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RE: Thank You Tommy West

I've never read or heard where RC Johnson honestly regretted letting Tommy West speak in a press conference after he was fired.
Maybe, just maybe, RC knew that Tommy West would say things that boosters didn't want to hear, but needed to hear. Because most of the money was going to the basketball program.
The football program was being ignored.
What some see as a leadership fail, may have been a way to get fans and boosters to see that something needs to be put into the football program, i.e., fans in the stands and money support.
The Larry Porter hire although it failed, was one borne of getting a good recruiter in the hopes he would hire a good staff to go with it. But again, he was hired on the cheap with a low budget money pool to get a good staff.
It wasn't until they saw the rock bottom that they started putting money into the program. Plus, the tremors of Coach Cal and how he ran the athletic department still had its affect. (Yes, Cal ran the athletic department while he was here.)
It took a come to Jesus moment for eyes to be opened to get that FOOTBALL SHOULD BE THE MONEY MAKER. So you need to put money into building the football program.
Blame RC, blame Porter, but this falls directly on those fans that wouldn't show up to games and mainly on boosters who had a blind eye to what the football team had been needing for decades. SUPPORT!

06-19-2020 01:04 PM

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