(04-06-2014 03:38 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(04-06-2014 02:50 PM)moehler Wrote:  never understood some App fans hatred for Cobb, he has grown the athletics to a level it has never been before, yes, he has made some mistakes, ie: the men's basketball program, but during his tenure he has had more success than failures. Hell, compared to the last AD who did absolutely nothing his last 5 years because he was planning his retirement CC is a god send

Watching our basketball program go from beating name teams to the pile of crap they came down to, and watching the academics of them suffer, find it hard to believe Cobb deserved an extension. If you only want to consider building a palace for the whine and cheese crowd to drink in, then that's your prerogative. Yes, he is better than some we have had, but some fifth graders could have probably been better also.

Pre Cobb:

Attendance - 14k
Yosef donations - $600k a year
Stadium - 16k, worst press box, locker rooms, and weight room in the conference

Today

Attendance -28k
Yosef donations - $3M
Stadium, 24k, some of the best facilities available. Those luxury suites and club seats represent 33% of our season ticket revenue. I'm thankful to those donors that continue to give generously to App, even if they aren't the loudest on Saturdays.

Cobb certainly made mistakes, hiring Capel being the biggest. But 5th grader could do better, calling BS.