The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

[rufus]

Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

Did anybody see timmay's quotes about we need to establish Maine as a national prominent program????

Now why would we need to do that? Maine was a national prominent program, what happened?

[KnowItAll]

Re: The Official Maine 2009 season thread:The Revenge of TIMMAY!!!

The Learfield Sports deal must be incredibly profitable for the school.

as long as there is no mention of profit sharing or listenership in the contract.

Once Learfield took over, the numbers of listeners dwindled significantly, which means ad revenue tanked as well.

huh, treat Maine like a big city and all business and not like a small community, and things all go to hel1, who wouldda thunk it

[BoSox3066]

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Very disappointed in President Kennedy. It really makes you wonder what this guy is looking at, if he's paying attention. There are really only two possibilities here: Either Kennedy is just as clueless as James appears to be, or the stories about James' mircomanaging and how much most "insiders" and donors dislike him that are alluded to here are crap.

Think about it. Money talks, it talks at every major state university in the country. Solich, Zook, Gillespie...when you anger the donors, if you're winning or losing, you're gone. What gives?

[Priceless]

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as long as there is no mention of profit sharing or listenership in the contract.

Once Learfield took over, the numbers of listeners dwindled significantly, which means ad revenue tanked as well.

huh, treat Maine like a big city and all business and not like a small community, and things all go to hel1, who wouldda thunk it

As I understand the Learfield deal, the school gets paid no matter how many people listen. Getting listeners and selling ads are Learfield's problem - and they take whatever profits there are.

[ChiefWahoo]

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Isn't Chief Wahoo the same guy that said that TIMMAY was going to be hired as the next head coach at Hamilton College? I think that he got in trouble for that one because he posted it in his blog but also writes for a newspaper.......lol.

*yawn*

No ChiefWahoo is not Mike McMahon.

I said Maine was going to be losing something. And based on today's news about Blake James it looks like you are going to be losing your minds.

[Runsub5]

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Very disappointed in President Kennedy. It really makes you wonder what this guy is looking at, if he's paying attention. There are really only two possibilities here: Either Kennedy is just as clueless as James appears to be, or the stories about James' mircomanaging and how much most "insiders" and donors dislike him that are alluded to here are crap.

Think about it. Money talks, it talks at every major state university in the country. Solich, Zook, Gillespie...when you anger the donors, if you're winning or losing, you're gone. What gives?

The President is a micro-manager. He has James under his thumb and is a known quantity to him. In addition, the budget situation is so bad, he is probably looking for a way out and can't be bothered by looking for a replacement AD. I bet he wishes he were in Kansas, now.

[Priceless]

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I bet he wishes he were in Kansas, now.

With his little dog, too.

[walrus]

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As I understand the Learfield deal, the school gets paid no matter how many people listen. Getting listeners and selling ads are Learfield's problem - and they take whatever profits there are.

WZON was going to give the U money no matter what, learfield was going give the U nothing until they made money.

[Fishman'81]

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A very discouraging turn of events,for sure...I wanted to flush out the whole AD regime,aside from Corkum and maybe the women's poker team.

Then again,I just watched Minnesota fall to 2-5 or something like that...Is Lucia on the way out,too,I wonder?Or is it just all the rage to trash out your school's flagship program?

I say offer Timmy $7K per win,take it or leave it.Who TF else doesn't get paid for performance,in the real world?

[mainescores]

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A very discouraging turn of events,for sure...I wanted to flush out the whole AD regime,aside from Corkum and maybe the women's poker team.

Then again,I just watched Minnesota fall to 2-5 or something like that...Is Lucia on the way out,too,I wonder?Or is it just all the rage to trash out your school's flagship program?

I say offer Timmy $7K per win,take it or leave it.Who TF else doesn't get paid for performance,in the real world?

Well the sad part is we are stuck now with this A.D. and that is bad news....but no matter who is the A.D. the writing is there....clean out Whitehead at the end of the season...will it happen...ha on that....those two are buddies....it's a real sad situation there...great hockey program gone to hell in less then 5 years......it makes you wonder...what are they thinking..??? Isn't the plan to win and put a hard working product on the ice..? As far a s paying him for wins...ha. He has single handly ruin this program and I would say he has done it in spite...not that he wants to lose games..but wants it to be HIS program...not the Maine Hockey program...well here's a BIG thanks to James/Whitehead combo.....Thanks ALOT for RUINING Maine Hockey.....oh and one last shot...is UM's sport winning % around 33-35 combined? Now thats something to get a extension..............S*cks out LOUD.

[BearPaw]

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He has single handly ruin this program and I would say he has done it in spite...not that he wants to lose games..but wants it to be HIS program...not the Maine Hockey program...well here's a BIG thanks to James/Whitehead combo.....Thanks ALOT for RUINING Maine Hockey.....oh and one last shot...is UM's sport winning % around 33-35 combined? Now thats something to get a extension..............S*cks out LOUD.

With his arrogance, it was his way or the highway.

[Priceless]

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I say offer Timmy $7K per win,take it or leave it.Who TF else doesn't get paid for performance,in the real world?

For starters, traders on Wall Street...

[sandiegoblkbr]

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For starters, traders on Wall Street...

So true........may as well spend your money at a casino these days.......a lot more predictable.

[rufus]

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He has single handly ruin this program and I would say he has done it in spite...not that he wants to lose games..but wants it to be HIS program...not the Maine Hockey program....

Maybe that's his plan. Run the program into the ground, so he can be credited with rebuilding a doormat program, just like Walshy did.

There's no great accolades in keeping a top tier program at that level. You're just considered the caretaker. But to take a program from the basement to the top, now that's an accomplishment. Something that legends do.

[AMC]

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Maybe that's his plan. Run the program into the ground, so he can be credited with rebuilding a doormat program, just like Walshy did.

There's no great accolades in keeping a top tier program at that level. You're just considered the caretaker. But to take a program from the basement to the top, now that's an accomplishment. Something that legends do.

Yeah, but legends don't destroy top tier programs.