Complete Lack of Human Capital in the UM Athletic Department

[NY Shyne]

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

 

[RBhurricane87]

I think we can all agree that the reason for the decade long decline in UM athletics clearly goes beyond guys like Coker, Shannon, Golden. Perry Clark, Frank Haith, and Jim Morris' corpse. To me, based on the resumes and experiences of many people on the administrative side of our Athletic Department, there seems to be a complete lack of competence present, littered with underqualified stooges making decisions. Again, these are the people tasked with staffing, budgeting, contractual matters, scheduling, revenue/expense forecasting, expansion, organizational strategic operational efficiencies, and recruiting top talent. For reference, we're discussing the administrative and coaching side of things, not things like our communications or academic services side of things, who I believe so a good job. Undortunately, these people dont impact financial performance or on field product. The admins like James and Tony Hernandez are the most important people in any organization, think of the as the C-Level executives of a corporation and the Department Directors/VP.


Just for reference, let's use FSU for comparisions sake. FSU has become one of the premier athletic program recently, building an elite football, baseball, women's soccer, men's soccer, and several other programs.

Both of these individuals are responsible for all weight room related purchases and video services. Let's compare resumes and qualifications.

http://m.hurricanesports.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?atclid=205562009&DB_OEM_ID=28700&

http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=209573665&DB_OEM_ID=32900


Let's now compare heads of strength and conditioning. Our guy has a sociology degree and played cornerback at Baylor. Outside of being an athlete, he appears to have no formal training in the field. Their guy on the other hand has the appropriate degrees, is certified by USA Weightlifting, and studied under Tommy Moffit and Gayle Hatch, widely regarded as the top S&C guys in the country. Moffit was our S&C guy under Butch.

http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=32900&ATCLID=209573009


Let's compare athletics directors. Our guy has a marketing degree from some Podunk D-3 school, never played collegiate sports, and whose primarily area of expertise was ticketing, not administration. His only prior experience was the University of Maine. Compare that to Stan Wilcox. Wilcox was the AD at Duke and Notre Dame, was an associate commissioner of the Big East for 11 years, worked for the New York Supreme Court, was a four year letterman in basketball at Notre Dame, graduated with a degree in economics, a JD, and is a member of the New York Bar. Wonder who is more qualified and why Wilcox has led FSU to department wide success since his arrival.

http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=209573695&DB_OEM_ID=32900

This doesn't even go into the disparities in qualifications between our actual ******* coaches. Jimbo, a guy who served as the offensive coordinator at LSU under the greatest coach on the modern era, and won a ring, versus Golden a guy who learned under Al Groh, and had mediocre results as a defensive coordinator and his first stint as a head guy at Temple.

And it's a big shocker our athletic programs suck, we're always complaining about lack of finances, poor facilities, and expensive contract extensions/buyouts? We have either a bunch of ****** home grown guys who've never worked at a major program and are so underqualified, or guys like Golden and Swasey who learned under other ****** programs and are underqualified for the position they are in.

Donna Shalala has completely destroyed our athletic program from the top down. Her complete incompetence in properly allocation of funds, poor hiring decisions, micromanaging, and lack of infrastructural support has put us in the situation we are in.

Solid post

I've been yelling for a while now that the people who are in place to make the right decisions are not the people who should be making the decisions.

What Shalala has done to improve the academic part of the university, she has done three times as much damage to the athletic part.

 

[NY Shyne]

Bo Pelini is a fine American!

 

[Vanquish9]

Medley posts primarily on Canestime premium but I know he posts here too. He's been trumpeting this issue for years now. UM is a mom and pop operation. In every aspect of their management, they are bush league.

Its not that they hired coker, its that they extended him when everyone paying attention knew the program was disintegrating in front of their faces. The marketplace told us he was worth about $700K, yet UM chose to pay him $2.2 million a year with a large buyout if he were terminated.

Its not that they hired Randy. Well, actually it is. How the **** could someone hire that man to run a major D1 program? Clearly they have no idea what is needed to run a football program. Can you imagine sitting with Randy Shannon alone in a room for an hour and coming away thinking this guy would be a good media face for the program and university?? I cannot.

Its not that they hired Al. Its that as soon as it looked like he was a media darling, they gave away the store to him. This had just happened to them five years earlier. How the **** could they not learn anything? The marketplace will once again show that this guy, like Coker is worth about $700K a year (that of a lower level D1 coach or D coordinator someplace where the head coach doesnt watch film of his hires. lol)

i give credit to shannon for smelling **** when it came to nevin. that's about it, though

 

[Duvalco.Cane]

Those people blaming Shalala all along have been dead on.

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[NVA CANE]

Hopefully the new president realizes what a cluster **** the athletic department is and decides to hire a real AD that can fix all the problems.

 

[BigCaneAl]

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

 

[WhatTheHell]

There's sweeping incompetence throughout the athletic department thanks to poor leadership and a lack of structure.

The president hires a competent, competitive athletic director that is hellbent on winning and fundraising, while having knowledge of athletics, and then everyone else gets out of his way.

As it stands now, Donna sticks her liver spotted nose into everything, the BOT are playing out a Game of Thrones like power struggle behind the scenes, and the athletic director is a puppet in a laughably oversized blazer that was tearing ticket stubs prior to landing this job.

This place is a complete and utter mess. Hopefully this military guy becomes president, if anything he'll create a clear a chain of command with competent people in place.

 

[Kirijax]

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

 

[BigCaneAl]

Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

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He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

 

[alnwpi]

Based on stories I've heard about dealings with administration in other parts of the University I think it's just how Shalala runs things. She has it out for the athletic department more than others obviously but I don't think she is a competent university leader for any part of the university. She hires yes men and wants to leave a great legacy, whether it's real or made by running the numbers right.

 

[Kirijax]

Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

Nope. I'll keep telling the school to do the right thing and take the cheater's name off and bring back some dignity to the school. The school sold out and made a very very bad decision when they sold their morals for money. It's a great example of what we're dealing with right now.

 

[BigCaneAl]

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Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

Nope. I'll keep telling the school to do the right thing and take the cheater's name off and bring back some dignity to the school. The school sold out and made a very very bad decision when they sold their morals for money. It's a great example of what we're dealing with right now.

All college football sold out a long time ago when they starting making Billions off free labor, but that probably doesn't bother you. Selective.

 

[Kirijax]

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Lll

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

Nope. I'll keep telling the school to do the right thing and take the cheater's name off and bring back some dignity to the school. The school sold out and made a very very bad decision when they sold their morals for money. It's a great example of what we're dealing with right now.

All college football sold out a long time ago when they starting making Billions off free labor, but that probably doesn't bother you. Selective.

I love it how A-Rod supporters run to something else every time we get in this discussion. But...but...but... lol

 

[Consigliere]

Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

You leftout he is a one trick potato.

 

[BigCaneAl]

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Lll

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

Nope. I'll keep telling the school to do the right thing and take the cheater's name off and bring back some dignity to the school. The school sold out and made a very very bad decision when they sold their morals for money. It's a great example of what we're dealing with right now.

All college football sold out a long time ago when they starting making Billions off free labor, but that probably doesn't bother you. Selective.

I love it how A-Rod supporters run to something else every time we get in this discussion. But...but...but... lol

I'm not a supporter of Arod...he's a conceded douche in person, but he's a fan, and I have zero issues with PEDs.

 

[Consigliere]

Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

Nope. I'll keep telling the school to do the right thing and take the cheater's name off and bring back some dignity to the school. The school sold out and made a very very bad decision when they sold their morals for money. It's a great example of what we're dealing with right now.

I would take one A-Rod over 1000000 of you any day of the week.

 

[jss007]

Good post. Have heard we are a Mickey-mouse-run-organization at Hecht Ath Center for 10 years operating on a pittance and lacking in process and operational sense.

 

[ball915]

Fsu's strength coach annoys the **** out of me when hes jumping up and down on the sidelines

very few people on planet earth annoy me more than this guy. want to punch him right in the face and break those stupid sun glasses he wears for night games.

 

[ramcanes]

Lll

They spread their legs for bums like A-Rod & Ponzi schemers. Reaping what they sow now.

Wow at lumping Arod in with Shapiro lol....Arod's a true cane fan and wrote a fat check to prove it. Who gives a **** if he juiced.

Sorry for off topic mini-rant.

A-Rod is a cheater, a liar and a closet Notre Dame fan. If Miami had any morals, they would kick him off of the BOT and strip his name off the ball park.

View attachment 28795

He's a cane fan, has been since his school...know this for a fact. Your morals are selective, but I won't get into a whole PEDs debate here. Donate 3m to UM and put a contingency that they take his name off the park....otherwise stfu.

He's a huge Cane fan, period