Gene Smith (Former AD, ‘10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

[eightpointbuck]

At the very least Gene Smith is guilty of not adhering to the old rule of Releasing Bad News Quickly and Good News Slowly. Once this started to snowball, there should have been a full accounting to the public. This slow drip is as surely eating at my soul as it is crushing the reputation of my beloved university. From the first farce of a press conference to yesterday, this has been a clinic in how not to deal with a scandal.

The OSU AD should at minimum know the difference between these 2 words.

He obviously does not. At 1.3 million per year we deserve better then a game of CYA. The responsibility for the acts are completely tied to those kids, but when you make 1.3 million per year to competently manage the Athletic dept. the Bucks literally end with you.

As always,

:gobucks3::gobucks4:

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

As it is now clear that The Ohio State University will have a new head coach for their football program next year; I humbly submit that we hire a new AD with the stipulation that the new AD will focus on the Athletic Department and leave the search for the new head football coach to the committee hired specifically for that purpose. That committee would comprise Andy Geiger /list

 

[BigJim]

Two other quotes that stuck out on my page 1 (first 50 posts):

This is actually an area that I have some first hand expirience from. As a former athlete at Arizona State I am not impressed with his hiring. Wells Fargo Arena and Sun Devil Stadium were well below average facilities. As well when the whole Clarett situation came to face, I reminded everyone that these things go on at every school. I was a walk on football player and knew scholarship players that would walk in with the exam answers and also take "cush" summer jobs. Smith made mediocre hirings in Dirk Koetter and Tempe is trying to chase out Rob Evans. I am definetly looking at the major areas which is improvements in facilities, honesty in the programs and good coach hirings. Smith seems like a well respected individual. But in my honest opinion Andy Geiger is a good man, and Gene Smith will not be able to do half as many good things as he.

The thing I like the most about him is that he is supposed to be a guy that will keep the boosters at arms length... that regardless of the cost he won't allow them to drag the program down. That's just what I've been hearing, I have no facts to support this :) We definitely need someone who can change the atmosphere of some of the rogue boosters and their cocky approach to tOSU.

Obviously I don't blame jwins here, he was just relaying what he heard, just thought the comment was funny in retrospect.

 

[jwinslow]

ouch

 

[Gatorubet]

I live in Phoenix and am a season ticket holder to ASU baseball -- one of the numerous formerly distinguished programs Smith has managed to run into the ground. This is truly the best possible choice for ASU and the worst possible choice for OSU. Smith has exactly one redeeming characteristic -- he's Black; but after all, if it wasn't for affirmative action, Holbrook would still be teaching second grade in Georgia. Apparently there's only one criterion for selection in Holbrook's book.
Smith has created a huge athletics department deficit here; he is a truly inept fund raiser who is completely unorganized and has no clue to go about anything. The building programs have languished. The baseball, wrestling, and basketball teams have been absolutely destroyed under his tenure and may never recover. In alumni/supporter events he's detached and communes only with a small group of backers who have moved into the department like vultures. They have hacked large numbers of department employees in the past couple of years in an attempt to balance the books, which still hasn't worked. In speaking with him you wonder if he's really as dumb as he comes across, or if it's an act. The athletics department is currently under NCAA investigation for a number of football violations, including the use of autos provided by department employees, academic fraud, and other maladies, and he has no handle on any of these things whatsoever.
I was truly astounded when I read this story. This guy is much worse than Jim Jones. Say good-bye to proud athletic tradition, integrity, and fiscal soundness at OSU if he comes on board for the sake of stoking Holbrook's political correctness agenda.

All right....which mod or admin went back and GPA'd Diver's post?

 

[craigblitz]

I am not sure, but I am pretty sure I am going to let Diver start picking my lottery numbers!!

 

[colobuck79]

Uh-oh, the dreaded vote of confidence. Where have we seen this before.

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/10/05/system-is-not-broken-gee-says.html

Gee also backed athletic director Gene Smith.
?I think we are blessed to have an extraordinarily talented athletic director who has proven his mettle through an extraordinarily tough time,? he said.

 

[wadc45]

Meanwhile, I hope they are at least sending out a feeler to this guy:

http://www.golobos.com/newmexico/ad.html

 

[Buck Nasty]

Meanwhile, I hope they are at least sending out a feeler to this guy:

http://www.golobos.com/newmexico/ad.html

Isn't he the guy who hired Mike Locksley out there?

No thanks, that is probably one of the worst hires in the history of college football.

 

[Bucklion]

Isn't he the guy who hired Mike Locksley out there?

No thanks, that is probably one of the worst hires in the history of college football.

That's THE worst hire in the history of college football...don't want anywhere near that one.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Sorry to sound dumb but what is Gene doing wrong.

He should have done a complete and thorough investigation last November (2010) when the original story broke. I'm sick and tired of new infractions/suspensions/allegations coming out almost every other month since then.

:osu:

 

[Tlangs]

He should have done a complete and thorough investigation last November (2010) when the original story broke. I'm sick and tired of new infractions/suspensions/allegations coming out almost every other month since then.

:osu:

pretty sure we that the results we see now are a result of a complete and thorough investigation.

 

[TooTall]

Can we change the accolade in the thread title to Gene Smith- Ironically 2010 AD of the Year?

 

[CONGERSBUCKEYE]

I would not be shocked if JT is our coach next year. The next months will be telling..

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

I would not be shocked if JT is our coach next year. The next months will be telling..

I would be. I can't see Tressel coaching again.