(02-11-2012 11:38 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(02-11-2012 11:17 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  

(02-11-2012 11:11 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  I cannot get over the fact that there are multiple people saying we shouldn't hire Benson because he tried to "harm the Sun Belt". There are some very legitimate reasons not to hire the man, I will grant you that, but this talk of him trying to harm or break up the Sun Belt is just childish. You make it sound like he targeted the Sun Belt vindictively when all he was doing was trying to replace schools that had left. I'd be more concerned about his ability to be a commissioner had he not tried to attract schools from the only other FBS conference that made any sense to contact. Where was he going to go for replacements? The PAC 12? We all talk about how if we're going to expand we need to stay away from going the FCS route, but now you're condemning this guy for trying to improve his conference with existing FBS programs? Seriously?

True, but why did he have to come calling to the SBC? Because he f'd his conference up by trying to destroy the MWC and got his lunch handed to him. Then, to keep things together he tried to harm the SBC. The cause and effect here is not like the SEC, PAC 12 or Big 10 trying to enhance strictly to maximize value. Instead, here it was to try to survive after enormously f'n up.

Benson's plan was genius. And it would have worked if Fresno and Nevada wouldn't have broken their covenant with him. His fault was believing they were honorable people.

At the end of the day, what the fans want falls way behind what the administration wants...unless you're T. Boone Pickens. What the AD wants can be outranked by the school's president, but you can only hope they're of a similar mindset. The WAC was and continues to be a sinking ship, can you really blame their admins for wanting to cut bait and try a new fishin' hole?