Agreed!! But since DR never attends the games ( or so I've heard from what few season ticket holders I know nor have I personally ever seen him there in my usual 5-7 games season I attend ) how would HE know? As long as his nanoengineering baby is growing & getting state/federal grants ( & I'm NOT putting this curriculum done by any means - I'm a Tech petroleum grad myself ) then he could care less, IMHO. I remember that F. Jay rarely missed a game & he was generally mobbed by the fans when he was there!! We can have both a strong academic & athletic foundation concurrently ( & under the same university president ) because while the Techsters ruled the WBB Top 10 ( more accurately the Top 1 or 2 ) in the 80's our engineering department ( overall ) also was ranked in the Top 10 in the nation ( I recall us being #3 in the South - behind only Georgia Tech & Texas A&M ). Did it under F. Jay but he actually CARED about the athletics of the university. Maybe Dooley ( as our new A.D. ) will make it a point to check out a few of the Techster & Bulldawg games this season & make decisions regarding those programs.
The downside to not attending the games can be seen as a slight at the players ( although since the CL tenure started the product on the court THAT I'VE SEEN has been more of an undisciplined schoolyard style & that's attributed to coaching - or a LACK thereof!! ) instead of the coaching staff. How do the girls know that the empty seats R a reflection on the coaches or the boos are directed at the coaches' decisions & not THEIR execution? Kinda like Nick Faldo getting all the blame for Europe losing the Ryder Cup this year. I never saw HIM hit one shot yet it's all his fault??! Granted, BB is a team sport unlike golf.
Kinda makes me bring up my usual ( & thusfar unanswered ) question - how can we be certain that any improvement ( if there is any ) of the team will be credited to Spoon & not CL?? We're putting a LOT of pressure on her shoulders but she's never backed down from a challenge nor would I expect her to start now.
MG