So, us & some of our friends from ATL were coming to Nashville this week for the Elton John concert.
When I saw the baseball fish fry was Monday nite my wife & I decided to come a day early. Had never been plus with a new Coach thought the crowd would be good. The Grove is a great place to host an event.
Pretty good turnout overall. My wife & I are mid 60’s but other than the players, we were some of the younger people there. We notice that too at the basketball games we come up to. They had live music, but that was a stretch. Given all the talent in the area was disappointing to have to listen to that. Coach spoke for awhile, did a decent job but certainly not as eloquent as Nic.
They had complimentary beer & wine. Inexplicably, no craft beer from either local brewery. Dr. McPhee was there, more on that later.
The Falcons were on MNF so headed to our favorite bar & grill, Sam’s. Like to support them as much as possible since they give BRAA members 15% off. Had forgot CRS has his coaches show there. Sat near some old friends of ours from long ago. I might have seen 8 people tops there in Blue to watch the show. I asked him if this was a normal turnout and he said no. But, it has gotten smaller each week. It was really quite sad. Chip had a guy from ODU on the phone recapping last weeks game. CRS could not have looked more disinterested. At one point he had his head resting on his arm & hand. Then he actually put his head down on the table. I am NOT making this up.
When the show was over he quickly spoke to a couple people and walked out the door.
Our friend from long ago wondered why the baseball fish fry was the same nite as the football coaches show? The fish fry could have been on any nite, why have it compete with each other? We seem to do that a lot.
I was one of the first to suggest this might be CRS last year and initially it was met with a great deal of skepticism. Mainly due to his contract. I don’t know him personally but he doesn’t give off the vibe that he would stick around for the $$$. He just doesn’t come off that way. I think the 2-3 body bag games & lack of bodies in the stands has taken its toll. I think there is a great deal of respect among him, the AD & Prez and I just don’t see him sticking around for the $$$. And last night I saw nothing to indicate he is now in this for the long haul. If he’s still here on National Signing Day I will be the first to admit I was wrong.
Lastly, there seems to be a genuine disdain for our Prez. Don’t know him neither but I do know whenever we come up for an event or games, he usually is there. We lived in the ‘Boro from ‘74-‘87. Most of the time our Prez was Sam Ingram. He had 0% interest in athletics. All he cared about was cutting expenses. I have no idea whether Dr. McPhee is the right person or not. I do know it can, and has been, MUCH WORSE. I agree he should have moved on from CM a long time ago but that’s a topic for another day. I saw on GoBlueRaiders.com last year that he flew down to Montgomery Al last year to award diplomas to the football guys who were gonna miss graduation on Saturday due to the bowl game. That’s cosmetic, I get that, but the next person might not have the same attitude toward athletics as our current one does. Be careful what one wishes for.
When I saw the baseball fish fry was Monday nite my wife & I decided to come a day early. Had never been plus with a new Coach thought the crowd would be good. The Grove is a great place to host an event.
Pretty good turnout overall. My wife & I are mid 60’s but other than the players, we were some of the younger people there. We notice that too at the basketball games we come up to. They had live music, but that was a stretch. Given all the talent in the area was disappointing to have to listen to that. Coach spoke for awhile, did a decent job but certainly not as eloquent as Nic.
They had complimentary beer & wine. Inexplicably, no craft beer from either local brewery. Dr. McPhee was there, more on that later.
The Falcons were on MNF so headed to our favorite bar & grill, Sam’s. Like to support them as much as possible since they give BRAA members 15% off. Had forgot CRS has his coaches show there. Sat near some old friends of ours from long ago. I might have seen 8 people tops there in Blue to watch the show. I asked him if this was a normal turnout and he said no. But, it has gotten smaller each week. It was really quite sad. Chip had a guy from ODU on the phone recapping last weeks game. CRS could not have looked more disinterested. At one point he had his head resting on his arm & hand. Then he actually put his head down on the table. I am NOT making this up.
When the show was over he quickly spoke to a couple people and walked out the door.
Our friend from long ago wondered why the baseball fish fry was the same nite as the football coaches show? The fish fry could have been on any nite, why have it compete with each other? We seem to do that a lot.
I was one of the first to suggest this might be CRS last year and initially it was met with a great deal of skepticism. Mainly due to his contract. I don’t know him personally but he doesn’t give off the vibe that he would stick around for the $$$. He just doesn’t come off that way. I think the 2-3 body bag games & lack of bodies in the stands has taken its toll. I think there is a great deal of respect among him, the AD & Prez and I just don’t see him sticking around for the $$$. And last night I saw nothing to indicate he is now in this for the long haul. If he’s still here on National Signing Day I will be the first to admit I was wrong.
Lastly, there seems to be a genuine disdain for our Prez. Don’t know him neither but I do know whenever we come up for an event or games, he usually is there. We lived in the ‘Boro from ‘74-‘87. Most of the time our Prez was Sam Ingram. He had 0% interest in athletics. All he cared about was cutting expenses. I have no idea whether Dr. McPhee is the right person or not. I do know it can, and has been, MUCH WORSE. I agree he should have moved on from CM a long time ago but that’s a topic for another day. I saw on GoBlueRaiders.com last year that he flew down to Montgomery Al last year to award diplomas to the football guys who were gonna miss graduation on Saturday due to the bowl game. That’s cosmetic, I get that, but the next person might not have the same attitude toward athletics as our current one does. Be careful what one wishes for.