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(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

I stand corrected, thanks. I think that Title Nine case was part of what got Marla run off. IIRC she came down on the side of the parents who said a stadium had been promised.

(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 05:58 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 04:06 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 03:56 PM)Frank Grimes Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 03:43 PM)blazerblazer Wrote:  He's nice but dumb as rocks at his job especially the coaching hiring and marketing portion of his job. Can't say much about his other parts of his job considering we are in the AAC, Legacy Pavilion, and Protective Stadium, but how much of that is Clark instead?

Ingram has been in charge while we’ve built/updated a bunch of facilities, which is great, and I’m appreciative of that (and something he should get more credit for). But he’s been really bad at the hiring portion of his job, and marketing. Like, really, really bad. If we had a president with vision, the perfect time to get rid of Ingram would’ve been 2020 or 2021, and you could’ve cited the pandemic and needing to cut costs by hiring someone younger (and probably hungrier to succeed on the field/court). But nope. Not ol’ punkinhead.

Any facilities we have, was due to leadership of Bill Clark and Fundraising by Hatton Smith. Ingram didn’t have any thing to do with what we’ve got. Everybody knows it.

Half true at best. The football building and practice field, certainly so. That said, about the only facilities that we have which still need to be improved are tennis and baseball. Basketball practice facility, beach volleyball, the softball field all happened on his watch. Facilities are about the only thing he's been somewhat competent at. I used to agitate for an upgrade to Bartow, but it is perfectly adequate for our needs at the moment, and with revenue sharing and the House case payouts we need to be spending that money elsewhere.

I can remember UAB hosting a softball tournament here which Ohio State played in. I can imagine what they had to say after playing on the beer league field at George Ward Park, where the empty wine bottles and syringes needed to be cleaned out of the dugouts.

That said, I'd bet that Ingram has old school contract incentives for fundraising and building facilities, and in this era that's out of touch with what his priorities should be.

The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

Yep

(12-06-2024 11:40 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

I stand corrected, thanks. I think that Title Nine case was part of what got Marla run off. IIRC she came down on the side of the parents who said a stadium had been promised.

She received some blame but she had absolutely nothing to do with the planning and filing of the complaint. Her strong & vocal support for football was probably the catalyst. Firing her as softball coach would have probably triggered a retaliation suit. They cleverly promoted her to an assistant athletic director for women’s athletics and then abolished the position a year later as an alleged cost saving measure. It is another reason that I am not a fan of Ingram or Watts.

That one really stuck in the craw of a lot of folks. Marla was UAB down to the ground and we all knew it. There are *so* many UAB people who stood up during FreeUAB that were run off in the years to follow, good folks, leaders who are badly missed... replaced by toadies and people who have no clue about the history who owe their positions to Fumbles and Punkinhead.

(12-07-2024 08:36 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 11:40 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

I stand corrected, thanks. I think that Title Nine case was part of what got Marla run off. IIRC she came down on the side of the parents who said a stadium had been promised.

She received some blame but she had absolutely nothing to do with the planning and filing of the complaint. Her strong & vocal support for football was probably the catalyst. Firing her as softball coach would have probably triggered a retaliation suit. They cleverly promoted her to an assistant athletic director for women’s athletics and then abolished the position a year later as an alleged cost saving measure. It is another reason that I am not a fan of Ingram or Watts.

If you or someone you know could write that up and include factual evidence of that, then please send it to a few local and national journalists. The national sports media is already on our side, and they need to sign a light on the corruption.

It's time for a change and a charge and that time is now.

If Alabama can get into the playoffs with 3 losses in their worst season in a decade, then they have nothing to worry about UAB. I want to see UAB in the playoffs but we have to fight and claw our way in. Alabama can simply waltz in there at any time. They should never see us as a threat...that is until we meet them in a playoff game. Wishful thinking but it's not out of the question if we can get an AD that truly cares about UAB and can hire winning coaches and market UAB.

Folks have sent a lot of stuff and it seems some are afraid to push it.

(12-07-2024 11:06 AM)blazerblazer Wrote:  

(12-07-2024 08:36 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 11:40 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

I stand corrected, thanks. I think that Title Nine case was part of what got Marla run off. IIRC she came down on the side of the parents who said a stadium had been promised.

She received some blame but she had absolutely nothing to do with the planning and filing of the complaint. Her strong & vocal support for football was probably the catalyst. Firing her as softball coach would have probably triggered a retaliation suit. They cleverly promoted her to an assistant athletic director for women’s athletics and then abolished the position a year later as an alleged cost saving measure. It is another reason that I am not a fan of Ingram or Watts.

If you or someone you know could write that up and include factual evidence of that, then please send it to a few local and national journalists. The national sports media is already on our side, and they need to sign a light on the corruption.

It's time for a change and a charge and that time is now.

If Alabama can get into the playoffs with 3 losses in their worst season in a decade, then they have nothing to worry about UAB. I want to see UAB in the playoffs but we have to fight and claw our way in. Alabama can simply waltz in there at any time. They should never see us as a threat...that is until we meet them in a playoff game. Wishful thinking but it's not out of the question if we can get an AD that truly cares about UAB and can hire winning coaches and market UAB.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
- François de La Rochefoucauld

(12-07-2024 12:57 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Folks have sent a lot of stuff and it seems some are afraid to push it.

I have sent emails to Ingram, Watts, Next Round, WJOX (and still trying to find individual hosts' emails), and Ryan Hennessy of WTVM as well as mentioned them under national articles on Twitter. They need to stop acting like everything is normal at UAB with the national media is calling UAB a laughing stock. They criticize Deboer and Freeze all season long but put on kid gloves when talking to and about Dilfer.
"Its okay Super Bowl Winning QB, you'll get em next year hang in there with your zero away wins, you'll get that away win soon." Give me a break.

I am making sure that our local media is aware of the Dilfsaster that the national media has been writing about since the beginning. If I have time, I will try to call in their shows either this week or next.

I am currently in the pre-planning process of organizing a large protest at Protective Stadium during the Birmingham Bowl. If you are interested (or know who I should reach out to) in helping out the pre-planning stage them DM me and let me know.


I was unfortunately not able to make it to the basketball game last night, but I plan to be there during the Arkansas State game and I already have FIRE INGRAM, FIRE DILFER, and FREE UAB signs made up to bring with me.


This is also a sticker and sign idea I made the other day.

(12-07-2024 01:10 PM)58-56 Wrote:  

(12-07-2024 11:06 AM)blazerblazer Wrote:  

(12-07-2024 08:36 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 11:40 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(12-06-2024 06:51 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  The softball facility and it’s seat expansion was planned and initiated under Mackin as a settlement of a Title IX complaint. Play on the new field occurred before Ingram replaced Mackin.

I stand corrected, thanks. I think that Title Nine case was part of what got Marla run off. IIRC she came down on the side of the parents who said a stadium had been promised.

She received some blame but she had absolutely nothing to do with the planning and filing of the complaint. Her strong & vocal support for football was probably the catalyst. Firing her as softball coach would have probably triggered a retaliation suit. They cleverly promoted her to an assistant athletic director for women’s athletics and then abolished the position a year later as an alleged cost saving measure. It is another reason that I am not a fan of Ingram or Watts.

If you or someone you know could write that up and include factual evidence of that, then please send it to a few local and national journalists. The national sports media is already on our side, and they need to sign a light on the corruption.

It's time for a change and a charge and that time is now.

If Alabama can get into the playoffs with 3 losses in their worst season in a decade, then they have nothing to worry about UAB. I want to see UAB in the playoffs but we have to fight and claw our way in. Alabama can simply waltz in there at any time. They should never see us as a threat...that is until we meet them in a playoff game. Wishful thinking but it's not out of the question if we can get an AD that truly cares about UAB and can hire winning coaches and market UAB.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
- François de La Rochefoucauld

Scarcity mentality is real. It is deeply ingrained.

Smaller signs in the urinals have been popular.

There is some good insight in that interview, which asked some good questions toward the end. Started with some softballs and some stories Trent really needs to stop telling. The long winded storytelling wears thin when you are losing.

Back in the beginning he said something to the effect of “we’re not going to talk about it, we are going to be about it.” He should remember that. Talk less, do more.

(12-08-2024 11:08 AM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  There is some good insight in that interview, which asked some good questions toward the end. Started with some softballs and some stories Trent really needs to stop telling. The long winded storytelling wears thin when you are losing.

Back in the beginning he said something to the effect of “we’re not going to talk about it, we are going to be about it.” He should remember that. Talk less, do more.

Sounds more to me like an exit interview. And yeah, half the stuff he is saying it makes it seem like he went 5-7 or 6-6 not 7-17 in 2 years. Also stop with the inches metaphor Trent, you only had 1 loss that was by 1 score, majority have been blow outs.

If he truly wanted to make some changes and be a winning program, he would have fired the most genius football mind DC after the 71-20 blowout.

I also do not want a coach that is used to getting booed. Doesn't sound like a winner to me.

(12-08-2024 11:47 AM)blazerblazer Wrote:  

(12-08-2024 11:08 AM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  There is some good insight in that interview, which asked some good questions toward the end. Started with some softballs and some stories Trent really needs to stop telling. The long winded storytelling wears thin when you are losing.

Back in the beginning he said something to the effect of “we’re not going to talk about it, we are going to be about it.” He should remember that. Talk less, do more.

Sounds more to me like an exit interview. And yeah, half the stuff he is saying it makes it seem like he went 5-7 or 6-6 not 7-17 in 2 years. Also stop with the inches metaphor Trent, you only had 1 loss that was by 1 score, majority have been blow outs.

If he truly wanted to make some changes and be a winning program, he would have fired the most genius football mind DC after the 71-20 blowout.

I also do not want a coach that is used to getting booed. Doesn't sound like a winner to me.

I had written on here many times prior to the season that I wasn't going to emphasize the record as much as I was the play on the field. If we went 3-9 but lost 7 games by 3 points or less, we'd be in a much different place as a fan base right now. We wouldn't be happy as a fan base, but we could live with the results if we were keeping the team in place and it really looked like the staff was growing.

Instead, we have a guy publicly shitting on UAB, consistently having the same issues as we did last year(except special teams), constant second half troubles, and a staff that is clearly just in over it's head. All of that has helped lead to nobody showing up to games and a mass exodus from the program. I will still pull for UAB and Dilfer to find a way to get things together next season, but I just don't see how at happens having watched the last two.

He is still doubling down on the Bama comments being taken out of context...not that what he said was wrong. Man he can't admit ANYTHING bad about himself or his actions. Geez

If he isn't looking at Twitter (X), who is running his account? It is posting alot

All he says is "me me me me me me me me me"

(12-09-2024 03:00 PM)jaymay2525 Wrote:  He is still doubling down on the Bama comments being taken out of context...not that what he said was wrong. Man he can't admit ANYTHING bad about himself or his actions. Geez

If he isn't looking at Twitter (X), who is running his account? It is posting alot

All he says is "me me me me me me me me me"

Dilfer, Ingram, and Watts (who this emoji is named after) are all

(12-09-2024 03:00 PM)jaymay2525 Wrote:  He is still doubling down on the Bama comments being taken out of context...not that what he said was wrong. Man he can't admit ANYTHING bad about himself or his actions. Geez

If he isn't looking at Twitter (X), who is running his account? It is posting alot

All he says is "me me me me me me me me me"

Yeah someone needs to pull him aside and tell him to just apologize. The record is disappointing but that comment was painful coming from the Head Coach. The record may improve but those words can never be taken back.

(12-09-2024 03:21 PM)kdblazer Wrote:  

(12-09-2024 03:00 PM)jaymay2525 Wrote:  He is still doubling down on the Bama comments being taken out of context...not that what he said was wrong. Man he can't admit ANYTHING bad about himself or his actions. Geez

If he isn't looking at Twitter (X), who is running his account? It is posting alot

All he says is "me me me me me me me me me"

Yeah someone needs to pull him aside and tell him to just apologize. The record is disappointing but that comment was painful coming from the Head Coach. The record may improve but those words can never be taken back.

Any other AD would have fired him if he didn't apologize. But instead Dilfer dismissed UAB to Ingram's face on the Inferno podcast that same week/day when he mentioned Louisville and talked down to UAB volleyball.

But our AD is feckless and is one of the most incompetent person to ever make a half-a-million dollar salary.

National media (both big and small outlets) keep churning out anti-Dilfer articles. The hits keep coming from everyone but local media:

https://brobible.com/sports/article/tren...-football/

(12-09-2024 09:00 PM)blazerblazer Wrote:  National media (both big and small outlets) keep churning out anti-Dilfer articles. The hits keep coming from everyone but local media:

https://brobible.com/sports/article/tren...-football/

Great article. Grayson Weir, you're doing the Lord's work.