Cargo Cult Athletic Directors

[Dann]

This board is full of Cargo Cult wannbe ADs who think the problems of UCONN can be solved by different answers to radio interviews or billboards or how we handle an out of season luncheon.

What made Michigan, ND, Alabama, TX etc was winning. At the highest level. For decades.

UofL showed a commitment to winning by overpaying Strong. That is a real commitment to winning. They gave Krags 3 years and only fired him after he could win only 2 BE games in the final two years.

Entertaining press conferences don't equal winning. Just look at the coaches in New England and the Jets.

HFD, ZLS and ZooWhiner all committed members of the Cargo Cult concept.

If you aren't familiar, Cargo Cults refer to the post WWII cults that sprung up in in the south pacific.

"After World War II anthropologists discovered that an unusual religion had developed among the islanders of the South Pacific. It was oriented around the concept of cargo which the islanders perceived as the source of the wealth and power of the Europeans and Americans. This religion, known as the Cargo Cult, held that if the proper ceremonies were performed shipments of riches would be sent from some heavenly place. It was all very logical to the islanders. The islanders saw that they worked hard but were poor whereas the Europeans and Americans did not work but instead wrote things down on paper and in due time a shipment of wonderful things would arrive.
The Cargo Cult members built replicas of airports and airplanes out of twigs and branches and made the sounds associated with airplanes to try to activate the shipment of cargo."

more cowbell

 

[sdhusky]

I really don't understand how sdhusky thinks that marketing plays no role and is meaningless, yet, here we are.

Do you think Coca-Cola became the most dominant brand on Earth just because it tastes good?

Really?

Are u that dumb?

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Really?

Are u that dumb?

Aren't you the one who supported Hathaway because we won national titles and went to a BCS bowl on his watch? And now you're defending the job that P has done? I wouldn't throw stones. Just sayin...............

 

[Srqhusky]

Really?

Are u that dumb?

Coca cola was invented by a pharmacist in ga. Well before electricity. It got its fame via word of mouth mostly

 

[sdhusky]

Aren't you the one who supported Hathaway because we won national titles and went to a BCS bowl on his watch? And now you're defending the job that P has done? I wouldn't throw stones. Just sayin...............

I am saying that PP shouldn't be fired after two seasons. Not that they have been great seasons. They haven't been.

I am also hopeful that PP can turn it around. I want to see him do it and believe there are plenty of cases where a new coach took a couple of seasons to get the team going in his direction.

I supported the hire because of his great track record and the recruiting boost it would give us. I still think his upside is higher than Edsall.

If we have another 5-7 season, I would understand if he got fired, just not after two seasons.

 

[CL82]

Can't see smoke and gunfire everywhere,and it's friendly fire.

CR at least as it applies to our situation, has left a lot of raw nerves.