Sexton and the Athletic Department, a poll

[ABC]

What do you think of the Athletic Department's performance?

Multiple answers allowed.

[im4wsu]

I will say that he looked awful scruffy in the clip on TV last night. Needs to shave!

[SPEShockAlum]

Doing fine, but I think he thinks it's something that he has done.

[Kung Wu]

Why make the poll public? Less feedback.

[ShockerFever]

Too predictable.

ABC is getting his panties in a wad for an unknown reason again and now he has to validate himself with a public poll that doesn't even address any of the issues.

Of course, the Athletic Department overall is looking fine right now. That doesn't even begin to show what little things that might be problematic, the past failures, or the overall feel Eric Sexton provides.

[MoValley John]

Not having a dog in the fight, I voted for all of the above.


Edit, apparently, I missed the box for the last option. Count me in on that one too.

[fastbow]

Are we in NCAA trouble?
Are we broke?
Are there boosters burning him in effigy?
Are our coaches discovering disconcerting similarities between their positions and the life of Fredrick Douglass?
Are we doing constant press spin because he can't stop offending people?
Has he absconded with the funds to buy a Caribbean island and style himself a dictator?

No?

Then we're doing fine.

[pogo]

Do we have anyone selling tickets outside the generally accepted method. Oh thats right that was the flagship that was doing that. Never mind.

[Veritas]

D+ inching up to a C-
A lot of improvements and work to be done. WSU can do better, but it might be hard to match his loyalty. Should that make up for his shortcomings?

ABC, shining shoes and washin' cars again.

[fastbow]

Ok, one thing I don't get, why all the hate for Sexton? It seems like ever since he was hired, he's gotten nothing but hate from a core group of posters here, and I really don't get it. Our athletic department isn't doing anything sketchy. We're not losing scads of money. He seems to have a nose for hiring coaches - although the baseball hire will be telling there. We're not getting national press for personality conflicts. What more does he have to do?

[Speed]

The Creighton .08 game was an issue to me.There's trepidation about our conference affiliation & seeding/ranking issues in basketball. And we need more tv exposure.
But lots of all conference championships lately. I hope baseball works out for the best & Gene gets his due.
Sexton didn't have the mess Schauss had. He needed to stay the course & not screw up just to make his mark.

[Rlh04d]

I vote that this has been discussed by the same people too often to be interesting.

[SubGod22]

Ok, one thing I don't get, why all the hate for Sexton? It seems like ever since he was hired, he's gotten nothing but hate from a core group of posters here, and I really don't get it. Our athletic department isn't doing anything sketchy. We're not losing scads of money. He seems to have a nose for hiring coaches - although the baseball hire will be telling there. We're not getting national press for personality conflicts. What more does he have to do?

I don't think there's been a lot of hate. Many were taking a wait and see approach as he had little to no experience when hired. One of the things he had on his side was an athletic department in great shape and running well. He didn't need to do much but keep it moving, which he seems to have done. But that doesn't do away with the concerns that some have on his ability to lead and do the things necessary to improve and grow what we have. The Butler hire will give us more in a few years, but some may still take "points" away because he held onto Gene as long as he did.

I think the only reason it may appear to be hate from some is because some like ABC have taken great offense to people not worshiping Sexton from day one. That irritated a lot of the wait and see posters who may come off more negative than they really are to spin things on ABC and others. I don't think anyone hates Sexton. The department has continued to do well but there are those who haven't seen anything from Sexton that tell them he's an absolute winner in this position.

[ABC]

I don't think there's been a lot of hate. Many were taking a wait and see approach as he had little to no experience when hired. One of the things he had on his side was an athletic department in great shape and running well. He didn't need to do much but keep it moving, which he seems to have done. But that doesn't do away with the concerns that some have on his ability to lead and do the things necessary to improve and grow what we have. The Butler hire will give us more in a few years, but some may still take "points" away because he held onto Gene as long as he did.

I think the only reason it may appear to be hate from some is because some like ABC have taken great offense to people not worshiping Sexton from day one. That irritated a lot of the wait and see posters who may come off more negative than they really are to spin things on ABC and others. I don't think anyone hates Sexton. The department has continued to do well but there are those who haven't seen anything from Sexton that tell them he's an absolute winner in this position.

You love the strawman, Sub. Hardly worshipping Sexton, I thought that the criticism wasn't fair and he was being held to a standard that Schaus wasn't held to, for starters. Your response and others pretty much make my point.

Where injustice rears its ugly head on anonymous, sports message boards, I do what I can to rectify that injustice.

I wasn't sure where folks were so I thought a poll was in order. I'm not that surprised at the results.

Veritas, why the hate?

[SubGod22]

What strawman? Simply observations I've seen from watching this whole thing develop over the years on this board.