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<blockquote data-quote="Mountain Man_rivals148431" data-source="post: 131670488" data-attributes="member: 1483793">I agree with you that players are too coddled, however EP being the best AD in WVU history? I hope you were joking. He may have kept us in the black, but made little to no effort at fundraising whatsoever.&nbsp; I remember his minion Mike Parsons said &quot;soliciting new boosters is a waste of time&quot; what a pessimistic defeatist attitude. Rodriguez would have probably stayed a few more years if Ollie was the AD during that time. Eddie cried and used the lame excuse &quot;there's no money&quot; Ollie made a few phone calls and was able to get the $$$. Lyons in my opinion is doing the best fundraiser for the average Joe with the time to climb program for the Mountaineer Athletic Dept.I remember Ken Kendrick(one of the few millionaire boosters we have) paid for an evaluation of the athletic dept. found 50 descrepansys that could have been easily fixed with little to no $ at all. I remember his final assesment Kendricks words not mine &quot; a 50 million a year operation ran like a dry cleaning store&quot; Ollie may have pissed off some of the good ol boys, but he damn near tripled the tier 3 revenue of the WVU AD. EP may have been a nice guy, but a horrible fundraiser which is what the primary job of the athletic directors is supposed to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mountain Man_rivals148431, post: 131670488, member: 1483793"] I agree with you that players are too coddled, however EP being the best AD in WVU history? I hope you were joking. He may have kept us in the black, but made little to no effort at fundraising whatsoever. I remember his minion Mike Parsons said "soliciting new boosters is a waste of time" what a pessimistic defeatist attitude. Rodriguez would have probably stayed a few more years if Ollie was the AD during that time. Eddie cried and used the lame excuse "there's no money" Ollie made a few phone calls and was able to get the $$$. Lyons in my opinion is doing the best fundraiser for the average Joe with the time to climb program for the Mountaineer Athletic Dept. I remember Ken Kendrick(one of the few millionaire boosters we have) paid for an evaluation of the athletic dept. found 50 descrepansys that could have been easily fixed with little to no $ at all. I remember his final assesment Kendricks words not mine " a 50 million a year operation ran like a dry cleaning store" Ollie may have pissed off some of the good ol boys, but he damn near tripled the tier 3 revenue of the WVU AD. EP may have been a nice guy, but a horrible fundraiser which is what the primary job of the athletic directors is supposed to do. [/QUOTE]

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