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Post by notsofast on Jul 26, 2021 10:54:21 GMT -5
Looks like the Bulldog Club has a new Director. Not sure if the change was due to retirement or firing of former Director, but Downs's quote in the article makes it quite clear that he was unhappy with the direction of the Bulldog Club. Looks like a quality hire with some solid fundraising experience: gardner-webb.edu/news/mike-smith-named-bulldog-club-director/ |
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Post by gwebb1994 on Jul 26, 2021 17:47:16 GMT -5
Experience at Southern Miss and Limestone raising coin. The fact he doesn't answer directly to Burch is a BIG positive.
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Post by notsofast on Jul 26, 2021 20:04:35 GMT -5
The crazy thing about it is that the old director didn't either. As far as I know, the Bulldog Club Director has never answered to Burch. Speaking from experience, it's alarming how little involvement he has with athletics fundraising. No surprise there, but definitely troubling for a school trying to run a D1 athletics department.
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Post by webbinsider on Jul 27, 2021 9:42:35 GMT -5
Yeah and you look at the facilities and say hmmmm maybe we should be a D2 school. Haha jk but maybe.
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Post by gwebb1994 on Jul 27, 2021 19:36:57 GMT -5
We still have the NAIA/D2 mindset, even with the move up being nearly 20 years old. One common thread...Burch.
To think how close we were to getting Bill Curry as AD, but Dr. Chris White didn't want to even put his ego in neutral and be overshadowed, so we ended up with you know who.
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Post by webbinsider on Jul 27, 2021 19:59:00 GMT -5
We need some fresh blood that wanna see this school reach new levels. And this AD wonders why students don’t attend more sporting events.
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