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scrantoncane said:
Urs always said the guy was competent. If he had a hands-on boss in Donna and he was hamstrung, there was only so much he could do.

During the 2010 hire, I was led to believe that DiMare was an asset. D$, are you saying that we are better off without him involved?

As several have mentioned above, if Blake DOES have the freedom to make his own hire, his *** is on the line. That part I like. Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision. Then either watch your stock rise or go down in flames.

Either way, I am happy Donna isn't involved.
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Not buying that hypothetical about the process and the way the firing of Golden was "handled" by Flake is all the proof you need. AT BEST, Flake will act as chairman of the search committee and the search committee will reflect the desires of those that forced his hand on the mid-season firing that he was seemingly deadset against all the way leading up to the Clemson game.
 
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Whoever was involved in the last coaching search that allowed the final candidates to be golden, edsall...etc shouldn't touch this one at all...
 
I consider this a bad thing. I don't trust Blake James to make the right decision...he is a loser.
 
scrantoncane said:
Urs always said the guy was competent. If he had a hands-on boss in Donna and he was hamstrung, there was only so much he could do.

During the 2010 hire, I was led to believe that DiMare was an asset. D$, are you saying that we are better off without him involved?

As several have mentioned above, if Blake DOES have the freedom to make his own hire, his *** is on the line. That part I like. Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision. Then either watch your stock rise or go down in flames.

Either way, I am happy Donna isn't involved.
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i said that and was laughed at. He was to Donna like Coach D was to Golden. Blake also is open to Butch so that is a positive.
 
Im almost to the point where I would take Kiffin. High profile and would kill recruiting. If thats what you want than take Kiffin, not Mario.
 
LuCane said:
JimmyJohnsonsHair said:
nystateofmind said:
Can you confirm Lu's report about Kelly?
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He was kind of goofing on the rumor over at the WEZ, so I'm assuming he has not heard anything similar. Not that it invalidates what Lu heard, but it definitely tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
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He can tell you himself, but we talk to different people who are told different things. It's difficult to wade through what is real, what is not, and what is worth posting, which is why I tend to stay out of this mess.

An example: When I was told Butch was being talked to, it came up that D$ was told Butch was a "no chance" by some people; yet other people said he was their guy. It ends up Butch is at least an actual option, which is what I was told.

For this case, he can tell you if he's heard anything or not.

Add it up, and it's just a big headache.
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No matter how this plays out, I appreciate you passing along the info. It's definitely made the last 24 hours more exciting.
 
Tad Footeball said:
scrantoncane said:
Urs always said the guy was competent. If he had a hands-on boss in Donna and he was hamstrung, there was only so much he could do.

During the 2010 hire, I was led to believe that DiMare was an asset. D$, are you saying that we are better off without him involved?

As several have mentioned above, if Blake DOES have the freedom to make his own hire, his *** is on the line. That part I like. Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision. Then either watch your stock rise or go down in flames.

Either way, I am happy Donna isn't involved.
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Not buying that hypothetical about the process and the way the firing of Golden was "handled" by Flake is all the proof you need. AT BEST, Flake will act as chairman of the search committee and the search committee will reflect the desires of those that forced his hand on the mid-season firing that he was seemingly deadset against all the way leading up to the Clemson game.
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What part is a "hypothetical"?

You may or may not be correct about the firing and how it was handled this year, but it has been pretty well documented on this site by the most reputable sources that we have that Donna ruled with an iron fist.

I would also submit that waiting until the end of the season was preferred by more influential people than you think. Golden, by all accounts, is a good guy that steered us through some tough times. He just wasn't cut out for the job here. Allowing him to save face and finish the season would have prevented him from having a black cloud over his head which would hinder his career going forward. But when you lose 58-0, minds change quick.
 
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JimmyJohnsonsHair said:
nystateofmind said:
Can you confirm Lu's report about Kelly?
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He was kind of goofing on the rumor over at the WEZ, so I'm assuming he has not heard anything similar. Not that it invalidates what Lu heard, but it definitely tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
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Lu is relaying information from someone legit. I was just messing with the WEZ folks.

I haven't heard it, but that does not mean it's not true. There is a lot I haven't heard with this search.
 
I have a very hard time buying this for the simple reason that Fake told the world after the Clemson loss that Folden would be the HC the next week and for the rest of the season. A couple hours later, Folden was gone. Fake didn't make the call on retaining/firing Folden, so why is he suddenly making this call?
 
DMoney said:
JimmyJohnsonsHair said:
nystateofmind said:
Can you confirm Lu's report about Kelly?
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He was kind of goofing on the rumor over at the WEZ, so I'm assuming he has not heard anything similar. Not that it invalidates what Lu heard, but it definitely tempered my enthusiasm a bit.
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Lu is relaying information from someone legit. I was just messing with the WEZ folks.

I haven't heard it, but that does not mean it's not true. There is a lot I haven't heard with this search.
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Yep, I get it. Of course I'd feel better about everything if you were saying you were hearing the same thing.
 
canespimp433 said:
Sounds like a disaster
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I'm not for or against Blake but you're a reactionary douchebag (par for the course here). If Blake was powerless when Donna was here what was he supposed to do? He's made one move and that was firing Golden. As far as I'm concerned that's an A+. Everyone is reporting different **** which means nobody knows WTF is going on. So please STFU. Now CIS ***gots (you know who you are), please neg away.
 
scrantoncane said:
Tad Footeball said:
scrantoncane said:
Urs always said the guy was competent. If he had a hands-on boss in Donna and he was hamstrung, there was only so much he could do.

During the 2010 hire, I was led to believe that DiMare was an asset. D$, are you saying that we are better off without him involved?

As several have mentioned above, if Blake DOES have the freedom to make his own hire, his *** is on the line. That part I like. Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision. Then either watch your stock rise or go down in flames.

Either way, I am happy Donna isn't involved.
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Not buying that hypothetical about the process and the way the firing of Golden was "handled" by Flake is all the proof you need. AT BEST, Flake will act as chairman of the search committee and the search committee will reflect the desires of those that forced his hand on the mid-season firing that he was seemingly deadset against all the way leading up to the Clemson game.
Click to expand...

What part is a "hypothetical"?

You may or may not be correct about the firing and how it was handled this year, but it has been pretty well documented on this site by the most reputable sources that we have that Donna ruled with an iron fist.

I would also submit that waiting until the end of the season was preferred by more influential people than you think. Golden, by all accounts, is a good guy that steered us through some tough times. He just wasn't cut out for the job here. Allowing him to save face and finish the season would have prevented him from having a black cloud over his head which would hinder his career going forward. But when you lose 58-0, minds change quick.
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He should fired his boyfriend last year. That would have probably bought him til the end of the year. He stuck to his guns and took one in the rear. Pride goes before the fall.
 
Dimare is one of Butch's biggest backers. Not good for the BBB crowd that he is less involved
 
The Franchise said:
I have a very hard time buying this for the simple reason that Fake told the world after the Clemson loss that Folden would be the HC the next week and for the rest of the season. A couple hours later, Folden was gone. Fake didn't make the call on retaining/firing Folden, so why is he suddenly making this call?
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Agree.

Had he made no comment, or stated that all options were open, I might buy this new narrative.

But to be as emphatic as he was after that game, and to completely flip the next day, means he was told what to do ... Not, that he decided what to do.

Blake isn't running anything!

But if we land Chip Kelly, or Dan Mullen, or Tom Herman, or Mike Gundy ... I'll take it, and give Blake all the credit he wants.

We end up with Cristobal, he gets all the blame, too!
 
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scrantoncane said:
Tad Footeball said:
scrantoncane said:
Urs always said the guy was competent. If he had a hands-on boss in Donna and he was hamstrung, there was only so much he could do.

During the 2010 hire, I was led to believe that DiMare was an asset. D$, are you saying that we are better off without him involved?

As several have mentioned above, if Blake DOES have the freedom to make his own hire, his *** is on the line. That part I like. Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision. Then either watch your stock rise or go down in flames.

Either way, I am happy Donna isn't involved.
Click to expand...

Not buying that hypothetical about the process and the way the firing of Golden was "handled" by Flake is all the proof you need. AT BEST, Flake will act as chairman of the search committee and the search committee will reflect the desires of those that forced his hand on the mid-season firing that he was seemingly deadset against all the way leading up to the Clemson game.
Click to expand...

What part is a "hypothetical"?

You may or may not be correct about the firing and how it was handled this year, but it has been pretty well documented on this site by the most reputable sources that we have that Donna ruled with an iron fist.

I would also submit that waiting until the end of the season was preferred by more influential people than you think. Golden, by all accounts, is a good guy that steered us through some tough times. He just wasn't cut out for the job here. Allowing him to save face and finish the season would have prevented him from having a black cloud over his head which would hinder his career going forward. But when you lose 58-0, minds change quick.
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This part is the hypothetical-

"Take input from the search committee and the outside firm, then make your own decision."

I just don't buy into it going down like that. I see Flake emerging from a conference room with a "consensus" pick. I mean do you really see him overriding anyone with any power to make his own completely independent call? I'm not even comfortable with him doing so but that is how it works with real AD's at other places. They make the call and THEN get the official green light. They don't get the green light and THEN make the call.
 
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