I saw where Stick, the equipment manager, is leaving. Anyone know where he is going?
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I saw where Stick, the equipment manager, is leaving. Anyone know where he is going?
NFL. Pats maybe
I think Patriots is correct.
I've heard there was a little bit of bad blood in the way things ended. Anyone know anything about this?
Timing is odd. Our camp starts in a week and nfl has already started.
I have a source familiar with the situation.
Stick loved it here, and was widely regarded as one of the best equipment managers in the world regardless of sport or competition level.
The issue was disrespect in the pay department. Everyone took a hit in pay during Covid. Top level folks got rewarded handsomely in the aftermath while people at Stick's level were given a pittance.
He's not the only one that left, just the most noticeable, and others are unhappy. Heard this on 7/6 from someone who was very close to the situation.
Weren't we one of the only universities in the SEC that didn't have layoffs during COVID?
Demand. From my same source - Stick regularly received interest from NFL teams but said no because he was a Bulldog first.
When he felt disrespected, he put his name out there and multiple people sports teams reached out and there was a bit of a bidding war.
I don't think that happens with most equipment managers. It didn't take him long to find new work.
This is not the first time he has left for another job. He left for a few years when Mullen was the coach and then came back around 2016-17ish.
There has been a good many people leave the Mississippi Stare Athletic Dept in the last month or so?.most leave for a better position.
Wasn't he with the Colts for a few years?
My guess is that this is an AD issue since they're the ones signing the checks. I imagine they asked Leach for his input on it but since he's only been HC for one year and he's in Key West during the offseason I don't imagine he has too much of an opinion over someone like Dan who had been here for 10 years and seen how everything was run on a day by day schedule.