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(06-25-2014 05:42 PM)UAB?IAB Wrote:  

(06-25-2014 01:26 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  

(06-25-2014 08:54 AM)UAB?IAB Wrote:  

(06-25-2014 07:32 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(06-24-2014 07:58 PM)the Dragon Wrote:  I hear you, but we aren't competing with AU and UGA. We are competing with USM, MTSU, WKU, Memphis, and Cincy. An indoor facility matters.

More than that, as things stand if it rains they have to pack up the gear and the team and bus it all over to Legion Field simply to get a practice in. An IPF will let them get more work in without going through all kinds of waste motion.

Having one also makes a statement about the state of and support for our program. No, we won't have UA or AU or UGA level facilities. No one with a brain expects us to. What we do need is decent facilities that are on a competitive level with our conference mates and other teams that we recruit against.

1. Anyone with the reading comprehension skills of a 5th grader would know I didn't say UAB should/could/would compete with UGA or Auburn.

2. I used them as we call... an example of two different approaches to indoor practice facilities.

3. Birmingham isn't Seattle, the other facilities are necessary year around but an indoor practice facility is only needed the 5 days a year it rains during practice.

4. Recruits pay little attention to indoor practice facilities unless they rise to level of Auburn's.

My reading comprehension is fine, buckeroo. You absolutely DID compare us to Auburn and Georgia. Your point is that we need fan support, student attendance, atmosphere, and corporate support. We have little of that stuff currently. Neither do the other teams in our conference, so your example, which includes teams that do, doesn't fit us. You are comparing two different approaches to indoor facilities? Neither fits UAB since both of those facilities are well beyond our means.

You want an on-campus stadium? Wow. Don't we all!? You think an indoor facility doesn't help in recruiting? Of course it does! A recruit that doesn't get offered by Auburn, but does get offered by UAB, USM, and MTSU will compare the facilities of the schools that offered him! He may not be as impressed as he would be at AU or UGA, but he isn't going to those schools!! Having no indoor facility is worse than having an indoor facility of modest proportions. It isn't everything, but it helps! That is not to mention the other factors- convenience of bad weather practices/workouts for multiple sports even during the summer and a sign of growth and support from the university!

Since my statement wasn't directed at you maybe your comprehension isn't as good as you think.

I reread it and bolded it above, so it came down on me whether you meant to or not.

Regardless, I was probably over the top in my response to you, so I'm ready to make nice. I apologize for my rudeness toward you.

Your point isn't wrong in my view, but it isn't realistic. Unfortunately, we have to get what we can since our TRUSTees can't be TRUSTed to do what is in our university's best interest. But that is like this:

So, let's build something!