Replacement for Peter Fields

[catsrback76]

Arizona State associate AD Jones to interview for Montana State AD vacancy Thursday
http://skylinesportsmt.com/arizona-stat ... -position/

Wow, strong resume, now to hear the man speak!

[bobcatbob]

Arizona State associate AD Jones to interview for Montana State AD vacancy Thursday
http://skylinesportsmt.com/arizona-stat ... -position/

Wow, strong resume, now to hear the man speak!

I hope they post his speech.Been waiting.

[Colter_Nuanez]

WATCH: Cooper Jones interviews for Montana State AD vacancy
http://skylinesportsmt.com/montana-stat ... per-jones/

Arizona State's Jones interviews for MSU AD position
http://skylinesportsmt.com/arizona-stat ... d-vacancy/

[catsrback76]

WATCH: Cooper Jones interviews for Montana State AD vacancy
http://skylinesportsmt.com/montana-stat ... per-jones/

Arizona State's Jones interviews for MSU AD position
http://skylinesportsmt.com/arizona-stat ... d-vacancy/

PARKED IT! HIRE HIM!!!!!!!!!

[bobcatbob]

If we want to get things done, then Cooper Jones is the man that should be hired. I have seen what is happening at AZ State with their facilities and they are going through a real transformation. Right now Sun Devil Stadium is being completely re-done. I have attended a few baseball and softball games at AZ State.Every year I get a call from them here in Bozeman asking me if I am coming down again this Spring and if I would like to buy tickets for any games. They even ask me if they can give me a tour of their facilities. I always found this surprising. But after listening to Cooper Jones, I can see why they are so successful at raising money. I really hope we hire him.

[wbtfg]

All 5 candidates look fantastic. Hopefully the committee was able to narrow down specifics as well as personality fit during the interview. Like I said before, this will be a difficult choice, but, on paper, it looks like we have 5 outstanding candidates.

[MSU01]

All 5 candidates look fantastic. Hopefully the committee was able to narrow down specifics as well as personality fit during the interview. Like I said before, this will be a difficult choice, but, on paper, it looks like we have 5 outstanding candidates.

Agreed. It was pretty clearly the right call to hire the outside firm to identify candidates for the job, as I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have had all five of these finalists apply had MSU conducted its own search internally. My choice on paper would be the guy from Arizona State - we can talk over and over again about needing facility upgrades, but they will happen as quickly or as slowly as MSU can raise the money needed to make those improvements. The long list of fundraising successes on his resume speaks for itself. I am 100% behind any of the candidates though as they all appear to be highly qualified, and trust that President Cruzado will make the right choice and bring in the best fit for what we need.

[DaCats21]

All 5 candidates look fantastic. Hopefully the committee was able to narrow down specifics as well as personality fit during the interview. Like I said before, this will be a difficult choice, but, on paper, it looks like we have 5 outstanding candidates.

Am I missing something? Who is the 5th candidate? Was to be announced today right?

[MSU Toddler]

Candidate 5: Leo Costello (South Dakota State)

[DaCats21]

All 5 candidates look fantastic. Hopefully the committee was able to narrow down specifics as well as personality fit during the interview. Like I said before, this will be a difficult choice, but, on paper, it looks like we have 5 outstanding candidates.

Agreed. It was pretty clearly the right call to hire the outside firm to identify candidates for the job, as I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have had all five of these finalists apply had MSU conducted its own search internally. My choice on paper would be the guy from Arizona State - we can talk over and over again about needing facility upgrades, but they will happen as quickly or as slowly as MSU can raise the money needed to make those improvements. The long list of fundraising successes on his resume speaks for itself. I am 100% behind any of the candidates though as they all appear to be highly qualified, and trust that President Cruzado will make the right choice and bring in the best fit for what we need.

I am all for hiring an outside firm, and they did a good job. But 4 candidates are Deputy/Assistant ADs at nearby schools (ASU, Utah, Wyoming, SDSU). Id hope that MSU would have had most of those guys on the list without the firm. Maybe they wouldn't I guess.

Either way I am really liking the finalists

[Hawks86]

Some of the things talked about on the Kagy thread are similar to how ASU is helping pay for facility upgrades.

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southe ... facilities

[Bozcat003]

Candidate 5: Leo Costello (South Dakota State)

This guy really interests me because he has done this all on the FCS level, at a school VERY similar to MSU. If he can raise however much there, I truthfully think he would do more here. SDSU has been very aggressive in getting new facilities, and it will pay off. SDSU is building (or already has built) a new indoor practice facility to go along with a nice new 19,000 capacity stadium I believe.

[DaCats21]

Some of the things talked about on the Kagy thread are similar to how ASU is helping pay for facility upgrades.

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southe ... facilities

YES! Bars, restaurants, hotels, apartments, on campus property all to help fund facility upgrades. Sounds good to me!!!

[Bozcat003]

If we want to get things done, then Cooper Jones is the man that should be hired. I have seen what is happening at AZ State with their facilities and they are going through a real transformation. Right now Sun Devil Stadium is being completely re-done. I have attended a few baseball and softball games at AZ State.Every year I get a call from them here in Bozeman asking me if I am coming down again this Spring and if I would like to buy tickets for any games. They even ask me if they can give me a tour of their facilities. I always found this surprising. But after listening to Cooper Jones, I can see why they are so successful at raising money. I really hope we hire him.

My only concern with Jones (and you can correct me if I'm way off), but wouldn't it be significantly easier to raise money at Arizona State? Its a MASSIVE school, right next to a MASSIVE city. There are so many people that if you get a fraction of them to donate your making some serious money. That wouldn't necessarily be the case here would it?

Like I said, I don't really know how this all goes - Jones is a great candidate, but i feel like MSU and ASU are just way different

[HelenaCat95]

Interesting that all 5 candidates are men.

[VimSince03]

If we want to get things done, then Cooper Jones is the man that should be hired. I have seen what is happening at AZ State with their facilities and they are going through a real transformation. Right now Sun Devil Stadium is being completely re-done. I have attended a few baseball and softball games at AZ State.Every year I get a call from them here in Bozeman asking me if I am coming down again this Spring and if I would like to buy tickets for any games. They even ask me if they can give me a tour of their facilities. I always found this surprising. But after listening to Cooper Jones, I can see why they are so successful at raising money. I really hope we hire him.

My only concern with Jones (and you can correct me if I'm way off), but wouldn't it be significantly easier to raise money at Arizona State? Its a MASSIVE school, right next to a MASSIVE city. There are so many people that if you get a fraction of them to donate your making some serious money. That wouldn't necessarily be the case here would it?

Like I said, I don't really know how this all goes - Jones is a great candidate, but i feel like MSU and ASU are just way different

Did you listen to him talk? The North Texas portion was what impressed me. They didn't have a winning season while he was there yet he still got the ball rolling on facility upgrades. Arizona State was just a portion of his resume, not the whole thing.

[Hawks86]

My only concern with Jones (and you can correct me if I'm way off), but wouldn't it be significantly easier to raise money at Arizona State? Its a MASSIVE school, right next to a MASSIVE city. There are so many people that if you get a fraction of them to donate your making some serious money. That wouldn't necessarily be the case here would it?

Like I said, I don't really know how this all goes - Jones is a great candidate, but i feel like MSU and ASU are just way different

The money we need is also a fraction of what they are raising. $250 million sure would be nice, but $40 million could get alot done.

[Bozcat003]

If we want to get things done, then Cooper Jones is the man that should be hired. I have seen what is happening at AZ State with their facilities and they are going through a real transformation. Right now Sun Devil Stadium is being completely re-done. I have attended a few baseball and softball games at AZ State.Every year I get a call from them here in Bozeman asking me if I am coming down again this Spring and if I would like to buy tickets for any games. They even ask me if they can give me a tour of their facilities. I always found this surprising. But after listening to Cooper Jones, I can see why they are so successful at raising money. I really hope we hire him.

My only concern with Jones (and you can correct me if I'm way off), but wouldn't it be significantly easier to raise money at Arizona State? Its a MASSIVE school, right next to a MASSIVE city. There are so many people that if you get a fraction of them to donate your making some serious money. That wouldn't necessarily be the case here would it?

Like I said, I don't really know how this all goes - Jones is a great candidate, but i feel like MSU and ASU are just way different

Did you listen to him talk? The North Texas portion was what impressed me. They didn't have a winning season while he was there yet he still got the ball rolling on facility upgrades. Arizona State was just a portion of his resume, not the whole thing.

Yeah I did, and the North Texas part was what impressed me as well. Good point.

The money we need is also a fraction of what they are raising. $250 million sure would be nice, but $40 million could get alot done.

Good point as well. $40 million is about what South Dakota State got for their facilities and they are putting it to good use.

[CelticCat]

If you can fundraise at North Texas, you can fundraise anywhere.

[VimSince03]

If you can fundraise at North Texas, you can fundraise anywhere.

Bingo!

If I had to go with the body of work? Cooper Jones.
If I had to go with my gut feeling on the guy? Kyle Brennan
Best smile? Matt Whisenant
Best look? Christian Spears