05-20-2015, 10:09 AM
05-20-2015, 11:47 AM
Met him a couple of weeks ago at the announcement & subsequent baseball game. He wouldn't take pictures with folks with anything they were wearing that said #FreeUAB unless they covered up. His wife was inquisitive re: FreeUAB.
05-20-2015, 11:55 AM
I think when he realizes there is a 60 mile long leash around Dr Watts' neck, he will better understand what he is up against. A lot of suppositions will be replaced by facts by the middle of June if all goes according to scheduled announcements.
05-20-2015, 12:47 PM
(05-20-2015 11:47 AM)BlazerHam Wrote: [ -> ]Met him a couple of weeks ago at the announcement & subsequent baseball game. He wouldn't take pictures with folks with anything they were wearing that said #FreeUAB unless they covered up. His wife was inquisitive re: FreeUAB.
That's telling right there. Shows the conversation about #FreeUAB has been had, otherwise he wouldn't have cared what people were wearing. I didn't try to take a picture with him after shaking his hand, but I wonder if he would have with my "Fire Ray Watts" shirt?
05-20-2015, 12:47 PM
He started this week, I believe. I doubt we'll hear much from him until Watts says something... because what can he say before then?
05-20-2015, 12:55 PM
(05-20-2015 12:47 PM)blazinrunner Wrote: [ -> ](05-20-2015 11:47 AM)BlazerHam Wrote: [ -> ]Met him a couple of weeks ago at the announcement & subsequent baseball game. He wouldn't take pictures with folks with anything they were wearing that said #FreeUAB unless they covered up. His wife was inquisitive re: FreeUAB.
That's telling right there.
I think you guys need to cut him some slack. He can't run up and stick is middle finger in Ray Watts' face before he's even started the job.
05-20-2015, 12:59 PM
Yes. He has to have a base of support before he stands up to his boss
05-20-2015, 01:03 PM
I'll take silence. He could be giving comments to PR driven spin articles supporting Watts and Co. Fortunately those have seemed to stop all of a sudden...
05-20-2015, 01:14 PM
I shook his hand on May 5th. Of course I haven't seen him since...
05-20-2015, 01:18 PM
The man and his family were living in Philadelphia and his official start date in Birmingham was Monday... a couple of you need to get a grip on reality.
05-20-2015, 01:42 PM
(05-20-2015 01:18 PM)UABslant Wrote: [ -> ]The man and his family were living in Philadelphia and his official start date in Birmingham was Monday... of couple of you need to get a grip on reality.
+1
05-20-2015, 01:56 PM
(05-20-2015 01:14 PM)EnviroBlazerD Wrote: [ -> ]I shook his hand on May 5th. Of course I haven't seen him since...
Well, since May 18th was his first day on the job that's not shocking. Even less shocking if you don't work in the Athletics Department.
05-20-2015, 02:01 PM
I would take his photo op choices as simply being resistant to appearing to be taking sides before he has even made the job his own. Newcomers in a business office can find themselves drawn into office politics before they really know much about the people involved. As I said above, I think he will find out about who is connected to whom before very long.
05-20-2015, 02:42 PM
I think I was in the group with Blazerham. Had a good conversation with AD Ingram. I told him I knew he couldn't say much but we wanted football back and the report used to drop the programs was bogus. Told him he was UAB arriving at a great time and could be involved in something great. I really don't want to comment on anymore of the conversation with wife but just to let you know we made sure she was well informed and we gave her a really good reference to talk to to get the straight answers - "don't just listen to us". AD and wife expressed their excitement about coming to Birmingham, had old friends living here and already loved the city. They want to buy a house in Vestavia Hills so they can be at as many sporting events as possible.
05-20-2015, 08:16 PM
Yeah, I'm of the same mindset. Got to give the guy some time to settle in and let him speak through his actions. Right now, I don't feel any kind of way about him one way or another, but I'm definitely going to give him a real chance before I start forming any kind of opinion.
05-20-2015, 08:31 PM
Has any of the news media tried to ask for an interview/comments from Ingram since he's official now??? Been denied???
05-20-2015, 08:35 PM
i talk to him on the phone last week
he call me on my mobile phone
I told him what i think about football , ray watts and the bot
What we need to do etc
He seen excited
He know where I stand
#freeuab
#fireraywatts
#botsk
#
he call me on my mobile phone
I told him what i think about football , ray watts and the bot
What we need to do etc
He seen excited
He know where I stand
#freeuab
#fireraywatts
#botsk
#
05-20-2015, 08:47 PM
Putain!