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This would not only be a home run hire but a grand slam..
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Back in the 70's, I had a chance to have dinner with Lucious, Switzer and a high school player (RB James Berry who ended up at Tn. Anyway, I had a really good friend who was a huge Oklahoma fan. He had contacted Switzer about James Berry, so he and Lucious who was on the staff came to Mississippi to do in house recruiting. We all met at my friend's house who had hired a caterer to cook dinner. Anyway, my friend picked up Switzer and Lucious at the airport and gave them the "scoop" on Berry. After Dinner, Switzer asked my friend if he could borrow his car and take Berry home. I asked why Switzer wanted to take him home, he told me he was "cutting the deal", LOL! But that night Lucious who was very entertaining and such a great guy, told some of the funniest stories growing up poor, sleeping in the same bed with his brothers, riding in a wagon because they couldn't afford a vehicle and playing for the Sooners and Switzer.
Switzer was charming but he also was very arrogant but nice, his charming was fun to watch entertaining Berry. Lucious was down to earth, Berry played at Tn and stayed hurt pretty much the whole time he was at Tn. He was a great High School running back from Natchez, I remember going to Memphis to watch us play Tn in a day game when Bob Tyler was coaching, and we upset Tn that day!
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Originally Posted by
Thick
Friend of mine just texted me. Confirmation?
Good god, I hope not
Not only did Mississippi State embarrass LSU on this night. Davis Wade Stadium wrecked Tiger Stadium in music choice, atmosphere and, most of all, volume.
When I'm 80 and deaf, it's not going to be all those Springsteen concerts or Queen at Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans on Halloween Night in 1978, it will be this game...............Glen Guilbeau--Sherveport Times
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Originally Posted by
Spiderman
Good god, I hope not
Why?
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Originally Posted by
Ari Gold
This would not only be a home run hire but a grand slam..
Ya'll probably know more than me. Seems a lot of people like him, my only reservation is the fundraising side of things. It's easy to fundraise at a blue blood and say look what I've done. We aren't a blue blood. It takes a different type of fundraising here I would think. I could easily be wrong. Like I said, it seems like a really good hire on the surface.
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
Why?
Do you want someone with that limited experiance hiring your next coaches? 4 month search and you go with a guy who has never been an AD? Just seems like a gamble we shouldn't have to take
Not only did Mississippi State embarrass LSU on this night. Davis Wade Stadium wrecked Tiger Stadium in music choice, atmosphere and, most of all, volume.
When I'm 80 and deaf, it's not going to be all those Springsteen concerts or Queen at Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans on Halloween Night in 1978, it will be this game...............Glen Guilbeau--Sherveport Times
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Originally Posted by
Spiderman
Do you want someone with that limited experiance hiring your next coaches? 4 month search and you go with a guy who has never been an AD? Just seems like a gamble we shouldn't have to take
Its a done deal, Selmon is the guy.
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Originally Posted by
CoachT14
Ya'll probably know more than me. Seems a lot of people like him, my only reservation is the fundraising side of things. It's easy to fundraise at a blue blood and say look what I've done. We aren't a blue blood. It takes a different type of fundraising here I would think. I could easily be wrong. Like I said, it seems like a really good hire on the surface.
True but I feel like this is the type of hire you need to make if you are serious about continuing to elevate your athletic program. Plus any fundraising effort will seem superhuman in comparison to Cohen.
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Wait, Bracky turned down the job? I thought he was the hire!! I'm shocked I tell you! Shocked!***
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Thank God you're not in charge.
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Originally Posted by
Coursesuper
Its a done deal, Selmon is the guy.
Outstanding!!
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Byrne, the Ninja, was a first time AD
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Selmon is a good hire. We've broken the chains of MSU good ole boy bullshit! Finally!!!
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Two words for anyone scoffing at this hire --- John. Cohen.
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I'm waiting for Bert Stare to confirm.
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I like the hire. Now let's see if he can deliver and what he can do to make MSU better.
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This has the potential to be Byrne 2.0. It's a damn good hire.
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We aren't looking to "woke" things up or are being forced into some diversity hire. We have a guy from a pretty good football pedigree that played in college- now is into the admin side of things. He obviously impressed enough to beat out other candidates. Let's roll.
If we are being honest- the cheerleader and the baseball coach didn't set the bar overly high.
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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Originally Posted by
Spiderman
Do you want someone with that limited experiance hiring your next coaches? 4 month search and you go with a guy who has never been an AD? Just seems like a gamble we shouldn't have to take
When are we going to fire somebody? Lemonis has won our lone NC, and basketball and football are new hires. He won?t be replacing any of those for at least 3-4 years respectively.
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What are the chances he brings Leah Beasley back with him? The external affairs job is open again. Make her a Senior Executive AD and roll.
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