You all know I have been of this opinion for a while. But there has to be a point where something changes. What will it take - a crowd of 1,000 for an ESPN2 game against Marshall in which we are blown out? Well that is likely to come on Friday. A 63-0 loss to Charlotte? That one may be further off. When will we break this tradition of being excited, told we are going to be "very good" the next year, then falling apart at the seams?? Every year it is the same story. Always excuses, never improvement.
It is fine to say "well the players are doing good things". OK, well we will have bigger problems if we can't get 5,000 people to a game and the program can't make enough money to pay its bills. I wonder, how does this cycle feel to a player who has to sit through the same pathetic performances every year? The HC doesn't want to talk to his team during the game. Fan support falls apart after Week One because we lay an egg. We lose to Florida Tech State University at Daytona Beach. We wonder why we only get a few good recruits, well this is part of it. The brave ones who come here do so and play well, and maybe - just maybe - get a chance to play professionally. At least they get a good education. The rest just suffer through it all like every fan who gets excited to see this team. Then it all falls apart. Every year.
Time for a change. Well, it won't happen, but one can dream.
It is fine to say "well the players are doing good things". OK, well we will have bigger problems if we can't get 5,000 people to a game and the program can't make enough money to pay its bills. I wonder, how does this cycle feel to a player who has to sit through the same pathetic performances every year? The HC doesn't want to talk to his team during the game. Fan support falls apart after Week One because we lay an egg. We lose to Florida Tech State University at Daytona Beach. We wonder why we only get a few good recruits, well this is part of it. The brave ones who come here do so and play well, and maybe - just maybe - get a chance to play professionally. At least they get a good education. The rest just suffer through it all like every fan who gets excited to see this team. Then it all falls apart. Every year.
Time for a change. Well, it won't happen, but one can dream.