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Hm.  I didn't know he had spent time at UT.  You wouldn't know it from all the wailing and gnashing of teeth.   :naughty:

Plus, he's relatively young and energetic.  I didn't think Hart was the greatest AD of all time by any means, but I thought he did well enough, but at his age you wonder how much energy he could really put it.  So at least Currie has relative youth going for him.  :patriot:

And he was an AD at another major P5 program that has a rich bball tradition and recent football success.  Doesn't sound so bad to me. 

But if all I did was listen to message boards, I would have expected to see this hire in May, but only with a lot of luck.  Heck, we were going to start football season without an AD, apparently.   :dance:

I agree...some were upset we didn't hire Fulmer but he had Zero expecting an Ad.. Terrible choice.    Some wanted Blackburn but his best quality was that he was a UT guy... He has done a "nice"  job at UTC  but he has not captained a major program.  I think Currie will be fine. 

Here are my questions.
1) Why hire Currie when he's never hired a successful hoops or football coach?
2) If he's so great with money, why was he in a key position during UT's great financial mismanagement?
3) Why do seemingly so many people at K. State and UT say he's not good to work with?

Doug Mathews is a Fulmer guy (I did not want Coach Fulmer as AD), but he's also pretty calm. His podcast is always worth a listen, but he was really fired up in his most recent one (below).

http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/  (http://www.1045thezone.com/features/podcasts/)

The press will always stir the pot, because it's good for the bottom line.  Almost every reporter is automatically going to question Currie, because it helps their bottom line.   :patriot:

Currie did hire Snider back as the football coach.