Just a thought. All of this might be the new way of doing things. If you want to control the message, who do you control it to? Those who care. And social media is now a big part of how you deliver it.
Also, when I hear about 10 and 20 year plans, I think of business school nerds, and I'm not talking about Finance undergraduate majors). I also mean no disrespect because I have two "nerd" degrees.
This whole thing is starting to smack of a well thought out and orchestrated plan. A plan that Mike Hamilton and Dave Hart would have never grasped.
So, I am starting to buy the whole Ergen/New Wave narrative. The signs sure point that way.
I can agree to that, but this forum is a very minute portion of social media. There are much larger stages out there to get their message across, Facebook, twitter, and the other large vol football forums.
Why just post here? We are the period at the end of this sentence compared to the audience they could have.
This forum was targeted for a reason. And it wasn't to disclose business dealings.
Maybe since this is a free site and has a broader spectrum of the fan base they thought this would be a good place to plant a few seeds to germinate and spread.
I'm not into conspiracy theories but there was a purpose behind it.
Someone brought up the fact that Blackburn quit and didn't take another job and has been silent up until now. That does seem odd.
If there is a 20 or 30 year plan then we have no idea when it was implemented. It could have started months or even years ago.
But by who? Ergen? The Andersons? A coalition of boosters tired of one family (Haslams) calling the shots and leveraging a power shift?
Who knows, it's above my paygrade. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I just try to apply common sense to what I read and there are some glaring questions that will never be answered.