Wasn't there talk about Mack Brown taking over as AD?
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Texas being texas...
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Please let this happen. No way would he take them to the Pac12.
At a certain level, it's not the money to a booster. It's about being giving access and treated like a VIP. They don't want to be nickel and dimed on small things. i.e., don't charge them for admittance or drinks at a function & they'll make up for it with an extra $10k or more because they feel valued.
Yeah I get that. It just amazes me because if you are donating that amount of money to the AD you are obviously very passionate about it and to sit there and let the teams suffer because of egos is crazy.
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It may be easier for an AD to have 1 or 2 billionaires than a whole bunch of them.
Joe Jamail is the big cigar and king maker who some think was responsible for contributing to the Mac Brown country club culture that created the hole UT is trying to dig out of now. The field at DKRM bares his name.
I'm glad he's not a CU booster.
Then there's Red McCombs. What Red wants, Red gets. He famously said that the hire of Charlie Strong was a "kick in the face." His name is on the business school.
And Frank Denius has a knob to polish.
Oil Tycoon Tex Moncrief and the politicians in his family is no shrinking violet.
And Mike Myers, too.
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For those of you unfamiliar with Joe Jamail, here is a video of him deposing a witness. Joe is the particularly aggressive one. Enjoy.
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Oil Tycoon Tex Moncrief and the politicians in his family is no shrinking violet.
Damn, that dude looks ancient.
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I imagine the foundation people are like vultures wringing their hands and consulting actuarial tables for their big legacy pay days.
Outkick the Coverage is a pretty good site. Clay Travis trolls Bama fans on a regular basis and it's fun to follow on Twitter sometimes.
To quote Bret Bielema, that article was "borderline erotic".
aik
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It may be easier for an AD to have 1 or 2 billionaires than a whole bunch of them.
Joe Jamail is the big cigar and king maker who some think was responsible for contributing to the Mac Brown country club culture that created the hole UT is trying to dig out of now. The field at DKRM bares his name.
I'm glad he's not a CU booster.
Then there's Red McCombs. What Red wants, Red gets. He famously said that the hire of Charlie Strong was a "kick in the face." His name is on the business school.
And Frank Denius has a knob to polish.
Oil Tycoon Tex Moncrief and the politicians in his family is no shrinking violet.
And Mike Myers, too.
All of those guys have buildings or athletic venues on campus bearing their names. Those donations are huge business for them and with it comes egos the size of their checkbooks plus good ol' boy hubris. It's sickening but based on how they were able to grow the AD I'm also a little envious.
What Rick George has accomplished at CU is apples to oranges to what improvements Texas needs. They have the facilities already, save for the new basketball and tennis ones they'll need when the existing locations are razed for their med school construction. Texas' change needs to be a continued improvement of the personnel and the way they have been doing things within the AD for 30 years under DeLoss Dodds and his cronies. The trouble is that Patterson also needs to transform the culture without making too many enemies by coming in like he did and just making people uncomfortable and getting rid of them. A professional hardass CEO type who by all accounts made enemies in pro sports offices needs to change his demeanor when the college world requires so many private donations and those personalities need to be kept happy. I still think Oliver Luck would've understood what approach would be more appropriate and should have been the choice they closed on instead of Patterson. Now they are getting small victories like beer sales in the stadium but the bigger picture is that many powerful people are unhappy. The school's biggest asset is the one Patterson has failed to connect with.
He kinda looks like a vulture.