Is this true?

[nhclone]

Let's turn that logic around 180°. If you're the ISU AD, and one underperforming coach is dragging down support for the rest of your successful athletic teams, why wouldn't you kick that one coach to the curb? Or at least make your displeasure at his failure known to the public?

I can see your first point. JP knows as well as any of us that men's basketball is the weak link in the chain right now. Either he believes he can get by without it for now, or there is nothing he can do. I totally disagree with the bolded part. What good will keeping Mac around, yet throwing him under the bus at the same time, do? If Mac is going to stay here, the AD should support him as much as possible while he is here. Running around ******** because the team isn't winning will do nothing to improve the program (see these message boards).

 

[marothisu]

This is no different from how most, if not all, corporations operate. Pollard will listen to anyone who contacts him, he's proven that. The actions taken by him will vary based upon your level of support for his corporation. Again, how is that any different than the rest of the world?

Not at all actually. A lot of companies listen to people who never give them money. Free trial versions of products, beta testers, survey takers, etc.

Hell, I used to take surveys and companies would send me money to hear my opinion about what they're rolling out even though I'd never given them money or used their products.

You could apply it against any consultant too. Companies don't hire consultancy firms on the basis of "have the people you'll put on the project to work with us paid money for our products or services before!????" I've never seen or heard of that.

Most companies in the world actually will listen to you, as long as you are using their product, that's what they care about in the form of feedback. They don't give a flying **** whether you've paid them money, what they care about is how familiar you are with their product whether it's through free services or pay services it doesn't matter.

 

[CYlent Bob]

I can see your first point. JP knows as well as any of us that men's basketball is the weak link in the chain right now. Either he believes he can get by without it for now, or there is nothing he can do. I totally disagree with the bolded part. What good will keeping Mac around, yet throwing him under the bus at the same time, do? If Mac is going to stay here, the AD should support him as much as possible while he is here. Running around ******** because the team isn't winning will do nothing to improve the program (see these message boards).

I can appreciate your point on an AD trying to not undercut his coach and make things worse for him, but he's got more to worry about than MBB. He's got to keep the trust of ISU fans AND DONORS, and this two-faced "I totally support coach Mac/ISU Men's basketball is a marquee program and I will not tolerate failure" act is really rubbing me the wrong way.

I'm just supposed to keep my damn mouth shut and trust Jamie to do what's right? Jamie, the guy who gave GMac a BIG contract extension at a point in time where his Conference winning percentage is hovering around .300? Jamie, the guy who just released a statement blaming all those "spoiled kids" (you know, kids from the same generation that currently populate our WBB, FB, Wrestling, Track & VB programs) for ISU's problems?

That's not trust. That's faith. Maybe if Jamie can turn water into wine or raise the dead, I'll start thinking about buying into some of that faith - but for now, consider me to be agnostic on his deity status.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

To those "in the know about our athletic dept.", I heard that one of our biggest donors to the athletic department has cut his funding in half until McD is gone. Is this true??

At this point, I think it matters not. Greg is here for next season.

Do I think he should have been canned? yes.

However, now I hope he proves me an idiot and gets to the NCAA's next season.