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(11-07-2014 01:23 PM)AnimeBlazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 11:08 AM)Cole Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 10:32 AM)AnimeBlazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 10:26 AM)LairDweller Wrote:  well…if nothing else, they've killed recruiting again

This is why you take great care before giving battle while in the enemy's country.

Or you could just go off half-cocked and repeat Gettysburg.

Has anyone considered the possibility that this stunt with its ill planning and ill timing is hurting us as much if not more than any enemy of the program could?

So you would sit around and do nothing while "the enemy" could be dismantling our athletic program? At least this has brought it all into the light. At least people are paying attention to what is going on. Is it enough to make a difference? By ourselves, no. But, we now know we have the backing of the community, the county and state leaders.

Could we lose recruits? Maybe. Could we lose Coach Clark after the season? Maybe. You say this is our fault for making noise. It didn't need to get to this point. I say the administration could have been out in front of this letting people know exactly what is going on so there is no speculation. I say the administration could have put out something more than a non-committal POS statement yesterday saying that they were trying to improve athletics, not shut it down.

People are concerned and voicing their opinions. This wasn't something that BlazerTalk folks got together and decided to just do something for no reason. This all started with the business community that supports UAB questioning what was going on and not getting positive (or any) feedback. We just stepped up and are trying to do our bit to help.

If you don't want to help, that's your choice. Did you think Coach Clark wasn't already aware that we have no one scheduled past 2016 and his contract runs out in 2016? I didn't know that and I am alarmed to find out. Is this a distraction to the team? Maybe. Or maybe Coach Clark is good enough to keep them focused on the task at hand. Maybe this spurs the team on even harder knowing they could be playing for their existence.

Jimbo Fisher, Pres Garrison, the OCS, UAH Hockey . . . None of it SHOULD have happened. Everyone at the time all thought it WOULDN'T happen. But, it did. I'm glad people are just sitting around waiting to see what happens. People want to know what is going on. People want to make sure that no one is working to shut us down. The more people paying attention to this, it lessens the chance for underhanded, behind-the-scenes garbage. Do we have enough watching to stop it? Who knows. But, I do know that 100 voices are better than 10. 1000 voices are better than 100. I want as many people watching this voicing their opinion as I can get. If someone is trying to shut us down, I want to make it as hard as possible for them to do so.

Sitting on the sidelines is the same thing as saying you don't care. But, again, that's your right.

You talk as someone who would accept a conclusion that we stop playing football at UAB.

I am telling you that this does not compute. If some son of a ***** said he was cancelling football at UAB I would express utter surprise and tell him over my dead body.

I don't beg for scraps from fools. They haven't played the complete fool card yet, but if they do they will hear from me and it wont be to ask their further sweet opinion. It will be to tell them what's what.

How do you suppose someone can permanently kill a program that has thousands and thousands of people supporting it?

You can undermine it. Sure. And the powers that be surely have been at that for years. But destroy it utterly? Only a lack of support can ultimately destroy it.

If I had to personally fund club football at UAB I would.

And yes, Saturday I'll be "sitting on the sidelines" watching the game as per usual.

I've tried 5 times to come up with a response and, honestly, I got nothing. You would have us sit around and do nothing, but after a decision is made, then you would get upset and say something? I am telling you that everyone that is making noise now just wants to know what is going on. Period. I don't know if they are trying to shut down football. I don't know why we don't have games scheduled past 2016. I don't know why Coach doesn't have a contract past 2016. What I do know, is that everything I have read or heard points to our football program ending in 2016 and the AD and the President have not come out to say otherwise.

And, if you think that they "can't" shut down the program, guess again. The BOT's role is to run the system. If they want to shut it down, it will get shut down. They shut down Huntsville's hockey team. The said it was "fiscally responsible and had no support", much like they have been saying about UAB football. If you want to wait until they actually shut it down, then you are waiting too long.

(11-07-2014 01:47 PM)Cole Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 01:23 PM)AnimeBlazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 11:08 AM)Cole Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 10:32 AM)AnimeBlazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 10:26 AM)LairDweller Wrote:  well…if nothing else, they've killed recruiting again

This is why you take great care before giving battle while in the enemy's country.

Or you could just go off half-cocked and repeat Gettysburg.

Has anyone considered the possibility that this stunt with its ill planning and ill timing is hurting us as much if not more than any enemy of the program could?

So you would sit around and do nothing while "the enemy" could be dismantling our athletic program? At least this has brought it all into the light. At least people are paying attention to what is going on. Is it enough to make a difference? By ourselves, no. But, we now know we have the backing of the community, the county and state leaders.

Could we lose recruits? Maybe. Could we lose Coach Clark after the season? Maybe. You say this is our fault for making noise. It didn't need to get to this point. I say the administration could have been out in front of this letting people know exactly what is going on so there is no speculation. I say the administration could have put out something more than a non-committal POS statement yesterday saying that they were trying to improve athletics, not shut it down.

People are concerned and voicing their opinions. This wasn't something that BlazerTalk folks got together and decided to just do something for no reason. This all started with the business community that supports UAB questioning what was going on and not getting positive (or any) feedback. We just stepped up and are trying to do our bit to help.

If you don't want to help, that's your choice. Did you think Coach Clark wasn't already aware that we have no one scheduled past 2016 and his contract runs out in 2016? I didn't know that and I am alarmed to find out. Is this a distraction to the team? Maybe. Or maybe Coach Clark is good enough to keep them focused on the task at hand. Maybe this spurs the team on even harder knowing they could be playing for their existence.

Jimbo Fisher, Pres Garrison, the OCS, UAH Hockey . . . None of it SHOULD have happened. Everyone at the time all thought it WOULDN'T happen. But, it did. I'm glad people are just sitting around waiting to see what happens. People want to know what is going on. People want to make sure that no one is working to shut us down. The more people paying attention to this, it lessens the chance for underhanded, behind-the-scenes garbage. Do we have enough watching to stop it? Who knows. But, I do know that 100 voices are better than 10. 1000 voices are better than 100. I want as many people watching this voicing their opinion as I can get. If someone is trying to shut us down, I want to make it as hard as possible for them to do so.

Sitting on the sidelines is the same thing as saying you don't care. But, again, that's your right.

You talk as someone who would accept a conclusion that we stop playing football at UAB.

I am telling you that this does not compute. If some son of a ***** said he was cancelling football at UAB I would express utter surprise and tell him over my dead body.

I don't beg for scraps from fools. They haven't played the complete fool card yet, but if they do they will hear from me and it wont be to ask their further sweet opinion. It will be to tell them what's what.

How do you suppose someone can permanently kill a program that has thousands and thousands of people supporting it?

You can undermine it. Sure. And the powers that be surely have been at that for years. But destroy it utterly? Only a lack of support can ultimately destroy it.

If I had to personally fund club football at UAB I would.

And yes, Saturday I'll be "sitting on the sidelines" watching the game as per usual.

I've tried 5 times to come up with a response and, honestly, I got nothing. You would have us sit around and do nothing, but after a decision is made, then you would get upset and say something? I am telling you that everyone that is making noise now just wants to know what is going on. Period. I don't know if they are trying to shut down football. I don't know why we don't have games scheduled past 2016. I don't know why Coach doesn't have a contract past 2016. What I do know, is that everything I have read or heard points to our football program ending in 2016 and the AD and the President have not come out to say otherwise.

And, if you think that they "can't" shut down the program, guess again. The BOT's role is to run the system. If they want to shut it down, it will get shut down. They shut down Huntsville's hockey team. The said it was "fiscally responsible and had no support", much like they have been saying about UAB football. If you want to wait until they actually shut it down, then you are waiting too long.

OK, well, see you at the game.