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re: Rank SEC Athletic Directors --- (offseason thread)
Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:32 am to Bama Bird
Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:32 am to Bama Bird
Bill battle has been at Alabama, what, a year now? 
I feel like auburn fans would disagree with Jacobs' ranking, should be lower. Alleva's ranking looks about right. He is a good, not great AD and has had some hit and miss decisions. However, for the most part LSU fans hate him just because we love to hate for no apparent reason
I feel like auburn fans would disagree with Jacobs' ranking, should be lower. Alleva's ranking looks about right. He is a good, not great AD and has had some hit and miss decisions. However, for the most part LSU fans hate him just because we love to hate for no apparent reason
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Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:40 am to KaiserSoze99
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2. Greg McGarity (Georgia)
I'd like to think he's #2 and his hire of Stricklin and whatever he did to get Pruitt was great but I think the jury is still out on Greg. How he handles the recent athletic downturn will really tell the story.
And if he gets us a god damn IPF
Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:41 am to Damn Good Dawg
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I'd like to think he's #2
He won't fire Richt...how can you think this?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:43 am to KaiserSoze99
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4. Eric Hyman (Texas A&M)
He does less with more more than anyone
Posted on 1/23/14 at 10:52 am to KaiserSoze99
Jay Jacobs deserves to be a lot lower for keeping Tony Barbee around so long.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:19 am to KaiserSoze99
How can you even rank this? Bill Battle is a new AD. His background is business. He started the Collegiate Licensing Company. We don't even know how good he can be just yet. Really, aside from Foley, aren't most former coaches? Bjork? Long?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:21 am to CapstoneGrad06
Foley is easily the best in the business
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:22 am to KaiserSoze99
No way UGA's guy is #2
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:25 am to SwayzeBalla
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4. Eric Hyman (Texas A&M)
He does less with more more than anyone
Ain't that the damn truth. He's the Obama of NCAA ADs. It'll always be the previous AD's fault with him ... except for the carry-over accomplishments, he'll take complete ownership of those.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:43 am to KaiserSoze99
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8. Mitch Barnhart (Kentucky)
Hired in 2002
Football - inherited Guy Morriss
2003 Rich Brooks to KY (solid hire)
2010 Joker (Peter Principle hire)
2013 Marks Stoops (looking like a good hire so far)
M Basketball - inherited Tubby Smith
2007 Billy Clyde (deer in headlight hire)
2009 Coach Cal (1 Elite Eight, 1 Final Four, 1 National Champion in 4 seasons)
W Basketball - inherited Bernadette Locke - Mattox
2003 Mickie Demoss (brought UK women back from multi decade slumber)
2007 Matthew Mitchell (7 post season tourneys in 7 years, 3 Elite Eights)
Baseball - inherited Keith Madison
2004 - John Cohen (made 2 regionals in 5 years)
2009 - Gary Henderson (regional in 2012)
Rifle
2002, 2009, 2012, and 2013 - NCAA Runner Up
2011 - NCAA National Champion
Volleyball - inherited Jona Braden (90-119, .431 win %)
2005 - Craig Skinner went 84 - 40 for .667 win % and NCAA appearance every year as coach
New T&F facilities 2 years ago, new softball facility last year, and football facilities currently being upgraded. New baseball stadium planned and full renovation of Rupp planned.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:50 am to KaiserSoze99
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14. Ross Bjork (Ole Miss)
Guy pays recruits way too well to be last.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:51 am to KaiserSoze99
David Williams is the man. He finally got administration to take sports seriously. His only "mistake" is that he's letting Kevin Stallings overstay his welcome. Even so, that's rather minor, if not frustrating, since Vandy basketball still is better than most in SEC. VCDW has kept one of the best baseball coaches in the country around a program that was lackluster before him. He also pushed for hiring Charlie Strong as football HC after Bobby Johnson left but other administration told him no (back during not technically having an AD, IIRC) then had Malzahn ready to take the job until a last minute change of heart by Gus before finally settling on some no-name James Franklin. Anyone who can guide Vandy football to snagging BCS bowl winning coordinators is way above 11th in SEC.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:53 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Meyer was a Machen hire, not a Foley hire.
And Muschamp has been a pretty poor choice.
While I think Machen played a role, I think his importance is overplayed. Meyer was the hottest up and coming coach in the country, Foley would have likely gone after him whether Machen was here or not. Not to mention, Machen and Meyer's time at Utah only overlapped a few months, they didn't have a long relationship.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 11:54 am to Bama Bird
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Bill Battle should be #2. And the Georgia AD at #2? Laughable
Agree with this. While McGarity probably has potential for becoming a great AD, in his relatively short tenure at UGA he really has done much to prove it so far. We have zero NC's under Richt and haven't had a SEC Championship since 2005. We have remained bad in both basketball and baseball though it appears he might have made a solid hire in Strickland. Mark Fox appears to be a decent basketball coach but his recruiting has been mediocre at best.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:12 pm to piggidyphish
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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.
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.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:14 pm to KaiserSoze99
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13. Ray Tanner
Are you just full on retarded or did you have to eat many paint chips as a child to work at it?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:23 pm to ArmyHogs
Who proved that he can lose like a fricking champ. 
Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:25 pm to KaiserSoze99
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13. Ray Tanner (South Carolina) 14. Ross Bjork (Ole Miss)
You serious Clark?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:30 pm to ArmyHogs
quote:Forever in denial
Lol. He passed on a high school coach for a proven winner.
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Posted on 1/23/14 at 12:48 pm to KaiserSoze99
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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.
You've been in the conference less time than he has so obviously you haven't seen how much he's done in two years.
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