Byrne to 'Zona - Confirmed

[RobbieRandolph]

by BDJ and VZ

 

[RobbieRandolph]

by BDJ and VZ

 

[mjh94]

nm

 

[AshleySchaffer]

With everybody talking about him going to Oregon, I didnt even know he was in the running for the Arizona AD's job. I wonder who is on our short list?

 

[jmbeck]

Guess I was wrong...

 

[Hanmudog]

Dammit. So soon?

 

[msudogsrule01]

I feel like that is the next step.

 

[VirgilCain]

goodbye "Byrne's Dojo"

 

[615dawg]

except he has MSU ties. We'll be okay.

 

[jmbeck]

Daddy-in-law be damned...

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

we all thought he was going to oregon

 

[GloryDawg]

It's a job! Let's move on.</p>

 

[Jake Wimberly]

nm

 

[msudogsrule01]

But that is personal. Probably doesn't matter. I am sure he will be fine in the AD role, and he has the MSU ties.

 

[dawgstudent]

I will appreciate him for that. I just was hoping for 4 years.

 

[615dawg]

but if you don't think this is a step up you're insane. We just had a sitting athletic director hired by a school that regularly finishes in the top 15 in the director's cup among schools like Tennessee, Notre Dame, Georgia, UCLA.

We finished 100th last year below such powers as Tennessee-Chattanooga, Vermont, Akron, Northern Arizona, Cal Poly SLO, etc. Hell, Vandy finished 67th and Ole Miss finished 60th. - that's the lowest an SEC school should ever finish.

We did finish three points ahead of Jacksonville State.

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

you will be missed, ninja.

 

[Xenomorph]

He posted yesterday that he "teased" Byrne about the Oregon job but that it was obviously too soon for him to go. He did say that give him a couple more years and watch the suitors line up.

Good call, Murray.

 

[8dog]

so murray to think he knows all and be completely wrong.

 

[ckDOG]

And the letdowns keep on coming. Such is life as a MSU fan.

Best of luck to Byrne. I just hope we find out he got a very hefty raise so I can chalk the move up to be 100% location/money.

Although, the pessimist in me thinks he got a deal we could potentially match, but left largely because he knows it's next to impossible to win at MSU. (Pessimism requires no reason)

This blows....

Perhaps Stricklin is the man behind the man and we don't skip a beat? That's my only positive thought for the day.

 

[Original48]

He's seen how LT operates and has been at Byrne's side since day one. I believe he understands the direction our athletic department needs to go...and it ain't backwards.

 

[Xenomorph]

...his new deal will be almost identical to (if not less than) what we were paying/offering.

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

I need a new school to root for.

 

[mjh94]

i'm thinking right, right?