Greg Byrne to Alabama
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I don't hate him. He did good while he was here, he decided to leave.
Not everybody views state as the pinnacle as we do.
Not everybody views state as the pinnacle as we do.
What else good did he do besides hire Mullen and IB? Not starting an argument, I simply did not keep up with him at the time.
Hired Mullen is about all I know off the top of my head lol. AD accomplishments are something I readily know.
Brought our athletics department into 21st Century
Some may say even 20th when it come to marketing/promotion, facilities, etc. Also expanded the base by making everyone feel important and didn't let the good ole boy system drive the train.
Some may say even 20th when it come to marketing/promotion, facilities, etc. Also expanded the base by making everyone feel important and didn't let the good ole boy system drive the train.
This is not Stricklin to me. Stricklin - in theory - was a legacy. His father in law is an all time great. Grew up a State fan. Graduated from State. Never in a million years did I think he would leave for another SEC school.
Byrne has no ties to the university except working here previously and who cares about their grad degree?
Byrne has no ties to the university except working here previously and who cares about their grad degree?
Do note that Byrne has a bachelor's from Arizona State while being the Arizona AD.
All about dat money. Funny how family goes right out the window when someone dangles that green paper in front of you. I don't blame him.
He's pretty much hired to make sure they hire Dabo when Saban retires.
He's pretty much hired to make sure they hire Dabo when Saban retires.
Basically he wasn't Larry Templton. Byrne 17ed a lot up that is largely overlooked by the posters on here and the other board.
To me he saved our baseball program and is a huge reason why we are in the shape we are in right now. We were at a major crossroads with Polk retiring and trying to force Raffo in and we were starting to lose and at the time were the third best program in the state behind Ole Miss and USM. He made a difficult hire by bringing in Cohen because there was a lot of pressure to either hire Raffo or just bring in someone other than Cohen. We went through two very difficult seasons but then by 2011 we started to turn things around. Had that hire not happened our run in 2013 to the finals probably doesn't happen, nor does our SEC Championship last year and our new stadium probably doesn't happen either. Hiring Raffo would have put us another three years behind at least and at the same time would have allowed Ole Miss and USM to get even further ahead of us. I also doubt we would have Cannizaro as our coach right now had we not made that decision to bring Cohen in which I think in time will prove to be a very good hire.
I would say about 7-8 years ago that if I said winning a NC was possible for MSU in baseball a lot of people would have told me that I wasn't being realistic. If I said that now I think very few people would say that is an unrealistic goal for us.
So, I'll always be thankful for Greg Byrne for doing that. I know he caught a LOT of flack for it at the time- and not just from Polk.
The Templeton part is right on.
He does have balls though, which is lacking these days. He makes good hires too.
Maybe I'm being naive, but I view it as a good thing that we have former ADs at two of the most powerful schools in the conference. Who knows when or how that could be helpful for something unseen down the road.
Better than having two people in those positions that would do everything they could to keep us in the cellar.
Better than having two people in those positions that would do everything they could to keep us in the cellar.
He fired Croom - and dodged the landmines associated with that. He got rid of Polk - another ballsy thing. Templeton would have never done either.
He also changed our mindset - All of the early confidence of being competitive with facilities as well as on the field, and the swagger of the "This Is Our State" campaign...was all directly attributed to what Greg Byrne did here.
He also changed our mindset - All of the early confidence of being competitive with facilities as well as on the field, and the swagger of the "This Is Our State" campaign...was all directly attributed to what Greg Byrne did here.
He replaced one albatross (Templeton) and then got rid of two more albatrosses (Croom and Polk). He liberated our athletic department. Doc Fogelsong deserves credit for setting the wheels in motion.
What exactly did Byrne 17 up? Is that you, Sylvester?
What exactly did Byrne 17 up? Is that you, Sylvester?
Byrne was the beginning of the end for basketball, took tickets out of the hands of MSU fans and gave them to faceless Corperations, split the students section, panicked when John Calipari through a fit, and generally did his dead level best to remove the fun out of going to a game.
I wonder just how much of a done deal it is for Dabo to take over for Saban. I just don't see the upside for Dabo with this move. You now have not one, but two legends to live in the shadow of at Alabama. He can compete in the ACC to make the playoff or the SEC. Give me the ACC in that deal. I don't see Clemson letting Alabama write a bigger check either. Who in their right mind is going to want to follow Saban?
The hump was reseated bc we need to make money. It allows us to pay ben howland $2 mill a year
if the hump is your only complaint about byrne thats not a lot to complain about bc the hump is just fine when we are winning
byrne has now landed the az and bama jobs. He is damn good at what he does
if the hump is your only complaint about byrne thats not a lot to complain about bc the hump is just fine when we are winning
byrne has now landed the az and bama jobs. He is damn good at what he does
Some idiot threw a piece of ice at a ref after we got hosed when playing Kentucky. Calipari broke off his Interview after the game and acused our fans of trying to assault his players. A stern response from the Athletic Department was no doubt warranted, but Byrne decided to send the Gestapo and crush any fan who dare try and make harmless jabs at the opposing team for the rest of his tenure.
Now that I've seen some numbers (provided by a Louisville fan), it's pretty obvious why arenas are being reseated across the country. The money is staggering. We had to do it. May as well quit bitching about it.
Those tickets were sold so that doesn't explain the lack of attendance. And p.s. Grizzlies ticket prices are based on location. The only place Grizzlies tickets are cheaper than MSU basketball is behind the goal in the highest deck.
At the time - reseating hump was necessary to maximize revenue. Do you think if we were getting SEC Network money like we are now - do we still do it?
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