Fire Dannen

[HoustonWave]

While we're at it why has Dannen not announced the shift of the remaining Oklahoma game to New Orleans ?

Because it’s not on the agenda of any of his three NCAA sub-committees.

[anEngineer]

While we're at it why has Dannen not announced the shift of the remaining Oklahoma game to New Orleans ?

By the time that game would happen, Oklahoma will be in the SEC. That game is dead.

[Ruski]

Worst record in conference in football. Worst record in conference in basketball, with the worst OOC by a country mile.

Time to say hasta la vista Troyboi,

[Sunamiwave]

Serious question. What exactly has Troy Dannen done to earn his paycheck from Tulane? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Citypark]

Second Call:

Troy Dannen, PLEASE call the Tulane athletics department 911, 911,911!!!!!!

[mbawavefan12]

Worst record in conference in football. Worst record in conference in basketball, with the worst OOC by a country mile.

Time to say hasta la vista Troyboi,

5 years no baseball Tourney.
6 years no Wbball Tourney.

Facts

[HoustonWave]

Second Call:

Troy Dannen, PLEASE call the Tulane athletics department 911, 911,911!!!!!!

Tulane Athletics is ablaze—burn’in down the house. And Troy Boy keeps playing his NCAA fiddle—while Fitts hides in Gibson Hall. The Dynamic Duo.

[Pepper]

I wonder if TD got the word he and the athletic dept were going to be neutered by Gibson Hall and just said fuck it. Maybe that's why he's working for the NCAA rather than Tulane.

[Bigschtick]

How about all those emails to Fitts office? What was that email address again? IT seemed to help over admission issue so at least let Fitts know we want Dannen out.

[HoustonWave]

I wonder if TD got the word he and the athletic dept were going to be neutered by Gibson Hall and just said fuck it. Maybe that's why he's working for the NCAA rather than Tulane.

That’s a possibility. But as bad as Fitts and Gibson Hall are, that’s no excuse for hiring one loser coach after another; or keeping one loser coach after another; or giving long contract extensions to one loser coach after another. It also doesn’t explain absolutely no fundraising efforts from the 4 tree-shakers that Athletics has had, nor the complete absence of any marketing effort for Tulane’s major sports. The incompetence of Fitts and the Board doesn’t give Dannen a license to give up, be lazy and AWOL.

[HoustonWave]

My guess is that with Dannen’s semi-permanent absence, the Athletic Dept, admins are doing the “Tulane Thang”—cashing their paychecks while they spend most the day playing video games. It’s Romper Room, with no adult supervision.

[winwave]

I wonder if TD got the word he and the athletic dept were going to be neutered by Gibson Hall and just said fuck it. Maybe that's why he's working for the NCAA rather than Tulane.

That’s a possibility. But as bad as Fitts and Gibson Hall are, that’s no excuse for hiring one loser coach after another; or keeping one loser coach after another; or giving long contract extensions to one loser coach after another. It also doesn’t explain absolutely no fundraising efforts from the 4 tree-shakers that Athletics has had, nor the complete absence of any marketing effort for Tulane’s major sports. The incompetence of Fitts and the Board doesn’t give Dannen a license to give up, be lazy and AWOL.

This. I'll add TD didn't know about this when he got on all these committee's. When it came to be he did fight back and let it get out there that this was going on and got the needed help to get it overturned.

[HoustonWave]

I wonder if TD got the word he and the athletic dept were going to be neutered by Gibson Hall and just said fuck it. Maybe that's why he's working for the NCAA rather than Tulane.

That’s a possibility. But as bad as Fitts and Gibson Hall are, that’s no excuse for hiring one loser coach after another; or keeping one loser coach after another; or giving long contract extensions to one loser coach after another. It also doesn’t explain absolutely no fundraising efforts from the 4 tree-shakers that Athletics has had, nor the complete absence of any marketing effort for Tulane’s major sports. The incompetence of Fitts and the Board doesn’t give Dannen a license to give up, be lazy and AWOL.

This. I'll add TD didn't know about this when he got on all these committee's. When it came to be he did fight back and let it get out there that this was going on and got the needed help to get it overturned.

I’m glad that Dannen was able to neutralize Raji Of Admissions. Now can he please unload our crappy coaches.

[tpstulane]

I wonder if TD got the word he and the athletic dept were going to be neutered by Gibson Hall and just said fuck it. Maybe that's why he's working for the NCAA rather than Tulane.

That’s a possibility. But as bad as Fitts and Gibson Hall are, that’s no excuse for hiring one loser coach after another; or keeping one loser coach after another; or giving long contract extensions to one loser coach after another. It also doesn’t explain absolutely no fundraising efforts from the 4 tree-shakers that Athletics has had, nor the complete absence of any marketing effort for Tulane’s major sports. The incompetence of Fitts and the Board doesn’t give Dannen a license to give up, be lazy and AWOL.

This. I'll add TD didn't know about this when he got on all these committee's. When it came to be he did fight back and let it get out there that this was going on and got the needed help to get it overturned.

Amen to us and the other soldiers that help spread the word.
The power of social media put to good use for once.

[Bicoastalwave]

That’s a possibility. But as bad as Fitts and Gibson Hall are, that’s no excuse for hiring one loser coach after another; or keeping one loser coach after another; or giving long contract extensions to one loser coach after another. It also doesn’t explain absolutely no fundraising efforts from the 4 tree-shakers that Athletics has had, nor the complete absence of any marketing effort for Tulane’s major sports. The incompetence of Fitts and the Board doesn’t give Dannen a license to give up, be lazy and AWOL.

This. I'll add TD didn't know about this when he got on all these committee's. When it came to be he did fight back and let it get out there that this was going on and got the needed help to get it overturned.

I’m glad that Dannen was able to neutralize Raji Of Admissions. Now can he please unload our crappy coaches.

Unconfirmed info, but I do recall reading someone said during a Dannen interaction this (new admissions standards) came up and he mentioned he was frustrated. This was around the time he interviewed for other jobs. This is certainly second hand speculation, but it does add up. However, if this is accurate he essentially threw his hands up and started looking for another job and has been Mia ever since. Not a good look

[NotJtS]

Unconfirmed info, but I do recall reading someone said during a Dannen interaction this (new admissions standards) came up and he mentioned he was frustrated. This was around the time he interviewed for other jobs. This is certainly second hand speculation, but it does add up. However, if this is accurate he essentially threw his hands up and started looking for another job and has been Mia ever since. Not a good look

Oh yeah, it's for sure confirmed. Displeasure was voiced "publicly" to a large group of boosters.

[Jaxwave]

Guys I hate to repeat myself as nauseum, but obviously the admin doesn’t care so blaming AD after AD and coach after coach isn’t reasonable. And expecting the admin to do so thereby incurring the costs of carrying those additional salaries isn’t logical. It just ain’t happening. What’s even more illogical is thinking any coach worth his salt will contemplate working for a university that just doesn’t care about athletics.

[HoustonWave]

Guys I hate to repeat myself as nauseum, but obviously the admin doesn’t care so blaming AD after AD and coach after coach isn’t reasonable. And expecting the admin to do so thereby incurring the costs of carrying those additional salaries isn’t logical. It just ain’t happening. What’s even more illogical is thinking any coach worth his salt will contemplate working for a university that just doesn’t care about athletics.

Quite true. Maybe that's why Dannen keeps extending long contracts for crappy coaches--just to stick it to Gibson Hall--on Dannen's hope that he'll be gone soon. If any of this is true, then we fans are just incurring the collateral damage in the Dannen vs Gibson Hall feud--and all the while Chicken Fitts hides in the corner, sucking his thumb.

[winwave]

Guys I hate to repeat myself as nauseum, but obviously the admin doesn’t care so blaming AD after AD and coach after coach isn’t reasonable. And expecting the admin to do so thereby incurring the costs of carrying those additional salaries isn’t logical. It just ain’t happening. What’s even more illogical is thinking any coach worth his salt will contemplate working for a university that just doesn’t care about athletics.

The administration doesn't care for the most part. All agree on that. However 10 years ago they did lower the admission standards for athletes and created several athlete friendly majors. That has allowed better recruiting. There was talent on this years team. It greatly underachieved and thus fans are rightly blasting the coaching and the AD that hired them. No one is saying we should be winning NC's but expecting to compete for the AAC is fair game.

[Aegis]

I would not underestimate Fitts. Speak softly etc etc.

Fitts is the definition of “Lunch Money” don’t kid yourself.

[tpstulane]

Guys I hate to repeat myself as nauseum, but obviously the admin doesn’t care so blaming AD after AD and coach after coach isn’t reasonable. And expecting the admin to do so thereby incurring the costs of carrying those additional salaries isn’t logical. It just ain’t happening. What’s even more illogical is thinking any coach worth his salt will contemplate working for a university that just doesn’t care about athletics.

The administration doesn't care for the most part. All agree on that. However 10 years ago they did lower the admission standards for athletes and created several athlete friendly majors. That has allowed better recruiting. There was talent on this years team. It greatly underachieved and thus fans are rightly blasting the coaching and the AD that hired them. No one is saying we should be winning NC's but expecting to compete for the AAC is fair game.

Don’t forget when we went to the AAC the Athletic budget more than tripled from CUSA.

[mbawavefan12]

Guys I hate to repeat myself as nauseum, but obviously the admin doesn’t care so blaming AD after AD and coach after coach isn’t reasonable. And expecting the admin to do so thereby incurring the costs of carrying those additional salaries isn’t logical. It just ain’t happening. What’s even more illogical is thinking any coach worth his salt will contemplate working for a university that just doesn’t care about athletics.

The administration doesn't care for the most part. All agree on that. However 10 years ago they did lower the admission standards for athletes and created several athlete friendly majors. That has allowed better recruiting. There was talent on this years team. It greatly underachieved and thus fans are rightly blasting the coaching and the AD that hired them. No one is saying we should be winning NC's but expecting to compete for the AAC is fair game.

Don’t forget when we went to the AAC the Athletic budget more than tripled from CUSA.

Proof?

[Bicoastalwave]

I mean It probably went from $1m to $3m, let’s not get crazy

[tpstulane]

Proof:
The CUSA budget link:

2017-2018 Tulane’s Athletics budget was $48 million. Green Wave’s football budget was $14.2 million.
https://theathletic.com/1197154/2019/09 ... ed_article

CUSA TV contract each team received $2mill. The AAC TV contract increased to $7mill per school.

When we went to the AAC the University also increased in subsidies to Athletics from allowing -$7 million in losses to allowing -$16 million in losses.
So our actual spend allowed went up by $14 million from CUSA to AAC.
That resulted in higher coaches salaries, chartered airplanes vs commercial, addition hotel stay and other things.

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