The following quotes or paraphrases are what gets me in a dander as a fan. When a reporter comes along and asks you "What don't your fans understand?", the media savvy AD says "I love every one of those fans. So glad we have so much interest in our program. So glad we have one of the top ten revenue programs year in and year out. I think those fans that cause us to be in that top ten are very well versed on all things. My job, Dan's job, Steve's job, the grasscutters job, the guy who decided on that fukked up font's job. I want to hear what they all have to say about every aspect of our program. Now I understand that I cannot make them all happy, but my job is to make the biggest portion of them (really the most money but he can't say that) happy that I can, while ethically running the program, following all the rules, making sure everyone follows all the rules, graduating upstanding citizens from all sports of both sexes, making sure the athletes are educated properly, etc."
"Fans don’t understand why an athletic director can’t “just go and get him,” Stricklin said."
"Another complication fans don’t deal with when playing fantasy athletic director and hiring coaches: agents. Stricklin admitted finding it difficult when talking to agents to accurately gauge their clients’ genuine interest in the Florida job as opposed to their just trying to use the Florida job to leverage their client’s current employer for more money."
"Stricklin thinks the rate at which universities turn over not only football coaches, but athletic directors and presidents as well, contributes to their being a shortage of all three to fill high-profile vacancies. Athletic directors have many important responsibilities, none more so than hiring a football coach, and doing so successfully is a lot more difficult than it seems from the outside."