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He's trying to paint a more grim scenario for Rhule apologists. That or he's clueless.
Dannen has been less than impressive so far. Most ADs get one football hire and Dannen blew his with the Rhule extension last year.
he shared nothing new
With the success of basketball, volleyball, and baseball this year, it's tough to say or truly believe Dannen is a failure.
This should push ALL Husker fans over the edge.
I could have been the AD and hired DBK. It was pretty much etched in stone before Dannen even stepped foot on campus. He contributed nothing to the success of those 3 teams.. In fact he's pissed a lot of people off with they way they've handled the ticket sales for softball regionals and supers. Would imagine he'll do the same if the baseball team hosts
Don't disagree with the ticket fiasco, but people complain about "keeping up with the Joneses" on the recruiting front. Chasing the big money is sadly mandatory today.
Like what? What does the AD specifically do? My experience is there are lifers in the department who do most of the work, the AD does "political" work, which is mostly untraceable, vacuous, and relatively unimportant. Being an AD at a place like Nebraska is like being a Roman Emperor in 200 AD, somebody else set it all up for you, you can reap the rewards and watch it crumble but the inertia of the thing makes it difficult to make full scale changes.
I tend to lean in this direction but acknowledge I could just be an overly optimistic person.
Because of the staff changes? We will see, but all we have right now is the last three years. And if results on the field improve, I wonder if coaches will stay.
Of course staff in the department have roles and responsibility layers across all sports. The AD is a big fundraiser but has his fingers in scheduling, facility maintenance, facility upgrades, NIL, conference representation, Executive Council type activities, licensing plays, media, etc.
Staff changes yes, but more important is finally cutting the Raiola anchor rope. Donnie, Dylan, and dad really bogged things down and slowed progress for everyone not named Dylan.
If you actually had relevant or even comparable “experience” in this field you would be constantly polluting an anonymous message board with pot shots like this unspecific crap.
I get what he is saying...It is not like Troy is pouring over Google Sheets and bean counting...he isn't ordering uniforms or setting up the schedules (maybe a game here or there), he isn't making sure the coaches take their concussion training or that their team banquet room is reserved and that the food is ordered.
