Partridge aims to rebuild FAU football on foundation of honesty
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Wise Owl
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HUH? You read the same article I did and THAT is what you took away from it? Wow…Captain Owlmerica said
So, let me get this straight. According to this article, "FAU athletic director Patrick Chun wanted to make sure he knew FAU's next coach personally — he needed someone he could trust." The article continues by stating, "Chun knew of Partridge, but he didn't really know him. So while Chun claims that Partridge was the coach he called, Chun pursued other leads instead."
Guess this means that Chun did not know and/or trust Coach Wright - you know, the guy who broke FAU's four-year losing streak with a miraculous 6-0 run, which is the only 6-0 run FAU has had in FBS history. So Chun passes over Wright for Partridge, who was only considered because a local high school athletic director recommended him. By that logic, I should be president of the United States since my second grade teacher said I could one day be president.
So Partridge ends up getting the HC job at FAU because he's a great recruiter, who "didn't realize he had a preternatural gift for relating to people, no matter their circumstance, until he was at Pitt." Let's see, the guy wasn't great at recruiting at Drake or Eastern Illinois, but once he's at Pitt, suddenly he's a great recruiter. I'm sure the fact that he was now recruiting at an AQ school had nothing to do with his sudden "gift" of being able to recruit.
Granted, I'm always cynical on this board, but does any one else think that Chun and Partridge aren't a good fit for FAU? And by that I mean, Chun comes from Ohio State and Partridge comes from Pitt, Wisco, Arkansas, which are all schools with money, huge fan bases, years of history and traditions, great facilities, etc. It's very easy to come from Ohio State and say "I know how to build a fan base," but only sell less than 4,450 season tickets at FAU. Or to say you're a great recruiter, but only have successful recruiting classes at AQ schools.
My guess is that Chun and Partridge will both be gone by 2016. I just hope FAU's next AD & HC have proven success at non-AQ schools.Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 9:02 AM #326060
I think you have to get over the whole Wright not getting the job thing (BTW, he was 4-0 not 6-0). For one thing, he's still here! If Brian Wright can accept that Partridge got the job over him and he still agreed to work for him, that should tell you all you need to know about Partridge. Move on.
Also, I don't get how you can read about Coach Partridge and not come away impressed. I have no idea what kind of Head Coach he will be, but a lot of the job is recruiting and from listening to what these high school coaches say about him, he's going to be very successful at bringing in talent to FAU.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2012
Captain Owlmerica said
So, let me get this straight. According to this article, "FAU athletic director Patrick Chun wanted to make sure he knew FAU's next coach personally — he needed someone he could trust." The article continues by stating, "Chun knew of Partridge, but he didn't really know him. So while Chun claims that Partridge was the coach he called, Chun pursued other leads instead."
Guess this means that Chun did not know and/or trust Coach Wright - you know, the guy who broke FAU's four-year losing streak with a miraculous 6-0 run, which is the only 6-0 run FAU has had in FBS history. So Chun passes over Wright for Partridge, who was only considered because a local high school athletic director recommended him. By that logic, I should be president of the United States since my second grade teacher said I could one day be president.
So Partridge ends up getting the HC job at FAU because he's a great recruiter, who "didn't realize he had a preternatural gift for relating to people, no matter their circumstance, until he was at Pitt." Let's see, the guy wasn't great at recruiting at Drake or Eastern Illinois, but once he's at Pitt, suddenly he's a great recruiter. I'm sure the fact that he was now recruiting at an AQ school had nothing to do with his sudden "gift" of being able to recruit.
Granted, I'm always cynical on this board, but does any one else think that Chun and Partridge aren't a good fit for FAU? And by that I mean, Chun comes from Ohio State and Partridge comes from Pitt, Wisco, Arkansas, which are all schools with money, huge fan bases, years of history and traditions, great facilities, etc. It's very easy to come from Ohio State and say "I know how to build a fan base," but only sell less than 4,450 season tickets at FAU. Or to say you're a great recruiter, but only have successful recruiting classes at AQ schools.
My guess is that Chun and Partridge will both be gone by 2016. I just hope FAU's next AD & HC have proven success at non-AQ schools.Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 9:02 AM #326060
someone peed in someone's Wheaties this morning….and there was no way your 2nd grade teacher said you could be president one day.
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2005
If you owned a mid sized company and wanted to grow it to become a large multi-national corporation, would you hire a CEO that had run a large multi-national corporation in the past and knows what it would take to get there or would you go for a CEO that has run a nice regional company for a number of years?
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Captain Owlmerica said
…Partridge comes from Pitt, Wisco, Arkansas, which are all schools with money, huge fan bases, years of history and traditions, great facilities, etc.Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 9:02 AM #326060
Partridge comes from Plantation, FL - born and raised.
Now that he has paid his dues in other places to move up the ladder, he's back home.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2004
"someone peed in someone's Wheaties this morning…."
Tim did we really need THAT metaphor?
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voss749 said
"someone peed in someone's Wheaties this morning…."
Tim did we really need THAT metaphor?Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 9:45 AM #326065
Owl2doc isn't around, but this is still a Dum, dum, dum…Grammatical Special Report…
a metaphor compares two objects/things without using the words "like" or "as".
No "like" or "as" = no metaphor. This would be what is called an idiom
We now return you to regularly scheduled programming…
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Wise Owl
Member since 2013
Thanks for getting my Monday started off right guys!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2012
Rick said
voss749 said
"someone peed in someone's Wheaties this morning…."
Tim did we really need THAT metaphor?Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 9:45 AM #326065
Owl2doc isn't around, but this is still a Dum, dum, dum…Grammatical Special Report…
a metaphor compares two objects/things without using the words "like" or "as".
No "like" or "as" = no metaphor. This would be what is called an idiom
We now return you to regularly scheduled programming…
Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 10:04 AM #326066
hahahahaha
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Spread The Wings
Member since 2012
Time keeps on slippin' into the future
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strwberryfields said
Will Chris Carter's son no longer be the highest rated High School recruit to ever play for FAU?Posted On: Jan 13th 2014, 10:45 AM #326069
Are we counting practice as having "played" for us??
The guy never played a down in a game…
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