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How do you mess up that job? That's a top 5 AD job for sure and all you really have to do is stay out of the way at UT. It runs itself if you make solid coaching hires.

It depends. Often, the better coaches want more stuff pushed agenda wise. Saban pushes for things to get changed. Meyer pushed for the families to get way more money to attend playoff games and Gene Smith had to carry that torch to the NCAA or whoever. It's an easy job when your team is winning, but since a lot is cyclical, it's not always easy

I would actually think being the AD at a school like Iowa is much easier. If your football team is 8-4 and your basketball team is in the running for the tourney, you are having a great year

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Posted by SoDakHawk

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Posted on 9/15/15 at 10:40 am to Buckeye06

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I would actually think being the AD at a school like Iowa is much easier. If your football team is 8-4 and your basketball team is in the running for the tourney, you are having a great year

LOL, holy crap. Hawkeye fans want Gary Barta fired yesterday and that is about the exact position Iowa is in right now.

8-4 in football is not good enough at Iowa, whether you agree with that or not, it is not good enough. You can schedule yourself to 6 wins, going 2-4 in the toss-up games isn't getting it done. Programs like Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska over in the BT West expect to contend for the West division every year. Well, maybe I shouldn't throw Minnesota into the mix, they're just happy to get menitoned. And maybe not Nebraska either. That delusional fanbase believes they can still contend for National Titles every single year.

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