No idea if Dr. Broussard, from Southern, will be interviewed. Did notice he was AD at Centenary, for less than a year, before moving to Southern where he has been for 2 and a half years. Doesn't look like he stays at one place too long. I know some folks have argued that we need a guy who is highly motivated and looking to move up the chain. I do think it may take more than 2 or 3 years to get the ship righted at UALR.

What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

(11-25-2014 08:52 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

"toughest job in the country"

(11-25-2014 10:06 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 08:52 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

"toughest job in the country"

Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

(11-25-2014 11:08 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 10:06 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 08:52 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

"toughest job in the country"

Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

I don't know that he/she has to be a tough SOB. But, it has to be an extremely motivated, hardworking individual, who can bring a new and improved way of thinking and doing things to the athletic department.

(11-25-2014 11:36 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:08 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 10:06 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 08:52 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

"toughest job in the country"

Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

I don't know that he/she has to be a tough SOB. But, it has to be an extremely motivated, hardworking individual, who can bring a new and improved way of thinking and doing things to the athletic department.

(11-26-2014 12:49 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:36 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:08 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 10:06 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 08:52 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  What really disappointed me was the number of "qualified" applicants, and if the paper listed all, no young assistant or associate AD's from successful programs looking to move on and up as an AD. That tells me that there must no be much if any respect for the reputation of this program.

"toughest job in the country"

Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

I don't know that he/she has to be a tough SOB. But, it has to be an extremely motivated, hardworking individual, who can bring a new and improved way of thinking and doing things to the athletic department.

Apparently our staff doesn't want tough. Much happier now.

(11-26-2014 01:23 PM)Jim T Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 12:49 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:36 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:08 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 10:06 PM)mjs Wrote:  "toughest job in the country"

Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

I don't know that he/she has to be a tough SOB. But, it has to be an extremely motivated, hardworking individual, who can bring a new and improved way of thinking and doing things to the athletic department.

Apparently our staff doesn't want tough. Much happier now.

No doubt they are happier. Hard to know when "tough" crosses the line and gets to the point of being abusive. However, I doubt many really successful coaches have not crossed that line.

(11-26-2014 02:03 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 01:23 PM)Jim T Wrote:  

(11-26-2014 12:49 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:36 PM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-25-2014 11:08 PM)LRTrojan Wrote:  Oh, I forgot. If that's the case, it'll take a tough SOB as AD and coach to turn this thing around.

I don't know that he/she has to be a tough SOB. But, it has to be an extremely motivated, hardworking individual, who can bring a new and improved way of thinking and doing things to the athletic department.

Apparently our staff doesn't want tough. Much happier now.

No doubt they are happier. Hard to know when "tough" crosses the line and gets to the point of being abusive. However, I doubt many really successful coaches have not crossed that line.

Peterson wasn't tough. Most people can take a tough boss. Peterson was an out and out abusive bully. There is a big difference.

We just need someone who is smart and makes good decisions. Also, someone who takes charge, but who does not think the department revolves around my office - in other words, does not think that the AD is the star of the department.

It's not the toughest job in the country. Maybe it was back in the 1980's, but not anymore. It feels like to me that's just an excuse mantra to wheel out whenever we want to accept mediocrity and a second or third or fourth fiddle attitude.

We're running out of fiddles.

(11-26-2014 08:58 PM)eh9198 Wrote:  It's not the toughest job in the country. Maybe it was back in the 1980's, but not anymore. It feels like to me that's just an excuse mantra to wheel out whenever we want to accept mediocrity and a second or third or fourth fiddle attitude.

We're running out of fiddles.

Great post! I couldn't agree more!

It seems to me we're being a little negative. We have the opportunity to make a fresh start, we have applicants, the committee seems to be doing their due diligence, so I think we have a chance to get this program on an upward move. Obviously it's going to take time to repair the past damage, but we have a lot of things going for us. Mainly a very nice facility. We should have decent seasons this year by both men and women's programs. But it will take someone who can think outside the box to achieve what we need to achieve. We can't keep the status quo. We have to break out of our "Poor me" mentality and start thinking like a winner. That's what the new AD needs to bring to the table. It can't be business as usual. That obviously hasn't been working. One thing we "MUST DO". Find a way to force the newspaper to give us the coverage we deserve as the hometown D1 team. If we have to bring The Godfather to make them an offer they can't refuse, then do it. (Just kidding) We desperately need a TV station to carry our games, and a top notch coaches show with a professional host. We must have a radio station that belongs to us exclusively. We can't be jumping around. Men and women's team should be on the same station. Whatever needs to be changed, make the change. Put all the right pieces in place, get things moving and things will improve drastically. But the administration must make a hundred percent commitment to athletic excellence. If they don't do that, then nothing will ever work.

(11-26-2014 10:17 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  It seems to me we're being a little negative. We have the opportunity to make a fresh start, we have applicants, the committee seems to be doing their due diligence, so I think we have a chance to get this program on an upward move. Obviously it's going to take time to repair the past damage, but we have a lot of things going for us. Mainly a very nice facility. We should have decent seasons this year by both men and women's programs. But it will take someone who can think outside the box to achieve what we need to achieve. We can't keep the status quo. We have to break out of our "Poor me" mentality and start thinking like a winner. That's what the new AD needs to bring to the table. It can't be business as usual. That obviously hasn't been working. One thing we "MUST DO". Find a way to force the newspaper to give us the coverage we deserve as the hometown D1 team. If we have to bring The Godfather to make them an offer they can't refuse, then do it. (Just kidding) We desperately need a TV station to carry our games, and a top notch coaches show with a professional host. We must have a radio station that belongs to us exclusively. We can't be jumping around. Men and women's team should be on the same station. Whatever needs to be changed, make the change. Put all the right pieces in place, get things moving and things will improve drastically. But the administration must make a hundred percent commitment to athletic excellence. If they don't do that, then nothing will ever work.

I guess me and LRTrojan can agree on this one. That will never happen at another school in the UA system outside Fayetteville.

I am excited about getting a new AD and want to see some positive changes. But, I'm not expecting any miracles. I've been around UALR athletics much too long.

I do agree that the new AD will be walking into some nice things. An NCAA tournament Volleyball team, a likely NCAA women's basketball team, and the best men's basketball team we have had in many years.

(11-26-2014 10:17 PM)outsideualr Wrote:  It seems to me we're being a little negative. We have the opportunity to make a fresh start, we have applicants, the committee seems to be doing their due diligence, so I think we have a chance to get this program on an upward move. Obviously it's going to take time to repair the past damage, but we have a lot of things going for us. Mainly a very nice facility. We should have decent seasons this year by both men and women's programs. But it will take someone who can think outside the box to achieve what we need to achieve. We can't keep the status quo. We have to break out of our "Poor me" mentality and start thinking like a winner. That's what the new AD needs to bring to the table. It can't be business as usual. That obviously hasn't been working. One thing we "MUST DO". Find a way to force the newspaper to give us the coverage we deserve as the hometown D1 team. If we have to bring The Godfather to make them an offer they can't refuse, then do it. (Just kidding) We desperately need a TV station to carry our games, and a top notch coaches show with a professional host. We must have a radio station that belongs to us exclusively. We can't be jumping around. Men and women's team should be on the same station. Whatever needs to be changed, make the change. Put all the right pieces in place, get things moving and things will improve drastically. But the administration must make a hundred percent commitment to athletic excellence. If they don't do that, then nothing will ever work.

One of the first things we need to do is stop being afraid of offending Fayetteville and start calling our athletic teams LITTLE ROCK. Before someone launches into the difficulty of changing the University's name, rest assured that is NOt Necessary!

Almost all hyphen'd schools in the country have found the benefit of identity this gives you. Charlotte, Milwaukee, Chatanooga- and not one has stopped being officially the Univerity of (State) at (City). With a new AD and looking for a fresh start, this is a no brainer move!

Believe me, nobody at UALR (campus wide not just athletics) is afraid of offending the powers that be in the ua syatem.

If you remember in the video UALR posted of Bob Denman talking about changes he mentioned that every time UALR athlete competes they carry Little Rock into that playing arena. And they should be proud of that. I do wish they would put Little Rock on the jerseys. I wish the basketball teams would at least get a jersey with Little Rock on it. Not an entire new uniform. Get it and wear it for asu home game. It can be done.

A newspaper is a business. Any business owner knows he has to provide for his customers what he thinks they want. If he doesn't, he won't be in business long. A newspaper provides what its editors believe the majority of its readers want to read. The paper covers UALR, a mid-major, pretty well compared to other mid-majors and the papers that cover them. You want to force the paper to cover UALR better than it does. Easy. WIN! And win consistently year after year. Become a top 25 team. A top 25 team cannot be ignored.

(11-27-2014 10:50 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Believe me, nobody at UALR (campus wide not just athletics) is afraid of offending the powers that be in the ua syatem.

If you remember in the video UALR posted of Bob Denman talking about changes he mentioned that every time UALR athlete competes they carry Little Rock into that playing arena. And they should be proud of that. I do wish they would put Little Rock on the jerseys. I wish the basketball teams would at least get a jersey with Little Rock on it. Not an entire new uniform. Get it and wear it for asu home game. It can be done.

A newspaper is a business. Any business owner knows he has to provide for his customers what he thinks they want. If he doesn't, he won't be in business long. A newspaper provides what its editors believe the majority of its readers want to read. The paper covers UALR, a mid-major, pretty well compared to other mid-majors and the papers that cover them. You want to force the paper to cover UALR better than it does. Easy. WIN! And win consistently year after year. Become a top 25 team. A top 25 team cannot be ignored.

You are right. A Top 25 team could not be ignored. But that is never going to happen at UALR. We are in a mid to low major conference and barely have the resources to keep up on that level. Someone is going to have to come up with a better strategic plan than that to turn our attendance and financial woes around. Winning "big" will bring in a few extra "fans", who will be gone as soon as we start losing again.

(11-27-2014 11:18 AM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-27-2014 10:50 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Believe me, nobody at UALR (campus wide not just athletics) is afraid of offending the powers that be in the ua syatem.

If you remember in the video UALR posted of Bob Denman talking about changes he mentioned that every time UALR athlete competes they carry Little Rock into that playing arena. And they should be proud of that. I do wish they would put Little Rock on the jerseys. I wish the basketball teams would at least get a jersey with Little Rock on it. Not an entire new uniform. Get it and wear it for asu home game. It can be done.

A newspaper is a business. Any business owner knows he has to provide for his customers what he thinks they want. If he doesn't, he won't be in business long. A newspaper provides what its editors believe the majority of its readers want to read. The paper covers UALR, a mid-major, pretty well compared to other mid-majors and the papers that cover them. You want to force the paper to cover UALR better than it does. Easy. WIN! And win consistently year after year. Become a top 25 team. A top 25 team cannot be ignored.

You are right. A Top 25 team could not be ignored. But that is never going to happen at UALR. We are in a mid to low major conference and barely have the resources to keep up on that level. Someone is going to have to come up with a better strategic plan than that to turn our attendance and financial woes around. Winning "big" will bring in a few extra "fans", who will be gone as soon as we start losing again.

So it was just a figment of my imagination that UALR men were ranked during the Newell era and playing in a crappy conference.

(11-27-2014 11:55 AM)ez272 Wrote:  

(11-27-2014 11:18 AM)mjs Wrote:  

(11-27-2014 10:50 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Believe me, nobody at UALR (campus wide not just athletics) is afraid of offending the powers that be in the ua syatem.

If you remember in the video UALR posted of Bob Denman talking about changes he mentioned that every time UALR athlete competes they carry Little Rock into that playing arena. And they should be proud of that. I do wish they would put Little Rock on the jerseys. I wish the basketball teams would at least get a jersey with Little Rock on it. Not an entire new uniform. Get it and wear it for asu home game. It can be done.

A newspaper is a business. Any business owner knows he has to provide for his customers what he thinks they want. If he doesn't, he won't be in business long. A newspaper provides what its editors believe the majority of its readers want to read. The paper covers UALR, a mid-major, pretty well compared to other mid-majors and the papers that cover them. You want to force the paper to cover UALR better than it does. Easy. WIN! And win consistently year after year. Become a top 25 team. A top 25 team cannot be ignored.

You are right. A Top 25 team could not be ignored. But that is never going to happen at UALR. We are in a mid to low major conference and barely have the resources to keep up on that level. Someone is going to have to come up with a better strategic plan than that to turn our attendance and financial woes around. Winning "big" will bring in a few extra "fans", who will be gone as soon as we start losing again.

So it was just a figment of my imagination that UALR men were ranked during the Newell era and playing in a crappy conference.

No it was not a figment of your imagination. You can believe this story or not, but I swear it is true. My wife and I were drinking a beer with Newell after a game in Shreveport. He said he was going to call some of his coaching buddies, like Billy Tubbs, to vote for UALR in the next UPI Poll. Low and behold, we were #19 when the next poll came out. Unfortunately we lost the next home game to Mercer and that was the first and last time we were ever ranked. No doubt Newell was the best marketer, salesman, BSer, or whatever you want to call him that this program ever had. I remember one year the Blue Ribbon Magazine came out. The whole magazine had 2 pictures- one in the front and one on the inside back cover. Newell's picture took up the whole back cover. Mike was truly one of a kind. We can look all we want, but I really don't think we will find anyone with half the charisma, charm, chutzpah, etc. that he had. And no, we were not the 19th best team in the country.

P.S.- Chutzpah (Yiddish)- supreme self-confidence : nerve, gall; shameless boldness . The classic definition of "chutzpah" is someone who kills his parents and then begs the court for mercy because he's an orphan.

(11-27-2014 10:50 AM)ez272 Wrote:  Believe me, nobody at UALR (campus wide not just athletics) is afraid of offending the powers that be in the ua syatem.

If you remember in the video UALR posted of Bob Denman talking about changes he mentioned that every time UALR athlete competes they carry Little Rock into that playing arena. And they should be proud of that. I do wish they would put Little Rock on the jerseys. I wish the basketball teams would at least get a jersey with Little Rock on it. Not an entire new uniform. Get it and wear it for asu home game. It can be done.

A newspaper is a business. Any business owner knows he has to provide for his customers what he thinks they want. If he doesn't, he won't be in business long. A newspaper provides what its editors believe the majority of its readers want to read. The paper covers UALR, a mid-major, pretty well compared to other mid-majors and the papers that cover them. You want to force the paper to cover UALR better than it does. Easy. WIN! And win consistently year after year. Become a top 25 team. A top 25 team cannot be ignored.

I totally agree with all of the commentary about a newspaper, and I have never advocated that the Trojans either get or deserve equal coverage with the hogs. They don't and most likely never will, but any decent newspaper would give much better support to its local university. When you can't get a game day article or an article following a game with a box score, then they aren't supporting their hometown. We may never be a top twenty-five team, but we deserve much better coverage. The Democrap and the leaders of our city, the mayor and city manager along with the city council do nothing that I can see to support and promote the local university. Isn't that what local politicians are supposed to do, look out for and support the local town and economy?

Notice the city of Jonesboro, they do a much better job of supporting ASU, along with the local businesses who put up signs on their marquees supporting the team.

ez272, I do totally disagree with you assessment that nobody at UALR is afraid of the UofA. I certainly think you're wrong about that.