re: Peyton Manning explains why the Uaa keeps failing

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During the pre-NIL era foley and the UAA explicitly said they “weren’t getting into the facilities arms race” and while Bama UGA and lsu were getting water fountains in their weight room the uaa was showing 1980s soviet style gyms and dorms and that hurt recruiting

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Foley used to be a big facilities guy.

I've sat in meetings before where he outlined a plan to move swimming & diving to a new facility. Build a brand new basketball arena. There was a massive plan to overhaul athletic facilities.

Then Machen came in and didn't like the optics of spending so much on athletics, specifically facilities and severely limited what the UAA could do. Even forced the department to take budget cuts during the recession despite making more money than ever.

I know everyone likes to dump on Foley and I'll get labeled some UAA lover, but the president ultimately sets the course for the athletic department. What they say goes.