Athletic Director Search Committee

[CajunAlum10]

How long will Mike Alden be in the consulting business if he goes around putting his incompetent proteges in positions of power? The man is in this for business too.

This. Anyone who thinks Maggard solely got the job as a result of Alden's recommendation is not looking at the bigger picture.

[MetryCajun]

So a man who has probably never set foot in this city before the interview is an inside hire? So the guy we hired to consult should have had anyone he knows taken off the list immediately? No way this guy can be competent and a good AD right...he knows mike Alden. How long will Mike Alden be in the consulting business if he goes around putting his incompetent proteges in positions of power? The man is in this for business too.

Did you read my post? The guy IS fully qualified and let me be clear...I am happy to see us get a person with his credentials. I just find it slightly amusing we end up with one of Alden's guys.
I cannot wait to see how he reorganizes the athletic department.

[Ragin4U]

What is the over-under on the date of the first "fire Maggard" thread.

Really surprised there is not one yet.

[Hark Mudspeth]

Did you read my post? The guy IS fully qualified and let me be clear...I am happy to see us get a person with his credentials. I just find it slightly amusing we end up with one of Alden's guys.
I cannot wait to see how he reorganizes the athletic department.

Yes I did read your post, then responded to it. If you hire a man basically twice for his opinion about your athletic department it shouldn't come as a surprise you end up with someone he worked with in his athletic department...what better way to implement Alden's vision for the program than someone who shares his vision and thought process. If we would have ended up with Nunez...it would have been "why did we pay mike Alden to end up with an lsu guy"..."we could have done that for free." They went from 100 to 7 to 3 to 2, the committee did that and tjoe pulled the trigger...Alden didn't make this hire.

[ManAboutTown]

**Post edited to protect the names of the innocent.

Welcome Bryan Maggard. Regardless of what's to come, your hiring marks a new day, a new hope for Ragin Cajun Athletics.

[ManAboutTown]

Yes I did read your post, then responded to it. If you hire a man basically twice for his opinion about your athletic department it shouldn't come as a surprise you end up with someone he worked with in his athletic department...what better way to implement Alden's vision for the program than someone who shares his vision and thought process. If we would have ended up with Nunez...it would have been "why did we pay mike Alden to end up with an lsu guy"..."we could have done that for free." They went from 70 to 3 to 2, the committee did that and tjoe pulled the trigger...Alden didn't make this hire.

Exactly. Little change, over 100 applied. Some sitting AD's were interested but pulled out when they found out we were not using a national search team. They did not want to risk their identities being found out. I was floored when this was explained to me. Very prominent people.

[RaginDave]

Merry and David Fontenot will be at the airport to protest Maggard.

David's sign: "We fired the wrong guy!"

Metry's sign: "We hired the wrong guy!"

They'll be chanting back and forth to one another.

🙄🔫

Welcome Bryan Maggard. Regardless of what's to come, your hiring marks a new day, a new hope for Ragin Cajun Athletics.

I am not sure who David and Merry Fontentot are?

[CajunStros]

I am not sure who David and Merry Fontentot are?

Farmer groupies.

[RaginDave]

Ohhh

[GreatestStory]

Alden is a mizzou guy who hired a mizzou guy, allegedly at this point. I am not gonna throw up a red flag yet and call this the "good ole boy network north". But if our next head ft ball coach is an assistant from the very mediocre mizzou tigers I will be very concerned that t Joe wasted a bunch of money.

Over the last year, it seems as if most everyone trusted Mike Alden and considered the Alden Report to be the blueprint to fix our problems in the Athletic Dept.

If Bryan Maggard worked along side of Alden, wouldn't that mean he was learning from Alden? I think Maggard would turn to Alden if advice was needed, which also seems to be beneficial.

Much like Jim Harris (who I think is great), I'm going to wish Maggard the best and support his hiring.

GEAUX CAJUNS

[HelmutVII]

I wonder if the AD announcement on signing day us to deflect attention from the quality of recruits this year. Just sayin.

[CharlieK]

Dude has Kramer's hairdo. I like him already.