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RE: Jamie Pollard

dudistance — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:15:30 GMT

Shh...don't tip them off!

I think the big billboards in Hawkeye country a few years back already did that.

RE: Jamie Pollard

Darth Vader — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:35:07 GMT

4Bulldogs (3/13/2010)

Seriously, what other ISU employee would have been able to put forth such a tactless response? The only reason he's getting away with it is because of his A.D. position. It's unlikely that anyone else with a high level university position would be getting away with a response like this relative to the issue or department. Pollard is taking out his frustration on some letter writer because he doesn't want to look in the mirror and realize he's a big part of ISU's downward spiral--he wants to blame everything on people who don't buy season tickets.

Shh...don't tip them off!

RE: Jamie Pollard

4Bulldogs — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:20:19 GMT

RE: Jamie Pollard

dudistance — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:40:19 GMT

While Pollard COULD have used more tact

Pollard SHOULD have used more tact. As an authority figure in a major athletic department, you should never put down a fan...no matter how dumb the email. Fans are what drive revenue.

And how does Pollard know the fan was not a donor anyway. When a group purchases tickets as a group at Drake it is under one name, not the full groups name. I imagine it is the same at ISU. Just because his computer does not have the fans name, does not mean the fan never bought tickets. Plus, you have to figure we all donate money to ISU (even if we do not want to donate) as it is a State school.

RE: Jamie Pollard

FarmerClone — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:44:36 GMT

[quote]Keita44 (3/10/2010)

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/84239-must-read.html

I really don't understand why all of these Cyclone fans are supporting Pollard here. In my opinion, Pollard was definitely in the wrong here.[/quote]

While Pollard COULD have used more tact, I agree that if a person is going to threaten to never again buy tickets to a game or support ISU while McDermott is here, there should at least be proof he ever did in the first place. The person that wrote the email looks like a loser to me but I agree Pollard could have chosen a different road to go do with his response. But at the same time, I find it HILARIOUS that this dunce sent this to the media hoping it would make Pollard look terrible when it mostly makes this guy look stupid.

RE: Jamie Pollard

DUBulldog — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:58:06 GMT

puttheDbackinDrake (3/11/2010)

On a side note, was Matty P in St. Louis?

He was sitting about 3 rows in front of us. I swear I could hear him complaining about the PA announcer in the Bradley-Creighton game.

RE: Jamie Pollard

puttheDbackinDrake — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:53:42 GMT

On a side note, was Matty P in St. Louis?

RE: Jamie Pollard

Dawg_tired — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:01:05 GMT

If your going to biatch, you have to put your money where your mouth is, or ya don't really matter. Unless you're a liberal. Then you just take someone else's money and biatch all you want about how life's not fair.

RE: Jamie Pollard

DUBulldog — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:31 GMT

Mecha_Bulldog (3/10/2010)

[quote]Looks like P'errault is about as popular with ISU fans as he is with DU fans. Honestly, in a battle between P'errault and Pollard, I'd side with Pollard too.

Perrault also has a post in that thread where he mentions a previous "history" between him and Pollard.....so, it looks like he's somehow pissed Pollard off in the past. Hard to believe that Matty P could piss anybody off.

RE: Jamie Pollard

Mecha_Bulldog — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:23 GMT

DUBulldog (3/10/2010)

There's a 34-page (and growing fast) thread about this on cylconefanatic.com.....most of the ISU fans agree with Pollard.

This exchange on cyclonefanatic is pretty good:

I also find it funny that sportstalkmatt is on Twitter telling CF "you're welcome" for starting a 30-page crapstorm here. Shouldn't he be thanking CF for material and listeners?

[quote]If that's true, I find Matt's ego hilarious. He didn't bring jack **** to CF. CF would have been just as active if he didn't post that stuff.

He should thank Miller and Deace for doing his job for him and then CF for giving them 3 hours worth of material.

And it only took, what, 6 months for Matt to turn into Marty Tirrell? Good luck with that Matt. [/quote]

Looks like P'errault is about as popular with ISU fans as he is with DU fans. Honestly, in a battle between P'errault and Pollard, I'd side with Pollard too.

RE: Jamie Pollard

Keita44 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:21 GMT

RE: Jamie Pollard

DUBulldog — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:22 GMT

dudistance (3/10/2010)

I found it....Letter To Jamie Pollard

There's a 34-page (and growing fast) thread about this on cylconefanatic.com.....most of the ISU fans agree with Pollard.

The thread was started by our old buddy, SportsTalkMatt.

link

Edit: I noticed that Keita posted the same link on the other thread he started about this.

RE: Jamie Pollard

Drakey — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:44:03 GMT

Since he lost 100 lbs, Steve Deace looks a lot like Dwight Schrute.

RE: Jamie Pollard

Keita44 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:26 GMT

Haha, you beat me to it.

RE: Jamie Pollard

dudistance — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:24:54 GMT

I found it....

Letter To Jamie Pollard

Jamie Pollard

dudistance — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:14 GMT

I was in the car with a friend today and he was listening to KXNO (I know it is a sin for a Drake fan).

They actually had a story I found interesting. Apparently, Jamie Pollard told a fan that his opinion did not count due to the fact he was not a season ticket holder or a booster. According to Pollard, he was not a true fan since he did not donate money. The fan had previously wrote him a letter stating his discontent with the Iowa State basketball program and Pollard responded saying his opinion did not matter.

On the radio, they said the full story was on the KXNO website. I tried to look it up, but could not find it.