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(04-22-2015 12:10 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 10:58 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Throwing poo will be sufficient.

I for one have had about enough of this communistic school.

Come fall I suspect I will have a new school to cheer for.

Bye bye.
Regards, All of Us on Blazer Talk

You can cheer for your team vs North Florida if you wish.

My dreams are much higher than that.

We need to give the new AD a chance, but he/she will find out quickly that we are in a revolution and sides are drawn. He/she will be forced to choose quickly.

They will choose when they are interviewed.

(04-22-2015 12:17 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:10 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 10:58 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Throwing poo will be sufficient.

I for one have had about enough of this communistic school.

Come fall I suspect I will have a new school to cheer for.

Bye bye.
Regards, All of Us on Blazer Talk

You can cheer for your team vs North Florida if you wish.

My dreams are much higher than that.

Addition by subtraction.

(04-22-2015 12:17 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:10 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 10:58 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Throwing poo will be sufficient.

I for one have had about enough of this communistic school.

Come fall I suspect I will have a new school to cheer for.

Bye bye.
Regards, All of Us on Blazer Talk

You can cheer for your team vs North Florida if you wish.

My dreams are much higher than that.

If you think you are about to quit on UAB, go ahead and do it now. The rest of us will fight for our school. For some of us, there is no "new school" to cheer for.

Whatever. Someone has to stand up & it certainly has not been some of you.

(04-22-2015 12:19 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Whatever. Someone has to stand up & it certainly has not been some of you.

If "standing up" means hiding behind a computer screen and encouraging others to commit vandalism or arson, then thank goodness, fewer are "standing up".

(04-22-2015 12:18 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  They will choose when they are interviewed.

You're crazy

(04-22-2015 12:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I will barf if Joe Dean Jr is the next AD. There is no reason for a school with the profile of UAB to hire a DIII AD (if you truly cared about UAB's best interests.)

The cynic in me would also like to point out that JD Jr has experience overseeing taking an athletic department from D1 to D3...

He also took them from NAIA to D1 to be fair. Taking them to D3 was not his idea. And if you want to look at the bright side. He built a football program from scratch.

Joe Dean will have to drop his SEC basketball commentator job if he wants to work for UAB.

You don't believe that they will know what to do when interviewed?

Better put down the bong.

(04-22-2015 12:18 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  They will choose when they are interviewed.

The new AD will have to reveal it to the masses quickly. Our patience will be thin.

(04-22-2015 12:23 PM)UABslant Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I will barf if Joe Dean Jr is the next AD. There is no reason for a school with the profile of UAB to hire a DIII AD (if you truly cared about UAB's best interests.)

The cynic in me would also like to point out that JD Jr has experience overseeing taking an athletic department from D1 to D3...

He also took them from NAIA to D1 to be fair. Taking them to D3 was not his idea. And if you want to look at the bright side. He built a football program from scratch.

Joe Dean will have to drop his SEC basketball commentator job if he wants to work for UAB.

In the real world maybe, in Watts world nope.

(04-22-2015 12:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I will barf if Joe Dean Jr is the next AD. There is no reason for a school with the profile of UAB to hire a DIII AD (if you truly cared about UAB's best interests.)

The cynic in me would also like to point out that JD Jr has experience overseeing taking an athletic department from D1 to D3...

He also took them from NAIA to D1 to be fair. Taking them to D3 was not his idea. And if you want to look at the bright side. He built a football program from scratch.

Wouldn't be his idea here either, but he has experience implementing a step down plan ordered from those above him. Not saying that will necessarily happen here, but it certainly makes me apprehensive.

When the dollars are right you do all kinds of strange stuff you might not otherwise do.

(04-22-2015 12:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I will barf if Joe Dean Jr is the next AD. There is no reason for a school with the profile of UAB to hire a DIII AD (if you truly cared about UAB's best interests.)

The cynic in me would also like to point out that JD Jr has experience overseeing taking an athletic department from D1 to D3...

He also took them from NAIA to D1 to be fair. Taking them to D3 was not his idea. And if you want to look at the bright side. He built a football program from scratch.

The power brokers running BSC made that choice (including D1 program sacrifices) in order to have a football program the school could afford. The cost was every coach of their existing D1 programs (UAB got Coach Shoop). Dean, Jr did also get the school to build a OCS for that team. If UAB eventually gets a similar team, maybe we will feel good about a similar OCS.

(04-22-2015 12:31 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:15 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:08 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  I will barf if Joe Dean Jr is the next AD. There is no reason for a school with the profile of UAB to hire a DIII AD (if you truly cared about UAB's best interests.)

The cynic in me would also like to point out that JD Jr has experience overseeing taking an athletic department from D1 to D3...

He also took them from NAIA to D1 to be fair. Taking them to D3 was not his idea. And if you want to look at the bright side. He built a football program from scratch.

The power brokers running BSC made that choice (including D1 program sacrifices) in order to have a football program the school could afford. The cost was every coach of their existing D1 programs (UAB got Coach Shoop). Dean, Jr did also get the school to build a OCS for that team. If UAB eventually gets a similar team, maybe we will feel good about a similar OCS.

after being burned, it's hard to be trusting.

(04-22-2015 12:17 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  We need to give the new AD a chance, but he/she will find out quickly that we are in a revolution and sides are drawn. He/she will be forced to choose quickly.

If they have not already picked their side they won't get hired.

Put it this way - if the choice of the AD is actually made by the AD committee, I feel pretty good about it. If the BoT Athletic Committee stuffs a candidate down their throat the way they did Callaway, we're getting screwed to the wall.

Can someone explain this to me.

Most people have said here they believe several things
1. The Task force is a farce and was set up by Watts to stall and calm down fans.
2. Even if the task force comes back with a favorable opinion, Watts is still President and will not reinstate football no matter what the task force says.
3. Even if things in Montgomery goes favorable, it will be 2016-17 before football returns.

If these things are believed, why should UAB wait about hiring an AD? I've seen that no AD should be hired before the task force rules. Why? if the task force is not going to change anything regarding football as long as Watts rules.

How long is UAB supposed to go without an AD? If you think they should go without an AD until Watts is gone, or until football returns, you are not being realistic. A new AD may be tainted by being hired by Watts, but things can't hang in limbo forever. We have to hire one eventually. If freeUAB wins, and we get a new BOT, a new president, and a new football team, then whoever Watts is hired will probably be removed anyway by the new president. In the meantime, we need an AD.

I can't understand where some of you are coming from. This is a serious question. I request serious responses.

(04-22-2015 12:40 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Can someone explain this to me.

Most people have said here they believe several things
1. The Task force is a farce and was set up by Watts to stall and calm down fans.
2. Even if the task force comes back with a favorable opinion, Watts is still President and will not reinstate football no matter what the task force says.
3. Even if things in Montgomery goes favorable, it will be 2016-17 before football returns.

If these things are believed, why should UAB wait about hiring an AD? I've seen that no AD should be hired before the task force rules. Why? if the task force is not going to change anything regarding football as long as Watts rules.

How long is UAB supposed to go without an AD? If you think they should go without an AD until Watts is gone, or until football returns, you are not being realistic. A new AD may be tainted by being hired by Watts, but things can't hang in limbo forever. We have to hire one eventually. If freeUAB wins, and we get a new BOT, a new president, and a new football team, then whoever Watts is hired will probably be removed anyway by the new president. In the meantime, we need an AD.

I can't understand where some of you are coming from. This is a serious question. I request serious responses.

UTC went nearly a year with an Interim AD. I'm sorry, but in order for the right hire to be made Watts has to go and the BOT needs to be restructured.

(04-22-2015 12:45 PM)blazertke Wrote:  

(04-22-2015 12:40 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Can someone explain this to me.

Most people have said here they believe several things
1. The Task force is a farce and was set up by Watts to stall and calm down fans.
2. Even if the task force comes back with a favorable opinion, Watts is still President and will not reinstate football no matter what the task force says.
3. Even if things in Montgomery goes favorable, it will be 2016-17 before football returns.

If these things are believed, why should UAB wait about hiring an AD? I've seen that no AD should be hired before the task force rules. Why? if the task force is not going to change anything regarding football as long as Watts rules.

How long is UAB supposed to go without an AD? If you think they should go without an AD until Watts is gone, or until football returns, you are not being realistic. A new AD may be tainted by being hired by Watts, but things can't hang in limbo forever. We have to hire one eventually. If freeUAB wins, and we get a new BOT, a new president, and a new football team, then whoever Watts is hired will probably be removed anyway by the new president. In the meantime, we need an AD.

I can't understand where some of you are coming from. This is a serious question. I request serious responses.

UTC went nearly a year with an Interim AD. I'm sorry, but in order for the right hire to be made Watts has to go and the BOT needs to be restructured.

My point is what if that doesn't happen.