male who makes what he views as 'safe' decisions. Rather than pushing the BOT to pony up for a top-shelf coach, he takes their budget constraints and goes bargain shopping for a head coach. His decision to hire Diaz appears to have been driven by budget and political connections to BOT members; two motivating factors that lead to exactly what we have as a coach.
AD needs to be a bold leader who has the courage to tell his superiors what it will take to have competitive athletics.
AD needs to be a bold leader who has the courage to tell his superiors what it will take to have competitive athletics.