You are right, bc we would have cleaned house and got people to do the job at hand or went bankrupt. There are 2 sides to everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunRage
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You are right, bc we would have cleaned house and got people to do the job at hand or went bankrupt. There are 2 sides to everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunRage
Ok, here's a comparison, you are hired to make Corner Pantry the next wal-mart. You have no increased revenue, you aren't allowed to hire anyone new, and anything you want to do has to be approved by wal-mart investors. Often times they say "that will take away from wal-mart customers so I won't approve you doing that". How well would you run that business?Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
I have seen the private sector operate EXACTLY as you have described it.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
So when a CEO for example BP's goes up in front of congress and get jacked up and then gets fired its HIS fault...but its the employees that get the praise for the YEARS of no accidents?
There is no way that some one would say that Farmer is directly responsible for Jace's BA or the teams offense... that's coach Deggs BUT IF you give Robe any credit at all for it then you should do the same for Farmer. By all means WAY less the Robe...but non the less some credit. Coaches don't get hired without the AD's approval.
It's funny that you list all the things that we can't blame farmer for because they are out of his control. Then in the same breath we should give him credit for things...that are out of his control. He controls our on field success about as much as he controls the red tape in Baton Rouge.
An AD is more like an orchestra conductor.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
He puts the instruments at hand in the right place.
It can be disaster or beautiful.
Right now the whole program has struck a pretty good note, (a few really) but it takes note after note before you have something to sing about/with.
Farmer is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of this athletic department, but you have to have reasonable expectations. He does not have a $100Mil budget, he has no support from the state of Louisiana, he has 100 years of disappointment to make up for. Most people at the university do not know anything about what this athletic department is doing. It was pounded into their heads for years that athletics should be kept down. It is almost impossible to fire people in the public sector. He is doing what he can with what he has to work with. It is the most exciting time in UL athletics history. I'd say he's getting the job done.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
Exactly what I'm trying to say, if every team falls flat next year, that won't be Scott farmers fault at all, just like it wasn't his work that made their successes. If we set unbelievable season ticket sakes it will be because farmer took advantage of the teams success and I'll give him the credit for that. If we stay the same or barely grow given unprecedented success, I would see that as a failure on his part. Not every AD position is the same, if we had unlimited resources and a ton of coaching turnover with sustained success I would give that AD a little more credit. We haven't, our coaches are here, they are producing on the field. I judge our current AD and situation by what happens next. No time to sit around circle jerkin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
Whose responsible for scheduling? Home and home with Boise? Alabama at the Tigue? Numerous power houses at Lamson? Is that coaches or AD?
Babineaux for baseball, can't answer for the others.Quote:
Originally Posted by duggie85
See what you started Turbine? Were are just 2 days into the dead off season and civil war has begun!!!!!!