Crimson Jangles said:
Hart's qualification to be AD at Bama (or any major school) just went to ZERO with the announcement that the NCAA just lowered the boom on FSU for cheating in TEN sports under Hart's watch.
Elevating Hart to AD at this point is all but guaranteeing another NCAA investigation. I have nothing against Hart. I just have no desire to hire a guy to be our AD that has a proven track record of overseeing system-wide cheating in the athletic department of a major NCAA program.
Do you?
You are blowing the situation at FSU
WAY out of proportion and bordering on describing it in a manner which just isn't the case in relation to Dave Hart.
Your system-wide cheating assertion is limited to a few individuals who helped athletes in one department. Because it covered multiple sports doesn't make it system wide.
You have an academic adviser pushing kids towards a class and in that class two tutors giving kids answers to a test in one class, a music class at that.
I suppose, it is also your assertion that Dave Hart in his role as AD at FSU was supposed to micro-manage the department all the way down to that level?
FSU's problem may have extended to the point their Student Services Director had some culpability in that this was his department. But still, blaming that situation on that director is the proverbial "sacrificial lamb."
And BTW, if Mal were to look to be AD at another school, the FIRST thing that school will focus on is the fact that the football program at Alabama received TWO PLOIs on his watch.
How many schools do you think would hire him with that on his resume? About as many as will give Hart a hard look after last week's news out of Tallahassee.
Like I said, it's true that Coach Moore has been at the helm when the schools received two letters. It's also just as true to look at when the violations occurred with the first one.
But, here we are again making this about Coach Moore in relation to the textbook scandal.
Should that fall on him? Again, only if you think he should be micro-managing the employees at a book store.
I do find it interesting you make this following statement.
"How many schools do you think would hire him with that on his resume?"
Let's take that a step further and use it in your Ozzie Newsome scenario.
How many schools do you think would hire Ozzie with his resume? A very, very small school
might. Might.
But, glaring obvious on his resume is this. There is no experience, at all, in a collegiate athletic department administration. There is no experience that even mirrors the responsibility the Athletic Directory has in his job.
Now, I've never said I thought Hart should be the next AD. The only comment I have had in support of his hire was back when he was hired I said we can look for someone to take a closer look at the basketball program and the coaching situation.
Now, back to the thread...IF you want to talk about experience and those more qualified to fit the position you've mentioned them already in this thread about our past AD's. Responding to all of that would be the longer version of that first reply. However, I didn't think it was worth the time when you mentioned a Coke vs Pepsi decision and then put the hire of Curry at Steve Sloan's feet when it wasn't his decision in the first place.
