What tf does Stricklin even do now?

[esplanade91]

Not to harp on a tired subject but news out of UF athletic department says they hired Jay Jacobs today.

He made a bunch of largely questionable hires that skewed toward the negative side of things while at Mississippi State but carried on under the guise of "he's good at marketing" (not going to voice my opinion again of how far off that was) so much that Florida scooped him up. I think it was assumed by their fans and ours that Foley was staying on to be the decision maker and Stricklin was simply a figurehead who handled the assoc. AD role, but now he's not going to handle marketing and communications? So Florida scooped our questionable athletic director who was (on the surface) good at one thing and somewhere fluctuating around the not-exactly-terrible-to-somewhat-mediocre line at the other and sidelined him immediately after getting Mullen, who didn't hire him in the first place and bumped heads with him while at MSU...

Only at Mississippi State.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-...rector-jay-jacobs-associate-ad-192136076.html

 

[Xenomorph]

Marketing, communications and ticketing.. I wouldn't want Jay Jacobs near any of that.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Sounds to me like there are too many cooks in the kitchen (Foley, Spurrier, Stricklin, and now Jacobs).

Oh yeah, lets hire this guy VVVVVVVVV

Jacobs’ job security had been under fire for the past several months following multiple investigations into inappropriate behavior by members of former softball coach Clint Myers’ staff and an alleged department cover-up. Assistant men’s basketball coach Chuck Person’s arrest on federal bribery and fraud charges last month brought even more pressure on Jacobs’ tenure.
Additional, a former Auburn track and field assistant filed a discrimination lawsuit against the athletic department, and an accusation that an academic advisor took a test for a former football player came to light in recent weeks.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Stricklin, Mullen, & Jacobs spending some quality reminiscing about Cam Newton

 

[maroonmania]

So sounds like he got a position and pay raise with much less responsibility than what he had. Maybe he's good with that.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I know you have a problem with Stricklin, but do you really believe UF pays him $1.5 M a year to be a yes man for Foley? They could have gotten plenty of qualified yes men for half the price.

I have no inside knowledge of the UF athletic department, but I do know some well connected alums. None of them think Scott was hired just to do Foley's bidding. Foley is retired.

That said, the Jacobs hire is surprising. Stricklin and Jacobs worked together at Auburn and are good friends, but its still strange. I thought Jacobs was kind of toxic right now.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Templeton convinced UF to hire Stricklin to get a problem off of our hands, that way Cohen could come in and get things in place not only to ensure a football coach who had worn out his welcome would depart, but also to prevent the greatest baseball team out of the state of Mississippi in the last decade from winning a national championship.

 

[esplanade91]

I know you have a problem with Stricklin, but do you really believe UF pays him $1.5 M a year to be a yes man for Foley? They could have gotten plenty of qualified yes men for half the price.

I have no inside knowledge of the UF athletic department, but I do know some well connected alums. None of them think Scott was hired just to do Foley's bidding. Foley is retired.

That said, the Jacobs hire is surprising. Stricklin and Jacobs worked together at Auburn and are good friends, but its still strange. I thought Jacobs was kind of toxic right now.

Yes Man Lite, yes. I do.

And I think it took a particularly qualified applicant to get the job, one that ran an SEC program or another top 50 department, was able to keep it from utter disaster while being captain and probably enjoys the position more than the work it actually entails. I don't believe Foley is there running the show, but I believe he has the most political will in the department and probably wields it on things worth their while. Can you honestly think of another reason remotely fathomable as to why the top athletic department in the country hired a guy who was 1-for-a lot on hires, got raked over the coals by the apparel provider repeatedly, and whose greatest achievement was that Dan Mullen's agent was a really, really bad negotiator with schools with open positions? I'm dumbfounded by the Jacobs hire for this reason, because that was the only thing that this make sense, was that he ran the day-to-day ticky tack BS.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Dear lord I hope this is sarcasm.