If we are not in any position to judge you, then who in the h*** do you think you are for ripping Pollard on a message board?
Get a life!
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If we are not in any position to judge you, then who in the h*** do you think you are for ripping Pollard on a message board?
Get a life!
Wow...just wow. Way to completely disregard another posters perfect responses to your jabs by trying to divert. Oh...guess I just described a troll.
Excuses why Cael left? Ok, we don't take Jamie's word, we don't take Cael's word, what fantasy world are some people living in where you make **** up and try and pass it off?
How can some of you believe the crap you type like there's a universal conspiracy against Iowa State? Some people need to nut up and realize change doesn't come overnight. I wish just like anyone that we could wake up tomorrow to an 8-4 football team and a 27-8 basketball team but neither of those are realistic. The groundwork is laid. The pieces are falling into place. This season in basketball will tell a lot, and this season in football will tell a lot.
I'm sure you said that last year and the year before that and the year before that...I think even you get where I'm going with that.
We always talk about next year and how me might be good. And I didn't ask for success over night, but I also wouldn't like to regress in every major sport either.
People like you are the reason that we will never win.
I will admit that Pollard deserves probably another 2 years at most to see if his actions pan out. That would give him 6 years, which is plenty of time to boost a decently stable athletic program. If by that time, we have seen nothing but upgraded facilities, it is time to downgrade Mr. Pollard to head of our marketing department.
It doesn't take a genius to say "hey, or facilities are ******, lets ask the fans for a poo load of money and upgrade them." What we need is somebody that KNOWS sports, and KNOWS leadership, and can hire the right guys to get things done.
Anybody who puts themself in a position of authority is accepting any judgement they will receive from the people who follow them. It is different when a person comes on here and tells me that I am not contributing enough money, especially when they do not know how much I am contributing.
First off, I'd disagree with the "10%" of the stadium comment. By this fall, JT will be a lot closer to 40%. We're talking $30M+ in stadium renovations done. The south endzone is all that is left of the remaining plans. Yeah, I know that it is the largest portion. So what? The first two phases were necessary in that the suites and club are revenue generating and ammenities (restrooms/concessions) needed to be upgraded to keep our current ticket buyers happy. The south endzone is on the drawing board, but JP never "promised" it...he said he'd do it when the donations were there. Clearly they aren't yet. JP was also instrumental in getting the academic center done and the BB practice facility built.
As for the coaches, at the times the changes were made, you'd be hard pressed to find many fans who didn't think that they needed to be made. And you'd also find that most were pretty happy with the choices at that time. Cael is a different animal than the FB/BB changes, but I have a hard time believing that JP had anything to do with that one. He supported wrestling big time and basically gave Cael the job (ushering Bobby D. out) even though he didn't have the credentials to deserve it.
I only have a couple of disagreements with JP's many decisions. First, I disagree with GMac's contract situation. There's no way he should have had any roll-overs for minor situations like Hubalik's suspension, etc. He should have a 4-5 year contract and that's it. Not 8. GMac should have had this year to turn it around or he's out. Second, I disagree with the thought of extending Chizik after last year (before Chizik bolted). I really like the talent that Chizik was bringing in, but his gameday coaching was horrid. I don't think that he deserved an extension. Third, I disagree with disbanding the local Cyclone Clubs. ISU needs all the grassroots support it can get. I don't care if the coaches aren't stopping to visit them all every summer, let the groups continue to meet and do some good. Other than those three, I agree with everything that JP has done and am behind him 100%.
Should fit in perfectly at a advertising company, specializing in billboards. :wideeyed:
If you want to ***** the stadium isn't getting down, shut up and give Jamie $60,000,000 reasons to get it done. He never once made a promise. He put plans out, and slowly but surely, they're getting done.
If you're going to whine about the baseball programs, give him a few million more reasons to re-start it.
I think I'm just going to start complaining that Jamie hasn't put a retractable roof on the Jack and the parking lots. What the hell Jamie? Maybe I'll e-mail him tomorrow and ask why he hasn't. It's absolutely outrageous that it isn't done yet.
It is NOT my job to get baseball back. It is his; hence the title athletic director. Obviously it is not a necessity, but one of those things that seperates many great athletic programs from mediocre ones. It makes a little more sense than a retractable roof I would say...
This I mostly agree with. However, given the situation we had, GMac should have been given 5 and MAYBE 6 years. I don't think some of you realize how close we were to getting the hammer from the NCAA. Our APR is on the rise and we're still below the threshhold. That says a lot. Chizik shouldn't have gotten an extension, but I'd like to have seen the actual contract, specifically the buyout. Locking up a coach isn't necessarily a bad thing to pitch to recruits as long as you can fire the coach without outrageous financial implications.
Re-instate a program that lost money...yep...makes tons of sense. We already have a bunch of programs that lose money. A bunch. I don't know how the rest of the country is, but I'll bet there aren't a whole ton of baseball programs turning a huge profit for their respective athletics departments.
No, it's not his job to bring baseball back, nor is it his job to win games. His job is to make money for the athletic department - something he is doing exceedingly well. Now, losing may dramatically impact the way the athletic department can raise money (it's not mutually exclusive), but it's not his job to win games. I think there's a great misconception as to what JP's job actually is. But the bottom line is his job is to bring in the cash - something he is doing very well.
At last check ISU athletics didnt have piles of cash just laying around. Even if the teams were winning and the stadium was packed we would still have to watch every dollar spent closely. It takes years of winning to get the dollars to just roll in. Did you ever attend a Baseball game when ISU had Baseball? Did you ever donate to the baseball team?
That goes right back to the FB argument then. Would you rather have a baseball program, or better funding for FB and MBB (that actual MAKE money)? JP didn't cut baseball. Personally I'd rather see more money pumped into FB and MBB than field a baseball team. But maybe the 20 people who attended games at Cap Timm disagree.
