Currie going to be any good?

[~WabashRoll~]

From the UT rivals board.


Firstly, John Currie is a genuine top bloke, who is extremly competitive and loves to win. His main responbility at Tennessee has been with basketball. While he wasnt responable for hiring Pearl, he played a large roll in getting the new practice facility and playing arena renovotions completed in no time.

He is also responsible for the increased exposure of Tennessee basketball - Easy with Bruce and even easier when your winning - but Currie knows how to market things - one of his real skills.

He is also very skilled in dealing with media, boosters, coaches and recruits. They have been several times he has saved Pearls bacon.

I think he will be a great AD for the 'Cats. Might take him a while to grow into the role and become comfortable, but he wont make any bad decesions.

[sys]

if that guy can predict as well as he can spell, we may well have just entered a new, wonderful, extremely attractive age of kansas statism.

[Pike]

Seems like a dece hire. I mean Tennessee has been way more successful than KSU in everything the past 10 years so I don't see how things could get worse with this d00d

[KINGKONG2233]

I never comment on here, but I have been a UT football fan for my whole life until this year.  If this man is anything like UT's current AD Mike Hamilton, then we are all in for a very rough ride.  I pray for all the EMAWers out there that this guy is the exact opposite. 

[Skydog]

I never comment on here, but I have been a UT football fan for my whole life until this year.  If this man is anything like UT's current AD Mike Hamilton, then we are all in for a very rough ride.  I pray for all the EMAWers out there that this guy is the exact opposite. 

Elaborate?

[KINGKONG2233]

I never comment on here, but I have been a UT football fan for my whole life until this year.  If this man is anything like UT's current AD Mike Hamilton, then we are all in for a very rough ride.  I pray for all the EMAWers out there that this guy is the exact opposite. 

Elaborate?

Mike Hamilton has fired the baseball, basketball, and football coach in his stay at UT.  The baseball coach was a solid coach with a winning past, but just a couple mediocre years did him in in Hamilton's eyes.  Obviously the bball program wasnt going anywhere, and they hired Pearl.  Pearl has been solid in the regular season, but he hasnt done jack crap in the NCAA's.  Everybody loves the hire and such in UT country, but what has he really down outside of dominating the SEC in some pathetically down years.  As for the football program, he went behind Fulmer's back on his word multiple times (not just this past year).  Fulmer didn't even feel like he could trust him to stand up for him.  Just several weeks before Fulmer was forced to resign, Hamilton gave him his word that he would at least finish the season without getting canned.  I know Fulmer had gotten stale, but the program was starting to turn with a stud defense, and was a qb and a couple recievers shy of being a 4 loss team last year.  Hamilton turned on Fulmer rather than keeping his word, and therefore I have no reason to trust him, especially with the desperate hire of Lane Kiffin.

I could go on a lot longer, but I will just get more pissed about Hamilton.  If this guy is not like Hamilton, then I am not worried.  If he is his best friend, I am scarred sh*tless.

[catzacker]

i'd like to have an AD who has the balls to fire a worn out old coach.  Fulmer isn't some f'ing angel; he fired a bunch of assistants to save his own ass.

[sys]

i'd like to have an AD who has the balls to fire a worn out old coach.  Fulmer isn't some f'ing angel; he fired a bunch of assistants to save his own ass.

yeah.  from kk2233's report it sounds like ksu should have targeted this hamilton dude.  it's floyd/wooldridge all over again.

[pissclams]

I never comment on here, but I have been a UT football fan for my whole life until this year.  If this man is anything like UT's current AD Mike Hamilton, then we are all in for a very rough ride.  I pray for all the EMAWers out there that this guy is the exact opposite. 

Elaborate?

Mike Hamilton has fired the baseball, basketball, and football coach in his stay at UT.  The baseball coach was a solid coach with a winning past, but just a couple mediocre years did him in in Hamilton's eyes.  Obviously the bball program wasnt going anywhere, and they hired Pearl.  Pearl has been solid in the regular season, but he hasnt done jack crap in the NCAA's.  Everybody loves the hire and such in UT country, but what has he really down outside of dominating the SEC in some pathetically down years.  As for the football program, he went behind Fulmer's back on his word multiple times (not just this past year).  Fulmer didn't even feel like he could trust him to stand up for him.  Just several weeks before Fulmer was forced to resign, Hamilton gave him his word that he would at least finish the season without getting canned.  I know Fulmer had gotten stale, but the program was starting to turn with a stud defense, and was a qb and a couple recievers shy of being a 4 loss team last year.  Hamilton turned on Fulmer rather than keeping his word, and therefore I have no reason to trust him, especially with the desperate hire of Lane Kiffin.

I could go on a lot longer, but I will just get more pissed about Hamilton.  If this guy is not like Hamilton, then I am not worried.  If he is his best friend, I am scarred sh*tless.

the general malaise of emaw'rs pretty much disproves your point.  comparing the pressures and expectations levied on the UT AD to just about anywhere is stupid.  
go somewhere else with your idiocy.  

[fatty fat fat]

http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-football/71711-john-currie-kansas-state.html'


hatvo96 is a ksufans.com member, fwiw.

[fatty fat fat]

and lol@u spinning pearle's job at tenn. he's done a great job at that sh*thole.

[sonofdaxjones]

Totally agree with Clams . . . UT ain't a place that puts up with mediocrity Bull$hit unlike the powertards who think that 1 men's conference title in 32 F King years is perfectly acceptable as long as everyone tries hard, and K-state goes to a few bowl games and makes the NCAA tourney once every 10 years.

[pissclams]

actually kind of excited to see the two new hires go to work.  also, we really need to credit Chris Merriewether w/ the hire

[fatty fat fat]

actually kind of excited to see the two new hires go to work.  also, we really need to credit Chris Merriewether w/ the hire

lmao. i was about to post the same bit about merriwether.   

[~WabashRoll~]

We can only hope that Currie embraces our old timey roll up the sleeves, we'll just outwork you because we can't outspend you, unique K-State cultural values.

Former AD Tim Weiser established quite the legacy in this department.  John's definitely got some big shoes to fill.

[fatty fat fat]

We can only hope that Currie embraces our old timey roll up the sleeves, we'll just outwork you because we can't outspend you, unique K-State cultural values.

Former AD Tim Weiser established quite the legacy in this department.  John's definitely got some big shoes to fill.

that theory is 100% correct. unfortunately, just because you work for kstate doesn't automatically make you a hard worker, despite how we get painted sometimes

[yoman]

We can only hope that Currie embraces our old timey roll up the sleeves, we'll just outwork you because we can't outspend you, unique K-State cultural values.

Former AD Tim Weiser established quite the legacy in this department.  John's definitely got some big shoes to fill.

best post in this thread by far

[MadCat]

actually kind of excited to see the two new hires go to work.

"What would you say you do here?"

[sonofdaxjones]

I just hope this new guy is like all former KSU AD's and doesn't capitalize on any of the good times to truly make a difference . . . instead just sit back and enjoy it and hope it happens again sometime in the next 10 years, you know, just party and put some billboards and stuff.

[CrimsonBlue]

This guy looks like a good hire.  Congrats.

[swish1]

and lol@u spinning pearle's job at tenn. he's done a great job at that sh*thole.

pearle is the perfect example in the argument between being a good in game coach or being a good recruiter.  he is a good recruiter but a poor in-game coach, see wsu vs ut in the ncaa tournament.

[fatty fat fat]

and lol@u spinning pearle's job at tenn. he's done a great job at that sh*thole.

pearle is the perfect example in the argument between being a good in game coach or being a good recruiter.  he is a good recruiter but a poor in-game coach, see wsu vs ut in the ncaa tournament.

lol. he's not an elite recruiter, and thus he doesn't get elite results. this isn't that hard.

[FelixRex]

Very undersized and Darren Sproles-like, IMO. Looks like he has good hips on film (<--verified by former HS football assistant coach)

What's his 40 and 100 time Rex??

I'll tell you, Dax, it doesn't matter. This is the kind of hard-working underappreciated, overlooked kid that really wants to be here and is willing to put in the time to do things the right way.

[~WabashRoll~]

Johnny C.

2nd in command and a 10 year veteran of one of the biggest athletic enterprises in college athletics......

Built the mens basketball program.  Ran the mens basketball program.  Increased the combined revenue of the men's and women's basketball programs to nearly the equivalent of what we fracking do in football. 

Took over fundraising.  Elevated fundraising from a $19.5 million annual amount in 2003 to a $40 million annual level at Tennessee in 2008.  That's fracking almost as high as K-State's total athletic budget.

Yeah.

Somethin' tells me the T-Dubb smallville attitude towards athletics is about to change.

[doom]

I think it's a good hire.  Seems leaps and bounds better than hiring some jackass from SDSU or any other guy from a mid-major just because he went here.  I like what he's done for basketball and fund raising. 

[KSUTOMMY]

Seems like a dece hire. I mean Tennessee has been way more successful than KSU in everything the past 10 years so I don't see how things could get worse with this d00d

Didnt something happen on Jan. 1, 2001 which sort of... blows your theory?



COTTON BOWL - Jan. 1, 2001 Kansas State 35 Tennessee 21

 

[FelixRex]

Seems leaps and bounds better than hiring some jackass from SDSU or any other guy from a mid-major just because he went here. 

this

I hate that mentality of "we need someone with K-State ties".

[powercat5000]

actually kind of excited to see the two new hires go to work.

"What would you say you do here?"

"So Mr. Currie, how much actual work would you say you do in a day?"

Good hire in my opinion.

[~WabashRoll~]

Minor detail, but I'm just assuming this guy already has his pilot's license.

 

[sonofdaxjones]

What's his stance on multi-week hunting and fishing trips??  Anybody know??