m_RTTyQoOXCKni9LyjoM3g

[piglosopher]

Sure, we need more time. HY only been here for nearly 10 years.

[SwahiliSteve]

Sure, we need more time. HY only been here for nearly 10 years.

he will be here another ten years

[animal]

*Maybe that stadium naming thing that's gonna magically get us XYZ amount of money per year along with some other pledges is what they are pinning hopes on to bring about some level of competency in 2027. 

Personally what we're seeing looks like gross malpractice from the coaching staff...no SEC team should look as bad as these guys do fundamentally. So based on the limited sample size I'm not optimistic this staff in it's present configuration is going to look all that much better with more expensive players. More likely we'll over pay and underwhelm. We already are doing that but just imagine what it looks liek with an additional 5 to 10 million. What's that mean exactly 5,6,7 wins at best? 

 

[PorkyPig]

Both need to go.  Sooner than later.

[TC]

In some sort of wierd protest, there's a guy on X trying to drum up support for fans to storm the field regardless of a win or a loss, hoping that fines will force the bot to fire HY.

[Son of Spam]

We have simply become a place where coaches who aren't worth a shit, come to get paid.

[SwahiliSteve]

Why? Just don't show up and make a statement

[mde114]

he will be here another ten years

I don't know about 10 years, but HY will be here as long as Caliperi and Tyson want him here. HY is their guy.

[animal]

We need a football only AD then

[The Whyte Boar]

Hire a football GM and put him in charge of football.

[Borenutz]

Hire a football GM and put him in charge of football.

Has anyone else done this? If not, don't expect Arkansas to take the lead on anything. We fall in line and do what our peers do after they do it. We're always A day late and a dollar short.

[mde114]

Hire a football GM and put him in charge of football.

I think the University has accepted the fact that we cannot compete in football in this conference. They're ok with cashing those SEC checks and getting our ass handed to us in football. Basketball is king as long as Tyson continues writing those checks.