You are damn right I am a fan of winning. People are NOT going to pay money to see losers. Geoff will, for better or worse, be judged by how many games he wins not the perceived effort of the players, or the progress they make, or how many make it in the "league".
Perfectly stated
Yeah... but fact is fact... winning generates ticket sales and losing does not. It takes winning to generate fan bases.... Hell, I have a friend that graduated from Vandy and supports UT. If we stop caring about Ws, you might as well sign a death warrant to the program. I foresee ticket sales going down, next year. Reason? Economy is about to hit the tank and people will want to be mindful on what they spend money on. I cannot see supporting a losing team, with a coach that can't get out of his own way, as a place to spend part of their income. Yet, I foresee wining programs to see little to no change, next year. I may be wrong. But, we'll see come next season.....
Commendable but after back to back to back 3 win seasons it becomes harder to justify the time and expense when there are other things to do on fall afternoons.
First, yes I can. It’s obvious to anyone in the world that Clemson has been a top 3 team the last decade. Including them in the ACC rankings would be like SEC fans claiming their superiority based on Bama being good. If that’s who you are go ahead.
Bingo!
I wasn't suggesting firing him now with my question. I was asking if you have any suggestions for improving the game management issues.
yes! but I thought the Waffle House stuff was goofy also. Like who could order the most high carb food? I also don't think that anyone should act like a big shot, know it all, with no track record.Was just talking to someone and commented that those of us who have been around for a while (i.e. old and worked in the real world for a long time) recognized the Collins schtick immediately. Yes, the Waffle House stuff was cute and the social media stuff was better and recruiting is better than it has been. But to me, Collins always gave off (and still gives off) the vibe of repeating slogan and catch phrases but NOTHING else.
Say it how you will, in over his head, not as smart as he thinks he is, trying to pull a fast one on us, not ready for prime time, but I don't think most intelligent folks (i.e. Tech graduates and fans) have ever bought what he's selling. The stupidity of people jumping up and down on the sidelines holding signs that say "Money Down" when you can't stop anyone is just comical. I was told two years ago that "he isn't speaking to you, he's speaking to 18 year olds." Well, the reason is likely because 18 year olds are the only ones who would believe his schtick.
Finally, if any coach at Tech in a high profile position could learn the most important lesson to appeasing Tech fans it would be this, look at Bobby Cremins. After every loss, he would take the full blame and responsibility and at least say that he was going to get it fixed. He never used catch phrases or talked about how Dwayne Morrison left him in such a mess (he did, 4-23 the year before Cremins came). We are intelligent people, take the blame for how we're playing. Not that it will excuse losing, but it will at least show that you get it, there are things that are wrong and they will be addressed. Saying "elite" over and over again and "no one works harder than those guys in that locker room" and "when we won at Temple, we did XYZ." Tech people aren't that stupid.
Anyway, he better figure out some sort of contrition in the next two weeks, because we may be somewhat competitive this week, but we're likely getting boat raced at home next week, with 70% of the fans in red and black and with so many "bad fans" () saying they aren't renewing their tickets next year, he's walking a really fine line for his survival.
Yep. Here in Lincoln NE not only are football games sold out (90k +), but also volleyball in a big coliseum. We have the same 3-9 problem with our hero Scott frost. Who's gonna be better at NE than Frost? Here there is no alternative entertainment.
I can't get inside his mind, so I don't know how much he really cares, but he has 20 million reasons to care less.
For a guy who schemed for 20 years to get his dream job, he is remarkably tone deaf to the culture of the school. I said that when was hired ... “he might win games, but he will lose the fan base.”
Did he have "Money Down" at Temple?
Yes and Florida.
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Well, I'm sure it didn't look as silly with a half decent defense.Yes and Florida.
Temple's Money Down instructor needs help
Assistant equipment manager Kane Ivers-Osthus took ill this past weekend
