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(08-18-2015 03:02 PM)TMcCarty Wrote:  With Alan Collins' tweets right now, I hope the announcement is that we've hit the 2-2.5mil goal placed before us last week. This is exhausting.

Care to elaborate?
(Nevermind. I don't twitter, but I can google)

(08-18-2015 03:15 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 03:02 PM)TMcCarty Wrote:  With Alan Collins' tweets right now, I hope the announcement is that we've hit the 2-2.5mil goal placed before us last week. This is exhausting.

Care to elaborate?

It's in reverse order, read from bottom up:

Alan Collins ‏@fox6alancollins 23m23 minutes ago
All this at a time still no contract for UAB Football Coach Bill Clark. Public fundraiser kickoff starts 4pm to 6pm Alumni House today


Alan Collins ‏@fox6alancollins 24m24 minutes ago
Donation deadline changed last week from January to Sept. 1st. School wants donations not commitments by Sept 1st deadline for Oct budget

Alan Collins ‏@fox6alancollins 25m25 minutes ago
BREAKING UAB supporters and business community told they need to raise $2 million by Sept. 1st. deadline for football, bowling and rifle

They started around 4:30pm. I hope someone is able to get ahold of the powerpoint they're showing, because the guy doing the periscope is in the absolute worst spot.

(08-18-2015 04:58 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  They started around 4:30pm. I hope someone is able to get ahold of the powerpoint they're showing, because the guy doing the periscope is in the absolute worst spot.

I'll see if I can get Brad to make it available on line. They probably plan to already.

Anything worth cartwheels yet?

Didn't hear anything worth cartwheels. No real discussion on numbers. Biggest moment of the night was when Ingram brought up Clark's contract for cheap applause and then repeated the same line about it we've heard for weeks.

Collins posted a lot on Twitter. Nothing earth shattering there though.

Did I miss something? The meeting is over. No contract for Clark. No OCS. All we really were told about was a facilities update which has been discussed since all of this started.

I mean the Blazer blend coffee is neat and all... but I kept waiting on the announcement of Royal Cup Stadium or something (and I would have bought a metric ton of coffee had that been the case).

Did they even say anything about the "$2.5 million by Sept 1st or the little dragon gets it"?

This entire process is still a circus. Rumors but no concrete announcement regarding this supposed deadline, no update as to how much has been raised, the president of the university still unable to show his face in public on campus. I will be shocked if UAB plays a down of football in 2017.

(08-18-2015 06:05 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  Did they even say anything about the "$2.5 million by Sept 1st or the little dragon gets it"?

This entire process is still a circus. Rumors but no concrete announcement regarding this supposed deadline, no update as to how much has been raised, the president of the university still unable to show his face in public on campus. I will be shocked if UAB plays a down of football in 2017.

OK, that made me laugh audibly, twice.

Was nice to see coach Clark at a public event for a change. Otherwise nothing new.

(08-18-2015 06:05 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  Did they even say anything about the "$2.5 million by Sept 1st or the little dragon gets it"?

This entire process is still a circus. Rumors but no concrete announcement regarding this supposed deadline, no update as to how much has been raised, the president of the university still unable to show his face in public on campus. I will be shocked if UAB plays a down of football in 2017.

Rarely do MUT and I agree, but this is one of those times.

(08-18-2015 06:05 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  Did they even say anything about the "$2.5 million by Sept 1st or the little dragon gets it"?

This entire process is still a circus. Rumors but no concrete announcement regarding this supposed deadline, no update as to how much has been raised, the president of the university still unable to show his face in public on campus. I will be shocked if UAB plays a down of football in 2017.

This.

Why even announce they were bringing it back when it's clear they have no intention of actually doing so?

Wow. This thread is like reading an obituary. Move forward or get out of the way.

(08-18-2015 06:26 PM)tibber Wrote:  Why even announce they were bringing it back when it's clear they have no intention of actually doing so?

They've never made that announcement. They said they were taking steps to reinstatement.

Just got home.

The only bright spot I heard was Hatton saying we would hit any goal they could give us. He also said we would be playing football in 2017. Those were the most specific things said in 90 minutes though.

(08-18-2015 06:30 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  Wow. This thread is like reading an obituary. Move forward or get out of the way.

(08-18-2015 06:35 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 06:30 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  Wow. This thread is like reading an obituary. Move forward or get out of the way.

Forward. Progress. Momentum. All words spoken by grown ass men and women who devote their lives to the sports of the school we love. If you want to constantly berate UAB Athletic Department employees, be my guest. I on the other hand am choosing to take the words of those people who spoke before me today.

So was Brad just doing a sales job when he talked about cartwheels or does he not know what's going on?