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Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:25 pm
by Rekdiver
Laney is the first Director of the Boone Regional Sports Comission. I’m not kidding. Next thing Cobb will be our Mayor....
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:53 pm
by TheMoody1
Rekdiver wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:25 pm
Laney is the first Director of the Boone Regional Sports Comission. I’m not kidding. Next thing Cobb will be our Mayor....
Has he started wearing socks?
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:54 pm
by Stonewall
No.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:59 pm
by Arsenal App
Just be glad it's not Borkowski.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:37 pm
by T-Dog
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:25 pm
by Saint3333
Hiring a 70 year old, interesting move.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:49 pm
by Rekdiver
Mac Brown wasn’t available.....
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:06 am
by AppStFan1
LOL. Those who became App fans since the FCS national titles will never know how toxic he was to App State. I still believe we would have been in I-A much earlier if not for him. As long as he stays away from Gillin and the athletics department and he does not have a way to negatively effect us I don't care. Just don't ever want to see him around our program again.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:15 am
by roachgone
Amen brother. My board name was Roachout. Now is Roachgone. If he and Bork were still here we would still be in the smallcon and listening to all the many reasons we could never complete with fbs teams. As long as he has nothing to do with App I don’t care what he does.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:12 pm
by asu66
roachgone wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:15 am
Amen brother. My board name was Roachout. Now is Roachgone. If he and Bork were still here we would still be in the smallcon and listening to all the many reasons we could never complete with fbs teams. As long as he has nothing to do with App I don’t care what he does.
Looking back now, it's simply unreal to recall the number of times that individuals and groups would approach Laney with a workable plan to change things that were being done like it was still 1955 or to make minor improvements to facilities or to actually develop, seek approval and publish a short-term plan and a long-range plan for athletics.
Mr. Status Quo or Mr. Resistance would always respond with his worn-out catch phrase..."Appalachian can't do that."
I suspect his head is still spinning at everything that's been accomplished since he was ushered into a different line of work and all that's about to unfold over the next 36 months.
#MakeAnImpact! Appalachian can!
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:23 pm
by Arsenal App
asu66 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:12 pm
I suspect his head is still spinning at everything that's been accomplished since he was ushered into a different line of work and all that's about to unfold over the next 36 months.
#MakeAnImpact! Appalachian can!
Nah, he's probably convinced himself that he's the one who laid the foundation for all the changes for the better in our athletic department since he was shown the door.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:34 pm
by Rekdiver
Charlie Cobb can thank him for making him look like a superstar......
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:00 pm
by CVAPP
I know he was not a well-liked AD among many or most around this board but it appears that David Jackson had something to do with him getting this new job, and that's an indication DJ must have some measure of respect for him. I wish them success.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:08 pm
by Rekdiver
DJ's decision making process is taking a hit right now if that's true..........
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:14 pm
by CVAPP
Rekdiver wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:08 pm
DJ's decision making process is taking a hit right now if that's true..........
Working in a part-time position, Laney will head the Boone Area Sports Commission, a nonprofit that is currently being established. Tilley previously said the salary would be in the $30,000 range. The office will be housed in the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce and Laney will report to Tilley and Jackson.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:44 pm
by ASU3432Mi
Shuffleboard and bocce ball tournaments!
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:43 pm
by AppinVA
Maybe Chancellor Toot can head a regional arts council.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:02 pm
by Stonewall
This is a tough crowd.
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:41 am
by AppStFan1
asu66 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:12 pm
roachgone wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:15 am
Amen brother. My board name was Roachout. Now is Roachgone. If he and Bork were still here we would still be in the smallcon and listening to all the many reasons we could never complete with fbs teams. As long as he has nothing to do with App I don’t care what he does.
Looking back now, it's simply unreal to recall the number of times that individuals and groups would approach Laney with a workable plan to change things that were being done like it was still 1955 or to make minor improvements to facilities or to actually develop, seek approval and publish a short-term plan and a long-range plan for athletics.
Mr. Status Quo or Mr. Resistance would always respond with his worn-out catch phrase..."Appalachian can't do that."
I suspect his head is still spinning at everything that's been accomplished since he was ushered into a different line of work and all that's about to unfold over the next 36 months.
#MakeAnImpact! Appalachian can!
If I could like this post 1,000,000 times I would. Roachel was a roach in our athletics department. I will refrain from telling my personal story but him saying Appalachian can't do that or telling individuals they could not do something was the story of his reign of tyranny. I was told that he said on multiple occasions that he never wanted the Yosef Club to bring in more than 1M in a year because it would take away from his power.
When he said "Appalachian could not do it" he should have said "I, Roachel Laney, am too incompetent to do it".
Re: Former AD in New Role
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:21 am
by Arsenal App
The problem with an AD is that if he stays on the same job for 5 or 6 years he begins to think of himself as an Emperor or a King instead of the CEO of an athletic department. It happened with Laney and it happened with Cobb. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens with Gillin too. Power can corrupt.
The worst case I ever saw was Jim Weaver at Virginia Tech. The guy caught Parkinson's Disease and was only able to come into his office once or twice a week yet he still refused to step down as AD because he didn't want to give up his power. It wasn't until he was sent to hospice care that he finally stepped aside and a new AD was brought in.
