http://www.lvrj.com/sports/51978922.html
"Take the decision on who should be your school's next athletic director now that Marshall University has called one of its sons home.
The latter is good news for Hamrick, who in a few days probably will be recognized by more people in Huntington, W.Va., than he was in six-plus years here. This is also good news for UNLV, which needs someone running athletics with a feel for the city, all its major players and who could raise more money than what it costs for a morning Starbucks run."
"I'm not sure what brand of moonshine Marshall president Stephen Kopp might be sampling, but when someone describes Hamrick as a person who "knows how to build friends and relationships," it must be some of the crisp, clear, tasty stuff.
It was on the day he was introduced at Marshall when one UNLV athletic department official offered me this: "I am sure if he drove a bus over six of the more influential athletic boosters, he couldn't name five of them."
His words, Neal. Not mine.
Another who has followed and supported UNLV athletics since 1974 wrote that Hamrick was the only athletic director he never met or saw in the community. That he was invisible.
This just in, Neal: Casper the Friendly Ghost is a simple but effective Halloween costume. He doesn't make a good AD.
Hamrick was more out of place here than snowshoes, and that weakened his department. Do some research. Ask about the revolving door of capable employees who left under his watch. Inquire how many times he promoted from within (if you get to two, you're our grand prize winner)."
Geez do these guys have a vendetta or what? Makes you wonder if Hamrick kicked one of there dogs or something. I guess 22 Mountain West Conference Championships, a run to the sweet sixteen, and making UNLV athletes remember that they are STUDENT-athletes does not count for any thing.
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