Palmetto Proving Grounds

So...he is inevitably going to be a bad AD?

Not what I said. However I do think odds are better with an AD who has been successful at another place. Tanner could be great and Morrison or some other successful AD could suck. But odds are not better that a successful baseball coach will be a better AD than a successful AD.

Tanner was an assistant AD at NCSU... he's not coming into this blind. Remember that a huge portion of the AD's responsibilities is being a Fund Raiser, and Tanner is a Super Hero in this state with a monster approval rating. He'll do good and I'm sure Pastides will keep a close eye on the situation.

I don't think it will be as bad as King Dixon but I see your point. I at least believe he will get along with our coaches which Dixon did not. He also has more experience than Dixon did I hope Pastidea hires the best person for the job. If its Ray then that's great.

No similarity at all. Here's what I posted in another thread:

"(Dixon) had recently retired from the Marine Corps and was a bank executive in his hometown of Laurens when then-President James Holderman (who later was twice sent to federal prison on separate fraud convictions) saw an opportunity to use Dixon's friendship with BOT member Herbert Adams to his personal advantage. Holderman's support on the board was crumbling, and Adams was a swing vote." (Holderman's ploy failed, as Adams refused to let himself be co-opted.)

King Dixon is a wonderful person who loves Carolina. As a Marine colonel in Vietnam, he had commanded the 3rd Reconnaisance Battalion -- as hardcore an outfit as there was in-country. But he had ZERO experience in athletic administration.

Where King Dixon was unexpectly thrust into the AD's job by an unscrupulous president, Tanner has been preparing himself for such an opportunity.

As Whittle's article (http://southcarolina.247sports.com/Article/Ray-Tanner-is-a-favorite-to-be-the-next-Gamecock-AD-79256) says, Ray Tanner has had experience: as an associate AD, as one of the few college baseball coaches running his program in the black, and as a liaison between the coaching staffs and the university president's office

Double post.

Yes you will. Tanner is not in the same stratosphere as King Dixon. How about putting a little thought into this.

He's such a great coach I would hate to see him not coach anymore, and I would like to see a big time AD take over. I would think given the state of our 4 big teams(mens baseball, football, and women's Bball and Frank Marttin coming in and some pretty good men's BBall recruits) I would be surprised if potential ADs aren't lining up out of Pastides office for the job. I think Tanner would do well though.

I would say no. He is good at helping my kids get players autographs though. I appreciate him alot for that.

On the business side of things the job Dixon took over and the job we have open now are not even comparable jobs. Financially, its a much easier job now. Hyman left us in a good spot for his successor.

To compare Ray Tanner--bright and successful-- to King Dixon AND Brad Edwards--obtuse and incomplete-- to a great administrator .....is an exercise in futility.