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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #150 on: March 01, 2017, 04:24:48 PM »
http://gridironnow.com/inside-story-tennessee-hiring-john-currie/

That lazy writer said Bill hated John for the Auburn game...a home game John didn't schedule, which was a return game for an away game neither John nor Bill had any part of.

If he said Bill was mad about Stanford, sure, but that lazy writer just remembered we played Auburn and assumed that was one of the top two reasons Bill hated John and wrote it down.
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« Reply #151 on: March 01, 2017, 04:27:35 PM »
looks like the president only wanted someone with previous p5 AD experience. hahahahahaha.


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« Reply #152 on: March 01, 2017, 04:30:25 PM »
looks like the president only wanted someone with previous p5 AD experience. hahahahahaha.



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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #153 on: March 01, 2017, 04:50:49 PM »
If you have to urge your fans to "give him a chance," you might have mumped up.

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« Reply #154 on: March 01, 2017, 04:55:51 PM »
If you have to urge your fans to "give him a chance," you might have mumped up.
For having known about Dave Hart's retirement since August, that 'give him a chance' statement is a major indictment of our administrative incompetence.

So you say y'all might be interested in Fulmer .... have we got a deal for you

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« Reply #155 on: March 01, 2017, 04:56:23 PM »
If you have to urge your fans to "give him a chance," you might have mumped up.
For having known about Dave Hart's retirement since August (former AD), that 'give him a chance' statement is a major indictment of our administrative incompetence.

So you say y'all might be interested in Fulmer .... have we got a deal for you

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #156 on: March 01, 2017, 05:04:15 PM »
Have you tennessee people even broken a sink yet?

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« Reply #157 on: March 01, 2017, 05:10:06 PM »
Have you tennessee people even broken a sink yet?
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« Reply #158 on: March 01, 2017, 05:13:06 PM »
All I know is that Fulmer shouldn't have his national title.

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #159 on: March 01, 2017, 05:44:36 PM »
All I know is that Fulmer shouldn't have his national title.

Agree, T Martini was a poor mans Michael Bishop.

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« Reply #160 on: March 01, 2017, 06:04:20 PM »
All I know is that Fulmer shouldn't have his national title.
Always a favorite message board question. Would you rather have lost the 98 NC so that Fulmer would have been fired earlier? Fulmer's lame duck years started the dominoes that have fallen the last 10 years for us.

I was still in school and remember watching the BCS ratings toward the end of the 98 season. I remember UCLA and KSU stumbling (had to look up the details), enabling UT to go ahead in the BCS rankings. UT very nearly lost to Arkansas (Clint Stoerner fumble) and also to Miss St in the SEC championship game. We got a lot of good bounces that year.

It is ironic that Tee won the NC and not Peyton. Fulmer had the good fortune of getting Manning in 94, having a great sidekick in David Cutcliffe (OC), and having Rodney Garner as a recruiter. Without those pieces, Fulmer would have been just another coach.
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« Reply #161 on: March 01, 2017, 06:06:50 PM »
We messed up Bill's best chance at a NC so bad that year. Still hurts.

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #162 on: March 01, 2017, 07:18:38 PM »
My thoughts on John Currie:

His Supporters usually point to facility upgrades, fundraising and financial improvements as proof that he is a good AD.

I would point out that while the K-State Athletic Department had issues before John arrived, the Athletic Department had very little debt, had Coach Snyder and Frank Martin.

With the growth in Conference TV revenue we quickly improved the budget and added a bunch of debt to build our Football Stadium upgrades.  We had Football, Baseball and Basketball all win Conference Titles in the same year and that helped spur donor support.

I have heard that the Coaches and Currie were not getting along for years. For a while I was neutral on who was to blame but after seeing Currie handle other more public issues, I believe Currie is to blame.

Those other issues include:

1. Starship Enterprise incident, where Currie suspended our Band Director from going to Lawrence because some fans have a dirty mind. 
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/kansas-state-apologizes-suspends-directer-of-bands-offensive-nsfw-halftime-show

2.  The Jamar Samuels western union suspension. (As described in previous posts).

3. The hiring of oscar Weber

4.  Not firing oscar Weber/ hiring Brad Underwood last year.

5.  The Leti Romero incident.
http://www.bringonthecats.com/2014/4/18/5629044/k-state-wbb-leti-romeros-transfer-appeal-denied


He handles issues poorly.
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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #163 on: March 01, 2017, 08:43:57 PM »

apparently two of the more hard to get along with coaches in their respective sports didn't get along with john currie (this is based upon second hand information). see the note about bill and john not saying hi to each other at church, for example.

as far as getting along with fans goes, people here hate him because frank martin left k-state, but 99% of our fan base hasn't thought twice about whether or not john currie is personable and don't care anything about the subject.  he was so unpersonable that they continued to throw money at him and the department

Quote from:  Jimmy Hyams

Currie had a tenuous relationship with some UT coaches and boosters when he was an assistant athletic director at Tennessee.

John Currie just has the worst luck.  Coaches that are hard to get along with are everywhere he goes.

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #164 on: March 01, 2017, 10:23:08 PM »
I don't normally listen to the GPC podcast, but I did last night. Fitz made the point that if Currie has something against you, he will basically make up a rule to prevent you from doing certain things. He pointed out that GPC used to be a pregame sponsor for football with a segment and that Fitz used to be the color commentator back up for basketball. A couple of years ago, Currie came to him with a rule that said because of his status as a media member and being part of rivals, he was not able to work for athletics any longer or be a sponsor. However, Fitz then pointed out many rivals colleagues that work for athletics at their institutions, including a guy at Texas Tech and the guy at Tennessee.

Granted, I get that some of that is Fitz being ticked at Currie, but when he pointed out others that do the exact same thing with no problems that Currie made up rules to prevent him from doing, he made his point IMO.

How do I listen to that?
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« Reply #165 on: March 01, 2017, 11:03:40 PM »
I don't normally listen to the GPC podcast, but I did last night. Fitz made the point that if Currie has something against you, he will basically make up a rule to prevent you from doing certain things. He pointed out that GPC used to be a pregame sponsor for football with a segment and that Fitz used to be the color commentator back up for basketball. A couple of years ago, Currie came to him with a rule that said because of his status as a media member and being part of rivals, he was not able to work for athletics any longer or be a sponsor. However, Fitz then pointed out many rivals colleagues that work for athletics at their institutions, including a guy at Texas Tech and the guy at Tennessee.

Granted, I get that some of that is Fitz being ticked at Currie, but when he pointed out others that do the exact same thing with no problems that Currie made up rules to prevent him from doing, he made his point IMO.

How do I listen to that?

Kansas State athletics director John Currie announces he's leaving for Tennessee in the morning and the Powercat Podcast records in the afternoon. Add in the fragile status of K-State basketball coach oscar Weber and you've got the makings of a great episode from Tim Fitzgerald, Marcus Watts and Riley Gates. Stir in a little Fridge Wholesale Liquor, and you've got some magic.

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #166 on: March 01, 2017, 11:30:26 PM »
T-y

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #167 on: March 01, 2017, 11:42:06 PM »
Other highlights included him saying he was first to confirm currie gone but forgot to say it, and that there still was that segment unfair to oscar from the start but they were right.

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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #168 on: March 02, 2017, 08:13:41 AM »

apparently two of the more hard to get along with coaches in their respective sports didn't get along with john currie (this is based upon second hand information). see the note about bill and john not saying hi to each other at church, for example.

as far as getting along with fans goes, people here hate him because frank martin left k-state, but 99% of our fan base hasn't thought twice about whether or not john currie is personable and don't care anything about the subject.  he was so unpersonable that they continued to throw money at him and the department

Quote from:  Jimmy Hyams

Currie had a tenuous relationship with some UT coaches and boosters when he was an assistant athletic director at Tennessee.

John Currie just has the worst luck.  Coaches that are hard to get along with are everywhere he goes.

coaches are hard to get along with, you are correct
the majority of them are controlling, power hungry, assholes


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« Reply #169 on: March 02, 2017, 10:17:05 AM »
KMAN said that Currie may have been in Gen Myers bomb sights because Currie wanting to leave was becoming a distraction.   They also said that Currie was regularly stirring up crap directly with student athletes ala many Jamar's, and that Currie is the sole reason Foster isn't at Kstate. 


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« Reply #170 on: March 02, 2017, 10:19:58 AM »

apparently two of the more hard to get along with coaches in their respective sports didn't get along with john currie (this is based upon second hand information). see the note about bill and john not saying hi to each other at church, for example.

as far as getting along with fans goes, people here hate him because frank martin left k-state, but 99% of our fan base hasn't thought twice about whether or not john currie is personable and don't care anything about the subject.  he was so unpersonable that they continued to throw money at him and the department

Quote from:  Jimmy Hyams

Currie had a tenuous relationship with some UT coaches and boosters when he was an assistant athletic director at Tennessee.

John Currie just has the worst luck.  Coaches that are hard to get along with are everywhere he goes.

coaches are hard to get along with, you are correct
the majority of them are controlling, power hungry, assholes

Hey scared of change 'clams.  It's an AD's rough ridin' job to know how to deal with coaches, and not create a constant shitty environment     


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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #171 on: March 02, 2017, 10:23:10 AM »
KMAN said that Currie may have been in Gen Myers bomb sights because Currie wanting to leave was becoming a distraction.   They also said that Currie was regularly stirring up crap directly with student athletes ala many Jamar's, and that Currie is the sole reason Foster isn't at Kstate. 


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I'm not sure I can believe that part about Foster.  oscar seemed really happy to toss him under the bus, back over him, and drive off.
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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #172 on: March 02, 2017, 10:24:09 AM »
KMAN said that Currie may have been in Gen Myers bomb sights because Currie wanting to leave was becoming a distraction.   They also said that Currie was regularly stirring up crap directly with student athletes ala many Jamar's, and that Currie is the sole reason Foster isn't at Kstate. 


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I'm not sure I can believe that part about Foster.  oscar seemed really happy to toss him under the bus, back over him, and drive off.

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« Reply #173 on: March 02, 2017, 10:26:01 AM »
It's an AD's rough ridin' job to know how to deal with coaches, and not create a constant shitty environment     


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Re: Can Vol fans get a wiki on why Currie is a horrible hire at Tennessee?
« Reply #174 on: March 02, 2017, 10:29:50 AM »
Other highlights included him saying he was first to confirm currie gone but forgot to say it

Really? at least hes consistent I guess