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Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:33 am to awestruck
Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:33 am to awestruck
The OP is a collection of different rumors and (as the OP states) his opinion. Mostly stemming from Phillip Marshall’s articles on 247.
So, just breaking this down
- we know that Burgess is working with the athletic department after coaches went above Greene to Gogue.
- we know that Greene was implementing a 10% cut to each sport per the direction of his former boss, Leath.
- we know that those coaches were tired of the cuts and wanted someone from the university to determine the necessity of them with the goal to reverse them
The rest is a little more murky. I think the bottom line is that anytime you have coaches banding together and going over the AD to the school’s president is a bad thing. It’s hard to evaluate the severity of Gogue implanting Burgess in the AD due to the fact that Gogue doesn’t like being involved with athletic matters and he’s on his way out the door. I personally don’t believe that PTB are the root of this but I think anyone can be convinced they’re not happy that their effort to take control of the football search was stemmed by Gogue and handed over to Greene. But I’m not sure that’s entering the current field of play right now.
I think that’s a fair summary of what’s known and what’s going on.
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... so how do we know OP wasn't wrong ?
So, just breaking this down
- we know that Burgess is working with the athletic department after coaches went above Greene to Gogue.
- we know that Greene was implementing a 10% cut to each sport per the direction of his former boss, Leath.
- we know that those coaches were tired of the cuts and wanted someone from the university to determine the necessity of them with the goal to reverse them
The rest is a little more murky. I think the bottom line is that anytime you have coaches banding together and going over the AD to the school’s president is a bad thing. It’s hard to evaluate the severity of Gogue implanting Burgess in the AD due to the fact that Gogue doesn’t like being involved with athletic matters and he’s on his way out the door. I personally don’t believe that PTB are the root of this but I think anyone can be convinced they’re not happy that their effort to take control of the football search was stemmed by Gogue and handed over to Greene. But I’m not sure that’s entering the current field of play right now.
I think that’s a fair summary of what’s known and what’s going on.
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Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:41 am to TheJones
And it should be noted PM has been way off on major issues surrounding our football program.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 10:48 am to TheJones
Was more centering upon the Steele accusations which have assumed walking-dead proportions of possibility and a vampire like lifeline.
eta: Because the rest doesn't really rise above normal office politics... and doesn't automatically indicate there's a growing let's get rid of Greene problem.
eta: Because the rest doesn't really rise above normal office politics... and doesn't automatically indicate there's a growing let's get rid of Greene problem.
This post was edited on 7/14/21 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/14/21 at 11:42 am to TheJones
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I personally don’t believe that PTB are the root of this but I think anyone can be convinced they’re not happy that their effort to take control of the football search was stemmed by Gogue and handed over to Greene. But I’m not sure that’s entering the current field of play right now.
This is where I fall on the 'truth' meter.
There have been posts outside of here, where there is info coming from friends of Pearl who support the budget constraints issue.
I agree I don't think it's the PTBs meddling w Greene, unless some of the coaches used them to also talk to Gogue on the internal concerns.
I do believe it will be resolved but 2 things will be so glaring from this:
1. If Pearl who has been the best PR guy for the AD and Auburn overall as well as the best coach and recruiter we have had in basketball in decades, has to scream and push to get what he needs, then thats a poor reflection on Greene.
2. When a President has to bring in a 'mediator' to fix problems within Greene's dept, that is not a good look moving forward. Greene had the power to make it right, and didn't in this case.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 11:47 am to TheJones
I have a hard time believing anything that comes from Marshall. He's a mouth piece for people who have an agenda. Obviously the complaints are grounded in some truth with Burgess setting up shop in the AD but I just don't buy the narrative being pushed. It seems like sour grapes from the PTB from having their toy taken from them.
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