(11-25-2014 01:55 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  Sound like a great hire. Congrats NMSU....this classic quote from Dr. Boston is amazing:

"As challenging as things can be from time to time, I still don't know if I fully know how to communicate effectively with our market," Boston said. "It sounds simple, but it's a very complex market."

No wonder NMSU has floated aimlessly about for the past 10 years.

Athletics had a presence on campus in his first few years on the job at NMSU. Then the prez left who had hired him and Boston kept a low profile. You would think that sometime in ten years Boston would have thought "hey we should do some fundraising." I don't think he had to fund raise at Minnesota. He probably had a person who did that for him. He had his chance to go out and get new sponsorships and do fundraising this past year and I don't think he did well.

Back in August when it came out NMSU was looking for a new AD, Boston said he wanted to stay on longer. He seemed bewildered that NMSU wanted to go in a new direction, called fundraising.

He did get the APR issue under control, with the exception of football. Oversaw the start of AggieVision, but it was runned by other people. That is about it. He only hired coaches when he had to. I think more coaches quit/resigned then were fired by him.

It will be good to have someone energetic as the head of the Athletic Department and someone Aggie fans can connect to.