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

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Between four losses to TTUN in 11 months and the state of the basketball team this season he might want to consider the Commissioner job.

I hope he doesn't check his Twitter tonight. It's not pretty.
 
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Jake said:
Between four losses to TTUN in 11 months and the state of the basketball team this season he might want to consider the Commissioner job.

I hope he doesn't check his Twitter tonight. It's not pretty.
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Yeah after saving some face in 2020, he's worn out his welcome again. Apparently no job is as safe as AD here.
 
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RB07OSU said:
Yeah after saving some face in 2020, he's worn out his welcome again. Apparently no job is as safe as AD here.
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It’s a shame Andy Geiger left. Best AD since Lynn St. John.

Gene Smith should’ve been fired after he cost the undefeated Buckeyes their postseason and a shot at a probable NC in 2012. I have no doubt they would’ve beaten ND for the BCS Championship if Gene had done the right thing and self-imposed a postseason ban in 2011. How the OSU AD can cost the football team a national championship and keep his job will forever be beyond my ability to comprehend.
 
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ScriptOhio said:


Question: What's probably more important than your college GPA?

Answer: The amount on your W-2 form after you graduate.

8D
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There are multiple inflation calculators out there, this is just one of them. In 1988 my first year base salary was $30,000. In terms of purchasing power then it's equivalent to $77,125 today.

Not only are they worse off in terms of purchasing power, they're often staring at six-figures of student loan debt. My student loan debt was barely $5,000, which I paid off in short order.
 
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Jake said:
There are multiple inflation calculators out there, this is just one of them. In 1988 my first year base salary was $30,000. In terms of purchasing power then it was equivalent to $77,125 today.

Not only are they worse off in terms of purchasing power, they're often staring at six-figures of student loan debt. My student loan debt was barely $5,000, which I paid off in short order.
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Gene finds it funny that you worry about money. I mean, it’s just one income.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Gene finds it funny that you worry about money. I mean, it’s just one income.
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Just sayin': Gene Smith sure doesn't have to worry about money.....:roll1:

Ohio State and athletic director Gene Smith have reportedly agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the university through June 2026 and compensate him over $2 million per year, according to Dan Hope of Eleven Warriors.
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Jake said:
There are multiple inflation calculators out there, this is just one of them. In 1988 my first year base salary was $30,000. In terms of purchasing power then it's equivalent to $77,125 today.

Not only are they worse off in terms of purchasing power, they're often staring at six-figures of student loan debt. My student loan debt was barely $5,000, which I
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Back in 1971 my first year salary was $10K (i.e. $75K today). You sure missed out on some really bad inflationary years in the 70s and 80s:

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IT'S NOT GENE SMITH'S DUTY OR RIGHT TO DECIDE HOW IMPORTANT THE OHIO STATE-MICHIGAN GAME IS TO BUCKEYE FANS.

I've gotten breathless about the importance of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry and its eternal footing ahead of every other football priority for many years, and it appears Ohio State’s current AD believes the evolution of college football's postseason allows for the Michigan rivalry to be reprioritized.

It's not that he's right or wrong (he's wrong) as much as it's not his duty or right to decide.

That’s for the customer to determine. The distant world where Ohio State didn't have command or adequate footing in its rivalry game is likely foreign to him, since he arrived in Columbus after Tressel had made it distant. The customer never stopped focusing on that one game. That hasn’t changed at all.

What has changed is how assurances of pride have been repackaged without consultation.

“We were basically one point away from being in the national championship game, and I think had we got that two points we needed to convert and ultimately played TCU – I feel confident we would have performed well and won a national championship – I'm not so sure about all this chatter.”
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Oh, everyone watched the Peach Bowl. Very appreciative of the recap, thanks. The good boss is well-intentioned, but he should know two of Coop's final teams finished 2nd nationally. Ugh, it was brutal.

The Buckeyes of the 1990s were routinely in contention for national titles well into November - that aspect of the customer experience has not changed much. It was part of the value proposition that came with exiting the Earle Bruce era. We wanted national relevance, and he no longer could deliver that. It was never either/or between rivalry and national title.

John Cooper left Tempe for Columbus specifically to deliver that. He chose to exit a successful regional program in favor of higher-ceiling national one. The big title - not to be confused with the B1G one - was the reason he jumped.

Gene should understand that, since he followed the exact same path in advancing his own career. Any program equipped for and devoted to national title contention can win the trophy, but only one program in college sports evolved out of a recreational club program into national powerhouse specifically because of its unhealthy Michigan obsession.
 
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Smith will be wise to remember that, directly or indirectly, fans pay his salary, his coaches' salaries, all of his operating expenses, and donations to teaching, research, and outreach programs at Ohio State. Fans will not tolerate losing to TSUN in football.

Period.
 
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