monsterbear61 said:
Read this… looks like McNamee and Yormark will be on the same page.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/field-and-stream-tv-morgan-wallen-eric-church-streaming-1236575438/ - Field
marigold23 said:
I mean I think this is the job he wants. This is what he went to school for and spent the first decade of his professional career preparing for.
Robert Wilson said:marigold23 said:
I mean I think this is the job he wants. This is what he went to school for and spent the first decade of his professional career preparing for.
That's reasonable. Jobs like this don't come along often, so he might feel if there's a window of opportunity he needs to jump through it.
I'd just think the F&S thing, especially with the new channel launch, etc., gives you the opportunity to hit a pretty big lick.
dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
Unless the window is on the 22nd floor.....Robert Wilson said:marigold23 said:
I mean I think this is the job he wants. This is what he went to school for and spent the first decade of his professional career preparing for.
That's reasonable. Jobs like this don't come along often, so he might feel if there's a window of opportunity he needs to jump through it.
I'd just think the F&S thing, especially with the new channel launch, etc., gives you the opportunity to hit a pretty big lick.
Robert Wilson said:
Why is he not continuing the field and stream thing? (I actually think that looks cool. I'm probably their target demo.)
I would think something like that would still require all of his time to be done well, but maybe not. Is he walking away from it?
bear2be2 said:dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
Pretty much.
Honestly, I don't care who our AD is as long as they hire good coaches, raise lots of money and don't create embarrassing headlines for Baylor University.
This still looks like a weak, Baylor hire to me, but I'll give Doug a fair chance to prove he can (or can't) do those things above before I judge it any more harshly than I already have.
PartyBear said:bear2be2 said:dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
Pretty much.
Honestly, I don't care who our AD is as long as they hire good coaches, raise lots of money and don't create embarrassing headlines for Baylor University.
This still looks like a weak, Baylor hire to me, but I'll give Doug a fair chance to prove he can (or can't) do those things above before I judge it any more harshly than I already have.
Well if he is a BMD donation magnet as billed. Significantly larger sums of money should be flowing into the NIL box than in the past by the holidays and the next portal signing period. That is the kind of thing that will be proven or exposed quickly . I think this hire can literally start being judged by the spring. It will either show Linda as a savant for athletics or a disaster. For me I'm done with the benefit of the doubt stuff.
PartyBear said:
Well his own people spinnin for him here are claiming he is the BMDs guy. They love him etc. if true sounds like things are mended with them by naming their guy. The results need to show up quickly -and if the claims are true they will.
PartyBear said:
I agree. I bet, it's just my gut feeling, threshold for success next season to get another year is lower now than had we hired an AD, which would take a couple of months. I remember saying making a quick AD call is not going to play out the way posters here thought.
Timbear said:
Doug's problem is the one that LL won't let him fix. The Frowning Man.
MIABear said:
I knew Doug in college at Baylor. No way is this a Tom Stanton redux hire. Doug is a very, very savvy guy, especially when it comes to athletics. He's been involved with BU athletics since college. He knows our fan base very well, he knows the alumni association and donors, and he's a very tough, no nonsense kind of guy. He also has a lot of great executive experience with Magnolia. While it's an unorthodox hire, I think he'll be solid.
Robert Wilson said:
Why is he not continuing the field and stream thing? (I actually think that looks cool. I'm probably their target demo.)
I would think something like that would still require all of his time to be done well, but maybe not. Is he walking away from it?
blackie said:
It may also be that the money needed to bring in players in this portal window would be coming from money Baylor doesn't have to pay for Aranda's buyout at this time, which would offset somewhat having to get new donor money within a matter of weeks.
I'll keep an open mind. Doesn't matter anyway. I can't do anything about it one way or another.
I hate to say it and no one here wants to hear it, but I still don't think there is a zero chance that Aranda will be coaching here in 2027, depending on how things go next season and what the BMDs tell the new AD. It would be nice to know the conversations at those levels, but we are not going to hear them......and I wouldn't trust anything I hear on this board. All we have been told is that the new AD will review, assess and make decisions on the football program moving forward.
dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
drahthaar said:dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
A Stanton redux will require an admin and BOR interfering with his work decisions.
william said:
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anyone??
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PA.
- uncle fred
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Robert Wilson said:drahthaar said:dstaylor57 said:
It's either a home run or a Tom Stanton redux
A Stanton redux will require an admin and BOR interfering with his work decisions.
To be fair, they did that with Ian, too.
