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[d3vols]

I wondered why our reaction was, as it was, to yesterday's UT coaching debacle. Our loyalty to the UT program isn't something that started yesterday. For many of us, it goes back decades, even generations. Watching sports is one of our guilty pleasures. We enjoy watching the game, cheering, suffering, lamenting, and strategizing. We enjoy the verbal battles with friends who are loyal to other teams. It's a time for families and friends to gather around a common event and share in the moment. Does it accomplish anything in the further growth of mankind? Of course not. But we need it, and enjoy it. The college sport, in its success, has resulted in ridiculous amounts of money being laid at the feet of coaches and administrators. On the other hand, the sports revenue still far outpaces expenditures and absolutely funds most of the other programs and classes on successful college campuses...as well as swollen enrollment due to the exposure provided by a popular sports franchise. Even so, when an administrator and coaching staff are paid literally millions of dollars...there is a certain level of expectation that comes with that. Of late, they have all failed. The UT athletic director's most recent misstep makes us all wonder why he's getting paid at all. The media, and most folks will say the UT fan base is responsible for the problem, due to our reaction to mediocrity. In my opinion, any coach worth his salt should welcome such a fervent and demanding following. A coach who comes in and delivers a result at least equal to his paycheck, will be treated like a deity. Likewise for an administrator, who in this case, was led around by at least one big money family, doing their bidding. If they haven't figured out lately that we're sick of big shots making decisions the rest of us suffer through---you've had your head stuck in the sand. Yesterday, we the fan base, had our reasons to rally and demand a change. It wasn't all based on a questionable personal past, as much as a track record of less than stellar results. The uprising worked. Maybe now they will stop listening to the cigar smoking, bourbon sipping big shots in their private planes...and will start paying attention to the wants and needs of those of us who buy UT t-shirts at walmart.....for we are the true fans who make this machine work. #VFL

 

[Alto1]

That was well stated. Thanks for sharing!