Mike Buddie to TCU

[FGT]

With the news that Mike Buddie has been hired as AD at TCU I have often speculated that if he had still been at Furman in May of ‘20 there’s no way baseball would have been cut. Am I wrong to believe that?

[apaladin]

With the news that Mike Buddie has been hired as AD at TCU I have often speculated that if he had still been at Furman in May of ‘20 there’s no way baseball would have been cut. Am I wrong to believe that?

Probably not. ED wanted to do away with baseball. There were ongoing efforts to raise money, come up with a plan etc and she said no, forget it.

[Sad Din]

Bet he is happy he didnt throw away his Dins ties. Never burn any bridges (Or ties)

[Affirm]

Bet he is happy he didnt throw away his Dins ties. Never burn any bridges (Or ties)

Imagining that he is happy to move on from Army West Point.

[FU3]

Why? Nice place to live, absolutely wonderful athletes to work with and an alumni base with relatively low expectations for major sports success.He did a great job there and was rewarded with a big time program to run.

[Affirm]

Why? Nice place to live, absolutely wonderful athletes to work with and an alumni base with relatively low expectations for major sports success.He did a great job there and was rewarded with a big time program to run.

Great school. Beautiful immediate surroundings. Prestigious. Historic. Excellent students. Excellent alumni base. High noticeability.
He did an outstanding job there, just as we knew he would. (We were fortunate to have him. Army was fortunate to have him also.)
HOWEVER:
- salary and salary prospects relatively low compared to “major programs”;
- “major sports program” primarily in football, and limited even in that;
- somewhat different sort of situation compared to other major schools, meaning one needs to avoid staying there too long and not learning how things go in the so-called real world or normal world of college and college athletics
- cold winters
- although you can somewhat easily drive to places somewhat nearby, still West Point itself seems to be in quite an isolated area.
- they’re in a major renovation project with football stadium.
That’s some of my impressions that caused me to say what I wrote about being glad to be leaving there.
It was great experience for him, I feel certain.
TCU may be another good stepping stone to additional greatness - and even more salary - for Mike Buddie.
Again, thankful that Furman had him.
GO ARMY
BEAT NAVY

[FUBeAR]

Mike Buddie is following the Eric Hyman Trail…

Eric Hyman
Playing career
1970–1972 North Carolina (ACC Athlete) - check

Coaching career - play pro baseball for 1st 9 years instead of Coaching
1973–1982 Furman Football (GA)

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1982–1984 Furman (assistant AD) - check+
1984–1991 VMI (pretend Army) - check+
1995–1998 Miami (OH) - skip this step
1998–2005 TCU - check [We are here]
2005–2012 South Carolina - next?
2012–2016 Texas A&M - Retire a wealthy man
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus ... 2012.0.pdf

[Roundball]

With the news that Mike Buddie has been hired as AD at TCU I have often speculated that if he had still been at Furman in May of ‘20 there’s no way baseball would have been cut. Am I wrong to believe that?

Probably not. ED wanted to do away with baseball. There were ongoing efforts to raise money, come up with a plan etc and she said no, forget it.

Same old lies. Stop it with the attacks on Elizabeth Davis, unless you have solid proof of your accusations.

[Louis Tully]

Proof is not needed to make an accusation.

[Affirm]

With the news that Mike Buddie has been hired as AD at TCU I have often speculated that if he had still been at Furman in May of ‘20 there’s no way baseball would have been cut. Am I wrong to believe that?

Probably not. ED wanted to do away with baseball. There were ongoing efforts to raise money, come up with a plan etc and she said no, forget it.

Same old lies. Stop it with the attacks on Elizabeth Davis, unless you have solid proof of your accusations.

Yes. Stop it with the attacks on President Davis. Completely undeserved attacks.

[apaladin]

Not an attack, just what happened. Source is from people in those meetings/efforts including former players. No I’m not naming them. Nothing personal against ED. Back in the day baseball was a sport we could be somewhat competitive with the big boys. Now with bb scholarships tripling that is probably no longer the case anyway so all good.