Pete Boone
Pete Boone
Pete Boone is the former athletics directorfor the University of Mississippi...
I'm really not going to give it a whole lot more thought than what I've already said.
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If there is a significant pattern that develops, the NCAA has the right to look at it as a major issue. But that's not what they've done here. It's just one of those things you just always have to have your antennas up.
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If I'm any good at Ole Miss, I might not be worth a flip at Michigan because I might not fit the environment.
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I do think that he's got several folks he's talking to. I talked to Ed (Saturday) morning. I think he's still looking for the best fit for Ole Miss.
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That's 10-12 that we were really interested in. Of course, then we had to find who was interested in us.
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Once Ed decides who he wants, then he and I will sit down and I'll ask him why. He and I have already talked about (several issues). Getting the right person that fits what he needs. Chemistry and personality matches up and stuff like that.
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Not only did these remarkable student-athletes excel on the playing field, all of the former athletes also graduated from Ole Miss. That's a true testament to their character.
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The list is still fluid in the sense that we may pick up another candidate, and we may not. It's much more narrow.
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I think you weigh all of the issues together, including the interview. It still may be close, but you've got to have all of the components.
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I think that, when it all boiled down, production of the offense was a major factor.
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If you're going to be successful in any venture, no matter what it is, you better hire the best people possible. Whatever it takes to hire them, you're either going to be a player or not. And we intend to be players in it.
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It's really hard to articulate the measure of success Mike's had, because you really have to consider where (the program was) when he started. We had had several years of poor performance and it's hard to get that turned around. But he's done it pretty quickly by being consistent and getting progressively better each year.
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I didn't know Andy Kennedy. There are a lot of folks who just like their names in the newspaper and want to be perceived as being part of the search for their own reasons. We wanted to see how wide a net we could cast, then start filtering out the ones who didn't fit.