re: Rank SEC Athletic Directors --- (offseason thread)

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I don't even know when half these guys were hired, which coaching hires they're responsible for, or what most of them look like.

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Which is what makes this ranking so difficult.

A&M's athletic department has been #2 in the SEC for the past two years, but most of that was Bill Byrne's doing, so Hyman is ranked #4 (and probably should be lower).

The undisputed number 1 is Jeremy Foley. Everyone else is really hard to judge and The Rant tends to focus only on football, rather than the department as a whole. That's partly why I ranked McGarity so high. Georgia has a good overall department. One could also argue that McGarity also is partly responsible for Florida's success, having been in their athletic department for about 20 years.

If you don't think Jeff Long is a good AD, you are only focusing on football, and making a half-assed effort at that.

I am interested in the arguments for Ross Bjork. The Ole Miss AD as a whole is the worst performing in the SEC. What has he done to improve it in only a year? I just can't see the results, so maybe the AD is suffering from his predecessor's shittiness. I just don't see where else I can put him right now.