WT's Athletic Director Taking Position at Stephen F. Austin

[MooseLodge]

I'm leaning toward a botch on this hiring process and the brass is trying to figure out plan D, E, F, and G. If so, this would be classic WT. The truth will leech out over the coming months.

One of the following:

1. WT low-balled the good candidates or wouldn't offer them a contract
2. WT - Wendler and the CFO - wanted to impose some draconian restrictions on the program that they've been waiting for years to do
3. WT wants to cut the budget significantly, the good candidates lost interest

And it could be a combination of these. Embarrassing, but what's new? A hire for one of the top D2 programs in the country doesn't take this long.

What's worse is that most of the head coaches are on the committee. Gotta wonder about their confidence level right now.

I'll hold out hope I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[BuffaloChip]

Three months now, what is the status? No one wants the job?

Not much.

[Rockofwesties]

Three months now, what is the status? No one wants the job?

[ASUPops]

Finalists are ASUPops and MooseLodge.

Oh LAWD. Moosehead is unbeatable. He is the greatest thing on earth since the introduction of Dairy Queen's Hungerbuster!

[ASUPops]

Pops would do a good job.

😂😂😂

I'd give you free season tickets!!

[WT_TKW]

Finalists are ASUPops and MooseLodge.

Pops would do a good job.

[BuffaloChip]

Finalists are ASUPops and MooseLodge.

Co-athletic directors?

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Any word on how the search is going?

Finalists are ASUPops and MooseLodge.

[Rockofwesties]

Any word on how the search is going?

[MooseLodge]

I would not want to see Amanda get the job. I want someone totally new, not a McBroom disciple. I mentioned early on that I hope the UTPB AD is considered. He seems to care a lot about football, unlike McBroom.

So anyone that worked for McBroom doesn't care about football?

[WT_TKW]

Interesting article on the WT AD search on texasfootball.com.

Candidates to be West Texas A&M AD (texasfootball.com)

I would not want to see Amanda get the job. I want someone totally new, not a McBroom disciple. I mentioned early on that I hope the UTPB AD is considered. He seems to care a lot about football, unlike McBroom.

[BuffaloChip]

Buffalochip has 5 Million laying around? I need to be nicer to my good friend Ole Buffalochip.

Good. I thought I was going to be on the hook for all 10M.

[Rockofwesties]

My argument is NIL makes it way more possible now.

If I have 5 million lying around and BuffaloChip has 5 million lying around, We each could throw that 5 million to the top 2 pitchers in Texas and WT would instantly be a threat to win the southland and a regional/super regional just based on those 2 pitchers if WT were division 1.

Even East Carolina the last several years were in the super regionals on the brink of a world series with that strategy.

Only thing that stopped them was Vanderbilt throwing Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker (Texas Rangers 2021 and 2022 top first round draft choices) in the super regional.

Buffalochip has 5 Million laying around? I need to be nicer to my good friend Ole Buffalochip.

[Techster88]

That was before NIL and transfer portal. Now if a FCS gets overlooked good players they only have them one year and they will transfer. Heck even Texas Tech is having a hard time keeping their good baseball players from transferring.

That has been a problem for some time now. Really ever since Tadlock came aboard. He has a great eye for discovering and developing talent. There is NO LOYALTY anymore. Its every man for himself.

Kinda like the last days of the Roman Empire.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

That was before NIL and transfer portal. Now if a FCS gets overlooked good players they only have them one year and they will transfer. Heck even Texas Tech is having a hard time keeping their good baseball players from transferring.

My argument is NIL makes it way more possible now.

If I have 5 million lying around and BuffaloChip has 5 million lying around, We each could throw that 5 million to the top 2 pitchers in Texas and WT would instantly be a threat to win the southland and a regional/super regional just based on those 2 pitchers if WT were division 1.

Even East Carolina the last several years were in the super regionals on the brink of a world series with that strategy.

Only thing that stopped them was Vanderbilt throwing Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker (Texas Rangers 2021 and 2022 top first round draft choices) in the super regional.