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Topic:  Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University

Topic:  Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
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Alaska Cat
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  Message Not Read  Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 6:31:55 PM 
Relieving of Coach Brian Smith was done poorly. Secretively, conjecture, guessing (alternatively how Michigan reacted to their coach's hiccup), that was the start.Never told the public reasons. Legality? Nonsense. There are ways to say & word things. Don't use that as an excuse.
A month later, no new coaching announcement?
Those involved had 1 month to interview. One month to know if they wanted Coach Hauser or not. He did a masterful job in the Bowl game, and still no announcement?

My conjecture is: they are looking elsewhere. Waiting for the fan & players headwind to hire Hauser--- to die down. If they wanted him, the perfect time to announce it was, after the Bowl game, or when they arrived back in Athens.
Stringing the man along like this is a shame on the athletic director & the compliant President of OU.
Shame on both of you . Players are going to transfer. Not in but out. This one is on the athletic director & President ---SHAME!!!
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SBH
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  Message Not Read  RE: Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 6:48:14 PM 
Hiccup? Really?
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D.A.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 7:04:07 PM 
Not trying to make excuses for anyone...just stating some obvious reasons this might take a while:

It's Christmas Eve...and doing business on the second largest holiday of the year is difficult at best...

Last night might have gone an entirely different way, and you can't negotiate with someone if the game goes 180 degrees in the opposite direction...

And have you ever negotiated a contract with anyone, not to mention...and particularly when someone you are trying to hire and his agent have an incredible amount of leverage over you after you delivered massively on national TV, and held 100% of your recruiting class together after one of the most controversial moments in recent history at OHIO?

Just my $.02. These things always take time, and none of the parties involved are doing anything to intentionally piss off the fan base.

The Few, The Proud, The Bobcats!

And for the record, I hate tOSU, and Ricordati and Torgerson are DB's.

"This isn't just another walkover from the MAC." Kirk Herbstreit, another DB, on College Football Gameday
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Victory
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  Message Not Read  RE: Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 7:24:46 PM 
I thought sure when I saw the title of this thread that we had hired a coach and not the opposite complaint.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 7:43:08 PM 
Alaska Cat, I'd say be patient. Everything is a process including negotiations. This is just the day after the Frisco Bowl, and it's Christmas Eve.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Shame on the Athletic Director; Shame On the President Of Ohio University
   Posted: 12/24/2025 9:08:35 PM 
Maybe it was needless banter but I thought the University said the day following the Bowl? Maybe not.
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