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6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Concurrently working on 3 sides of the football stadium, basketball arena, baseball, softball, swimming pool, track/soccer. 

Hey what about the bubble?

whoa one thing at a time, buddy!

Ha. It's AD speak, I assume, for "the practice bubble is in an important planning stage and I don't want to say anything about it publicly". It wouldn't surprise me if he'd had a single BMD float an offer to pay for the whole thing in exchange for his name on it.

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Fortunate?!? There are 2 sports that matter: Football & Men's basketball. CDC's hires for both have been absolute abortions. 

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Ha. It's AD speak, I assume, for "the practice bubble is in an important planning stage and I don't want to say anything about it publicly". It wouldn't surprise me if he'd had a single BMD float an offer to pay for the whole thing in exchange for his name on it.
I think that's exactly what's happening. They're going to build a game changing practice facility (I'd look to something like the Vikings recently did in MN) that will cost $100m+. They'll need to find the space for it, obviously. But it will be bye, bye Bubble, hello to the Mega Donor X's Practice Facility.
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1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:

Thanks for posting.  Great read from Brown. 

This sums it up:  "(Del Conte) connects well with everybody, whether it’s the janitors, the ushers, the ticket takers, the parking attendants, the student-athletes." You get a guy like that, and you have a guy that will get it done. 

Other big takeaway is that Polonsky is done next summer.  Del Conte has effectively neutered him which is obviously fantastic.   But as long as Polonsky is associated with Texas athletics in any capacity it won't be soon enough that the devil is gone. 

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1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:

Thanks for posting.  Great read from Brown. 

This sums it up:  "(Del Conte) connects well with everybody, whether it’s the janitors, the ushers, the ticket takers, the parking attendants, the student-athletes." You get a guy like that, and you have a guy that will get it done. 

Other big takeaway is that Polonsky is done next summer.  Del Conte has effectively neutered him which is obviously fantastic.   But as long as Polonsky is associated with Texas athletics in any capacity it won't be soon enough that the devil is gone. 

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5 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

Other big takeaway is that Polonsky is done next summer.  Del Conte has effectively neutered him which is obviously fantastic.   But as long as Polonsky is associated with Texas athletics in any capacity it won't be soon enough that the devil is gone. 

Sounds more like CDC has figured out how to give her an 18 month victory lap/coast to the finish with no major responsibilities. 

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Similar article on CDC raise......

http://footballscoop.com/news/chris-del-conte-will-soon-2-million-athletics-director/

"Now, according to Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman, Del Conte will see his current salary rise to $1.54 million and topping out at $2 million without committing extra years to the university."

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On 2/22/2019 at 3:27 PM, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

Sounds more like CDC has figured out how to give her an 18 month victory lap/coast to the finish with no major responsibilities. 

That's a win, of sorts. 

As CoS, she's close enough that he can keep an eye on her. 

And assigning her "no major responsibilities" limits the damage she can do on her way out to pasture.

I'll take it.

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1 hour ago, honolulu horn said:

Why is Plonsky is so reviled?

Found this from posts on another site.... Sorry FCB is the source on 1st post

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https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/TEXAS-LONGHORNS-WOMENS-AD-CHRIS-PLONSKY-UNIQUE-ASSET-OR-DIVISIVE-FORCE-105338916/

No one considers Chris the next athletic director at Texas, and thats mind-boggling to me, because nobody knows more about TV contracts, the business of college athletics or her school - no one.  Donna Lopiano, Texas first womens AD in 1975, hired Plonsky as the womens sports information director at UT in 1982 (through 1986).

So, why not Plonsky?

The short answer is there appears to be no more polarizing person in the Texas athletic department than Christine A. Plonsky.

Nearly two dozen people interviewed by HornsDigest.com - ranging from current and former members of the Texas athletic department, to former coaches and student-athletes as well as boosters - paint a picture of Plonsky ranging from a huge asset to a destructive, divisive force.

Texas is the only school in Division I, II or III with a women's and a men's athletic director.

Several sources said Plonsky takes gender equity to extremes and uses Title IX when it doesn 't apply - creating division within the athletic department over money spent on the men as compared to womens athletics.

Division has also been caused by Plonsky collecting dirt on her own coaches during student-athlete counseling, tutoring and exit interviews, then using the intel to micro-manage coaches, multiple sources told HD.

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The article talks about several back stories. Texas is the only school that has separate men's and women's AD's and it it totally unnecessary. Read the stories and it's not hard to conclude that she has abused the power of her position.

Plonsky is in charge of any and all marketing and licensing for all Texas athletics including football. Herman went to Fenves and Perrin and requested that all imaging coming out of the football office, on social media and otherwise, be approved from within by football chief of staff Fernando Lovo which was granted. In the article there are couple of examples given where she undermined Charlie's media requests last year. Won't happen under Herman. 

She is also responsible for the advertising on the stadium video board during football games. Herman is has become actively involved in the game-day atmosphere planning and is pushing for his graphics team to have control of the video board during games. 

Bottom line, Tom will not take any shit from Plonsky.

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Just another article....

https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2017/07/21/Colleges/Texas-Plonsky.aspx

Sources said that division also has been "caused by Plonsky collecting dirt on her own coaches ... then using the intel to micro-manage" them. UT booster Pam Willeford said that "there’s no better college athletics administrator in the country than Plonsky." Willeford: “I have never known anyone who works as hard or spends more time or cares as much as Chris does.” But Brown noted Plonsky’s critics "describe a demoralizing, fear-based leadership style that has brought down morale in several key areas of Texas athletics because of a power grab" in '14 after the departure of 32-year AD DeLoss Dodds. 

During former AD Steve Patterson's two years at UT, Plonsky also became the "prevailing voice over academic support, sports medicine, compliance, equipment managers and game day experience." Sources said that the leaders of those areas "make decisions out of fear, based on what Plonsky wants -- not based on what’s in the best interest of the university." 

NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN? Plonsky has "been in charge of marketing and licensing" for UT athletics for more than 20 years. Sources said that her "authority to approve any athletics imaging involving the Longhorn brand was quickly challenged by new football coach Tom Herman" upon his arrival. Sources said that Herman went to UT AD Mike Perrin and President Greg Fenves and "requested all the imaging coming out of the football office bearing the Longhorn brand -- on social media and otherwise -- would be approved from within." Herman’s request was granted and the result has been a "hugely popular and welcomed social media campaign from Texas football." Plonsky also oversees UT’s relationship with multimedia rights holder IMG, which "sells sponsorships in connection with UT athletics." It is with Plonsky’s approval that "many of those sponsorships have turned into roughly" $8M worth of advertising during football games on the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium video board. However, that also is "something Herman is trying to change in an attempt to create a better atmosphere during games." Many fans "feel the amount of advertising on the video board and the use of sideline hosts to talk about various sponsorships brings the mood and sound inside the stadium to a halt".

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Chris Plonsky has made a career out of neutering our men's athletic programs at the expense of her fucking lifestyle angry advocacy, with the vindictive, implicit "title IX consequences" recklessly thrown about.

She and her fucking "Garbo's Hair Salon" pals (the Lopiano,/Conradt mafia) have made many lesbians wealthy in this town doing exactly that...at the straight line cost to our men's teams' efficacy.  

 

Fuck her.  Not a mother fucking thing "homophobic" about stating what the fuck is obvious and not tip toeing around it so as not to get sued....she has careered on the threat of lawsuits.  She absolutely cannot be gone soon enough.  Fuck her. 

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2 hours ago, TtomTerrific said:

Chris Plonsky has made a career out of neutering our men's athletic programs at the expense of her fucking lifestyle angry advocacy, with the vindictive, implicit "title IX consequences" recklessly thrown about.

She and her fucking "Garbo's Hair Salon" pals (the Lopiano,/Conradt mafia) have made many lesbians wealthy in this town doing exactly that...at the straight line cost to our men's teams' efficacy.  

 

Fuck her.  Not a mother fucking thing "homophobic" about stating what the fuck is obvious and not tip toeing around it so as not to get sued....she has careered on the threat of lawsuits.  She absolutely cannot be gone soon enough.  Fuck her. 

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CDC was on his game today. Saw him at softball field and we made the comeback. After game he was walking with us over to baseball game, stops and visits with CP & Jody while they're driving out. Heads straight to chat it up with the OLF crowd.

Noticed some great touches today, when we were leaving after baseball game 1, folks were outside game thanking us for attending.

Softball games were fun today. Love how Mike works the umpire for having a lazy strike zone.

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Chris Plonsky has made a career out of neutering our men's athletic programs at the expense of her fucking lifestyle angry advocacy, with the vindictive, implicit "title IX consequences" recklessly thrown about.

She and her fucking "Garbo's Hair Salon" pals (the Lopiano,/Conradt mafia) have made many lesbians wealthy in this town doing exactly that...at the straight line cost to our men's teams' efficacy.  

 

Fuck her.  Not a mother fucking thing "homophobic" about stating what the fuck is obvious and not tip toeing around it so as not to get sued....she has careered on the threat of lawsuits.  She absolutely cannot be gone soon enough.  Fuck her. 

Fuck her? Fuck her?

 

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10 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

Why is Plonsky is so reviled?

Lots of internal political reasons but the reason I have disliked her forever is that under her leadership complacency and incompetence seems to be the order of the day for our Women's programs. Connie Clark just hung around stealing money forever. I knew people who knew Coach Goestenkors and despite everybody knew her tenure was a complete failure, she basically had to ask to be let go and Plonsky tried to convince her to stay. I mean can you imagine? Imagine Charlie Strong asking to be let go after Kansas and Mike Perrin asking him to please please stay.

And then once Goestenkors successfully fired herself, Plonsky turns right around and hires one of her cronies to take over what should be flagship program of the women's athletic department. Now the women's basketball program has been pretty good under Karen Aston but I almost feel that was good luck more than anything else...and is seven years without a Big 12 title really what we aspire to?

All of our women's programs have languished since she took over as Women's AD.

I used to think that at least she seemed to get the Volleyball program right with Jerritt Elliot but I have heard numerous times that she cannot stand him and would love to get rid of him if he weren't so pesky by winning so often. Now I don't know if that is true but that might explain why he is an anomaly. 

She seems to optimize the fat cat, stay in your comfort zone, love of mediocrity that so pervaded our athletic department during she and Dodds' tenure. I strongly dislike her incompetence and lack of results and self-satisfaction and the sooner everybody from those days is hitting the shuffle board at the retirement palace the better.  

UT Austin is about excellence in athletics. Our womens programs need to be producing Gold Medal Olympians and National Titles not cushy jobs for the ADs cronies. Kick the old fossils out.

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Donna Lopiano, Texas first womens AD in 1975, hired Plonsky as the womens sports information director at UT in 1982 (through 1986).

Now think about that. A motherfucking sports information director becoming athletic director. No offense to someone like srr50 over @ Barking Carnival but that is not a compatible career trajectory. She was never qualified to work in a decision-making / authority capacity in the first place and anything we've gotten done athletically over the past 30 years is in spite, not because, of her.

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On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 2:58 PM, honolulu horn said:

Why is Plonsky is so reviled?

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On 2/23/2019 at 2:58 PM, honolulu horn said:

Why is Plonsky is so reviled?

Bottom line is she presided over many years of mediocrity at historically successful Texas women's programs.  If her culture of failure were not enough, she has also frequently undermined the men's athletic programs as well.

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