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Title: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Ron Brand on September 30, 2013, 03:56:34 pm
Reported by the Statesman that he'll provide more info on it tomorrow (http://www.statesman.com/weblogs/bohl-games/2013/sep/30/sources-dodds-stepping-down/).
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Waldo on September 30, 2013, 10:05:31 pm
That about seals it up - Mack ain't going anywhere until after 2014.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Nate Colbert on September 30, 2013, 10:14:46 pm
That about seals it up - Mack ain't going anywhere until after 2014.

I get why you'd say that because he's the enabler, but does a lame duck Dodds count for much if boosters decide they want Brown out at year-end?
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Ron Brand on September 30, 2013, 10:29:19 pm
I get why you'd say that because he's the enabler, but does a lame duck Dodds count for much if boosters decide they want Brown out at year-end?

No. It doesn't matter though, because Brown is gone after this season.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Duke on October 01, 2013, 07:45:26 am
No. It doesn't matter though, because Brown is gone after this season.

Let's see what happens in Dallas on 10/12.  If they get embarrased again then I agree.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: NeilT on October 01, 2013, 08:00:14 am
Let's see what happens in Dallas on 10/12.  When If they get embarrased again then I agree.

That's better.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 01, 2013, 08:43:54 am
That about seals it up - Mack ain't going anywhere until after 2014.

Wrong-o, Waldo.  New AD in place by December = Mack gone in January.

My best case scenario right now is a win over OU, followed by Mack announcing his retirement, effective after the bowl game.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 01, 2013, 08:44:19 am
I get why you'd say that because he's the enabler, but does a lame duck Dodds count for much if boosters decide they want Brown out at year-end?

Dodds will be in a "consulting" role.  Luck will be here by December.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: NeilT on October 01, 2013, 09:21:24 am
Dodds will be in a "consulting" role.  Luck will be here by December.

You think Luck will leave West Virginia?  That was his alma mater.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 01, 2013, 09:25:17 am
You think Luck will leave West Virginia?  That was his alma mater.

He went to UT Law, he loves living in Texas, and we pay a whole lot more.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Waldo on October 01, 2013, 12:35:36 pm
Wrong-o, Waldo.  New AD in place by December = Mack gone in January.

My best case scenario right now is a win over OU, followed by Mack announcing his retirement, effective after the bowl game.

Didn't see the part about having a replacement by December.  Here's hoping. (http://uncoolghoul.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/i_want_to_believe.jpg)
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: NeilT on October 01, 2013, 12:42:35 pm
Here's gossip from Texas Monthly:  http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/10-people-who-could-be-next-university-texas-athletic-director
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 01, 2013, 12:54:54 pm
Here's gossip from Texas Monthly:  http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/10-people-who-could-be-next-university-texas-athletic-director


So, a "10 people" article that only has 5 real candidates on it?
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JimR on October 01, 2013, 12:55:51 pm
anyone here who badmouths Dodds needs to move over to Orangebloods.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: NeilT on October 01, 2013, 12:56:09 pm
So, a "10 people" article that only has 5 real candidates on it?

I thought it only had one.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 01, 2013, 12:58:48 pm
anyone here who badmouths Dodds needs to move over to Orangebloods.

Both he and Mack did wonderful things for the University and should be remembered that way, not for what has happened in the last year or two.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JackAstro on October 01, 2013, 03:10:09 pm
Both he and Mack did wonderful things for the University and should be remembered that way, not for what has happened in the last year or two.

Agreed.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Lefty on October 01, 2013, 09:25:49 pm
anyone here who badmouths Dodds needs to move over to Orangebloods.

Even Babe Ruth needed to retire.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Phil_in_CS on October 02, 2013, 03:30:56 pm
anyone here who badmouths Dodds needs to move over to Orangebloods.

I can't see how anyone paying attention over the last thirty years could bad mouth him.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Duke on October 03, 2013, 07:38:15 am
We always got a chance to chat with him and Dr. Powers before home basketball games.  I'll miss that.  He's a very nice guy.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 03, 2013, 08:27:53 am
I can't see how anyone paying attention over the last thirty years could bad mouth him.

Because most people don't have the attention span of 30 days, much less 30 years.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: BizidyDizidy on October 28, 2013, 05:55:14 pm
Supposedly it's Luck

http://college-football.si.com/2013/10/28/oliver-luck-expected-texas-athletic-director/?sct=hp_t2_a14&eref=sihp
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Nate Colbert on October 28, 2013, 07:40:21 pm
Supposedly it's Luck

http://college-football.si.com/2013/10/28/oliver-luck-expected-texas-athletic-director/?sct=hp_t2_a14&eref=sihp

So it's Luck even though the advisory committee has yet to interview anyone?

Oh, gotcha...rubber stamp.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JimR on October 29, 2013, 09:43:43 am
So it's Luck even though the advisory committee has yet to interview anyone?

Oh, gotcha...rubber stamp.

lots of contacts have been made with prospective candidates. the President hires.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on October 29, 2013, 09:54:37 am
the President hires.

And, thankfully, tells the Governor where to shove his agenda.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: jbm on November 05, 2013, 03:29:40 pm
Chronicle says it will be Steve Patterson

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/11/reports-texas-hires-steve-patterson-as-athletic-director/#15450101=0 (http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/11/reports-texas-hires-steve-patterson-as-athletic-director/#15450101=0)
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: juliogotay on November 05, 2013, 05:23:44 pm
Chronicle says it will be Steve Patterson

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/11/reports-texas-hires-steve-patterson-as-athletic-director/#15450101=0 (http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/11/reports-texas-hires-steve-patterson-as-athletic-director/#15450101=0)

That is a very interesting turn-of-events.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: austro on November 05, 2013, 08:20:53 pm
That is a very interesting turn-of-events.

My wife's reaction was "that's too bad". That confused me, so I asked why. Because he hired Todd Graham, she said, and that's a red flag. And she's got a point.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: juliogotay on November 05, 2013, 08:50:35 pm
My wife's reaction was "that's too bad". That confused me, so I asked why. Because he hired Todd Graham, she said, and that's a red flag. And she's got a point.

Yes, I thought that myself. He also hasn't stayed anywhere very long.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Waldo on November 05, 2013, 09:22:55 pm
My wife's reaction was "that's too bad". That confused me, so I asked why. Because he hired Todd Graham, she said, and that's a red flag. And she's got a point.

Patterson was the athletic department COO at the time, and the Graham hire didn't exactly happen under the best circumstances.  From a poster on Shaggy:

Quote
[Lisa Love, AD at the time] was in trouble because of the football team sucking, but they weren't planning on firing her (or else they'd have never let her hire the most important employee on her way out in the first place) until they saw how poorly it went. ASU went after Sumlin, aTm got him. And then... Nothing. Love didn't have a plan B, which lead to them accepting help from Eastman & Beaudine. Beaudine, coincidentally, had given ASU a few bucks but is an SMU alum. Love fell for it hook line and sinker and was about to hire June Jones and his buyout from SMU, clearing them up to take another shot at a splash hire and letting them get rid of all the June Jones baggage.

Love then had a mutiny from the boosters and basically lost control of the athletic department. The University President stepped in, Patterson became more involved and the search moved on, but the June Jones thing was the incident that lead to Love being fired later in 2011.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on November 06, 2013, 08:21:42 am
Yes, I thought that myself. He also hasn't stayed anywhere very long.

Lots of coaches move.  None do it with as much obvious disdain for social norms or general manners as Todd Graham.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JimR on November 07, 2013, 09:01:21 am
by all accounts, Patterson blew the interview committee away. I would have been ok with Luck, but I like this hire.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on November 07, 2013, 09:05:37 am
by all accounts, Patterson blew the interview committee away. I would have been ok with Luck, but I like this hire.

There is also a rumor that Luck refused to be a "hatchet man", at least where Brown was concerned.

Patterson told ASU that he turned us down 5 times before accepting.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: jbm on November 07, 2013, 09:14:15 am
Hatchet man? Others might call that "doing your job."
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: Randy Watson on November 07, 2013, 09:39:33 am
by all accounts, Patterson blew the interview committee away. I would have been ok with Luck, but I like this hire.

Me too.  I was going to be happy with either.

Want to see him hire a good basketball coach (I personally believe Augie, with his skins on the wall and the recruiting class he just brought in, deserves more time).

Hopefully, Patterson can get the LHN on one of the satellite providers soon.  There have been rumors about Dish.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on November 07, 2013, 10:34:01 am
Hatchet man? Others might call that "doing your job."

I can see it both ways.  One could argue the point of "Why should I have to clean up the shit you left on your desk for 4 years?"
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JimR on November 07, 2013, 10:41:12 am
There is also a rumor that Luck refused to be a "hatchet man", at least where Brown was concerned.

Patterson told ASU that he turned us down 5 times before accepting.

I absolutely do not believe the last sentence.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: JimR on November 07, 2013, 10:41:47 am
I can see it both ways.  One could argue the point of "Why should I have to clean up the shit you left on your desk for 4 years?"

I do not see it that way at all.
Title: Re: Dodds stepping down
Post by: MusicMan on November 07, 2013, 10:52:46 am
I do not see it that way at all.

Is that my personal view of it? No.
Do I understand how someone would feel that way? Yes.