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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
Didn't he help hire Rhule at Temple? That turned out to be a great hire.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 09:39 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (03-30-2016 09:11 AM)the_blazerman Wrote: Which could possibly be redeemed some with this coaching hire.
And no one will know if he makes a good hire for a couple of years down the road. Many were ecstatic when Davis was hired.
Even if he hires Ehsan, it could turn out to be a bad hire. We won't know, but there will be those who are quick to judge.
I can see many of these same people blaming Ingram in 3 years of Ehsan isn't working out. My biggest gripe with Ingram is that he was placed in a lose lose situation with a portion of our fan base simply because of who hired him.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
From what I've gathered Ingram is terrible but nobody can say why he's terrible. It's all a big secret around here.
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03-30-2016 12:08 PM |
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uabblazer2012
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 12:08 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote: From what I've gathered Ingram is terrible but nobody can say why he's terrible. It's all a big secret around here.
UAB fans be weird like that sometimes.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 08:10 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: (03-29-2016 11:31 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote: Nope. Even if he makes a horrible hire we'd be stuck with them both for two or three years at best. I want him to hire a solid coach.
I just don't trust him to.
Why on earth would a guy whose job is basically defined by making coaching hires make a piss poor hire? Set aside whatever feelings anybody has towards the man and ask that question. It's career suicide to do so just to piss off boosters anymore than he already has.
So far, these are the problems I have heard about Ingram:
He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room
He doesn't respond to emails
He wouldn't let Haase use the Birmingham jerseys(although unless I'm blind we used them in the conference tourney flameout)
He wasn't the boosters first choice for ad
He doesn't understand the relationship between uab and Alabama after two days on the job
Am I missing anything? If their are real gripes about things he is doing, why can't they be posted? If I went to say hi to him and he told me to F off i would post it here immediately. If you read this board as an outsider and saw the way our fan see reacted to anything he did, I don't think you would be shocked at all to learn he doesn't value the input of these people.
(03-30-2016 12:19 PM)uabblazer2012 Wrote: (03-30-2016 12:08 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote: From what I've gathered Ingram is terrible but nobody can say why he's terrible. It's all a big secret around here.
UAB fans be weird like that sometimes.
Please review 9911's post. We can draw you a map if you wish. Many posters have dealt with Ingram face to face. The reports from those interactions did not speak to well of our AD.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 12:08 PM)BlazintheATL Wrote: From what I've gathered Ingram is terrible but nobody can say why he's terrible. It's all a big secret around here.
Don't you know? Only certain people are privy to such information on a public message board. Those who know gladly boast that they know and won't reveal "sources" or "information" because most times it's wrong. Carry on.
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03-30-2016 12:33 PM |
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
While I trust the folks that are in the know, I'm just largely indifferent. I don't need or want to be privy to the inner workings of his job. I just think it'd be nice to see more from him. I firmly believe making the most of exposure is his ticket to getting people to know what he's all about, but he oscillates between things like including the necessary parties in this particular process and being completely overshadowed by Hatton Smith.
The truth is that this is Ingram's time more than the coach to be hired. From what he shared earlier, he seems to be doing a good job at managing the process. Involving people that care about the program, setting the record straight about the WKU offer thing, making sure to mention that Ehsan is in contention, etc. The process seems fair and calculated, and, right now, that's a bright spot for me.
To get back on topic, I really didn't know Ehsan was this involved with the success we've been having. The more I read about him, the more I can see him landing the job. The pros for me would be the stability and, hopefully, not that many players wanting to leave. The potential con would be more of the same. Slow starts, tepid offensive sets with the big hovering at the top of the key, occasional suspect substitution, etc. I wonder how much his basketball philosophy differs from Haase's.
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03-30-2016 01:07 PM |
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
So what does Ingram have to do to make us not hate him? If he hires Ehsan, is that even a start?
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 09:32 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: So what does Ingram have to do to make us not hate him? If he hires Ehsan, is that even a start?
Hire Ehsan, don't claim anything that was already in the works, mend the Blazernation to include the last AD and interim AD, and when we finally get rid of Watts, he can make a cryptic statement about newfound freedom to right this UaB Athletic Department.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 08:50 AM)hooverblazer Wrote: He's sent a personal response (not canned) to every email I've sent him, often in the same day. He may have shortcomings in other areas, but I haven't found him to be unresponsive.
I've sent him multiple emails, and have gotten exactly one (canned) response.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
Me too. One. Canned.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
Ingram made several terrible verbal statements since arriving at UAB. Said things publicly that many knew first hand was a lie. But he did it to find grace with his superiors. The superiors that stuck the knife in back of the Athletic Department.
However, I now give him the benefit of the doubt. He arrived at UAB in one of the most unsettled times imaginable. He was in several no win situations. What I now believe about Ingram, good and bad.
Bad
Maybe overly anxious to put stamp on things.
He has yet to develop the clout or kahunas to challenge the president on any thing.
He will gladly toe the company line, regardless of how stupid it makes him look.
He does not yet truly understand the pain/struggle that UAB has faced in the past.
Good
Ingram, like Haase when he first arrived is excited about this opportunity and wants to do a great job.
He does not take credit for everything he does.
He is responsive to complaints and needs of fans (see concession & lack of info on search).
If given the latitude by his superiors, he would dream even higher for UAB.
I honestly think from talking to him, he is a genuinely good person, fair and reasonable.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-31-2016 08:30 AM)ICB Wrote: Ingram made several terrible verbal statements since arriving at UAB. Said things publicly that many knew first hand was a lie. But he did it to find grace with his superiors. The superiors that stuck the knife in back of the Athletic Department.
However, I now give him the benefit of the doubt. He arrived at UAB in one of the most unsettled times imaginable. He was in several no win situations. What I now believe about Ingram, good and bad.
Bad
Maybe overly anxious to put stamp on things.
He has yet to develop the clout or kahunas to challenge the president on any thing.
He will gladly toe the company line, regardless of how stupid it makes him look.
He does not yet truly understand the pain/struggle that UAB has faced in the past.
Good
Ingram, like Haase when he first arrived is excited about this opportunity and wants to do a great job.
He does not take credit for everything he does.
He is responsive to complaints and needs of fans (see concession & lack of info on search).
If given the latitude by his superiors, he would dream even higher for UAB.
I honestly think from talking to him, he is a genuinely good person, fair and reasonable.
I got the same feeling after meeting with him. We talked 10-15 minutes. He knows he is in a tough situation. He passed the first test (return of football). He has moved the Athletic fund raising like no one before him. If he makes a good hire for Basketball HC, we should give him some credit and lighten up on him some. An AD doesn't "take on" the President of the University. He is the lightning rod that directs the ire of the President away from the Athletic Department and champions the needs of the Athletic Department to the President.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
Some of us would debate his fund raising skills. Seems like Hatton is doing that for him.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
(03-30-2016 09:27 AM)uabblazer2012 Wrote: Didn't he help hire Rhule at Temple? That turned out to be a great hire.
That was our players' doing more than anything else.
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RE: Champlin: UAB interviews interim coach Robert Ehsan for men's basketball head job
That sounds sorta familiar.
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