Not a Fan of Sabau Thus Far

Bank Shot · Post by **Bank Shot** » March 29th, 2024, 10:01 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 9:58 pm
This thread is aging really badly.

You'll have to forgive OP. He was a football guy then but now he's converted.

bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » March 29th, 2024, 10:13 pm

Sl7vk wrote:This thread is aging really badly.

Good

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hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 29th, 2024, 10:54 pm

She deserves a ton of credit for how she handled things this week.

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » March 29th, 2024, 10:59 pm

But she didn’t hire Mark Few to come to USU within hours of Sprinkle leaving. She’s terrible!

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BigCountryAG · Post by **BigCountryAG** » March 29th, 2024, 11:09 pm

Once I listened to her interview with Scotty today I felt allot better about things ! Diana was very impressive to listen to and I think she has a big vision going forward for Aggie athletics. With everything she has been dealt the last month business and personal you can see she is a very strong person and I commend her for that. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Diana Go Aggies !

hipsterdoofus21 · Post by **hipsterdoofus21** » March 29th, 2024, 11:11 pm

BigCountryAG wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 11:09 pm
Once I listened to her interview with Scotty today I felt allot better about things ! Diana was very impressive to listen to and I think she has a big vision going forward for Aggie athletics. With everything she has been dealt the last month business and personal you can see she is a very strong person and I commend her for that. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Diana Go Aggies !

Yup, very impressive interview today. It wasn’t just shooting the breeze with Hans and Scotty. She laid out a clear plan.

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » March 29th, 2024, 11:27 pm

Every time I see this thread I read it as not a fan of Subarus.

Which is fighting words in Utah.

TBF I grew up and my parents had a Subaru station wagon. We also had a Subaru Justy when I was a toddler butone if my sisters took that to college. I think I remembered it, but not really.

Intermeddler · Post by **Intermeddler** » March 29th, 2024, 11:38 pm

She’s extremely well regarded nationally and has taken major steps in turning the department into a professional operation. I am glad she is here. More work to do cleaning things up but I have total confidence in her.

justinmorrey · Post by **justinmorrey** » March 30th, 2024, 12:16 am

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Every time I see this thread I read it as not a fan of Subarus.

Which is fighting words in Utah.

TBF I grew up and my parents had a Subaru station wagon. We also had a Subaru Justy when I was a toddler butone if my sisters took that to college. I think I remembered it, but not really.

This post gave me flashbacks of putz. Except it would have been a story about 10 paragraphs long about his sister’s Subaru and it would have morphed into something about St. Greed and who knows what else.

RIP

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » March 30th, 2024, 11:19 am

No idea who it was, but whoever "leaked" the Tod K hire to that (I can't express myself without swearing) Goodman is my favorite person in the AD.

bpd · Post by **bpd** » March 30th, 2024, 11:54 am

shoresy wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 11:19 am
No idea who it was, but whoever "leaked" the Tod K hire to that (I can't express myself without swearing) Goodman is my favorite person in the AD.

But Scotty and 22 had it as well, so.....

WAaggieFan · Post by **WAaggieFan** » March 30th, 2024, 11:58 am

justinmorrey wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 12:16 am

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Every time I see this thread I read it as not a fan of Subarus.

Which is fighting words in Utah.

TBF I grew up and my parents had a Subaru station wagon. We also had a Subaru Justy when I was a toddler butone if my sisters took that to college. I think I remembered it, but not really.
This post gave me flashbacks of putz. Except it would have been a story about 10 paragraphs long about his sister’s Subaru and it would have morphed into something about St. Greed and who knows what else.

RIP

I’d honestly be surprised if you looked back and didn’t find a mention from him about Subarus in one of his Aberdeen posts. You’re still truly missed, trout!

Aggie702 · Post by **Aggie702** » March 30th, 2024, 12:04 pm

bpd wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 11:54 am

shoresy wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 11:19 am
No idea who it was, but whoever "leaked" the Tod K hire to that (I can't express myself without swearing) Goodman is my favorite person in the AD.
But Scotty and 22 had it as well, so.....

Would love to find out the real story with that. Regardless of whether you love or hate Goodman, he's usually right. Maybe Jerrod said no initially so they got pretty close with TK, then Jerrod came back. Or maybe they asked TK to keep some of Sprinkles assistants and he said he wanted his own guys whereas Jerrod was open to it. Or maybe TK read the this forum and saw all the meh replies and changed his mind lol.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » March 30th, 2024, 1:08 pm

ChicagoAggie wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2024, 7:29 pm

Aggieforlife wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2024, 7:21 pm
She is still in the prove it stage for me. I’m not in nor out on her. I have heard that much of the AD staff really struggled with her and her management style. However that was a few months ago, so things may have improved.
Being held accountable when historically you had no accountability would do that to people!

SPOT ON CHICAGO. The leisurely do it tomorrow/later or never attitude within our USU Athletic Department is undergoing a positive change. Need to give Diana Sabau room to work through the in house entanglements of governmental bureaucracy. Change takes time.

AggieFBObsession · Post by **AggieFBObsession** » March 30th, 2024, 1:33 pm

NavyBlueAggie wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 1:08 pm

ChicagoAggie wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2024, 7:29 pm

Aggieforlife wrote: ↑
March 28th, 2024, 7:21 pm
She is still in the prove it stage for me. I’m not in nor out on her. I have heard that much of the AD staff really struggled with her and her management style. However that was a few months ago, so things may have improved.
Being held accountable when historically you had no accountability would do that to people!

SPOT ON CHICAGO. The leisurely do it tomorrow/later or never attitude within our USU Athletic Department is undergoing a positive change. Need to give Diana Sabau room to work through the in house entanglements of governmental bureaucracy. Change takes time.

This is my hope, @NavyBlueAggie. I hope the change is too difficult for some and they leave so that they can save themselves the humiliation. The athletic department has been playing Tiddlywinks for too long. But I wonder why it's so difficult to show some people the door. It's it because the state laws or employment rules don't allow it without too much self inflicted damage?

Aggie in Boise · Post by **Aggie in Boise** » March 30th, 2024, 1:39 pm

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 10:59 pm
But she didn’t hire Mark Few to come to USU within hours of Sprinkle leaving. She’s terrible!

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Mark is too old. He's on a downward trajectory.

cval · Post by **cval** » March 30th, 2024, 1:41 pm

While there are certainly some who wouldn’t be able to function in a new environment, there are some who would welcome the change and adjust their approach to fit the new environment.

I hope the housecleaning identifies both kinds and doesn’t just get rid of everyone. There are some long term dedicated people there who should not be punished for poor leadership in the past.

Empire of Dirt · Post by **Empire of Dirt** » March 30th, 2024, 2:00 pm

This thread is great!!!

Our athletic department has been so successful for so long that it really pisses me off that someone is upsetting entrenched employees.

AggieFBObsession · Post by **AggieFBObsession** » March 30th, 2024, 2:06 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 2:00 pm
This thread is great!!!

Our athletic department has been so successful for so long that it really pisses me off that someone is upsetting entrenched employees.

So much so that certain individuals haven't had any qualms with undercutting people who'd make Utah State better so that their egos could remain in tact.

OKAggie · Post by **OKAggie** » March 30th, 2024, 2:22 pm

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
March 29th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Every time I see this thread I read it as not a fan of Subarus.

Which is fighting words in Utah.

TBF I grew up and my parents had a Subaru station wagon. We also had a Subaru Justy when I was a toddler butone if my sisters took that to college. I think I remembered it, but not really.

OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » March 30th, 2024, 5:24 pm

AggieFBObsession wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 2:06 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 2:00 pm
This thread is great!!!

Our athletic department has been so successful for so long that it really pisses me off that someone is upsetting entrenched employees.
So much so that certain individuals haven't had any qualms with undercutting people who'd make Utah State better so that their egos could remain in tact.

Like Hoffman.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » April 1st, 2024, 8:13 am

I think Sabau has been just fine. A lot of the angst in this thread is short-sighted. You are welcome to your opinions, but I wouldn't consider them informed opinions. USU athletics is in a better spot now than it has been in a long time. Some of that is Sabau. Most of that is Aggie fans. Remember, we are the stewards of this program.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » April 1st, 2024, 8:41 am

This thread is rooted in the fact that Diana isn’t apart of the ol boys club and wants to shake things up.

They’re pissed Bovee didn’t get the job.

They don’t like that Diana isn’t content letting the non-producers keep non-producing and collecting the paychecks because Grandpa was an Aggie

ratofallaggies · Post by **ratofallaggies** » April 1st, 2024, 9:02 am

shoresy wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 11:19 am
No idea who it was, but whoever "leaked" the Tod K hire to that (I can't express myself without swearing) Goodman is my favorite person in the AD.

Remember, people look to media members to leak info for their benefit. Why would the AD benefit from it leaking that TK was the lead candidate when he left that day without an offer in hand?

Madmartigan · Post by **Madmartigan** » April 1st, 2024, 9:06 am

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 8:41 am
This thread is rooted in the fact that Diana isn’t apart of the ol boys club and wants to shake things up.

They’re pissed Bovee didn’t get the job.

They don’t like that Diana isn’t content letting the non-producers keep non-producing and collecting the paychecks because Grandpa was an Aggie

From an outsiders perspective (I dont work in the AD).- a culture change was needed in the AD. We'd had scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal. The Frank Maile debacle post Cockett comments, GA 2.0s odd midseason firing, the comments by the police chief + Ba, The lawsuit by a disgruntled former player, a myriad of arrests and misbehavior by the athletes, Hartwell's abrupt departure under... ahem... interesting circumstances. I'm sure i'm missing a lot.

I've met Bovee and like him personally, but he wasn't going to provide the culture change we needed. Sabau's first year has not been free of bumps, but I think a lot of that is the painful process of changing an organizational culture.

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am

I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » April 1st, 2024, 9:22 am

ratofallaggies wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:02 am

shoresy wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2024, 11:19 am
No idea who it was, but whoever "leaked" the Tod K hire to that (I can't express myself without swearing) Goodman is my favorite person in the AD.
Remember, people look to media members to leak info for their benefit. Why would the AD benefit from it leaking that TK was the lead candidate when he left that day without an offer in hand?

It was very clearly TKs agent

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » April 1st, 2024, 9:22 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am
I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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Feel free to message me that podcast would love to hear it

Aggies1888 · Post by **Aggies1888** » April 1st, 2024, 9:27 am

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:22 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am
I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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Feel free to message me that podcast would love to hear it

I would as well

Aggie_Watch · Post by **Aggie_Watch** » April 1st, 2024, 9:38 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am
I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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I would love to know the podcast.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » April 1st, 2024, 9:50 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am
I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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Why don’t you just link it if we’re going to talk about it anyway lol

GordoAggie · Post by **GordoAggie** » April 1st, 2024, 10:08 am

Hoot wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:50 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 9:14 am
I’m not going to link it but there is a podcast floating around with a former player outlining a small portion of what was going on here. I’m surprised more hasn’t come out. But yeah, she has a lot of cleaning up to do.

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Why don’t you just link it if we’re going to talk about it anyway lol

Right??
It's so secret that it's in a podcast all over the internet

JonnyCienPesos · Post by **JonnyCienPesos** » April 1st, 2024, 10:16 am

It’s not secret. I don’t have the link. Nor can I recall the name of the podcast. It was a Colorado based podcast. Sorry. It was several days back that I saw it.

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TrueAG · Post by **TrueAG** » April 1st, 2024, 10:18 am

A lot of people are super lucky that Utah State gets little press. A lot of scandals and firings have gone under the radar.

ratofallaggies · Post by **ratofallaggies** » April 1st, 2024, 10:24 am

JonnyCienPesos wrote: ↑
April 1st, 2024, 10:16 am
It’s not secret. I don’t have the link. Nor can I recall the name of the podcast. It was a Colorado based podcast. Sorry. It was several days back that I saw it.

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The one with Noah Young?

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