If Stricklin left, would you be upset?

[Confucius Say]

Saw where LSU's AD is supposedly being pursued by Penn State, and most of their fans seemed happy. Just curious how the Pack would feel if Stricklin left.

 

[madisonmd]

NO!

 

[EurekaDog]

As long as we upgrade. (NM)

ASDF

 

[rabiddawg]

If he would take all the #hailstate stuff with him? No

 

[esplanade91]

Probably.

I'd love for the AD position to go to a coach. I'll leave it there.

 

[Confucius Say]

Probably.

I'd love for the AD position to go to a coach. I'll leave it there.

A current coach?

 

[Shmuley]

Yeah no.

 

[KurtRambis4]

joSE17y121moTHEr17yaH11!!!1

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[esplanade91]

A current coach?

No. But a guy who's been a coach. Of anything.

Of the AD's out there who have been coaches, I think they make the best hires and decisions. And that would then make our marketing department (this is OUR marketing department) not at the very top of the organizational chart, which in my opinion would be a great thing... I know some of you disagree.

It doesn't matter how hard he tries, Stricklin will never be far away from that side. And that goes for any AD and what they made their name in before getting the gig. Not necessarily a knock on him.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

What do coaches know about how to run a multi million dollar business?

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

Well considering this is Stricklin's dream/destination job, I don't think he's going anywhere, especially leaving for the bayou.

 

[esplanade91]

What do coaches know about how to run a multi million dollar business?

**'s?

 

[thatsbaseball]

Hell no

 

[rem101]

So do you want Stans, Polk or Crooms?

No. But a guy who's been a coach. Of anything.

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[Requiem For A Dawg]

Thanks for answering.

 

[was21]

He damn sure won't be going to the bayou....they wouldn't even give him a look

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Those of you that dislike him: any reason?

I'm relatively neutral on the guy, but do like that he prioritizes marketing and getting MSU publicity.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

Not sure I understand the hate. Basketball notwithstanding, has the athletic program ever been in better shape?

 

[AFDawg]

^ same here.

 

[Statedog101]

I'm sure it is stricklans dream job and I doubt he's going anywhere. Pat McMahon said State was his dream job and where he always wanted to be, until the big money and unlimited resources school came a calling. Had pat stayed at State, bianco may never have gotten a foothold in this state.

 

[Faustdog]

I like Stricklin and think for the most part he has done a great job. The obvious exception is the basketball coaching situation.

 

[Seinfeld]

About as much as a lot of these former NBA/NFL players that keep getting handed executive jobs. i.e. typically not much.

If you want to bring in a former coach as a special assistant to advise during or even spearhead the coaching hiring process, I'm all for that. On the norm, I'm not sure that they're going to be qualified to run our piece of the billion dollar SEC pie though.

 

[Seinfeld]

No clue either. Many of our teams(including small sports that we've historically stunk at) are in about as good of shape as they've ever been, we're building/expanding facilities non stop, we're in great shape financially, and as much fun as some of you want to make of his marketing, he's getting our brand out there like no one has before.

If someone wants to argue that the Ray hire is a black eye, fine... but it's also one that I don't think will be terribly difficult to fix and I think Strick has done a lot more right than he's done wrong.

 

[aspendawg]

Wouldn't be upset at all

We would simply need to pull Pack funding together and run a campaign to hire 8dog