Ray hasn't been fired tonight?

[Outside Dawg]

It gives us months more of time to hire a replacement. Didn't Auburn get a jump on the end of the season last year and land Pearl before the season was even done? Get feelers out there at 2-2.5 mill a year and hire a search committee. No reason at all we shouldn't land a top 25 HC.

Auburn fired Barbee following their loss in the SEC tournament.

http://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/i...ketball_c.html

[cujo]

Hire Richard for the rest of this season and maybe beyond. Hell, Kansas State brought Bill Snyder back after his successor trainwrecked their football program.
That would allow you to court the long term hire indefinitely. Richard would just retire again once the right man is in place, even if it takes two or three years to get. Horatio might like it for Malik's one year of college, as well.

[dickiedawg]

Where is this "fire Stricklin" crap coming from?
Yes, he totally screwed the pooch with the basketball hire. But all in all, his tenure has been monumentally successful.
In the nearly five years he's been AD, we've opened a basketball IPF, one of the premier football facilities anywhere and a beautiful football expansion. We're set to rebuild the softball and tennis complex into something to be proud of and, oh by the way, announced plans to build THE best stadium in college baseball. The football team has been to an unprecedented 5 straight bowl games, including the freaking Orange Bowl. I realize Stricklin's predecessor hir d Dan Mullen and he can't take credit, but how many times has Dan been "rumored" to be jumping ship? Someone deserves credit for doing what it takes to keep him around.
Overall, our athletic department is in better shape than ever before. With Strick having been AD nearly 5 years (After Byrne was AD only 2 years), it's time we give him credit for what's going right, in addition to blame for everything that isn't.

[I seen it dawg]

Firing him now isn't going to make a difference in how fast we find a coach. If he's gone that's already going on in back channels. It doesn't have to be public for it to be happening. We are actually better off keeping him til end of the season and letting it ride out. It's only 2 months and unless he violates laws there is no reason to fire. There's no hope to the season anyway.

What if who we put in for interim just to finish the season now becomes a player for the job? And now some viable candidates pull their name because of it....why put any obstacle in the way of hiring somebody good even if it's probably negligible. You are still introducing one and why do it for no reason other than maybe win 2-3 more games in a lost season.

Makes no sense to fire right now. Do it at the end and clean out the ENTIRE program.

[Maroons]

How much of this is on Strick? Is firing Ray at season's end really enough to save Strick's job? How in the hell could he have possibly thought this was a good hire? Why did he piss off the coaches association? Why wouldn't he invest in the hire given the amount of sec money we were about to start accumulating?

I'm not so sure both of them shouldn't clean out their offices at seasons end.

Your vindictive agenda against Scott for your own screwups is pathetic and tiresome. Please stop.

[I seen it dawg]

If Strickland makes another asshat hire to replace Ray he needs to go. He's a small timer in a big timers world right now. He needs to get big time or go.

[ScottH]

David Murray actually had a good post on the topic a couple of days ago.

He didn't hink Ray would be fired BUT thought there was a high probability he would resign.

Said Ray was genuinely thankful for the opportunity and he didn't see Ray as a fight to the bitter end to hold on to a job guy.

Maybe Ray removing the administration from the decision and tendering his resignation is the best case end game.

[Coach34]

David Murray actually had a good post on the topic a couple of days ago.

He didn't hink Ray would be fired BUT thought there was a high probability he would resign.

Said Ray was genuinely thankful for the opportunity and he didn't see Ray as a fight to the bitter end to hold on to a job guy.

Maybe Ray removing the administration from the decision and tendering his resignation is the best case end game.

That's just window dressing. Hell, 90% of coaches technically "resign". But you can bet Ray will still receive money owed.

Jackie resigned
Stands resigned
Crooms resigned
Polk resigned (although Polk did before he was actually forced)
Williams resigned

It's the Mississippi State way

[ScottH]

I am well aware of the semantics of resign in "90% of the hires" and all the trappings that go with it.

My point is the actual best case in year 3 of this goat f*** for all would be for Ray to initiate the end himself.

If he does that, the decision is removed from the administration.

[Political Hack]

Your vindictive agenda against Scott for your own screwups is pathetic and tiresome. Please stop.

ignorance is bliss. carry on.

[Pollodawg]

Doesn't really matter if you fire him or not, tbh. This season is kaput anyway.

[Political Hack]

Where is this "fire Stricklin" crap coming from?
Yes, he totally screwed the pooch with the basketball hire. But all in all, his tenure has been monumentally successful.
In the nearly five years he's been AD, we've opened a basketball IPF, one of the premier football facilities anywhere and a beautiful football expansion. We're set to rebuild the softball and tennis complex into something to be proud of and, oh by the way, announced plans to build THE best stadium in college baseball. The football team has been to an unprecedented 5 straight bowl games, including the freaking Orange Bowl. I realize Stricklin's predecessor hir d Dan Mullen and he can't take credit, but how many times has Dan been "rumored" to be jumping ship? Someone deserves credit for doing what it takes to keep him around.
Overall, our athletic department is in better shape than ever before. With Strick having been AD nearly 5 years (After Byrne was AD only 2 years), it's time we give him credit for what's going right, in addition to blame for everything that isn't.

a blind monkey could make significant strides riding the coattails of the Ninja with the most money the university has Eve had coming into the sports programs, courtesy of the SEC, not our Ath administration.

[dawgs]

Building a ipf for basketball is wasted money if you aren't going to ensure you have a serviceable coach.

[Dawg61]

Where is this "fire Stricklin" crap coming from?
Yes, he totally screwed the pooch with the basketball hire. But all in all, his tenure has been monumentally successful.
In the nearly five years he's been AD, we've opened a basketball IPF, one of the premier football facilities anywhere and a beautiful football expansion. We're set to rebuild the softball and tennis complex into something to be proud of and, oh by the way, announced plans to build THE best stadium in college baseball. The football team has been to an unprecedented 5 straight bowl games, including the freaking Orange Bowl. I realize Stricklin's predecessor hir d Dan Mullen and he can't take credit, but how many times has Dan been "rumored" to be jumping ship? Someone deserves credit for doing what it takes to keep him around.
Overall, our athletic department is in better shape than ever before. With Strick having been AD nearly 5 years (After Byrne was AD only 2 years), it's time we give him credit for what's going right, in addition to blame for everything that isn't.

That's how awful of a job SS has done with men's basketball. The ipf was already in the works when SS took over so how exactly has SS improved the basketball program at all since becoming AD? Firing Stansbury isn't an answer. SS has done nothing for Hoops. He's turned it into dead last in the country. SS MUST be fired if Ray returns next season.

[PMDawg]

Where is this "fire Stricklin" crap coming from?
Yes, he totally screwed the pooch with the basketball hire. But all in all, his tenure has been monumentally successful.
In the nearly five years he's been AD, we've opened a basketball IPF, one of the premier football facilities anywhere and a beautiful football expansion. We're set to rebuild the softball and tennis complex into something to be proud of and, oh by the way, announced plans to build THE best stadium in college baseball. The football team has been to an unprecedented 5 straight bowl games, including the freaking Orange Bowl. I realize Stricklin's predecessor hir d Dan Mullen and he can't take credit, but how many times has Dan been "rumored" to be jumping ship? Someone deserves credit for doing what it takes to keep him around.
Overall, our athletic department is in better shape than ever before. With Strick having been AD nearly 5 years (After Byrne was AD only 2 years), it's time we give him credit for what's going right, in addition to blame for everything that isn't.

Its only one guy saying fire scott. And that one guy has a personal vendetta.