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(10-23-2017 12:53 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-23-2017 10:50 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(10-22-2017 12:36 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  

(10-22-2017 10:42 AM)jasdf Wrote:  these are the types of things that make it look like our admin are stuck in a small time mindset. it appears that we don't completely have a handle on what it takes to become a successful g5 program. i hope that we get there in time

Couldn't agree more. Why is ODU stuck in the 80s? Wood Selig, you are on the radar. Hire marketing people that know what they are doing. OPEN UP YOUR WALLET!

Remember, WKU football sucked until Wood left.

Dude, give it up. WKY went from a IAA team to FBS football. He left when the team was in the first or 2nd year of FBS football and hired Taggert, who is now the coach of Oregon.


The mens and womens basketball teams won 7 conference championships. The volleyball team became a top 25 team. The baseball team went to regionals.

"Selig was AD while the Tops won 66 Sun Belt Conference championships. He also spearheaded more than $100 million in renovations to athletic facilities, including a $50 million upgrade to Houchens-Smith Stadium and a $33 million one to E.A. Diddle Arena."

I didnt say he wasn't a good fundraiser. He's done pretty well by that standard here too. He's also a known baseball fan and has improved that as well. Our athletics marketing leaves a ton to be desired. The jury is still out on how he will handle getting a top quality stadium built, and the direction of the football team and the basketball teams. JJ seems like he might be stepping up recruiting so I'd be inclined to maybe give him another year after this one to see if the team continues on the upward trajectory. If so, maybe Wood got a good one. He hired what appears to be a great womens bb coach too. But football... we just don't know which way the program is going, yet. What we do know is WKU football sucked while he was there. Maybe Wood's just not a football guy. Or maybe he is. We will find out over the next few years.

They were in the first two years of FBS football and he hired the guy that took them to another level. This thought that him leaving helped the football team is just manufactured criticism.

FWIW, I do not think Selig is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I like him and he's always friendly, but he is far from perfect.