Hearing that Zac Selmon is a done deal for AD…
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Nice. Welcome Zac. Now if we can only find an OC named Zac, Zach, Zack we will be ready to go.
I'll have to trust the SPS experts to tell me if this is good. He obviously didn't want to come to the SEC with that embarrasing team!
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He's been my # 1 choice / hope from the get go. His work history and fund raising results are awesome and he seems like a fine young man with high energy. I hate forced diversity (affirm action) but I Love diversity when it's earned.
He's definitely got a good-looking resume and good genes. I like this hire.
Based on his OU lineage, only negative I can see is he might not take our need to have correct maroon on our uniforms and apparel. If it shifts more crimson, I'm going to start a petition to fire him.***
Fundraising will get much better- - Staff Directory - University of Oklahoma
This hire does not give me the warm fuzzies. Hope he proves me wrong.- - Staff Directory - University of Oklahoma
I’m not sure. But I have heard his first plan of action is to address the soft pretzels
The only bottom line diversity I care about with this hire that he clearly checks the box for is "not previously affiliated with Mississippi State University Athletics."
What do you not like about it? Not bashing, just curious.
Terrible hire. No AD experience and no ties at all to Mississippi or MSU at all. Will bolt if another opportunity opens.
and having ties to MSU and Mississippi will make someone not bolt if another opportunity opens?
Are you trolling or do you really have that short of a memory?
I was hoping we would hire a former player and/or coach who would be loyal and stay here forever. Oh well.
Just because someone has a different opinion than you doesn't make it trolling.
If the options are a guy with massive OU ties, no AD experience or a guy that understands what it takes to be successful at MSU, has AD experience and has wanted the job for some time now, give me the guy with MSU ties.
Totally agree. We need new blood in the AD's office.
kind of like the last two then on MSU ties...oh wait...
Our last 2 AD's were graduates. One's father in law is our all time greatest basketball player. Another played baseball at Mississippi State and we gifted him the job with no prior experience.
I'm not sure getting MSU guys is a good strategy either. I hope he does a good enough job that Oklahoma wants him back.
The last two guys WENT TO SCHOOL HERE and they both bolted. Wtf are you talking about
Imagine he and Keenum have been crossing paths often over the last four or five years. Feels like this might be a big time step up for us and for him. Wish him much success.
Never even gave Lemonis a shot!***
Probably nothing I can articulate. Just some combination of liking other candidates better and his youth/inexperience. Obviously his resume is impressive and we’d be lucky to have him in a different role. But in the big chair, I don’t know why you wouldn’t hire one of the candidates who has run an athletic department before, like Benko or Brian White (who supposedly the search firm/committee preferred).
I’m not saying we should have made a “safe” hire or someone with ties to MSU, but this just feels waaaay out of left field.
Glad to hear Deep has returned.
What I would like to see is that diversity or color wasn’t mentioned. If it is Selmon, he is coming from a premier program and he brings good ideas and a strong work ethic. His family is legendary in Oklahoma for their excellent character. That’s what is important. Hail State!
I wanna a total reprint of the maroon is all that matters shirts immediately and in every interview I wanna hear someone say that maroon is the only color that matters at least once
And that stopped Cohen and Stricklin? That’s a terrible take.
No ties to MSU means we might take advantage of his experience at Oklahoma and learn few new tricks. Being a homer dne being a good hire.
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Dawgstudent- the last 3 hires where individuals that this was their first full AD gig. That is why I think they all bolted like they did. They all wanted to get to a place it was easier to attract coaches / etc. I hope this guy is great - but he fits the same mold. My thinking on any of they candidates who had been an AD was they would be less likely to bolt. The MSU ties on top of that was just a plus. Obviously the desire to move on to a “bigger” job didn’t matter for the Cheerleader or IB!
The best recent AD we’ve had, the Ninja had no MSU ties. Personally I don’t find that a necessity.
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