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Title: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: fatty fat fat on August 31, 2006, 12:27:58 AM
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Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 12:31:22 AM
No Bob Huggins, and Nike just laughs at Tim Weiser.

But hey ... I am surprised they didn't thank me personally, I demand a personal thanks!! (right lurkers).

Good deal though ... and in real dollars, not in inflated MSRP dollars like a certain school down river.

Thanks Huggie!!


Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 12:59:52 AM
No Bob Huggins, and Nike just laughs at Tim Weiser.


Must be cause he's an idiot, huh.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 01:03:29 AM
Yeah, lets keep dredging up something I said like 2 or 3 years ago or more.

You related to Timmy Scuba??

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 01:10:50 AM
Well, do you think he's an idiot or not?
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 01:13:40 AM
On some issues, yes ... and please don't delude yourself into thinking that without Bob Huggins being in the same room with Weiser while in talks with Nike, that Nike would've even have considered this deal.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 01:16:59 AM
On some issues, yes ... and please don't delude yourself into thinking that without Bob Huggins being in the same room with Weiser while in talks with Nike, that Nike would've even have considered this deal.



Well, duh.  Did you think Tim Weiser was going to hire Bob Huggins?
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 01:18:12 AM
What is this 20 questions??

I thought there was a real possibility ... Weiser didn't know the guy at all, Eddie Fogler did all the leg work.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 01:21:04 AM
What is this 20 questions??

I thought there was a real possibility ... Weiser didn't know the guy at all, Eddie Fogler did all the leg work.



So, wasn't that what Weiser hired Eddie to do?  I don't know Bob Huggins either.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 01:25:00 AM
So you work in athletics then??

I don't know what one has to do with other here.

No Huggins, no Nike.  Tim Weiser has zero clout with them and its been proven by the fact that it took the hiring of Bob Huggiins to even get them to consider a deal like this ... and KSU tried before Huggins, no dice.

So you continue with your "chicken or the egg" breakdown, I'll stay with reality.

Oh wait, you're probably one of the PI guys I hear about, who wonders why I wasn't waving the pom-poms when KSU hired Huggins ... you know that was proof that I really wasn't nor never could be happy about anything at KSU.  Geezus, what a bunch of tards ...  :rolleyes:

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 01:33:24 AM
So you work in athletics then??

I don't know what one has to do with other here.

No Huggins, no Nike.  Tim Weiser has zero clout with them and its been proven by the fact that it took the hiring of Bob Huggiins to even get them to consider a deal like this ... and KSU tried before Huggins, no dice.

So you continue with your "chicken or the egg" breakdown, I'll stay with reality.

Oh wait, you're probably one of the PI guys I hear about, who wonders why I wasn't waving the pom-poms when KSU hired Huggins ... you know that was proof that I really wasn't nor never could be happy about anything at KSU.  Geezus, what a bunch of tards ...  :rolleyes:



A bunch of tards with season tickets.  Who's the tard in this equation?

Oh let's see.  No Huggins, no dice.  Well, let's say we hire huggins and make our selves a cool 12 million dollars, not to mention selling out Bramlage Coliseum.  Yep, Weiser had nothing to do with it.  I'm sure Huggins couldn't get a job somewhere else.  Wonder if Nebraska would have taken him? 

Yep, Weiser's an idiot.  In fact, check my next post on this board.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 08:23:29 AM
You seem to enjoy spanning the globe with your circular logic.

We're talking about one thing here ... the Nike Deal ... no Huggins, No Nike Deal.

That's it, the Nike Deal ... not how much money KSU will make from basketball now that Huggins is aboard ... I've already discussed that numerous times a long time ago.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 31, 2006, 08:41:03 AM
No Huggins, No Nike.
No Weiser, No Huggins.
Therefore, No Weiser, No Nike.

/thread.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 08:45:40 AM
So what you just basically said Saul, that no other compotent AD could have hired Bob Huggins at KSU (no, not Max Urick), only Tim Weiser could have??

Okay ... a huge stretch, but okay.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on August 31, 2006, 08:46:27 AM
No Eddie Fogler, No Huggins.

Glad that TW had a relationship with the Shocker.

I really don't like the fact that KSU seems to have been taken over by Shockers.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 31, 2006, 08:49:15 AM
So what you just basically said Saul, that no other compotent AD could have hired Bob Huggins at KSU (no, not Max Urick), only Tim Weiser could have??

Okay ... a huge stretch, but okay.


They could have...but they didn't.  I'm willing to wager others tried (see Marshall and USF).
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 31, 2006, 08:49:58 AM
No Eddie Fogler, No Huggins.

Glad that TW had a relationship with the Shocker.

I really don't like the fact that KSU seems to have been taken over by Shockers.


No Weiser, no Eddie Fogler. 

By the dax logic, it is a huge stretch to think that Weiser could not have hired Huggins without Fogler.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 08:53:00 AM
Oh please ... Huggins wasn't going to go to USF or Marshall when a major conference job was available.

I still don't know how this got off tract.  No Huggins, No Nike Deal.   Great for Weiser for hiring Fogler who got Huggins to listen.

KSU tried and tried with Nike prior to Huggins, they weren't interested.

Again ... Nike Deal ... not the who hired who, who hired who, who got someone to listen.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 31, 2006, 08:55:55 AM
Agreed!

Any idea when the new uniforms for basketball will be released? I checked out catscloset.com and they haven't updated it with the new Nike items.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 09:13:26 AM
I don't know ... but I think there's a lot of people anxious to see what the new look is.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 09:15:33 AM
So what you just basically said Saul, that no other compotent AD could have hired Bob Huggins at KSU (no, not Max Urick), only Tim Weiser could have??

Okay ... a huge stretch, but okay.



Did Missouri hire him?  Case closed.  OK maybe they're not competent, but who's decision was it to hire him.  Weiser's.  Case closed.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: JavaCat on August 31, 2006, 09:16:19 AM
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No Huggins, No Nike.
No Weiser, No Huggins.
Therefore, No Weiser, No Nike.

Let's hope Prince succeeds because I think Weiser's job will ultimately depend on that hire. Bringing Huggins in was a no-brainer. Props to Weiser for making the move among some criticism, but I seriously doubt he would be the only AD to get Huggins. Honestly, wasn't most of the criticism from pissed off ku fans that know he won't be a pushover for them? The talking heads in college basketball seemed to believe Huggins was a good guy and great coach that deserved to be coaching. I see a few nobodies out there that throw crap at him. Those that know him seem to hold him in high regard. We do know that Prince came out of left field and there weren't many (any?) pounding on his door. That hire will ultimately define Weiser.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: JavaCat on August 31, 2006, 09:19:58 AM
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Did Missouri hire him?  Case closed.

No, they got one of the biggest young names in the coaching ranks. With the sh*t that Alden got into with Snyder you knew he wasn't going to go after a guy with some bad stigma hanging over his head.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 09:23:02 AM
So what you just basically said Saul, that no other compotent AD could have hired Bob Huggins at KSU (no, not Max Urick), only Tim Weiser could have??

Okay ... a huge stretch, but okay.



Did Missouri hire him?  Case closed.  OK maybe they're not competent, but who's decision was it to hire him.  Weiser's.  Case closed.

A Grasshopper is more compotent then Mike Alden.  Seriously ... they just fired Snyder, the board was after his a$$, do you think he hires Huggins in that situation when they're on probation??  As Java said .... they got one of the hottest names in coaching outside of Huggins.

Pluease.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 09:31:30 AM
OK, I guess we have now established that Weiser is, at least, competent.

Now would you say that Huggins was in high demand?
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 09:46:44 AM
It's not a matter of high demand, it's a matter of where the demand is coming from.  If Lon Kruger took the ASU job and UNLV wanted Huggins, you think he'd be in Manhattan, KS right now??



Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 09:59:06 AM
It's not a matter of high demand, it's a matter of where the demand is coming from.  If Lon Kruger took the ASU job and UNLV wanted Huggins, you think he'd be in Manhattan, KS right now??


I don't know, would he?  The point is, after analyzing the situation with Huggins, Weiser, and Weiser alone, made the decision to hire Bob Huggins helped convince Huggins that KSU was the place to be, and made the athletic department millions in the process.  KSU, on the other hand, is paying Bob Huggins around $1,000,000/year.  You are totally all wet here, Dax. 
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: fatty fat fat on August 31, 2006, 10:03:37 AM
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No Huggins, No Nike.
No Weiser, No Huggins.
Therefore, No Weiser, No Nike.

Let's hope Prince succeeds because I think Weiser's job will ultimately depend on that hire. Bringing Huggins in was a no-brainer. Props to Weiser for making the move among some criticism, but I seriously doubt he would be the only AD to get Huggins. Honestly, wasn't most of the criticism from pissed off ku fans that know he won't be a pushover for them? The talking heads in college basketball seemed to believe Huggins was a good guy and great coach that deserved to be coaching. I see a few nobodies out there that throw crap at him. Those that know him seem to hold him in high regard. We do know that Prince came out of left field and there weren't many (any?) pounding on his door. That hire will ultimately define Weiser.


A no-brainer?  Cmon...do you remember how many of us thought the Huggins to KSU scenario was a total pipedream?

Give TW credit. He pulled off something really special.

And you are right about the "talking heads," but before Huggs was hired his perception was still pretty bad. Once we hired him everyone was pretty cool with it.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 10:07:02 AM
It's quite clear that you're way behind the curve on this Scuba.

I guess you'll have your axe to grind, but I have praised the hiring of Huggins up one side and down the other.  But at that moment in time, KSU of all the schools could pay the most money and gave Huggins a job in a major conference.  No way Alden was going to hire Huggins, no way with the pressure he was under ... and everybody else in the race wasn't a major conference school.   So again, it's not the demand itself, it's from where the demand came from.

This thread was about the Nike deal though.

I give Weiser credit for hiring the guy ... but again, there wasn't a huge amount of competition either.  Timing worked out well for KSU.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: fatty fat fat on August 31, 2006, 10:12:34 AM
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I give Weiser credit for hiring the guy ... but again, there wasn't a huge amount of competition either.  Timing worked out well for KSU.

you don't know that.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 10:14:20 AM
Okay ... well, who were the other players then in the Huggins Lottery??
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 10:24:28 AM
Okay ... well, who were the other players then in the Huggins Lottery??

Well, there were a couple of jobs open.  Here you go.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9237160
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: JavaCat on August 31, 2006, 10:31:55 AM
From my point-of-view, it was a no-brainer. From most people's point-of-view, it was a no-brainer. I don't see the likelihood of it happening as being part of whether it should happen. Stacy Spiegelberg SHOULD be in love with me. However, the likelihood of that happening is a total pipedream.

I didn't see it as a tough decision. This program needed Huggins no matter what perception was out there. Gawd knows, Bill Snyder doesn't exactly have a great perception among a lot of people. Other than the drinking problem and different demeanor, Snyder's had to face a lot of the problems Huggins has as far as players go. I didn't see it as a big stretch to take on the criticism you'd face from hiring Huggins. So far, there's been very little criticism. Like I said, props to Weiser, but it was an easy hire. He took a HUGE chance on Prince. Will that pay off? We shall see. Let's hope so.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: JavaCat on August 31, 2006, 10:32:59 AM
Okay ... well, who were the other players then in the Huggins Lottery??

Well, there were a couple of jobs open.  Here you go.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9237160

And who went after him? I don't remember hearing a lot of names being thrown out that were wanting to hire Huggins.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 10:45:07 AM
Okay ... well, who were the other players then in the Huggins Lottery??

Well, there were a couple of jobs open.  Here you go.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9237160

And who went after him? I don't remember hearing a lot of names being thrown out that were wanting to hire Huggins.

Weiser fired Wooldridge the night he lost in the Big 12 tournament.  We were one of the first to be looking for a coach.  Obviously Iowa State and Missouri were looking at the same time as we were.  Either they didn't think it was a "no-brainer" or he wasn't interested.  Most of the other jobs opened later.   Huggins didn't have to come to KSU.  He could have waited it out.  What about Oklahoma, Indiana, Temple, Mississippi, NC State, Arizona State, Washington State or Seton Hall, heck he could have had the Nebraska job late. 

Weiser pulled the trigger early and got it done.  Dax won't admit it, but this hire has everything to do with Tim Weiser.  Heck, who knows Bob might drive home drunk from Aggieville some night this winter and then Tim's ass is on the line.  If it was a good thing to do to hire Bob Huggins, then Weiser gets the credit.  Along with that, the Nike deal goes in his pocket also.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: michigancat on August 31, 2006, 10:46:38 AM
Temple and Sunvold U. really scared me.
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 11:07:46 AM
Scuba ... you keep rehasing the same old thing, I've already praised Tim Weiser a long time ago for hiring Eddie Fogler so Eddie could broker the deal for KSU to hire Huggins.

You're axe is down to the nub at this juncture.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: ScubaSteve on August 31, 2006, 11:24:46 AM
Scuba ... you keep rehasing the same old thing, I've already praised Tim Weiser a long time ago for hiring Eddie Fogler so Eddie could broker the deal for KSU to hire Huggins.

You're axe is down to the nub at this juncture.



Oh I didn't see your post where you agree with me that Weiser gets credit where credit is due for hiring Huggins and landing the Nike contract.  I'm glad to see that you and I agree.  I guess you also agree that Huggins could have easily ended up with a job somewhere else.  I thought that was what we were talking about and not hiring Eddie Fogler.  I guess this conversation is over. 

I'm not ready to put Weiser in the hall of fame for hiring Prince, but if Prince succeeds, I might.  I also never thought that Huggins was even a possibility, nor did I think that we wanted him, but I have to say that I will go down on the boat with Weiser on that one.  I'm with him all the way.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on August 31, 2006, 11:46:33 AM
There's a scary thought.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on August 31, 2006, 01:19:02 PM
Scuba ... you keep rehasing the same old thing, I've already praised Tim Weiser a long time ago for hiring Eddie Fogler so Eddie could broker the deal for KSU to hire Huggins.

You're axe is down to the nub at this juncture.



Oh I didn't see your post where you agree with me that Weiser gets credit where credit is due for hiring Huggins and landing the Nike contract.  I'm glad to see that you and I agree.  I guess you also agree that Huggins could have easily ended up with a job somewhere else.  I thought that was what we were talking about and not hiring Eddie Fogler.  I guess this conversation is over. 

I'm not ready to put Weiser in the hall of fame for hiring Prince, but if Prince succeeds, I might.  I also never thought that Huggins was even a possibility, nor did I think that we wanted him, but I have to say that I will go down on the boat with Weiser on that one.  I'm with him all the way.



Like I keep saying, congrats to Weiser for hiring Fogler who hired Huggins.

Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: fatty fat fat on September 01, 2006, 12:13:49 AM
Christ. Weiser hire Bob F-ing huggins and is still given back-handed compliments.

:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Dax...thoughts?
Post by: sonofdaxjones on September 01, 2006, 05:51:26 AM
Horray Weiser!!