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Posted on 12/12/19 at 2:03 pm
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
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Posted on 12/12/19 at 2:03 pm
The two big money family's I work for are very pleased with the Drinkwitz hire. They like the high risk/reward aspect of it.

But a comment interested me: That of "We were afraid the Board wanted to go safe and cheap. That's their history. Nice that they backed Sterk on the hire."

Now that's pretty much a 180 on what we heard from the PBS. Have you heard anything up your way?
Posted by MIZ_COU
I'm right here
Member since Oct 2013
13771 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 2:42 pm to
well, it's obvious they went neither safe or cheap
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
125514 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 3:55 pm to
I’ve kind of backed off since everything blew up. I’m sure I’ll hear some stuff over Christmas.

You may have seen on here, I was trolling Matter on twitter and he responded saying he NEVER reported that Monken, Anderson and Holtz were the final candidates which leases me to believe that he’s fine with letting some odd interpretations of events sit out there.

We do know that 30 initial candidates were on a list. I don’t know how you find 30 names of exciting, offensive head coaches or top-flight OCs that are available and that list doesn’t include Drinkwitz. So I would guess he was on the initial list. But it also looks like the first face to face meeting was Saturday.

So both sides are probably putting the best version of events forward for public consumption. But I think that Sterk got a guy in the end that the fan base likes and he probably bought a couple of years in the job (provided he doesn’t piss off Bill Laurie more).
Posted by wubilli
Columbia
Member since Apr 2014
5517 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:01 pm to
If you have a PD sub Matter went more into it today in his chat.

I don’t subscribe but have been told his answers gave more insight into what went down.
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
Member since Oct 2013
8526 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 4:32 pm to
Ah, that was another question, is big Bill any happier these days?
Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
25492 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:31 pm to
All I know is Gabe was on 101 again yesterday and doubled down on those were the final 3 and took it a step further to say that there was nada with Drink until Friday. I'm sorry, but you don't start a search new, find your guy, hammer out numbers/terms, meet him and announce him in little over 48 hours. Sterk had been eyeing Drink all along. The others might have been on a list of some sort but Gabe is high when he says that Sterk started from scratch on Friday and for the first time considered Drink.
Posted by reedus23
St. Louis
Member since Sep 2011
25492 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

But it also looks like the first face to face meeting was Saturday.


That's pretty specific language and I don't doubt it. But the story that is still pushed by Gabe flat out asserts that there weren't phone calls before hand. Hell, there were probably phone calls from the get go.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:23 pm to
quote:

The others might have been on a list of some sort but Gabe is high when he says that Sterk started from scratch on Friday and for the first time considered Drink.


Yeah. That’s horse hockey. I would guess that one of the search firm’s key functions is being responsible for background checks. And if Sterk requested a background check on Drink on Friday, it wasn’t completed by the time the jet took off for Boone on Saturday.
Posted by wubilli
Columbia
Member since Apr 2014
5517 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:37 pm to
Since it was reported that Anderson was going to make less than Odom maybe Sterk used the 3 names reported to get the BoC to give him a bigger budget.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
125514 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:43 pm to
Yeah. That was an interesting premise by a supposed head hunter on Tigerboard.
Posted by wubilli
Columbia
Member since Apr 2014
5517 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:57 pm to
Oh yea is that what Tigerboard is reporting?
Posted by Literalist
Minnesota
Member since Oct 2014
3622 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 8:50 pm to
Is Tigerboard saying we have good staffs? That what I am asking you!
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
Member since Oct 2013
8526 posts
Posted on 12/12/19 at 8:59 pm to
I have an excellent staff, so my wife assures me.
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