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re: Shouldn't be surprised, but the level of suck
Posted on 12/12/16 at 7:14 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Posted on 12/12/16 at 7:14 pm to Sleeping Tiger
I'll imply that he wasn't an outlier in terms of interest.
Probably wasn't going to happen in hindsight, but I know for a fact there were talks.
At the time, I didn't understand the hire of KA based on what I heard, and everyone acts like Alden wasn't clear about the NCAA stuff back then, but I think it's obvious now.
I bet if Sterk called Marshall in late Feb early March timeframe with a "hey how ya doin", things could get heated soon enough.
Probably wasn't going to happen in hindsight, but I know for a fact there were talks.
At the time, I didn't understand the hire of KA based on what I heard, and everyone acts like Alden wasn't clear about the NCAA stuff back then, but I think it's obvious now.
I bet if Sterk called Marshall in late Feb early March timeframe with a "hey how ya doin", things could get heated soon enough.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 7:23 pm to Remote Controlled
Yeah. We know there were talks.
It was all pretty well publicized.
Alden wasn't a ballsy AD. His personality traits were obvious. It's why he's not there anymore. Nice guy. Not a power AD.
The KA hire may not have been the best thing. shite. It's obvious it wasn't.
But the hire happened. Feel like it's our duty to objectively see things for what they are instead of behaving like kids in the back seat on a long distance road trip. It's not as simple as some put it -- 9,10,11 wins.
It was all pretty well publicized.
Alden wasn't a ballsy AD. His personality traits were obvious. It's why he's not there anymore. Nice guy. Not a power AD.
The KA hire may not have been the best thing. shite. It's obvious it wasn't.
But the hire happened. Feel like it's our duty to objectively see things for what they are instead of behaving like kids in the back seat on a long distance road trip. It's not as simple as some put it -- 9,10,11 wins.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:52 pm to Remote Controlled
Alden was so personally burned by the Painter saga (where Bernie Miklasz got played by Painter's agent for a couple million) and Mizzou ended up with Mike Alden in a beer goggles panic throwing the job at anyone who'd stop to talk to him at the Final Four. Presto: Frank Haith.
Turns out Alden hated his own hire even more than the fans did. And when he got rid of Frank, Mike turned into a paranoid little bitch. Sending empty planes to places he wasn't going and flying from weird airports to out of the way spots to meet candidates. I think the process took up so much space in his head that he didn't get a full slate of candidates.
Finally, I think he radically overestimated his ability to sell the job and that he'd closed the deal when Marshall left their meeting the week before Kim was announced. So when Marshall called back and declined, we no longer had any good options. It was like a game of Musical coaching chairs and Kim was the only one left with a chair when the music stopped.
I'm not sure why Alden set an artificial end date to the hiring process. Or perhaps someone else set it for him. But we certainly bore the brunt of that as a fan base.
Turns out Alden hated his own hire even more than the fans did. And when he got rid of Frank, Mike turned into a paranoid little bitch. Sending empty planes to places he wasn't going and flying from weird airports to out of the way spots to meet candidates. I think the process took up so much space in his head that he didn't get a full slate of candidates.
Finally, I think he radically overestimated his ability to sell the job and that he'd closed the deal when Marshall left their meeting the week before Kim was announced. So when Marshall called back and declined, we no longer had any good options. It was like a game of Musical coaching chairs and Kim was the only one left with a chair when the music stopped.
I'm not sure why Alden set an artificial end date to the hiring process. Or perhaps someone else set it for him. But we certainly bore the brunt of that as a fan base.
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