Rawkhawk73
Banned
Start replacing administration.
First on my list is Rick Klatt. It is his job to provide the marketing and game-day experience and he has failed and failed MISERABLY. If free student tickets and $1 hot dogs are the best he can do, then just fire him and replace him with interns. Seriously.
Second on my list is Phil Haddy. What he did at the Barta press conference is indicative, in my opinion, of his inability to function in that position. There have been numerous other things as well that have rubbed me the wrong way, but there definitely needs to be a change.
Next is Per Mar. The university needs to find another organization to use, period. One incident stands out for me. 5 years ago (or however long it's been since Pierce was finally booted from the team), I took my son, who was 5 at the time, to the MSU game which was the 1st game after Pierce had been kicked off. Unfortunately, we had seats that were right behind the IZZONE student section that had invaded Carver. They, of course, wanted to stand the whole game and my son was having a hard time seeing. Luckily we had seats right next to the aisle, so he sat on the stairs, right next to the seat. Within 3 minutes a Per Mar guy comes down and says that he can't sit there. I politely tell him that my son can't see because of the MSU fans in front of us and the stairs are more than wide enough to not cause an issue with people coming and going (plus, I had him move back to his seat during timeouts, halftime, etc). He said, "I don't care if your son can see or not, get him in his seat or I'm going to ask you to leave." I ask him if he can ask the IZZONE students to sit down then, and he replies that they have every right to stand. From that day on, I've hated Per Mar.
Bottom line is that EVERYTHING related to MBB sucks and has sucked for the last 10 years or so. The mentality from the previous AD exists within the current administration (sans Barta) and they all need to be replaced with new blood that can bring new and fresh ideas to the table. In addition, there needs to be a new focus on MBB and a realization that MBB takes precedence over EVERY OTHER SPORT that utilizes Carver. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To me, the hiring of a new basketball coach represents a PERFECT opportunity to begin this process.
First on my list is Rick Klatt. It is his job to provide the marketing and game-day experience and he has failed and failed MISERABLY. If free student tickets and $1 hot dogs are the best he can do, then just fire him and replace him with interns. Seriously.
Second on my list is Phil Haddy. What he did at the Barta press conference is indicative, in my opinion, of his inability to function in that position. There have been numerous other things as well that have rubbed me the wrong way, but there definitely needs to be a change.
Next is Per Mar. The university needs to find another organization to use, period. One incident stands out for me. 5 years ago (or however long it's been since Pierce was finally booted from the team), I took my son, who was 5 at the time, to the MSU game which was the 1st game after Pierce had been kicked off. Unfortunately, we had seats that were right behind the IZZONE student section that had invaded Carver. They, of course, wanted to stand the whole game and my son was having a hard time seeing. Luckily we had seats right next to the aisle, so he sat on the stairs, right next to the seat. Within 3 minutes a Per Mar guy comes down and says that he can't sit there. I politely tell him that my son can't see because of the MSU fans in front of us and the stairs are more than wide enough to not cause an issue with people coming and going (plus, I had him move back to his seat during timeouts, halftime, etc). He said, "I don't care if your son can see or not, get him in his seat or I'm going to ask you to leave." I ask him if he can ask the IZZONE students to sit down then, and he replies that they have every right to stand. From that day on, I've hated Per Mar.
Bottom line is that EVERYTHING related to MBB sucks and has sucked for the last 10 years or so. The mentality from the previous AD exists within the current administration (sans Barta) and they all need to be replaced with new blood that can bring new and fresh ideas to the table. In addition, there needs to be a new focus on MBB and a realization that MBB takes precedence over EVERY OTHER SPORT that utilizes Carver. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To me, the hiring of a new basketball coach represents a PERFECT opportunity to begin this process.
