Steve Hale Interview

[CrazyCajun]

i dont know who it is, but ill try.

if i do, will you write him a check?

It depends... He might be a double dipper or he might be a just eat the skin off the popeyes kinda guy, you can tell a lot about a man of how he acts at a tailgate

[Cajunfanatico]

The rub is...when was the last time you heard the same thing that gets harped on here...reiterated by our administration? You don't. That's what was so impressive...someone who COULD BE our AD...recognizing our fears and concerns. Current admins...don't give two ____s what we think. I personally...no matter how much I give...want my athletic department to give as much of a ____ as I do.

But is that really the case?

While I'm new here, this site has been around a long while, no? Could not one do a search here and find such complaints in the distant past as:

We need to dump our exisiting football coach and hire a dynamic young coach who can win, a coach who can motivate not only his staff and the players, but the fans as well, a coach who can put us in the running for a bowl game most years.

or maybe

We need to invest in our football facilities! When was the last time we spent a dime improving the weight room, locker rooms, etc. for our players.

or maybe

We need to update and modernize our football stadium, expand it, put together a master plan and a fund raising mechanism to improve the press boxes, etc

or maybe

We don't pay our coaching staffs well enough, we need to raise their salaries, only then can we attract the kind of coaches this program needs and deserves.

or maybe

Look at our athletic budget, it's horrible. We need someone to push to increase that budget each and every year possible.

................

Seems to me your voices are being heard loud and clear and you're making a difference in more ways than you imagine.

[ManAboutTown]

Express, I frankly don't care if I ____ them off. But in any event, my call for $1=1 Vote would keep many of them on the board, just not beholden to the President for that job. IMO, the same board we have now, if elected by donors rather than appointed by the President, would be immeasurably more effective in achieving progress for the University.

The more I've been involved in this digging process, the more I've spoken to people that know these people well, the more this plays out.. I've coming around to the idea that the board doesn't suffer from ineptness or incompetence.. They suffer from leadership that is handcuffing them, not allowing them to do what they want to do for Athletics, but whats easy for the admin. The head is afflicted with a cancer and is shutting down the rest of the body.. but we still have a heart beat.. because of passionate fans.

BTW, 10 new petition signees in 2 hours.

[VObserver]

VO -

I think many of us agree on the admin's failure to interview Hale. However, your suggestion that Dr. Savoie does not want to see the University progress is asinine and contradicts all the progress since he was hired.

Are we Tier 1 yet?

Are our metrics accurately reported to USNR yet?

Are we Louisiana on the scoreboard when ULM comes to town?

Undeniably Savoie's leadership style is 1000% better than what we had before, but making internal improvements does nothing for improving the perception of the University. Also, essentially all he did was spend a bunch of cash his predecessor had been hoarding for 30 years.

I don't believe he does not want us to progress. What I believe is that he does not want us to progress in a manner that will bring significant positive press to the University. Now, I happen to think that if he feels that way, he just as soon not want progress, but I challenge you to find a single instance in which the University has been pro-active in garnering positive public attention to the school.

[ManAboutTown]

It depends... He might be a double dipper or he might be a just eat the skin off the popeyes kinda guy, you can tell a lot about a man of how he acts at a tailgate

Roosta dance anyone??

[CajunNation]

Coastal Carolina. Last week the President and the AD openly stated in the local newspaper that the conference they are in no longer meets their needs and they would love to pursue membership in the Sun Belt.

Texas A&M, Nebraska. Both publicly trashed the Big XII in MANY instances on multiple platforms and publicly stated they would leave at the earliest good fit opportunity.

Happens all the time.

I don't think they make such comments without invites on the table, which I think they all had or currently have in Coastal's case.

[Zeebart21]

The more I've been involved in this digging process, the more I've spoken to people that know these people well, the more this plays out.. I've coming around to the idea that the board doesn't suffer from ineptness or incompetence.. They suffer from leadership that is handcuffing them, not allowing them to do what they want to do for Athletics, but whats easy for the admin. The head is afflicted with a cancer and is shutting down the rest of the body.. but we still have a heart beat.. because of passionate fans.

BTW, 10 new petition signees in 2 hours.

Oh boy! You are in trouble now! Lmfao! Keep up the good work buddy!

Z

[VObserver]

Coastal. I think moving up a division is not putting down the conference you are in, they are trying to transition from FCS to FBS.

A&M and Nebraska, were those things they said after they found new homes in different conferences, or while they were still active in the BIG XII. youll have to provide examples.

You asked for examples, I gave you examples.

Coastal is in a conference, right? They have no current invitation to any other conference, yet they are publicly discussing the fact that another conference would be a better fit for them.

Please.. the Nebraska and aTm gripes with the Big XII were all over the airwaves and print media for years before either left the Big XII.

You are being deliberately obtuse.

[cajunhawk]

But is that really the case?

While I'm new here, this site has been around a long while, no? Could not one do a search here and find such complaints in the distant past as:

We need to dump our exisiting football coach and hire a dynamic young coach who can win, a coach who can motivate not only his staff and the players, but the fans as well, a coach who can put us in the running for a bowl game most years.

or maybe

We need to invest in our football facilities! When was the last time we spent a dime improving the weight room, locker rooms, etc. for our players.

or maybe

We need to update and modernize our football stadium, expand it, put together a master plan and a fund raising mechanism to improve the press boxes, etc

or maybe

We don't pay our coaching staffs well enough, we need to raise their salaries, only then can we attract the kind of coaches this program needs and deserves.

or maybe

Look at our athletic budget, it's horrible. We need someone to push to increase that budget each and every year possible.

................

Seems to me your voices are being heard loud and clear and you're making a difference in more ways than you imagine.

If this is all they are doing...I'm sorry...but this is the bare minimum. Bare minimum won't get you out of the Sun Belt. Bare minimum won't get you raised perception on a national level. Bare minimum won't advance your program to where it can position itself favorably for the next stage in evolution for College Football. I don't want to be appeased...I want to be knocked the ____ out.

[CajunT]

CC, as a point of clarification, is anyone from the RCAF on record saying that they were looking for a "pure fundraiser", or, as I understood what I read at the time, they were looking for a candidate with a strong fundraising background? For me, as I try to figure out how the process is playing out, it's an important distinction.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Mr. Moncla mention they wanted a pure fundraiser, that had experience doing inside an athletic department? I know that is was repeated on a local talk show this week multiple times.

[cajunhawk]

Coastal. I think moving up a division is not putting down the conference you are in, they are trying to transition from FCS to FBS.

A&M and Nebraska, were those things they said after they found new homes in different conferences, or while they were still active in the BIG XII. youll have to provide examples.

To be honest...the Sun Belt doesn't fit our needs anymore.

Tom Osborne was incredibly outspoken on the direction of the Big 12 well before they moved to the Big Ten. So was A&M. It was all over the Longhorn Network and is well documented.

[CrazyCajun]

Roosta dance anyone??

Never