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re: Well we have a new AD. Mack Rhoades from Houston.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:45 am to mizzoukills
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:45 am to mizzoukills
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but he might. and his track record indicates a higher possibility of cleaning house than not.
He ain't firing GP.
But if you coach an underachieving baseball or you don't maintain a competitive women's soccer team despite being in the middle of tons of soccer talent, yeah, I'd be a little concerned.
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Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:47 am to reedus23
I'll jump the shark if he fricks with Pinkel...
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:47 am to mizzoukills
Killz,
I don't think you have to worry about Pinkel at all.
I don't think you have to worry about Pinkel at all.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:48 am to reedus23
This hire makes me feel so much more comfortable with the KA hire. Knowing that if it doesn't work, he won't keep KA on just because of a certain segment of the fanbase. Produce or be gone.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:48 am to mizzoukills
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I'll jump the shark if he fricks with Pinkel...
The only fricking with GP he'll do is building GP a statue in 5 years if GP decides to retire.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:59 am to reedus23
Dammit Reedus, I don't know why you're messin' with me...all I'm saying is that I'll go full Visigoth if I hear that this Rhoades dude has pissed off Pinkel in any way.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 10:59 am to reedus23
There may be some consensual Fricking with Pinkel. There will be no non-consensual fricking with Pinkel.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:05 am to the808bass
That's it...I'm over, I'm done.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:11 am to mizzoukills
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:27 am to everytrueson
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The guy seems legit
After reading a little bit about this guy, I'm luke warm on the hire.
On one hand, they say he is really good with fund raising. Real good, and that's alright. He also seems to pull the trigger on coaches. Meaning, if they are not where he expects them to be by a certain time, he moves on to the next coach. That's good and bad. Good in that coaches will be expected to perform and bad that if they don't they get canned and that means possible loss of recruits and he is hot and cold on coaching hires.
He has went through a few coaches. Sumlin got away from him and they said it was Sumlin's successful football season that aided Rhoades in raising funds to renovate or build a new stadium. He replaced Sumlin with Levine and that was a failure and he fired him and moved on to Tom Hermon but hasn't coached a game yet. Then with BB, he hired James Dickey that they said was a project much like KA is now, and that was a failure and a firing and he hired Kelvin Sampson as the replacement and another project coach with little to show in his first year. He was also responsible for firing Tom Penders who was mildly successful but they say not successful enough. Some of these things sound familiar to what we have had recently with the exception of him firing and hiring so many coaches in a short period of time. He is definitely active in that area also.
One bright spot in all this is baseball. He hired Todd Whitting and now they are ranked #3 in the nation.
There are things I do like about this hire but there are some big question marks also.
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 11:35 am
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:33 am to mizzoukills
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I'll jump the shark if he fricks with Pinkel...
I'd say with Pinkel's tenure at HC and where he has gone, I think no ones safe from this guy if you're not where he expects you to be performance wise.
I don't know why people are saying Pinkel is safe. No coach is safe at this point. Maybe right now this minute or this year. But if we keep getting to a SEC CCG and floundering, I could see Rhoades making moves. That's what everyone wanted right? Coach not getting it done, move on to the next? It appears that's the AD we now have, at least from what I've read about him.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:49 am to jafo
I'll put it this way. GP would have to have about 5 seasons of pretty poor football before this guy would consider firing him. I'd think that if he had 5 years of bad football GP would probably want to retire anyways.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 11:58 am to reedus23
The #1 most important thing for an AD is to be able to fill the coffers. Money is the main driver for everything. Specifically in football, where our facilities and stadium lag way behind most of our league.
Everything I've read about the guy says he is an ace in this regard. It's a fantastic hire imo
Everything I've read about the guy says he is an ace in this regard. It's a fantastic hire imo
Posted on 3/9/15 at 12:06 pm to reedus23
I don't think this guy will give him 5 yrs. of poor to mediocre football. Not like you could call going to the CCG two years in a row mediocre anyways, but if there is a lag in winning and performing, I could see changes being made. Remember, it appears his fundraising abilities seem to depend on the success of the sports programs. I think it's progression of where he thinks the program should be and if it's not, bye, bye.
I don't think it would a be a firing in the literal sense. It would be an Alden firing where Pinkel just decided to hang it up and move on to something else. Did all he could do here.
I don't think it would a be a firing in the literal sense. It would be an Alden firing where Pinkel just decided to hang it up and move on to something else. Did all he could do here.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 12:18 pm to JesusQuintana
I need his email address ASAP. I want some freaking pretzels up in Tiger Deck.
Our concessions suck.
Our concessions suck.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 12:57 pm to everytrueson
There are positives and negatives in every hire. But based on what I know about Rhoades (admittedly not as much as I will soon), I'd say we've gotten a capable administrator that is high-energy and charismatic. He sets expectations, then reinforces consequences for failure to meet those expectations. He is a good fundraiser with experience in leading facilities projects. And he's well respected in the field, considered a rising star. This is his first Power 5 job, and I expect that he will manage some things, like coaching hires/fires a little differently in this arena - there is a lot more scrutiny now.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:02 pm to semotruman
I hate it. Absolutely frickin' hate it. This will bite us in the butt hole.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:04 pm to mizzoukills
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I'll jump the shark if he fricks with Pinkel...
You might want to look up the definition of jump the shark. Your context is way off.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:09 pm to mizzoukills
Killz, it is a good hire. Don't be so afraid of change brother! 
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:15 pm to Ridgewalker
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You might want to look up the definition of jump the shark. Your context is way off.
If I say I'll jump the shark, that's exactly what I mean and therefore it is in context. Don't every question my "context" or I'll jump the shark on you, fricker.
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 2:14 pm
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