Means she might be out of the running? I hope.
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Mike Bohn replacment qualifications discussion
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Means she might be out of the running? I hope.
Gold
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A lot of our answers are the same, especially #1. Like I said, you can't fundraise without being trusted. It's a chicken and the egg argument we're having. People are saying "Fundraising!". I'm saying "FB exec!". You can't solicit donations without getting donors to believe in what you're selling them. A donor will donate to someone who has run a successful AD before. Not to someone who is a risk, much like Bohn was when we hired him. We need more of a sure thing.
:nod: She will never be in the running. Stop worrying about this one.
Donors have to trust that the AD can lead a successful organization. They absolutely do not have to trust that the AD can make all the football decisions themselves.
In fact, I would be scared ******** of an AD that thinks he can. #1 - No top coach is going to want to work for that AD. #2 - That model is entirely unsustainable. The department has to be built to succeed even if the AD moves on, retires, gets hit by a bus, whatever. #3 - I would realize as a donor that I'm talking to an AD who has no clue what his job actually is...
Gold
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Since this isn't a realistic possibility, I wouldn't worry about it.
:lol: That Buffs4Life member should have never gotten the job, period.
Gold
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It doesn't have to be a draconian situation where we hire a GM or a current college AD and he wants to meddle into MacIntyre's affairs like he's George Steinbrenner. My point was if we get a proven FB exec, donors will respond favorably. But hire someone with a fundraising background w/o great football experience, and we're back to square one.
Great COLLEGE football experience.
He was the quarterback for the KU football team. CU eliminated baseball after he want to KU. He had accepted an offer from Bill Mallory to play football at CU, but Chuck Fairbanks didn't honor the offer.
I swear you do this stuff just to piss people off. Tell me the truth, do really believe half the crap you post? You gotta be kidding, right?
Gold
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At least we're talking fb experience now. This argument started with me not wanting Rick George. New rule, you had to have been involved in football this century to be considered for the job.
Next person to say baseball is getting neg repped.
Actually Bohn had run 2 successful ADs before he was hired at CU, he wasn't this huge risk you make him out to be. Furthermore, he was a pretty damn good hire given our situation at the time.
Women's softball is about the last thing I'm concerned about at this point.
Gold
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While at SDSU, in his only full season the FB team went 4-7. What success are you talking about? If anything, he was touted as... a great fundraiser.
He was both the AD AND the head football coach at SDSU? It's no wonder he only went 4-7, then.
Cricket
Big attendance and fundraising increases at SDSU. Balanced budgets, increased fundraising, new facilities, and transition to Division 1A while at Idaho. Where do you get the idea that Bohn was a huge risk when hired?
And I'll reiterate that he was a very good hire, he just ran his course at CU an we need a different kind I leader now.
Gold
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Because he never ran a successful FB program. That's a huge risk for a FB school like CU. Is there a full moon tonight? What's up with the Mike Bohn revisionist history. Guy wasn't qualified to run a big time FB program then or now.
I only have 7 years of recent data to back that claim up, but I feel pretty good about it.
Well all we can do is hope that MB has given the athletic department a sturdy base, ball is now with the administrations hands.
Gold, when Bohn was hired we were embroiled in a scandal that cost the University President, Chancellor, and Athletic Director their jobs. CU Athletics, and the football program in particular, were damaged goods. The media was crushing the program, heavy sanctions were places on the FB program, donations were drying up, and the FB program had already begun it's slide into mediocrity which would ultimately cost Barnett his job too. Frankly, it was a crappy job for anyone who had good option available. Where was CU going to find an AD that had lead a successful football program elsewhere? Those guys aren't typically looking for jobs.
I think bb2 is right for a change. It's called baseball. Or beisbol en espanol.