Did anyone else here the announcers mention during the game that we didn't use any NIL money on our football team this season? What would the strategy behind not doing tha be? Is that why we don't have any offensive lineman?
Derek Mason has been adamant that he will use our NIL money to retain players not bring them in. I would think he was wanting to evaluate who is worth keeping.Did anyone else here the announcers mention during the game that we didn't use any NIL money on our football team this season? What would the strategy behind not doing tha be? Is that why we don't have any offensive lineman?
Derek Mason has been adamant that he will use our NIL money to retain players not bring them in. I would think he was wanting to evaluate who is worth keeping.
Derek Mason has been adamant that he will use our NIL money to retain players not bring them in. I would think he was wanting to evaluate who is worth keeping
I must have missed him talking about it. Don't know if that is the best strategy or not but hopefully he will adjust if it doesn't work out like planned.Derek Mason has been adamant that he will use our NIL money to retain players not bring them in. I would think he was wanting to evaluate who is worth keeping.
It's smart if you don't have any money.I actually think that is a smart approach. Make kids come in and earn it.
MT is playing catch-up with facilities (SAPC should have been built 10 years ago) and NIL / collective (should have been put in place a few years ago). Blame it on Stock. Blame it on McPhee. Blame it on someone else. But it's gonna be a bit before MT has the means to compete with peer schools on recruiting trail with facilities / NIL
I don't blame you for going east. It's your money.Anyone still giving to this administration is throwing good money after bad. My money went east. I'm one of the few here who went to both UTK and MT and for two decades I gave every amount of my attention, time, hard earned money, etc. to help build this program and all this administration did with what I gave was basically piss it away or burn it in the dumpster fire they created. Worse, they took those of us doing this for granted even gaslighting us over any frustrations or disappointment expressed. The only UT game I went to over an 22 year period was the one when they hosted MT. I'm now a season ticket holder in Knoxville. That wasn't my preferred option. This leadership drove me to that. They did this. And you Vol hates can crap on that all you want but I seriously doubt you can blame an alum for redirecting his contributions from a place that's both clueless and incompetent to a place that's actually trying and is dedicated to being the best it can be. That is not the description of m-TSU. I hope to return someday, but we have a leadership cadre that has no self awareness for their poor choices and mismanagement - most of which were so obvious that the only analogy that I can think of how this group has managed is a deer in the headlights. And that headlight was a freight train blaring its horns. And they still did nothing. It's unfathomable.
7-wood has taken almost every opportunity to suppress the MT brand in the region.And McPhee (IMO) seems to have mishandled almost every opportunity to strengthen the MT brand in the region.
Anyone still giving to this administration is throwing good money after bad. My money went east. I'm one of the few here who went to both UTK and MT and for two decades I gave every amount of my attention, time, hard earned money, etc. to help build this program and all this administration did with what I gave was basically piss it away or burn it in the dumpster fire they created. Worse, they took those of us doing this for granted even gaslighting us over any frustrations or disappointment expressed. The only UT game I went to over an 22 year period was the one when they hosted MT. I'm now a season ticket holder in Knoxville. That wasn't my preferred option. This leadership drove me to that. They did this. And you Vol hates can crap on that all you want but I seriously doubt you can blame an alum for redirecting his contributions from a place that's both clueless and incompetent to a place that's actually trying and is dedicated to being the best it can be. That is not the description of m-TSU. I hope to return someday, but we have a leadership cadre that has no self awareness for their poor choices and mismanagement - most of which were so obvious that the only analogy that I can think of how this group has managed is a deer in the headlights. And that headlight was a freight train blaring its horns. And they still did nothing. It's unfathomable.
He supports women’s basketball 100% & football is his step child! He’s on FL west coast watching women play instead of supporting MTSU football in last game on FL East coast. He’s not missing that beach trip for the holidays! He has the rest of the season to support basketball. Most football players wouldn’t know him if he passed them in public.I don't blame you for going east. It's your money.
Honestly, UT games look fun.
And McPhee (IMO) seems to have mishandled almost every opportunity to strengthen the MT brand in the region.
He's a media whore looking for freebies. What other college prez travels on every single athletic roadtrip?He supports women’s basketball 100% & football is his step child! He’s on FL west coast watching women play instead of supporting MTSU football in last game on FL East coast. He’s not missing that beach trip for the holidays! He has the rest of the season to support basketball. Most football players wouldn’t know him if he passed them in public.
Drives me nuts at our hoops home games too when the stats people run him up a stat sheet during the breaks.He's a media whore looking for freebies. What other college prez travels on every single athletic roadtrip?
Are you serious?Drives me nuts at our hoops home games too when the stats people run him up a stat sheet during the breaks.
I thought that was a dinner menu.Drives me nuts at our hoops home games too when the stats people run him up a stat sheet during the breaks.
He's not exactly a workaholic. Getting a full paycheck while enjoying a retirement lifestyle.What other college prez travels on every single athletic roadtrip?
All while Rome is burning.He's not exactly a workaholic. Getting a full paycheck while enjoying a retirement lifestyle.
If the end of 26 is when he's gone, 27 can't come soon enough. I hope we get a President who can get things moving and brings in some quality leaders.All while Rome is burning.
When money, pay for play, NIL, all that stuff got introduced and allowed I always knew MT would be screwed. It is the main reason I have advocated focusing on basketball.
We are one of the most perennially broke programs in the country. Sure, our athletic budget is respectable for a G5 but money outside of that is basically non-existent due to poor community and donor support. That means there is no money to buy players, which means even programs like Umass are getting first dibs over you now.
We are so screwed.
Hopefully when M & M departs, all of that will change to some extent. Lord only knows when.When money, pay for play, NIL, all that stuff got introduced and allowed I always knew MT would be screwed. It is the main reason I have advocated focusing on basketball.
We are one of the most perennially broke programs in the country. Sure, our athletic budget is respectable for a G5 but money outside of that is basically non-existent due to poor community and donor support. That means there is no money to buy players, which means even programs like Umass are getting first dibs over you now.
We are so screwed.