Pollard announces his retirement
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There used to be a time back when we were thrilled with 40,000 attending football games in our high school stadium.
Ha! Yeah I remember those days when we were pretty sure Bruce was here posting. Just another example of how lame he is
Remember when he was at Louisiana Tech and turned down their first bowl invite in a while because he thought they deserved something bigger but then nobody came calling after that so they got no bowl game?
Or JP’s one of the smart multi-millionaires who can give up the power and just enjoy life.
The Mailman had some words for Bruce
9-3 Louisiana Tech won't play in bowl
Louisiana Tech will not play in a bowl game this season after finishing 9-3 and turning down an invitation to play in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, a source told ESPN.
Within the first hour of release people are already speculating the reasons. "This might mean CyTown is in trouble!" "Might be because Cook is too hands on!" "He's mad about selling alcohol to the poors!"
Or, maybe his family is loaded from 2 decades of being a P5 AD and he wants to travel/enjoy life with his wife & kids while he can still walk. Congrats to the guy, I'm glad he chose to lead the Cyclones.
Or, maybe his family is loaded from 2 decades of being a P5 AD and he wants to travel/enjoy life with his wife & kids while he can still walk. Congrats to the guy, I'm glad he chose to lead the Cyclones.
I mean CyTown was setting up to be his magnum opus, at least that's what we think. Of course if I were him I'd retire as soon as possible, I hate working and would love to travel with the money he has. I just think he was intending to stay to see CyTown through. Maybe he will in a different capacity who knows.
I'll lean that way unless proven wrong. I won't ever be in that boat perhaps as a result of this feeling - but if I came into a few mil even, I'd be done. Enjoy life, spend time with the kids, even if they already don't want to. Golf, workout, travel. None of this work was meant to be our defining legacy.
Enjoy retirement, Jamie.
I really hope that is all it is, and that he sails off into retirement and has a long life. I just find it strange that he worked so hard getting Cy Town from the drawing board to the construction phase and then decided it was time to call it a career without seeing the project through. Most people would like to have that final victory lap before they go out the door and tell everyone "this is what I did for you and the university."
BVDV was hired to get the AD budget out of the red and find ways to pay off the facilities built by the previous AD. He did that; that's his "memorable" accomplishment. Granted, the way he did it was certainly not popular with many people. The AD actually had a nice reserve when he left, which was helpful to attract candidates. He wasn't exactly fired, although at the time I recall that kind of being a chicken/egg thing between him and Geoffroy.
I also said he wasn't great in the personality/communications areas, which you are essentially agreeing with. I'm sorry your friends had an unpleasant interaction with him; I'd venture that they probably weren't alone in that regard.
Van De Velde resigns as ISU athletics director
In an abrupt move Monday morning, Bruce Van De Velde submitted his letter of resignation to ISU President Gregory Geoffroy, ending his five-year term as athletics director. Van De Velde’s resignation is effective either on Dec. 31 or when his replacement is found, whichever comes first. “I just...
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Well Jamie. You always had that list of first to call when a coach was needed. Do you have one for the AD? Lol. He will missed for sure.
Everyone is replaceable but this one is not. Jamie Pollard is one of a kind and I don’t think another exists that can build what he did in 20 years. Circumstances are different, costs are too high. As time went on, we grew to appreciate how dumb lucky we were to hire the right guy at the right time. Thank you AD Pollard.
I was 61 when I had my heart attack. I had a very stressful job, and decided it was not worth it. Got out 16 months later and have had no regrets. They actually replaced me with 3 people. There was a lot of work turmoil (layoffs, outsourcing, downsizing) right after I retired. I know what JP is going through. Life is short.
I'm also at least a little surprised, since that was what everyone was guessing.
But at the same time, even if he's not "seeing the project through," it's not like he'll be banished the day after his retirement. Who knows if he'll stay around Ames, but at the very least, he will hopefully get to see quite a bit of construction progress in the next year, with the end product following within the year after that.
Probably won't happen, but it wouldn't even be that crazy to see him be an official or unofficial advisor to whatever kind of management group CyTown has in the future.
With the history of health issues in his family, I imagine he doesn't take his time for granted and really means it when he says that he and Ellen want to experience retirement while they are still healthy enough to enjoy it.
And the non-revenue sports (volleyball, cross country, track, women's golf, women's tennis), all while keeping the department solvent and taking us off of state support.
