(05-24-2022 03:46 PM)Claw Wrote: (05-24-2022 03:29 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (05-24-2022 03:27 PM)gusrob Wrote: (05-24-2022 02:16 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote: (05-24-2022 02:03 PM)former guest Wrote: Ok, I'll bite. Just what happened last year that alienated "at least half the fanbase"? I did not hear or read anything this devastating last year. I seriously want to know what affected as much as 20,000 Memphis fans, as the poster I replied to originally is stating. I know the whole sticker shock thing from 2020, but what was the egregious act last season?
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Being a crappy game-time coach? Letting at least 2 if not three games we had in the bag slip away trying to not lose the game with a substantial lead instead of stepping on the opponents' throats? IDK, I'm just spitballing here...
In response to former guest:
Having the discussion here gets silenced. The posts get removed. Swept under the rug. Violence and chaos were in-sited in 2020 utilizing a marxist group, all politically driven. Our football team supported the insanity. They didn't need to. They didn't have to volunteer to be the tip of the sword. It alienated half our fanbase. You want to ignore it but it's true.
And now you want to change the question to "what did our football leadership do wrong in 2021?" Did the slate get cleaned? Are the AD and HC no longer responsible for their actions in 2020?
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To make it worse, BLM has delivered nothing. Nothing.
They had $500 million in corporate pledges, and what have they actually done? Did they do anything for Memphis? ANYTHING? I don't live there anymore, so maybe I missed something.
I haven't seen anything at all other than some questionable leaders using sincerely upset people to line their pockets. I'm not faulting or questioning the way people feel, but the organization itself has been a colossal failure.
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