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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coalcountry52" data-source="post: 129561260" data-attributes="member: 1533741">No problem on that. I just didn't want to assume anything.As for Eddie, he did a lot wrong, or maybe not so much wrong, but inaction was more his thing. He also did some things right. He held out and didn't fold to every demand by DickRod, which could have put us on probation for a good period of time. He hired Huggs even if we missed the boat the first time around. He was around for a lot of successful teams in multiple programs. Yes, he hired Stewart when we needed a vetted candidate. Yes, he kept our non-revenue sports in the toilet prestige-wise and our successes there were more a benefit of taking advantage of what we had. He was frugal out of necessity and whatever arms race we could compete in was solely going to be football or basketball. He was not a bad AD and it was simply a matter of he and a few of his hires being well beyond their times.The Coliseum, if Eddie had any blame, was a failure by the engineering firm that inspected the asbestos abatement, the physical removal firm, the University officials, and state inspectors well before Eddie saddled any of the responsibility. The critique of his tenure is completely separate from this issue and if anyone should be mad about this, it should be me - I have my Master's graduation there on the 15th.</blockquote>

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2026 Midseason All-America football team and honors