re: Congrats to Skip Bertman on A & M's Double National Title

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losing henry was just terrible

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strong words

it hasnt been that bad

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Just name anybody who you think would have done a better job at LSU.

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Wow! You have really missed the whole point of the thread.

No I'm not. People are burying Skip over a track coach while the football program and the entire athletic dept has reached heights not previously seen at LSU.

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Just name anybody who you think would have done a better job at LSU.

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i could name just about any other ad at a lot of schools


you arent getting it


im giving skip all the props in the world for his fundraising abilities. he could make taf incredible


but some of his ad decisions were not that great, considering he was appointed ad bc of his baseball success. the two do not equal

he didnt retain henry
he let brady stick around
he hired fricking smoke laval


thats just three bad moves

we keep playing shitty division 2 football opponents

there are other reasons

just bc teams are good doesnt mean the ad is the best on the planet

football at lsu should never suck. EVER

our basketball coach was a dickhead, and got by bc of the temples

dont get me started on fricking smoke laval

So nobody at Lsu could be found. I don't think Florida or other schools would let us steal their ad. Brady saved his job in 05 and 06. He was fired less than two years removed from the final four. Skip was not AD when Smoke was hired...and yes it does make a difference. We play in post season in nearly every sport. Also, we have upgraded our facilities in order to compete. HE's the best we have ever had at the post.

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Brady saved his job in 05 and 06.

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isnt it a problem when your coach is repeatedly having to save his job?

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Skip was not AD when Smoke was hired...and yes it does make a difference.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

ill stop responding to your posts

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Thank Skip's ego and penny pinching expertise for running off Pat Henry

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you lick Joe Dean's balls don't you

No, I did not miss the point of this freaking thread. You're putting down Skip as AD because he let Henry go. If you're such a rabid Henry supporter how many track and field events did you attend to show your support for the man and the team. BTW, did you go to Ryan airport to welcome the team back after they won their last NC. Better yet, did you ever attend LSU or contribute in any way to the success of the school. I do and I contribute regularly to the alumni foundation. Why bash Skip if your arse never attended a track meet? It does sound good about the number of NC's a school has in track but if the fan support isn't there then who really gives a frick? I went to LSU as an undergrad and as a grad in graduate school. I can honestly say that I never went to one track event and probably to three baseball games. I was a freshman in '68 and baseball was unheard of. I compare those days to the Skip era at LSU and all I can say is that LSU was as lucky as hell to get the services of Bertman both as a coach and as an AD. I'd rather have a winning program in sports that fans attend as opposed to a program that nobody gives a shite about. Again, if you cared, were you at Ryan field to welcome them back after their last NC? I know that I wasn't because I lived in Denham at the time and I didn't give a crap about the track team.

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isnt it a problem when your coach is repeatedly having to save his job?

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Brady situation was probably handled about right, it would've been difficult to fire him during the CT pipeline days unless he did something illegal or publicly embarrassed the program.

It's about legacy which has elements of arrogance to it. You ever notice how coaches who name their successors always fail. Think about that. It applies to all forms of life. And yes Skip is a little arrogant. You can do that if you are a winner.