Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXXII

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Glitch said:
I think you might have changed my post but that sounds like me so I'm not sure. :crazy:
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Baseball Vols are playing strong out in California. They won Wednesday at Loyola Marymount and defeated Seton Hall and San Diego State yesterday to move to 5-1 on the season.
 
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At least Bubba wouldn't name discriminate against Jim Bob if he became a candidate for football HC.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
I agree, he's not getting the job. It'll be Fulmer or an outsider. Should have been Blackburn last fall, IMO.

But I will say, I think Cunningham would be a good hire.
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This hire will leave some scars no matter who is hired. It has been handled poorly from the beginning. I just hope that the new AD can rebuild the relationships and the positive chemistry we need.
 
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BaldBiker said:
Trying to get my life back on track, today has been a busy day of phone calls back and forth to work making sure things are in order. Double checking and making sure bills are in order/paid and trying to catch up on VN. I just completed the most important task of the day though and you my VN family will be thankful that I did.....

As you are all aware (ad nauseam) my oldest son and I are both Marines. Retired and Medically Retired. I had thought my family was done serving for a while. I was mistaken. My 6 year old informed me of a daunting task that required completion prior to his return from school.

I have just spent the last couple of hours repairing/rebuilding and bolstering the defenses of a 5 1/2 ft long X 3 ft wide X 3 1/2 ft high cardboard spaceship. I know...I know...I was nervous too. Once I found out why, it put a lot of pressure on me to ensure I did the job to the best of my abilities (which I was not sure I would be able to accomplish in my current state).

I was informed this morning by my 6 year old (he wanted to let me rest last night before telling me) that he and my 1 1/2 year old have been using the spaceship to go into outer space and fight aliens. They were doing this to protect the world while I was in the hospital. The reason for the need for repairs (torn to shreds) was during all the fighting apparently the spaceship was hit and had to crashland.

So when you tuck yourselves in to bed tonight VN, do so with the full knowledge the the spaceship has been repaired and the newest generation of the Biker family is at the helm, keeping the world safe from aliens.

In the words of Lil Biker....."We got this dad".

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That's when I fell for "The Leader of The Pack!"
 
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BaldBiker said:
Don't want to sidetrack the thread with my story, but it was a pretty amusing, albeit painful experience.

The ER knew I was coming. Doctor had called them before I went in. I had the cat scan that had been done on me literally 1 1/2 hours prior. The doctor had called ahead, so they would be ready for me and be able to get me up to a room quicker...lol....that didn't happen. I was in an ER room for several hours. I learned as the night went along that they simply didn't believe what I was supposed to be being admitted for. Along they way they pulled about a quart of blood from me....one vial at a time, poked and prodded on my whole abdominal area 20-30 times. Would ask the whole on a scale of 0 to 10 what is your pain level (my response was usually 4 or 6, but 6 was visible in my face to them when I said it). All along through this ordeal I'm telling them, "hey, I have this cat scan that might help", but like little cock roaches, their just scurrying here and there, doing their thing. Finally one doctor takes the cat scan and disappears for a while. When he comes back...he has an EKG machine with him. He gets it hooked up.....is watching it closely as I'm laying there.....I have a spike in pain....he then asks again...0 to 10 pain level....I say...6. He pulls all the cords off, says, I'll let you find all those tabs stuck on you yourself and walks out.

Long story short. When he returns he calls me an anomaly. Says I shouldn't even be sitting there talking to him during my high pain level (6). Most people would be screaming in pain or passed out. I laughed and said all he had to do was ask, I could have explained all that to him and saved us all a lot of time. He looked at me quizzically and I said...I'm a Marine, can I get a room now?

I was in a room 15 minutes later. I had been in the ER for approximately 4 hours at that point.

I did discover that at 52 my blood pressure averages about 116/62....at the peak of my pain it peaked one time at 130/70.

That was just the ER portion of my stay. :eek:lol:
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The magic # in an ER is 4 hours. By the 4 hour mark, they have to decide admit or send home. One question to ask the doc that sent you there...why didn't they just do a direct admit? If the doc doesn't do hospital admissions, he talks to a staff hospitalidt or an internist that admits and avoids the ER completely.

When I worked an ER at the Dallas VAMC, my personal time was 90 minutes. Usually didn't take that long... I was called in to explain why I could move to decisions so quickly. My only response was to ask why the others could not make decisions quicker? The Chief of Staff smiled and said carry on. (I think he was a Marine.) It was an honor to get to take care of those veterans. Gov. Red tape killed me though.

Glad you are feeling better BaldBiker!
 
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This is Cunningham's UNC bio:

Cunningham is in his 15th year as a Division I director of athletics. He came to Chapel Hill after spending the previous six years as the director of athletics at the University of Tulsa. He also was the AD for three years from 2002-2005 at Ball State University. He was honored as the 2008-09 FBS Central Region Athletics Director of the Year, an award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

At Tulsa, Cunningham guided the Golden Hurricane through its initial move to Conference USA and spearheaded a $60 million athletics initiative. Tulsa won 34 league championships in his tenure, more than any other school in Conference USA and the football program played in five bowl games in his last six years.

At Ball State, Cunningham led a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. In his final year, Ball State completed a $12 million campaign to renovate the football stadium. In raising those funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State athletics history.

From 1988-2002, Cunningham worked in the athletics department at the University of Notre Dame. He served as Notre Dame’s associate athletics director for finance and facilities from 1995-2000 and was the associate director of athletics for external affairs from 2000-02.

Cunningham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, both from Notre Dame, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He played on the Irish golf team in 1982-83.

Cunningham is a member of the USTA Athletic Director Advisory Group. He is a former member of NACDA’s Executive Committee, and was on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimers Association of Oklahoma and the Folds of Honor Foundation Board. Cunningham also served on the Gatorade National Advisory Board and has been a featured speaker at numerous NACDA and I-A institute conferences.
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