ManOfVision
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Any thoughts on the AD candidates who visited campus? I tend to like Sarra better, although both he and Rountree say all the right things.
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AD Candidates
- Thread starter ManOfVision
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I think I'm in the same boat as you, Sarra seems to stick out at me more, but both guys did say the right things.
Both seem to have quite a bit of background in football, so that's encouraging.
Both seem to have quite a bit of background in football, so that's encouraging.
Sarra seems to have broader experience - maybe a couple years older. Probably command a higher salary. He played a large hand in moving UT-SA up to Division I (FBC) football. They play in Conference USA, one of the would-be FBC conferences. Maybe a better salesman. I'd like to know how he's viewed at UT-SA.
Curious if anyone was at both meetings:
Sarra sure seemed to see football as more of a priority, but I am basing that entirely on the very brief write ups on oregonlive. It could have seemed that way due to the questions he was asked or even just how the article was written. Is that how it seemed to those in attendance?
Sarra sure seemed to see football as more of a priority, but I am basing that entirely on the very brief write ups on oregonlive. It could have seemed that way due to the questions he was asked or even just how the article was written. Is that how it seemed to those in attendance?
bigskyconf
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The thing that impresses me the most about Serra is this. San Antonio is roughly the same distance from Austin as we are to Eugene. UTSA just restarted their football program within the last five years, in the shadows of Longhorn country. People no doubt were wondering why start up the football program when Texas is so close, much like what people are talking about now with our program. UTSA went ahead anyway with it. I'd like to think Serra could do the same things here. Also, I liked the little jab he gave towards Hersh by saying, "This place doesn't need a promoter. It needs a coach. Let me worry about the promoting." And that is how it should be. No pizza eating contests or leases given away with touchdowns. Just promote the games and matchups.
VikThunder
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Agree with all the comments here. Both seem solid but simply liked Sarra's take on everything. I think he's our man. We haven't had an AD who came from a football school since Tom Burman and I think that has hurt. Sarra would fix that.
BroadwayVik
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but promotions aren't designed to cure the football program but to promote attendance to them. Their help is effectual to the extent that what is being promoted is of quality. They're not a bad thing to be gotten rid of, however. I think of them as adjunctual, supplemental, finding ways to add value to the core product. Their effectualness is highly elastic relative to the success of the core product on the field.
The right coach will cure the core program and promotions can then promote the better product and culture. So long as they are coordinated with one another and complementary, the AD promotions combined with David Hersh promotions can bring a greater wealth of creative ideas and value than either could separately. Likely synergistically.
I, too, like the rise of UTSA, and so my vote is for Sarra as well.
If Steve Coury is not taking the AD job, has he then been included on the Viks' advisory board? A member of the round table, so to speak? The is an important relation. The Lake Oswego connection is vital and I have every reason to believe they will thoroughly find satisfying their membership on building PSU athletics through steering committees the same way they would enjoy building a business, the university being just up the highway from them. :thumb:
Willamette Shore Trolley
What is good is that NB brought in many talent-laden players. We now have a team (and program) that is a "diamond-in-the-rough." A blank easel, if you will. Merci, NB.
The right coach will cure the core program and promotions can then promote the better product and culture. So long as they are coordinated with one another and complementary, the AD promotions combined with David Hersh promotions can bring a greater wealth of creative ideas and value than either could separately. Likely synergistically.
I, too, like the rise of UTSA, and so my vote is for Sarra as well.
If Steve Coury is not taking the AD job, has he then been included on the Viks' advisory board? A member of the round table, so to speak? The is an important relation. The Lake Oswego connection is vital and I have every reason to believe they will thoroughly find satisfying their membership on building PSU athletics through steering committees the same way they would enjoy building a business, the university being just up the highway from them. :thumb:
Willamette Shore TrolleyWhat is good is that NB brought in many talent-laden players. We now have a team (and program) that is a "diamond-in-the-rough." A blank easel, if you will. Merci, NB.
