Question for reb lurkers

[Rutherford B Hays]

Per the CL:
"...(Bjork) made his presence known at the Sun Belt Conference school in the ensuing
two years, though. <span class="aa"></span>


<span class="pp"></span>He fired basketball coach Ken McDonald in January when
the Hilltoppers were 5-11 and promoted assistant coach Ray Harper. He gave
Harper the permanent job a month later, and was rewarded with a conference
tournament title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.<span class="aa"></span></p>


<span class="pp"></span>Bjork also hired a new baseball coach, fired the
women's basketball coach this month."

Question: Based on the above, do you think Bjork will have a quick trigger on Freeze, Kennedy, et al?
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[Rutherford B Hays]

Per the CL:
"...(Bjork) made his presence known at the Sun Belt Conference school in the ensuing
two years, though. <span class="aa"></span>


<span class="pp"></span>He fired basketball coach Ken McDonald in January when
the Hilltoppers were 5-11 and promoted assistant coach Ray Harper. He gave
Harper the permanent job a month later, and was rewarded with a conference
tournament title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.<span class="aa"></span></p>


<span class="pp"></span>Bjork also hired a new baseball coach, fired the
women's basketball coach this month."

Question: Based on the above, do you think Bjork will have a quick trigger on Freeze, Kennedy, et al?
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[FreeDawg]

But a quick trigger AD would make sense. Not just for them, but for anybody. Being that football is the top revenue generating sport, that's where the itchy trigger finger matters most. Freeze is an experiment, plain and simple, who has less coaching experience than probably any coach I can remember hired. He will def do his best to recruit his *** off but the lack of interest in the job at the time leads me to believe he's a setup guy. If he wins, they'll be thrilled. If he doesn't, ax his *** and get someone better. In SOME aspects its a Croom like hire

 

[GloryDawg]

or at lest on the hot seat next year?</p>

 

[OMlawdog]

He should be fired, Im not sure he will, but he should.

 

[OxpatchReb]

I want an AD who does not **** his britches every time a coach gets a tweet from another school and extends his contract to the maximum WITH a ridiculous raise. I want an AD who is mindful of both the positive and negative possibilities when structuring our coaches contracts. Meaning, I want him to keep OM's financial well being in the back of his mind, just in case coach blank ***** the bed. I want him to successfully walk the line between keeping successful coaches with properly timed raises and extensions, and being able to fire worthless pieces of **** who run programs into the ground. If he's as good a fundraiser as he appears to be, he'll be able to keep enough cash on hand and more importantly PLAN FOR THE FUTURE BY STRATEGICALLY ORGANIZING FUNDS just incase something goes wrong and he needs to buyout a contract OR in case something goes very, very right and he needs to give a raise to keep a successful coach. Something Boone didn't do at all. That 17er signed a contract with a coach and then sat on his *** without giving it a single thought until it was literally time to make a change. That **** is inexcusable in this day and age of NCAA athletics.

Short answer is that I want Bjork to plan in such a way that when a coach demonstrates that he is incapable of righting the ship, we can fire the ******* without serious financial problems, and then I want him to pull that trigger asafp.

 

[patdog]

We all know that you guys would havewanted Boone's head on a platterif he had let Nutt get away after the first 2 years. You would have been raising holy hell about how in the world could Boone be so incompetent as to let the coach who took you to your best 2-year record in FIFTY YEARS get away.</p>

 

[rebelrouseri]

as long as freeze recruits reasonably well and improves a little, he should be safe for 4 years. Kennedy seat might get warm w/ a bad season next year. Bianco's should get hot w/ no regional this year. and maybe do or die super in '13.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Quality **** said by Oxpatch, pre-HDN raise:

And I agree that Nutt needs a raise. He performed above expectations, and so he should be PAID above expectations (wish it worked the other way as well...) but having PB and RK in the same room with Nutt makes me extremely worried about the outcome.

I love this team, I love this coach, I love our performance as of late, and I LOVE the fact that we have what looks to be our choice of NYD venues

 

[jacksonreb1]

coaches when he decides they need to go. one man's "quick trigger" is another man's "deliberate move". so i think your question is not answerable. i hope he does not make rash decisions and i hope he does not drag *** around when things need to change. all we know now is that he has the balls to make changes. that's an improvement for us.

 

[FreeDawg]

coaches when he decides they need to go. one man's "quick trigger" is another man's "deliberate move". so i think your question is not answerable. i hope he does not make rash decisions and i hope he does not drag *** around when things need to change. all we know now is that he has the balls to make changes. that's an improvement for us.

I assume to rise to level of being in the discussion for an SEC athletic director he isnt a rash decision maker. He's just sure of himself and handles situations without the emotions of boosters in the way. We needed one like that (Byrne) to elevate our programs. OM should hope he does the same. I think his biggest challenge will be the push back from the gob network. I really have no idea what that entails, Im just going off Neal McCready saying its worse at OM than anywhere he's ever seen

 

[Orpheus]

OM goes the Sun Belt route for head football coach and new AD. Not sure what that says about OM's athletics.

 

[Chickamauga]

to make sure Nutt was worth the deal we were giving him.

 

[Chickamauga]

Again, Boone got paid to have more foresight than message board posters operating on 1/1000th of the information available to him.

 

[Lion O]

when he was hired as AD at Mississippi State.

Oh, that's right, he didn't work for any Athletic Department, though he had been in athletic departments across the country.

How much experience did Byrne or Stricklin have as an AD when they were hired?

That's right, none.

Bjork not only has D-1 AD experience, but he has just as much experience at BCS conference schools in athletics departments as Stricklin or Byrne had when they were hired at Mississippi State.

But I'm sure you thought your little barb was super clever.


Edited for patdog to clarify that I know Byrne and Stricklin had previous experience in athletic departments, but none as AD, and neither more or less impressive than Bjork's previous experience (16 years)...which leads to the point of my post that he is, at a minimum, as qualified as each of your ADs were at their hiring, each of which this board fawned over.

 

[Imadick]

I think this speaks volumes on their direction!

 

[patdog]

of Oregon, Oregon St. and Kentucky. Stricklin had 18 years experience working in the athletic departments of MSU, Tulane, Baylor and Kentucky. Neither had experience as an AD, but they both had a lot of experience at the Div. I and BCS levels.

 

[patdog]

Orpheus is a USM fan BTW, so I'm pretty sure he doesn't care much about whether he's as qualified as Byrne or Stricklin anyway.

I do have to admit, I'm a little surprised you hired this person as your AD:

 

[OxpatchReb]

See Capitolhills response.

 

[OxpatchReb]

'09. I bought in fully pre-season, thinking we had a shot at Atlanta (albeit an outside shot) and a dark horse shot at a BCS bowl. By mid season I realized that we were **** outta luck for our bigger goals and would be lucky to get a NYD bowl.

Had Nutt moved on after '09, I don't think I would have been heart broken. After '08? Yes. I'd have been pissed.

Again, what's your point?

 

[Rutherford B Hays]

Again, Boone got paid to have more foresight than message board posters operating on 1/1000th of the information available to him.

First, I raised the original post as a straightforward, non-baiting question.<div>
<div>Second, if Boone had allowed Nutt to go to Auburn, and Nutt had "convinced" Cam Newton like Chzflk did to join Auburn and won theBSC title (or even just made a BSC Bowl by conceding that Nutt would have screwed up and lost a game or two) then the Bear Nation would have gone crazysaying, "Boone hires a coach who has the best two year start in school history and Boone was too cheap to keep him and Nutt goes to Auburn and wins big."</div><div>
</div><div>So if Nutt later imploded at Auburn, Boone would have been forever remembered for letting Nutt get away.</div><div>
</div><div>I don't give Chzflk credit for being some master coach. Cecil would have welcomed Nutt's "hospitality" just as quickly as he welcomed the "hospitality"
of Chzflk. Give Nutt the best player ever in college football and he would have done big things too. </div> </div>

 

[chew1095]

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[BlankStare]

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