You be the judge, what do you think.....
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Wise Owl
Member since 2007
Thank you for whom ever had the nerve to send this to "Ask the AD". Any info we can get right from the horses mouth is great.
Concerned, So you are not doing the "Ask the A.D. anymore? Rumors have it the morale is rock bottom and you are looking to go else where. Is that the reason for the poor performance of the football team? That kind of stuff comes across in your attitude and can affect the players. They pick up on it and it affects their mood. Of course it shows up in their performance on the field.
The alumni through coordination on the FAU message board is trying to rally together to get this dome approved. We think it will be a catalyst.
Most of/or all of us wish we knew more about what?s going on. Occasionally on the board, we'll get someone on there that claims to have information and talks about how bad things are with the staff. We don't know how accurate it is, if at all. But when things go like they did 9/9/06 in Kansas, you wonder.
Response from Athletics Director Craig Angelos
Dear Concerned, I certainly enjoyed your email. I still am doing the ?Ask the AD? segment but have not had ones like yours before. From my vantage point, the department has never been in better shape. By that, I mean we balanced the budget for the first time in history. We raised more unrestricted money than we ever had. We far exceeded our goals in ticket sales. We doubled our basketball attendance and we had five conference championships, one of just eight universities to have five or more, we finished 79 out of 321 Division I schools nationally and were fourth in the state behind Florida, Florida State, and Miami. From a department standpoint, we had a great year.
With regard to football, it is true that our team has struggled on the field. I did appreciate the credit you have given me for the performance of our football team but it is severely misplaced. By that I mean that the players barely know my name and certainly have little knowledge of whether I am doing a good job or not, whether we are balancing the budget, raising money etc. The football program costs about $3.9 million a year. They are fully funded. They have full scholarships, good facilities, good coaches, good tutors, they fly first rate on a charter plane, they stay in first rate hotels. From their vantage point, they are treated well. We do need an on-campus stadium and I have been working feverishly on this since I got here. There coaching staff coaches them well. So the performance on the field could be attributed to many things such as difficult competition, young team, second year in I-A and probably other things but quite a stretch to attribute it to whether the AD interviewed for another job.
With all that being said, I am a very hands-on AD and I meet regularly both together and individually with coaches and staff members. We have team building activities. I bring outside consultants to work with our staff. I think they enjoy working here at FAU, but to be sure, these are tough jobs because of the limited resources including lower salaries than at other higher funded programs. I know I will never please everybody but I believe that everyone sees this department moving in the right direction and the ?proof is in the pudding?. And of course, yes I enjoy being here. We have done wonderful things here and we can do even more wonderful things as we get these facilities built here.
Currently we are scheduled to meet with the Board of Trustees at their retreat on September 26 & 27 for a workshop to inform them of everything we have done up to this point and discuss the future. I expect some decisions this academic year. Thanks for your email.
Craig
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Wise Owl
Member since 2007
You be the judge, what do you think.....
I expect some decisions this academic year
We are not going to know anything the day of or day after the workshop. it sounds like, the way it usually works, the board has a work shop and uses another scheduled meeting to make a decision. Who knows when that might be. Lets just hope they know how important this is to get started the sooner the better.
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Wise Owl
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Wise Owl
Member since 2003
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Like he said, IF THERE ARE ANY morale issues I would attribute it to on-field performance of not winning instead of the internal workings of the Administration.
This too shall pass…..
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Wise Owl
Member since 2007
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It makes me feel better. I hope this is true for others.
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