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re: Congrats to Skip Bertman on A & M's Double National Title
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:36 pm to smokebendtiger
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:36 pm to smokebendtiger
quote:
no matter how successful Henry was T&F made no money
A successful track program helps the football team recruit, and also raises the level of awareness of the school.
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Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:37 pm to Maximus
Ditto! Skip always put the almighty dollar above anything else.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:38 pm to el tigre
quote:
Losing Henry was a terrible move.
started this thread last night
i see no justifiable reason for not keeping far and away the most successful coach in your athletic dept's history...outside of henry demanding millions and the best facilities in the world, which from what i understand he did nothing close to that
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:40 pm to philter
quote:
A successful track program helps the football team recruit, and also raises the level of awareness of the school.
But "since no one ever attentded the track meets we shouldn't give a shite about the trakc program"
I love ranter logic
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:41 pm to philter
quote:
A successful track program helps the football team recruit, and also raises the level of awareness of the school.
YES
we can get better football players if they are guaranteed the chance to run track
lsu has people in the olympics, people on national tv
i was at the mideast regional track meet, and there were people in attendance just to watch trindon. people know lsu has a dominant track program
we could keep hanging banners with pat. he just pulled off a double outdoors. you know the other coach that did it? pat henry
we had the best coach in the history of the sport at the collegiate level and didnt pay him the money to stay
bad bad decision
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:42 pm to LSU92
quote:
Skip was not AD when Laval was hired.
smoke was hired right around the end of joe dean and start of skip, not sure who exactly was the AD on the exact day smoke took over
but it is a fricking stone cold fact that skip hand picked smoke to be his successor
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:42 pm to Maximus
Coach Henry loved how Texas supported high school track and field.
He hated how La. didn't.
He is from the west.
He coached in Texas before LSU.
He had an opportunity at A&M that was almost too good to pass up.
That AD at A&M made big money moves for several coaches in several sports over the years.
Could Skip offered him better money to keep him? Maybe. But La. does not have the resources in T&F like Texas does. He always hated it too.
He hated how La. didn't.
He is from the west.
He coached in Texas before LSU.
He had an opportunity at A&M that was almost too good to pass up.
That AD at A&M made big money moves for several coaches in several sports over the years.
Could Skip offered him better money to keep him? Maybe. But La. does not have the resources in T&F like Texas does. He always hated it too.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:43 pm to Ron Mexico
Cant wait to see how many times Skip tries to get on camera during the CWS. Not to mention he and Sandy trotting on the field like they are Tom Benson's twins if we do win it all like they've been doing after the regionals. Nothing like a glory hog who cant let go of the spotlight.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:44 pm to TigerBait1127
quote:
god you bitch about everybody
god, you cry to protect everyone dont you. Go see if Ryan Condon will let you hang out.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:44 pm to DBG
yep skip hand picked the guy that tried to derail our baseball monster.
His ego picked smoke so he would not be forgotten and then he let pat walk away bc pat was racking up national titles.
I love the ranter logic of if you dont skip was good then you are a joe dean fan
His ego picked smoke so he would not be forgotten and then he let pat walk away bc pat was racking up national titles.
I love the ranter logic of if you dont skip was good then you are a joe dean fan
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:45 pm to DP40
quote:
Could Skip offered him better money to keep him? Maybe. But La. does not have the resources in T&F like Texas does. He always hated it too
from what i understand, henry wanted a modest raise, that instead went to pokey chatman, and improvement to the indoor facility
he didnt want the damn keys to the university
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:45 pm to DBG
quote:
smoke was hired right around the end of joe dean and start of skip, not sure who exactly was the AD on the exact day smoke took over
but it is a fricking stone cold fact that skip hand picked smoke to be his successor
actually
skip started as the lsu AD in 2001
smoke was the admin asst in 2001, and head coach in 2002
so this guy who keeps saying that really needs to do some fricking research and know what hes talking about
everyone knows smoke was the handpicked successor by skip.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:45 pm to Ron Mexico
These are good points, but the track program does not define the success or failure of an Ad. Is it your contention that Skip was overall a bad AD for not keeping Henry? It's just a question...again I would like to know what you think.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:46 pm to TigerTailsSoup
These Skiptards are great.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:46 pm to LSU92
i actually think skip was a decent AD
but not keeping henry was a terrible, terrible move...i dont see how anyone argues against this
but not keeping henry was a terrible, terrible move...i dont see how anyone argues against this
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:47 pm to DBG
quote:
he didnt want the damn keys to the university
Nor did I say that.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:48 pm to DBG
quote:if true this makes the choice even fricking worse.
that instead went to pokey chatman,
skip great baseball coach and great with money.
You could throw the miles hire into the not so great moves. Yes miles has brought us a title but at that point in time LSU should have been able to get a big proven name. Skip didn't want to open the wallet though
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:49 pm to DP40
quote:
But La. does not have the resources in T&F like Texas does. He always hated it too.
hahaha
they were fricking good enough for pat to win double digit national championships with both men and women in his tenure
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:50 pm to DBG
id say he is decent. I just like laughing at the rantards that think just bc skip won in baseball he is perfect and the greatest ad alive
Posted on 6/13/09 at 3:50 pm to LSU92
quote:
These are good points, but the track program does not define the success or failure of an Ad. Is it your contention that Skip was overall a bad AD for not keeping Henry? It's just a question...again I would like to know what you think.
dude, ive posted shite up and down this thread about why i thought skip was not a good AD. are you not reading what im posting
and i bet if you go look around the country, the best football programs also have good track programs. this is such a huge recruiting tool for football programs, and we let the goldmine of it walk
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