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RE: Idaho Asking State for Athletic Dept. Bailout
(02-15-2017 10:37 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 08:08 PM)Bronco85 Wrote:  Judging by the response today at the ISBOE meeting and his switch from costs to competitiveness* as an excuse to drop down, it would seem simple accounting is not one of the strengths of your president, either. I would hate to think all that stood between UI and FBS was a $29.95 QuickBooks CD.

*(nice blow out of CSU in the bowl game, your "noncompetitive team" beat the Rams much worse than did BSU on the same field)

The costs argument has been blown out of the water 900 times by now, including by his own AD, and the fact that we went 9-4 and won a bowl game last year is poking a pretty big hole in the competitiveness argument. So mostly he's just gone silent. He didn't even come to the SBOE meeting today -- some poor finance guy had to stammer and lie for him.

I saw that. I genuinely felt sorry for him. How do you send someone to ask for $4,000,000 dollars of bailout money and they literally have no hard numbers or financial data (or even soft projection numbers), no plan to balance the books, and have him start with a lie which he contradicts himself 4 sentences later? The board chair even appeared sorry for him.

And thanks for the bowl kudos. The fact is, we've had a lot of bad seasons in FBS but we've also had some good ones and there are a number of teams in the G5 who've had about our level of success on the field.

It is hard to see how UI won't be bowling next season. The schedule is arguably easier, the defense is finally playing well (the improvements in the secondary were incredible), and the returning senior quarterback is extremely good (although it is pretty thin behind him). The coaching stability is the best its been in a long time. The way the players and coaches have used the drop down as a rallying point rather than a reason to bail on the university is remarkable. I trust you Vandals are justifiably proud of them.
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2017 03:22 PM by Bronco85.)
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