Barry Jackson with an update on Alonzo

Manny tonight:

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The Chief of Staff and GM roles are stupid. Hire Alonzo and his hand-picked team to evaluate our football program and athletic department. Alonzo would report to the BOT and his job would be to deliver his assessment at the end of next season. If Alonzo determines that Blake James sucks then you fire Blake and replace him with Alonzo.
 
Put into the context of UM under Donna Shalala and axe yourself if it still seems unbelievable when compared to things like:

  • Firing Coker, paying $80K to a consultant to find a qualified head coach then hiring Randy Shannon. An inexperienced guy who was already on campus.

  • Extending Al Golden after see 2.5 seasons of his on-field product.

  • Interviewing ONE candidate with zero head coaching experience, then immediately making a full priced off to that candidate and then having to pay $3-4 million in buy out money to Temple where he had been employed for a matter of hours.

I get it.

Its just starting to sound like a game of telephone.

I'm not discrediting anything...but its getting a bit ridiculous.
 
The Chief of Staff and GM roles are stupid. Hire Alonzo and his hand-picked team to evaluate our football program and athletic department. Alonzo would report to the BOT and his job would be to deliver his assessment at the end of next season. If Alonzo determines that Blake James sucks then you fire Blake and replace him with Alonzo.

Do this and you might as well fire Manny now.
No program can, or should operate like they’re watching over a coach’s shoulder.
 
Do this and you might as well fire Manny now.
No program can, or should operate like they’re watching over a coach’s shoulder.

We need to stop shooting from the hip and hire a good evaluator. If Alonzo comes back and says the issue is Manny doesn't have the staff he needs and needs more money then Manny wins as well. I think Alonzo could take an objective approach.
 
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We need to stop shooting from the hip and hire a good evaluator. If Alonzo comes back and says the issue is Manny doesn't have the staff he needs and needs more money then Manny wins as well. I think Alonzo could take an objective approach.

Then fire Blake and make him AD.
 
The Chief of Staff and GM roles are stupid. Hire Alonzo and his hand-picked team to evaluate our football program and athletic department. Alonzo would report to the BOT and his job would be to deliver his assessment at the end of next season. If Alonzo determines that Blake James sucks then you fire Blake and replace him with Alonzo.
Chess, not checkers. This is the first domino of removing James and Diaz. James did a 5 hour coaching search and folks aren’t happy. Bringing in Highsmith is akin to a “vote of confidence” for Diaz and James...it would add pressure.

Namely, Highsmith would be the new AD after next year and he’d bring in his guy to replace Diaz ((possibly Mario)
 
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He doesn’t care. He wants all the clicks and attention he can get. Somebody else ran a billboard thread raising the money and when they hit their number he started a billboard is funded thread. Smh

Midlo’s post came 6 minutes after mine.
 
The Chief of Staff and GM roles are stupid. Hire Alonzo and his hand-picked team to evaluate our football program and athletic department. Alonzo would report to the BOT and his job would be to deliver his assessment at the end of next season. If Alonzo determines that Blake James sucks then you fire Blake and replace him with Alonzo.


Lol. Hard to take your position seriously after defending manny.
 
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