Wouldn't matter because no AD will be able to do much under this administration.
this.
is it really MB that we are pissed at or is it his puppet masters. if MB leaves and does a scorched earth departure, we will know. if not, as things stand now, i am not really sure who i should be mad at. i have a hunch that it goes above MB though.
too many things that have happened where MB wanted to do "A" by his own words but "B" was done and we find out after the fact that pressure was brought on MB to make it so. DII is example #1.
now, if MB can not stand up, he needs to go. however, what good will that do? do you think those puppet masters are going to bring in someone stronger than MB? i doubt it.
then what? it just gets worse.
personally, i think it goes above MB and he is not given the room to operate as he would like to.
with the facilities thing... i can see a repeat of the DII drama...
we have the funding in place for the new facilities yet, at the same time the school will be going to the state begging for additional higher education funds. how can the pols do that when the football program is going to announce a $250 million expansion of a statium that is at most 90% full and a program that is winning 3 games a year? the general public will not like that.
i know the general public cant make the distinction between funding the athletic program and funding the school. does not matter. the reality is that the general public thinks it comes from the same pot. even though it does not. and the people at the top are pols first. they have to deal with the reality they exist in. not ours.
until they are replaced by people who can articulate the true story. not gonna hold my breath on that part.
until the school is led by people who value athletics just as much as they value academics, this is what we are going to have. at least, that is my opinion. i could be proven wrong. time will tell.
i just have a hunch that MB is a bit pigeon holed here.