I'm trying to better understand the exact skill set needed to be a good AD. I'm having trouble. Connections certainly help. Was that Currie's problem (in addition to serving a shitty set of fans and alums)?
Currie already knew everyone at UT.
I'm trying to better understand the exact skill set needed to be a good AD. I'm having trouble. Connections certainly help. Was that Currie's problem (in addition to serving a shitty set of fans and alums)?
Currie already knew everyone at UT.
Whoa, Currie was there when I was and had the same major and minor. I suspect we had some classes together. Looking at the old yearbooks, he looks kind of familiar, but in the way that every white guy at Wake looks familiar. He was apparently a DKE, and I didn't get out to their house much, particularly after my freshman year.
I'm not sure either siff, but Wellman's been at WF over 20 years. I assume that's a lot longer than most by a long shot. Wouldn't surprise me if he gained some additional responsibilities after being here for so long.
A lot has been done to add/improve facilities since the turn of the millennium. Field turf, Deacon tower, video board, Joel, indoor practice facility, tennis complex, golf complex, other practice facilities, weight rooms, locker rooms, etc. BOT, president and Wellman seem to be the people that worked together on the big decisions there. I have no idea if that's exactly how it happened, but it makes the most sense.
I’m going for Mike Buddie when Wellman goes. Currie screwed up in about 10 different ways over the past 2 weeks. I hope he gets his $5 million buyout though and a job at another school.
I’ve been all in on Buddie for a while now. He would be great for us. Played pro sports, great with fundraising, humble and relatable dude. Also, who are we kidding? That dude is man pretty.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Wake Forest needs an AD with more testicles than Ron Wellman, not less.
I think Wake can do a little better than someone with a couple of years at Furman.
If he wasn’t a Wake guy would he even be on your radar screen?
Currie is 10x more qualified that Buddie at this point. If picking between the two, it’s not even close.
Mike Buddie. He had a pretty significant role in hiring Clawson before he left for the Furman job. He would be an outstanding AD at Wake.
Years on the job isn't the only qualification.
Yes, he already knew everyone at UT having already been there as an Assoc Ad the years before going to K State. What he ran into was a political buzzsaw trying to submarine his every move--Phil Fulmer wanted to be the AD 8 months ago and the Haslam's, who own the Cleveland Browns, wanted to be involved in every decision of hiring the UT football coach. None of that co-existed so Haslam apparently started problems and got people to start the social media fire storms on Monday. After that it was nobody Currie could get that was going to be good enough. Then what I heard happened last night was that he went underground and went after Mike Leach and that is exactly who both Fulmer & Haslam wanted--so to win the battle, Currie was shown the door this morning.
We shall see if Fulmer now is named the AD & they get Leach or go after Sumlin?
I think Wake can do a little better than someone with a couple of years at Furman.
If he wasn’t a Wake guy would he even be on your radar screen?
Currie is 10x more qualified that Buddie at this point. If picking between the two, it’s not even close.
I think Wake can do a little better than someone with a couple of years at Furman.
If he wasn’t a Wake guy would he even be on your radar screen?
Currie is 10x more qualified that Buddie at this point. If picking between the two, it’s not even close.