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I was wondering if I could trade some of my football tickets in for some basketball games.

(10-05-2013 07:38 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Must be nice to be perfect and on the right side of every situation.

Actually it can be pretty frustrating.

For the people listening? For sure.

(10-05-2013 07:42 PM)rook360 Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 07:30 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 07:27 PM)rook360 Wrote:  It's a message board. I don't talk 3/4 of the stuff people say on here seriously after a game...especially a loss.
And if Frenchy aint left or stop donating by now, I don't think he's leaving no time soon

You may not take it seriously and it shouldn't be. But media and BOT can use it against us. Especially when big supporters like Frenchie is saying it.

They wouldn't know he was a big supporter unless YOU brought it to thier attention.

You accuse me of being unable to read. Perhaps you should reread the thread. I wasn't the one who said it.

oh you're right. I guess one of us can admit when their wrong or off base.
So who are you gonna criticize now.
WE LOSE...let people vent. Get it out their system.
So someone comes on here and reads the message board. At least they know we aren't sitting here happy to be losing.

(10-05-2013 07:20 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(10-05-2013 07:16 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Uhhhh that is the last person I would say that to. Just sayin'

Which makes his statement the most damaging to the OCS issue. When mixedup says he's not going to another game, the BOT doesn't care. When Frenchie and his ilk does, they know their plan is working and it won't be long before they can shut it down.

So (for this thread) you admit they have a plan?

I have never denied that the whole reason that they have withheld the stadium is to eventually kill UAB football. Hiring Callaway was a part of that process. McGee can't turn around that damage in a year and a half. He needs more time. Screaming for a new coach is not going to make us automatically better. It is just going to start the process over. But it doesn't matter. The infrastructure is in place to keep UAB bad forever.

And complaining about the BOT unceasingly is not going to fix it.

+1. McGee's audacity gets old sometimes, but he was bold enough to take this job. Now we have to wait and see if he can actually build a program.

I don't think most want McGee gone, but he has to do something about that defense. Also, stop trying to pump sunshine up my arse. Be honest, we are not gonna win a championship in 2 years not even 3 or 4, but building a program takes patients. Give me 3 years and by year 4 I will have us going bowling. I prefer a honest realistic coach over sunny skies and bullcrap.

He may have honest convinced himself he would come in and by year 2 or 3 win a championship, but realistically he should know that Rome wasn't built in a day. If you give people realistic expectations then they have realistic patients. But when you tell people I'm gonna have us playing for a championship in no time then guess what...you get this type of feed back.

Thats all I'm saying. but I stick by my rule. 4 years. A coach gets four years, because by year 4 it's all his players and most of they should have bought into his system and know how it works.

"The CUSA champion could have three losses". That was realistic crap. And it went over like a lead balloon.

You don't want realism. It doesn't inspire confidence. When he says that stuff, he isn't talking to the fans. He is talking to the team, trying to change their expectations and make them believe they can win. I can't believe people are so dense they can't see that.

(10-05-2013 11:30 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  "The CUSA champion could have three losses". That was realistic crap. And it went over like a lead balloon.

You don't want realism. It doesn't inspire confidence. When he says that stuff, he isn't talking to the fans. He is talking to the team, trying to change their expectations and make them believe they can win. I can't believe people are so dense they can't see that.

(10-05-2013 11:17 PM)rook360 Wrote:  Also, stop trying to pump sunshine up my arse. Be honest, we are not gonna win a championship in 2 years not even 3 or 4, but building a program takes patients. Give me 3 years and by year 4 I will have us going bowling. I prefer a honest realistic coach over sunny skies and bullcrap.

Uhm, i think that's what I just asked for, realism. And in my line of work, we're realistic. That makes you realize what you have to do to get better.
And if I'm correct he said that to the fans at a podium addressing the fans. And he has said that repeatedly in interviews with no players around.
You know, you're not always right. That last statement, by you, was an opinion, not a fact. You're slipping...get some rest and come back at it fresh and new tomorrow. GN

(10-05-2013 05:40 PM)BlazerGrad88 Wrote:  One home game in September + One home game in October = Two home games in the first nine weeks of the college football season = It ain't easy being one of the college football have-nots

Doubtful

Im VERY disappointed in the game yesterday with most aspects of the game aside from the ability to run back kickoffs and kick field goals and punt into the endzone. BUT, I WILL be back at the next home game, and every one thereafter that Im in town for. My allegence is to UAB and even crappy performances will not keep me away.

Every coach has some idea of the team he has, but he may not be so knowledgeable in his first years about the teams around the league that UAB must play. After a couple of years of recruiting against them, he will know more precisely just what the other guys will have next season because he (or his staff) will have been in their recruit's homes as well as his own.

Our staff will have the chance to improve performance by improving recruiting over 2 or 3 years. That is when "the clock" should start to run on his success - or not.

I will be at every home game I can manage regardless of record.