With all due respect to DR, I hope you're right.Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
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With all due respect to DR, I hope you're right.Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
He was asked how much longer in the State of the U address (or whatever they called it). I think he said 2-3 more years.Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
Previously it was believed he would retire as soon as his house was completed. Then it was as soon as the LSUS merger was assured. Now it's 2-3 years. The fact is he exists as the supreme potentate, surrounded by yes-men, and answers to no one. He will not retire until his health fails. It is urgent that a private committee or other mechanism is established to work on Tech's behalf outside of DR's control.
Maybe his hemmoroids will start acting up and he'll call it quits.
Whaddya have in mind?Quote:
Originally Posted by LookingForResults
Come on, man! Just when I think you've got your stuff together, you go and post something really dumb like this. I expect this type of nonsense from some of these neanderthals, but not you. If the mens BB program needs more money, GO GET IT! Stop with the stupid f&%$%@ excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by LookingForResults
I've heard it all now. "The MAN" doesn't keep Tech's men's BB program down.....the LADY TECHSTERS do!!! Really? :icon_roll:
HD
Hemorrhoids? I thought many of you thought he is a perfect @sshole!:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by parisdog
WTH? You're kidding right?Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
LA Tech needs to be good at EVERYTHING, guys. Some of you people are still living in the 1990's. You don't realize that women's basketball is a pretty big frickin deal now. The Big XII --and the other major conferences-- know this, and have continued to invest in women's basketball. Meanwhile, you guys go the other way. :icon_roll: Do you have a clue how backwards that is?
Baylor routinely sells 10K tickets to women's basketball games and appears on TV all the time. Some of the other Big XII schools are almost as successful. When they pack 7K to 11K in for a game, that's a lot of revenue, people. You guys just haven't fiigured it out yet. As usual, some LA Tech folks will be the last to know.
HD
Jim Oakes stated publicly that we were the ONLY school in the country that spent more on wbb than mbb. That was stupid and he should have realized it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
WBB loses $ b/c people don't want to watch it on TV. I don't care how many ways the WNBA tries to redefine itself--nobody's interested. Apart from a select game or 2, the same can be said for college wbb...
HD, will you never learn not to pick a fight with a bigger dog?:laugh: First, from where did you conjure a link between the Techsters and money for men's BB? I certainly didn't make that case. The Techsters were unprofitable, but they were no more of a drag on men's BB than every other unprofitable sport offered at Tech. The point was that even when playing at the highest level, women's BB could not pay for itself.
Regarding the Techsters and their effect on men's BB, it's indisputable that Tech fans were so enamored with being relevent on a national stage, in any sport, that any success by the men on a conference level was unfairly discounted. Combined with the limited overall athletic budget, and DR's failure to understand the economic dominance of men's BB over women's BB, the result was a disproportionate emphasis on women's BB. These factors unquestionably combined to slow the progress of men's BB at Tech.
Of course, we want to strive to be outstanding in everything we do, but to say that the Big XII and other conferences know that women's BB is a big frickin' deal and that is why they continue to invest in it is laughable. They invest in it because Title IX forces them to spend a lot of money in women's sports because they make a lot of money in men's football and BB. Since they must spend this money SOMEWHERE in women's sports, they spend it in women's BB because of all the women's sports it's the most spectator friendly.
Great post.Quote:
Originally Posted by LookingForResults
Some will never learn that one is not dependent on the other........ We need to be working toward MBB, WBB, and Football to all be as relevant on the national scene as our Lady Techsters once were. That should be the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
WBB will always be dependent upon the revenue producing sports--fb, mbb....Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
I totally disagree!Quote:
Originally Posted by LookingForResults
Women's Volleyball is the most spectator friendly!😄
Yes, those sports bring in the most revenue. No one is disputing that. The fact is that the Techsters were something to be proud of on a national level and we were longing for that. We want to be that in MBB and Football, as well. Hopefully, it is coming!Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
It isn't a contest. It is about being the best in EVERY sport we can!