You are the President of ISU..
- Thread starter Bigguns
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To be fair, Pollard did hire McDermott over Hoiberg...
And I also think he hired Hoiberg to raise ticket sales. I highly doubt he thought Hoiberg would have this much success this quickly. I'm not sure if Hoiberg knew he'd have this much success this quickly.
And I also think he hired Hoiberg to raise ticket sales. I highly doubt he thought Hoiberg would have this much success this quickly. I'm not sure if Hoiberg knew he'd have this much success this quickly.
I don't think you can fire the guy because of the football program. He has done everything he can to improve the program and spent a lot of money on it. JP is one of the better people to come to ISU. This football program is in the same place it was 10, 15 years ago. It also is in the top 5 worse, if not worse football job in the county. Yes somewhere there is the guy that can get it done at ISU and stay at ISU, but he showed up yet. Well maybe he has, and he is just waiting his turn.
Wow, did JP really make $900K in 2013? I don't get it, that's almost twice what the Iowa A.D. made and a lot more than many other a.d's who run bigger and more successful athletic departments if those figures on the link are correct. JP has done some good things, but he hired and gave ridiculous extensions to two of the worst coaches in ISU history (Chiz and GMac). Auburn and Creighton saved our football and basketball programs from disaster. CPR started out ok but the program is now looking a little shaky, and JP has our hands tied with CPR's contract. There may be excuses but the bottom line is we lost our legend in Cael Sanderson under JP's watch. It didn't take any guts to hire Fred, who else would have taken the job with the mess GMac left, and JP should have hired Fred the first time and saved us the horrible GMac years. If JP really makes $900K a year, he's the most overpaid a.d. in the country.
When all of the conference realignment stuff was happening, ISU was lucky the Big 12 didn't collapse. Since the Big 12 stayed together and signed a new tv deal, ISU athletics has more income coming their way which has helped the athletic department make improvements. JP affected how ISU spent the money, not how ISU earned it. He had little to nothing to do with earning it. Thanks TV! He has still done some great things but what is happening with the football program is concerning. We'll see how President Leath handles it because if Leath is telling Pollard that a change is needed, it will probably happen. Keep your boss happy.
Just a short follow up. The new facilities are mostly due to the new influx of conference $. I have never thought Pollard was a great AD, one of the major things an AD is measured by is coach retention and hires. In my opinion really dropped the ball with Cael, Ihmels and KJ. Chizek was a train wreck(2-19) and Rhoads is beginning to looking like one. I hope Rhoads turns things back around, but if he doesn't I think pollard shouldn't get to hire another FB coach.
Did you read the article where it mentioned iowa state? Nope. A lot of fail congrats.
Most of the upgrades were done before the new conference money. JP is good with making a dollar go a long ways.
I looked at the link listing the a.d. salaries for 2013. Are you saying JP didn't make $900K in 2013? Are you saying he didn't hire and give ridiculous extensions to two of the worst coaches in ISU history with Chiz and GMac, and that he shouldn't have hired Fred the first time around to save us from those wonderful GMac years? Just what statements do you disagree with other than I'm going to assume you think he deserves $900K a year.
Good post. The most important job for an a.d. at a major conference school is to have a strong football program, everybody knows football drives the athletic department. JP fired DMac and hired a worse coach in the Chiz, and luckily Auburn saved us from that fiasco. The coaching change, the huge tv money and new facilities rejuvenated the program, but we're at risk of losing that if CPR doesn't turn things around soon. I really wouldn't trust JP to hire a 3rd football coach. His background is in cross country I think, and I doubt if he has any experience or knowledge in football. Imo it helps to have an a.d. that knows football because if football suffers, the athletic department suffers.
The problem with arguing with idiots like you and littletinyovercompensatingguns is you bring us down to your stupid level and beat us with experience.
If you blame JP for the bad, you have to give him some of the credit for the good. Has never been a time where the health of the athletic department was higher. Revenues, ticket sales, facilities, coaching salaries, conference realignment, etc... I'll bet he has a few regrets but if it were easy it wouldn't be called Athletic Director - it would be called doosh-nozzle anonymous poster CYKOFAN / BIGGUNS.
Jerk wad of the evening...
Kansas AD sends his regards surrounded by a buttload of trophies and piles of money from the non-revenue sport of college basketball.
JP is good with raising money, but not with hiring coaches. When the time comes, I hope there are is a good committee put together to pick the next coach, because I don't want Pollard making the decision. How many other ADs get to hire multiple coaches after past failures?
he made that bonus one year. Does not make it yearly..he is in the 450-500 range this FY.
and were you really against those hires at the time? Hindsight is nice now...
and no he shouldn't have hired Fred the first time around...it's easy to sit back and actually believe what you post, but it really shows your complete lack of understanding,
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