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re: Alright, I'm done. Anderson needs to go.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:12 am to Feral
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:12 am to Feral
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That's one of the main reasons I was extremely leery of hiring Anderson in the first place. Our fan base was so obsessed with recreating the glory days of Nolan wanted to bring in Anderson because it gave them that old feeling. USC football has a similar thing going on right now.
Mike isn't Nolan.
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I'm also always hesitant to bring in a guy with deep ties and roots in the state because it's harder to get people to both judge them objectively and be willing to cut ties when they should be cut, and it's why Nutt was able to stick around for 10 years and it's probably why Long wanted nothing to with Malzahn.
Mike in no way compares to Nutt, Nutt was able to stick around because he forged alliances with influential boosters and BOT members. Mike isn't doing that, the University received a letter from the NCAA warning them about the booster control of the athletic department not that long ago.
There are people who have had a dislike for Anderson because of Nolan's actions, no one blamed Nutt for being on Crowe's staff.
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Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:26 am to DaleDenton
i look at it as if he hadn't hired anderson and he was doing semi-well somewhere else we'd be hearing the same thing we hear about every other coach who's ever stepped foot in the state yet never been hired as a head coach here. why do you hate your own so much? why not hire him? yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:37 am to DaleDenton
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Mike isn't Nolan.
I wasn't arguing that. In fact, I was arguing the opposite in that our fan base just assumes(d) that Mike is Nolan incarnate because he played for and coached under him.
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Mike in no way compares to Nutt, Nutt was able to stick around because he forged alliances with influential boosters and BOT members. Mike isn't doing that, the University received a letter from the NCAA warning them about the booster control of the athletic department not that long ago.
There are people who have had a dislike for Anderson because of Nolan's actions, no one blamed Nutt for being on Crowe's staff.
Again, didn't say Mike was like Nutt. I'm talking about how I'd rather have an outsider who our fan base can look at objectively (like Bielema) over someone with history here (like Malzahn) who tends to be harder to get rid of if everything goes south.
If Anderson hasn't made the tourney after year 5, I'm still not convinced we'd fire him; however if his name was Mike Smith and he'd made his bones as an assistant at Villanova, he'd be out on his arse.
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