Doesnt sound like we will make a "sexy" hire.

The University of Houston is closing in on a new athletic director.

The university has identified three finalists for the job - Hunter Yurachek, UH associate Vice President and chief operating officer for intercollegiate athletics; Miami of Ohio athletic director David Sayler and former UH basketball player and board of regent Lynden Rose Sr., a person with knowledge of the search process said Monday...

Whomp...Whomp...Whomp...

http://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/arti...212560.php

Late candidates Kim Kardashian and Carrot Top are also gaining speed. Well, after a pair of home runs, you knew it was about time for us to Coog a big hire.

We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

There's a lot left to do. The tennis center, the Hof reno/replacement (which is now short funds due to the stadium cost overrun), and --of course---there is that one other BIG thing left to do. The talk all along has been Hunter was going to get it, I just didn't believe it. I thought we were past that small time thinking. A year ago that dude was at Coastal Carolina, a little FCS school with 16K students. Last time we hired a sitting FBS AD over Steve Patterson and Oliver Luck. Hunter is fine fore an assistant AD, but as an AD he looks more like the kind of guy FIU or Central Michigan might hire.

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

Heck Ill take the job.

First order of business- change the name of TDECU stadium.

Second order of business- get the old houston uniforms back.

Third order of business- organize the bagmen, come on guys do work


I'm available, just sayin.

(04-20-2015 10:40 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

Heck Ill take the job.

First order of business- change the name of TDECU stadium.

Second order of business- get the old houston uniforms back.

Third order of business- organize the bagmen, come on guys do work


I'm available, just sayin.

... see what I mean

Coog'ed it.

Without knowing anything about any of them, I'll take the guy that's already a higher up in the AD. Hopefully (at least) the next guy can talk without saying "mmm'kay" after every 3 words. That, in and of itself, would be an improvement IMO.

(04-20-2015 10:40 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

Heck Ill take the job.

First order of business- change the name of TDECU stadium.

Second order of business- get the old houston uniforms back.

Third order of business- organize the bagmen, come on guys do work


I'm available, just sayin.

lol...given our search firm, I suspect you'll find a interview invite in your voice mail.

(04-20-2015 10:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

There's a lot left to do. The tennis center, the Hof reno/replacement (which is now short funds due to the stadium cost overrun), and --of course---there is that one other BIG thing left to do. The talk all along has been Hunter was going to get it, I just didn't believe it. I thought we were past that small time thinking. A year ago that dude was at Coastal Carolina, a little FCS school with 16K students. Last time we hired a sitting FBS AD over Steve Patterson and Oliver Luck. Hunter is fine fore an assistant AD, but as an AD he looks more like the kind of guy FIU or Central Michigan might hire.

All those things will get done, Renu Khator calls the shots and will see to it get done.

(04-20-2015 10:53 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:40 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:17 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  We already have the football stadium completed, the basketball practice facility in the works, solid outstanding football basketball and baseball head coaches in place.

As far as the AD position goes, I don't care who we get quite honestly.

Heck Ill take the job.

First order of business- change the name of TDECU stadium.

Second order of business- get the old houston uniforms back.

Third order of business- organize the bagmen, come on guys do work


I'm available, just sayin.

... see what I mean

amirite?

oh, almost forgot....have 3 martini lunch with her everyday.



im qualified dammit

(04-20-2015 10:07 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Late candidates Kim Kardashian and Carrot Top are also gaining speed. Well, after a pair of home runs, you knew it was about time for us to Coog a big hire.

Yeah because unknown commodities Kevin Sumlin and Art Briles didn't work out while great coaches previously Ray McCallum and James Dickey did. Tom Herman hasn't even coached a game yet and he's already been anointed as the savior of UH football, he could turn out to be another Levine. Who knows how any of those AD's will do.

(04-20-2015 11:12 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:07 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Late candidates Kim Kardashian and Carrot Top are also gaining speed. Well, after a pair of home runs, you knew it was about time for us to Coog a big hire.

Yeah because unknown commodities Kevin Sumlin and Art Briles didn't work out while great coaches previously Ray McCallum and James Dickey did. Tom Herman hasn't even coached a game yet and he's already been anoint as the savior of UH football, he could turn out to be another Levine. Who knows how any of those AD's will do.

Kevine Sumlin was unknown like Tom Herman was unknown. And nobody thought James Dickey was going to be great. There was a reason the dude was coaching at a high school. But to your point---I love the mind set that says because Tom Brady was a late round choice that any guy picked in the late rounds will be a Brady-like talent. Brady was an absolutely HUGE exception. When you make an important bet with the rent money, you don't make the low percentage wager.

If Hunter was at Coastal Carolina right now (like he was one year ago) he would not be interviewed for our AD position. That's just a fact. Sorry C2---but he is the same guy he was 1 year ago. We are giving him the job because he happens to be convenient. There is no other plausible explanation. That's an absolutely asinine reason to hire a person during a period in which the success or failure of the next AD might make or break our P5 aspirations. Bottom line, he's probably getting the job and I hope he works out---I really do. But this has Levine/Bush written all over it...and I think anyone who is being objective about the decision knows it.

(04-20-2015 11:43 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Hunter is the same guy he was 1 year ago.

Not even close.

Hunter now has relationships with all our head coaches and major donors. He's seen our strengths and weaknesses first hand, and probably has a prioritized list of issues to address.

He is much better prepared to take over our job now than he was a year ago while he was at Coastal Carolina.

(04-20-2015 11:49 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:43 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Hunter is the same guy he was 1 year ago.

Not even close.

Hunter now has relationships with all our head coaches and major donors. He's seen our strengths and weaknesses first hand, and probably has a prioritized list of issues to address.

He is much better prepared to take over our job now than he was a year ago while he was at Coastal Carolina.

Just like Levine? Sorry, he's the same guy. He is the guy who hasn't done a single thing at the FBS level as an AD. If you're ok being the training school that's cool. We pay our AD more than any other G5 school. I think we can do waaaaaaay better.

(04-20-2015 11:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just like Levine? Sorry, he's the same guy. He is the guy who hasn't done a single thing at the FBS level as an AD. If you're ok being the training school that's cool. We pay our AD more than any other G5 school. I think we can do waaaaaaay better.

According to Myopic, no attractive P5 #2s applied. And no P5 ADs applied.

We had some sitting ADs apply from the MAC, CUSA, Sun Belt etc. Apparently, Sayler was the best of that bunch.

So no, for whatever reason, we were not able to do waaaaaaay better.

(04-20-2015 11:57 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just like Levine? Sorry, he's the same guy. He is the guy who hasn't done a single thing at the FBS level as an AD. If you're ok being the training school that's cool. We pay our AD more than any other G5 school. I think we can do waaaaaaay better.

According to Myopic, no attractive P5 #2s applied. And no P5 ADs applied.

We had some sitting ADs apply from the MAC, CUSA, Sun Belt etc. Apparently, Sayler was the best of that bunch.

So no, for whatever reason, we were not able to do waaaaaaay better.

I disagree. A successful sitting AD at a G5 FBS school is a better candidate. Sayler is not successful. That said--Hunters the best on that sad list of finalists---but that ain't saying much. I'll will tell you this. Something doesn't make sense. New stadium. Top G5 conference. Promising football coach. Top quality basketball coach. New basketball facility. Strong baseball team. Top salary in the G5---paying more than many P5 schools----and this is the best list of applicants we could field? I'm not buying it.

(04-21-2015 12:22 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:57 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just like Levine? Sorry, he's the same guy. He is the guy who hasn't done a single thing at the FBS level as an AD. If you're ok being the training school that's cool. We pay our AD more than any other G5 school. I think we can do waaaaaaay better.

According to Myopic, no attractive P5 #2s applied. And no P5 ADs applied.

We had some sitting ADs apply from the MAC, CUSA, Sun Belt etc. Apparently, Sayler was the best of that bunch.

So no, for whatever reason, we were not able to do waaaaaaay better.

I disagree. A successful sitting AD at a G5 FBS school is a better candidate.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no...as there is a long list of success AD's that were either Assoc AD's at major schools and/or AD's at smaller programs.

(04-21-2015 12:22 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:57 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Just like Levine? Sorry, he's the same guy. He is the guy who hasn't done a single thing at the FBS level as an AD. If you're ok being the training school that's cool. We pay our AD more than any other G5 school. I think we can do waaaaaaay better.

According to Myopic, no attractive P5 #2s applied. And no P5 ADs applied.

We had some sitting ADs apply from the MAC, CUSA, Sun Belt etc. Apparently, Sayler was the best of that bunch.

So no, for whatever reason, we were not able to do waaaaaaay better.

I disagree. A successful sitting AD at a G5 FBS school is a better candidate. Sayler is not successful. That said--Hunters the best on that sad list of finalists---but that ain't saying much. I'll will tell you this. Something doesn't make sense. New stadium. Top G5 conference. Promising football coach. Top quality basketball coach. New basketball facility. Strong baseball team. Top salary in the G5---paying more than many P5 schools----and this is the best list of applicants we could field? I'm not buying it.

Disagree Sayler has not been successful. In two years at Miami he has raised record donations and has built or planned several new facility projects. Yeah the football program sucks but he hired a good coach who can turn it around. This is all pretty considering how apathetic Miami sports fans are. Hell Houston's basketball attendance is twice what they get at Miami. Miami grads and students only care about hockey and Ohio State football.

People are underestimating Hunter I think he would be a great fit, the man has credentials (he was named AD of the year in his previous conference because of his accomplishments) and a impressive track record at Coastal and what he has done there, if he replicates it at UH, we will be in excellent shape. besides his buddy now being the AD at Mizzou, may get us a few games with Mizzou in the future as a kicker, ( not saying that's the reason we should make him AD, just an added extra IMO). Good to know people in high places in this business.