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Who are the top ten athletics directors of all time?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:00 pm
I guess it's almost like batting average: If you're hitting .300, you're pretty darn good
If you're hitting .380, you're world class
Despite all his mistake hires, I'm nominating Frank Broyles. He hired Lou Holtz, Eddie Sutton, Norm DeBriyn, John McDonnell, Nolan Richardson, and Dave Van Horn.
He also did this while sitting next to Keith Jackson commentating college football games.
What a legend.
If you're hitting .380, you're world class
Despite all his mistake hires, I'm nominating Frank Broyles. He hired Lou Holtz, Eddie Sutton, Norm DeBriyn, John McDonnell, Nolan Richardson, and Dave Van Horn.
He also did this while sitting next to Keith Jackson commentating college football games.
What a legend.
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Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:04 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
You’re nominating a guy who has an award named after him? Way to go out on a limb
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:07 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
So he hired a bunch of people who never won a national title for his school?
It’s hilarious that people think all ADs do is hire people.
But by your metrics, Scott Woodward hired:
Kim Mulkey
Jay Johnson
Buzz Williams
Jimbo Fisher
Brian Kelly
Chris Petersen
Steve Sarkisian
And I dislike Scott Woodward
It’s hilarious that people think all ADs do is hire people.
But by your metrics, Scott Woodward hired:
Kim Mulkey
Jay Johnson
Buzz Williams
Jimbo Fisher
Brian Kelly
Chris Petersen
Steve Sarkisian
And I dislike Scott Woodward
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:10 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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You’re nominating a guy who has an award named after him? Way to go out on a limb
okay, so the irony is that he's probably #1 of all time, and yet all the while, his missed hires prolifically outweigh his great hires
He even fired some of his greatest hires.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:11 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Hands down has to be Jeremy Foley.
Ignore that dumbass Caw.
Jeremy Foley's resume cannot be beat, he hired:
Billy Donovan (2 national championships and 4 total final fours)
Urban Meyer (2 national championships)
Kevin O'Sullivan (1 national championship and 3 total CWS final appearances)
And a lot of other coaches that won nattys.
He's unmatched to hire across the different sports with that success.
But dumbassCaw will claim he's killing our program.
Ignore that dumbass Caw.
Jeremy Foley's resume cannot be beat, he hired:
Billy Donovan (2 national championships and 4 total final fours)
Urban Meyer (2 national championships)
Kevin O'Sullivan (1 national championship and 3 total CWS final appearances)
And a lot of other coaches that won nattys.
He's unmatched to hire across the different sports with that success.
But dumbassCaw will claim he's killing our program.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:12 pm to Dorito
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It’s hilarious that people think all ADs do is hire people.
Ultimately, it is all they do.
It's...all...they...do.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:12 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Jeremy Foley of Florida has got to be near the top. Bunch of national titles in his hat
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:12 pm to ForeverGator
quote:this post just absolutely confirms u r a uaa plant
ForeverFoley
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:14 pm to ForeverGator
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Hands down has to be Jeremy Foley. Ignore that dumbass Caw.
You’re a dirty fricker
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:14 pm to ForeverGator
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Ignore that dumbass Caw.
I'm still gonna chuckle when he calls you a uaa plant/disney gator... but you're not wrong about Foley having quite the 90s-201x run.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:14 pm to theCAW
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this post just absolutely confirms u r a uaa plant
Go talk about your conspiracy theories on the poli board. You fit in well there.
Leave that shite out of this board.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:20 pm to ForeverGator
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Jeremy Foley's resume cannot be beat, he hired:
Urban Meyer (2 national championships)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2004/12/04/heres-the-truth-behind-the-meyer-hiring-2/
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Can you believe it? Urban Meyer actually chose Touchdown Jeremy over Touchdown Jesus. Actually, UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley had little, if anything, to do with this hire. This was Bernie’s baby from the beginning — the very beginning.
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Meyer may have officially become the football coach at the University of Florida Friday, but he was actually hired last October when Bernie Machen, his former boss at Utah, was named the new president at UF. In other words, this entire “comprehensive” national search was a ruse all along, a smokescreen just so Machen could bring his boy with him from Utah.
Machen basically forced foleys hand to hire Meyer. Who has he hired football wise besides Meyer?
Ron Zook, Will Muschamp, and Jim McElwain.
Quite a resume.
Billy Donovan was a great hire and a lucky one. That is really the only good hire foley has ever made on his own for any of the major sports.
He’s a terrible AD with his cronies like Chip Howard still lurking in the uaa and telling Stricklin to bark like a seal at their dictations to hire losers like Billy Napier
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:23 pm to ForeverGator
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Hands down has to be Jeremy Foley.
Not for football. Awful, awful hires.
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Urban Meyer (2 national championships)
We both know the real reason why Urban took the UF job.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:26 pm to Dorito
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Scott Woodward hired:
Buzz Williams
Jimbo Fisher
Brian Kelly - and?
Chris Petersen - and?
Steve Sarkisian
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:53 pm to GoGators1995
quote:not just awful hires but also he fought tooth and nail to not upgrade facilities while Bama UGA and lsu were all getting waterfalls in their weight rooms
Not for football. Awful, awful hires.
Now that facilities are obsolete, and all the top football programs are focusing on NIL, foleys bff Chip Howard is actively trying to sabotage nil efforts so that boosters can fund his shiny new $500 million dollar stadium kitchen
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:59 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Herb Reinhard of Valdosta State hired:
-Hal Mumme (whose staff had Mike Leach)
-Chris Hatcher (1x national champion, football)
-David Dean (2x national champion, football)
-Kerwin Bell (1x national champion, football)
-Thomas Macera (1x national champion, softball)
-Hal Mumme (whose staff had Mike Leach)
-Chris Hatcher (1x national champion, football)
-David Dean (2x national champion, football)
-Kerwin Bell (1x national champion, football)
-Thomas Macera (1x national champion, softball)
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:08 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:17 pm to GoGators1995
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We both know the real reason why Urban took the UF job.
It wasn't solely because of Machen. Was he a big part of it? Absolutely.
But Foley had a massive role in it. If we had a flimsy football program at the time, Urban would not have come here, even with Machen.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:30 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Frank Broyles built Arkansas athletics from just football to basketball, baseball and track teams who are respected. He also got us into the SEC which is huge for our program.
I was around from where he started to where we are now and what he accomplished is remarkable.
Whether those in our fanbase like him or not they owe their fandom to what he did to get us here.
I was around from where he started to where we are now and what he accomplished is remarkable.
Whether those in our fanbase like him or not they owe their fandom to what he did to get us here.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 9:32 pm to ForeverGator
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It wasn't solely because of Machen. Was he a big part of it? Absolutely.
But Foley had a massive role in it. If we had a flimsy football program at the time, Urban would not have come here, even with Machen.
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And we weren't a "flimsy" program because of Spurrier - who was hired by Foley's predecessor.
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