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  • #31
    Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

    Originally posted by claw View Post
    He did. He also never had to actually hire a coach. He deserves so much credit for what he did here, and the relationship he built with Jake to retain him. However, he never had to hire.

    It's also a terrible time to FUBAR this. Dannen was at a time we could take a chance. Things were okay athletically and poor financially. Needed someone to take chances to change that. At this point, the wrong hire could send us back much further than we were at that point.


    He hired 6 coaches

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    • #32
      Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

      Originally posted by rhoho View Post
      He hired 6 coaches
      there are two coaches that matter, he hired zero of them.

      Troy did the job he needed to do when he came here and he did it well. Its now time to bring in the rah rah guy to keep the train rolling. He already lives in Cedar Falls and is the only, hands down choice.

      AD Gearhart. I like the sound of it.
      Illinois State Fan at a St. Louis White Castle 3:45AM Saturday March 6th:

      "White Castle?" "more like Black Castle..."

      You stay classy Redbirds.

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      • #33
        Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

        Keeping Jake is vital to this. Figure out which Deputy he has the best relationship with and hire them.

        Losing Jake would be absolutely catastrophic for the athletic department.

        Gearhart, Schofield and Berger should be the only candidates and I'm a bit nervous that Ruud is talking about a national search. Those three bleed purple and that's what we need after Troy got the financial house in order.
        #MACtion

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        • #34
          Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

          did they have a "national search" for a basketball coach when McDermot left, or did they just promote Jake directly without looking at other candidates?

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          • #35
            Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

            Originally posted by vbfan19 View Post
            did they have a "national search" for a basketball coach when McDermot left, or did they just promote Jake directly without looking at other candidates?
            Jake was introduced the day after Mac was introduced in Ames. He accepted the job 15 minutes after Mac told Hatzell.
            #MACtion

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            • #36
              Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

              Originally posted by TravelingPanther View Post
              We used to be a whipping bag.
              When exactly was this?

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              • #37
                Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                Originally posted by Mudrafan View Post
                When exactly was this?
                The media guides with historical records are on unipanthers.com if you really want to know.
                Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762

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                • #38
                  Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                  Looks like Dannen is walking into a place that's been taken care of pretty good. They have a new practice facility, new football stadium, Dickson is going to stick around to finish up some fund-raising. The main thing Dannen has to do is hire a new head coach for Tulane.

                  Dannen will be introduced as the AD this Friday, but it says Dickson will step down as AD June 30, 2016.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                    Nice write-up in the Gazzette:

                    CEDAR FALLS — As the season of staffing changes hits its high point — namely for football — in college …
                    "Well, that escalated quickly."

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                    • #40
                      Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                      Originally posted by catsize View Post
                      He made the decision to dump Penrith and hire Schwab. A brilliant move.

                      Has also dealt with other sports (softball, tennis, soccer, track)

                      Let's not forget Swimming/Diving. He hired Coach Doug Humphrey who was a fantastic move. Coach Doug had been the assistant for something like 19 years at Nebraska and could have chosen lots of other schools for a head coach job.

                      And he has done a nice job of providing support for the non-revenue sports. We have seen it bounce back from the budgetary woes 4-5 years ago.

                      Dannen will be missed.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                        The old AD will be there until June, but Troy doesn't want to miss Mardi Gras, so he's going early.
                        GO PANTHERS!

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                        • #42
                          Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                          Tulane only has 8,000+ students. I would have guess it was bigger.


                          Cedar Falls to New Orleans culture shock for sure.

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                          • #43
                            Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                            Originally posted by run&blade View Post
                            Tulane only has 8,000+ students. I would have guess it was bigger.


                            Cedar Falls to New Orleans culture shock for sure.
                            13.5k with grad and professional students.

                            He will certainly eat well down there.
                            "Well, that escalated quickly."

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                            • #44
                              Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                              Besides the internal options (which I wouldn't have any issue with), who else out there has UNI ties? A short list that I can think of is Justin Sell at SDSU, Leon Costello (SDSU assistant AD, finalist at SIU), Mike Freeman (Butler), Julie Bright (Iowa State), Matt Lyons (Illinois State).
                              The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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                              • #45
                                Re: Troy Dannen to Tulane?

                                Originally posted by Panthers to the Bone View Post
                                Besides the internal options (which I wouldn't have any issue with), who else out there has UNI ties? A short list that I can think of is Justin Sell at SDSU, Leon Costello (SDSU assistant AD, finalist at SIU), Mike Freeman (Butler), Julie Bright (Iowa State), Matt Lyons (Illinois State).
                                Leon presided over the golden years of athletics marketing, IMO. That could be an attractive quality right now.

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