WT Football

[AngeloFan]

If 60's is an old fart, yes they did.

Since the General and I attended ASU at the same time, I guess I can say that.

[ASUPops]

ASU hired an old fart for Prez. He has been fantastic to date

If 60's is an old fart, yes they did.

[Herb Street]

Page 4, a forward by John Sharp.

So WT and John Sharp are working together to point out that attending WT your freshman and sophomore years isn’t as good a value as junior colleges? Is that A&M’s business model now for the entire system, or just for that dinky afterthought school up in the panhandle?

I am tired of A&M’s crap. I want my school back, complete with a board of regents that puts my school first, not last.

[WT_TKW]

Oh my. I bet his employer might not like that. Since when is it “moral” to direct customers away from the company that employs you to its competitors? He’s got a screw loose. That makes zero sense.

Page 4, a forward by John Sharp.

[Herb Street]

Page 11 last paragraph.
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/509122/12/

Oh my. I bet his employer might not like that. Since when is it “moral” to direct customers away from the company that employs you to its competitors? He’s got a screw loose. That makes zero sense.

[AngeloFan]

aTm likes to put over the hill guys at WT. Guys already on Medicare. 3 years later they do it again. Gramps is always the president at WT. That’s what happens when you give your school away…

ASU hired an old fart for Prez. He has been fantastic to date

[WT_TKW]

Huh? When did this happen? No way this happened.

Page 11 last paragraph.
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/509122/12/

[ASUPops]

Problem is most of the LSC has gotten better and WT hasn't.

WT doesn't have the bottom dweller Okie schools to kick around like they did 10 years ago.

The only turds left are Eastern New Mexico and Simon Fraser and I wouldn't sleep on Eastern New Mexico.

Coaching is mostly the problem as I feel opposing head coaches/coordinators adjust in the second half and WT goes down unless they build a big lead.

Hughes isn't bad.

He is slight above average but the problem may lie with the coordinators not being up to par.

It's going to boil down to if McBroom and gang are happy with 7-4 records and non-playoff seasons.

Unfortunately this is where it hurts being D2.

Admin isn't going to give a rats a$$ about 20 total fans unhappy on the D2 board and Facebook pages combined.

Being D1aa won't change that! H3ll being a low level D1a won't change that either.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

There is a real lack of leadership at Wt now. Our Pres. is simply playing out the string till his retirement.
Mc Broom was hired by the previous AD, Ed Harris, to be Ed's replacement when he retired.
The plan was for Mc Broom to be trained by Harris and take over. That is what happened.

I have gotten to know McBroom well over the last several years. He truly wants each sport to be successful.
The issue with boosters is that hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to say Hugh's was a bad hire. Mook (SB),
Morgan (VB), Brown (MBB), and Prock (WBB) have all been very good hires. Mattio (WBB) was an end-of-season promotion
that record-wise turned out to be a good hire. McBroom uses the same process to hire every HC. It's hard for me to say that the
process is flawed or his judgment is not good. The two notable outliers were Nesbitt and Patel. (Patel is now HC at ASU)
Both of those were forced mid-season hires when the HC left and McBroom could not take time to implement his hiring process.
So, what is the problem with football?? Clearly coaching is part of the problem. I do not believe that it's 100% of the problem.
With a proven track record of hiring success, there must be other factors at play. I have no clue what they are.

Problem is most of the LSC has gotten better and WT hasn't.

WT doesn't have the bottom dweller Okie schools to kick around like they did 10 years ago.

The only turds left are Eastern New Mexico and Simon Fraser and I wouldn't sleep on Eastern New Mexico.

Coaching is mostly the problem as I feel opposing head coaches/coordinators adjust in the second half and WT goes down unless they build a big lead.

Hughes isn't bad.

He is slight above average but the problem may lie with the coordinators not being up to par.

It's going to boil down to if McBroom and gang are happy with 7-4 records and non-playoff seasons.

Unfortunately this is where it hurts being D2.

Admin isn't going to give a rats a$$ about 20 total fans unhappy on the D2 board and Facebook pages combined.

[Herb Street]

Pretty much every university president does two things: Get more students, which leads to getting more money. If he's not doing the first, the second's a whole heck of a lot harder.

I know for me that one of the reasons New Haven was even on my radar for college choices was because I heard about them when the football team went and beat UConn when I was in high school. And that was in the Northeast, where football is definitely not the top sport.

Schools can be good academically and athletically, it is certainly possible. New Haven hired a president who could commit to both. You would think with a president who has fairly strong ties to Texas, that Wendler would be more capable at figuring that out at WT.

aTm likes to put over the hill guys at WT. Guys already on Medicare. 3 years later they do it again. Gramps is always the president at WT. That’s what happens when you give your school away…

[Herb Street]

Wendler's been out there proselytizing that high school students SHOULD consider going to a community college before going to WT.

Huh? When did this happen? No way this happened.

[cwfenn]

Wendler's recruiting strategy is boiled down to "go somewhere else (first), or at least stay off campus".

So far he's knocked enrollment down by about 10%.

Pretty much every university president does two things: Get more students, which leads to getting more money. If he's not doing the first, the second's a whole heck of a lot harder.

I know for me that one of the reasons New Haven was even on my radar for college choices was because I heard about them when the football team went and beat UConn when I was in high school. And that was in the Northeast, where football is definitely not the top sport.

Schools can be good academically and athletically, it is certainly possible. New Haven hired a president who could commit to both. You would think with a president who has fairly strong ties to Texas, that Wendler would be more capable at figuring that out at WT.

[WT_TKW]

Wendler's recruiting strategy is boiled down to "go somewhere else (first), or at least stay off campus".

So far he's knocked enrollment down by about 10%.

[BuffaloChip]

Now do what?

Wendler's been out there proselytizing that high school students SHOULD consider going to a community college before going to WT.

What a great way to see enrollment decrease!!! NO NO NO.

His job at WT should be to INCREASE enrollment. You can't do that by encouraging HS kids to consider anything other than WT. WTF was/is he thinking??? He's a great big DUFUS. Confused as to his role as the leader at WT. A placeholder. Uninvolved. I wonder if he will create financial havoc for the athletic department by his hands-off approach and demeanor? It can only take a few years to destroy what has taken a long time to build. Wendler needs to GO.

WT needs a President who understands the importance of athletics to a regional university like WT. WT needs a President determined to GROW enrollment. Wendell is not that President.

[Herb Street]

The WT Prez should not encourage high school students to look for alternatives to WT. Craziness!

Now do what?