To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS COMMENT IS WHAT IS WRONG.

This loser has a personal dislike for the coach and is asking supporters to destroy the entire athletic department if that is what it takes to get rid of the coach.

(10-29-2022 10:22 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS COMMENT IS WHAT IS WRONG.

This loser has a personal dislike for the coach and is asking supporters to destroy the entire athletic department if that is what it takes to get rid of the coach.

Keep showing up and enjoy your below average football for years to come!

He has not been a complete loser

Give it a rest

If you want to be taken seriously you CAN point out that at times he has made mistakes and some of them should not be made at this level, and those mistakes have kept the team hovering closer to .500 than they should be, and if that continues he may need to be removed

Most have agreed he must remedy this. And most agree he should be replaced if he does not. And most agree he needs to show signs of that NOW

If he had been a complete failure, with a 2-6 record after a 3-9 one then the administration if they kept this going lacks ambition. But this screams look at me by Calkins who I doubt would have wanted to be judged with that same level of *******

He wanted to write this so he did.

(10-29-2022 10:34 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:22 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS COMMENT IS WHAT IS WRONG.

This loser has a personal dislike for the coach and is asking supporters to destroy the entire athletic department if that is what it takes to get rid of the coach.

Keep showing up and enjoy your below average football for years to come!

never follow a legend. no matter what you do it will not be enough for some.

for only the second time in program history we've has 3 straight coaches with winning records.

if we had the net back then people like you would've been yelling to fire Pancoast because he didn't win as many games as Hatley and Spook.

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

If YOU want to send a message, write a check. Otherwise, shut your loud mouth.

(10-29-2022 10:34 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:22 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS COMMENT IS WHAT IS WRONG.

This loser has a personal dislike for the coach and is asking supporters to destroy the entire athletic department if that is what it takes to get rid of the coach.

Keep showing up and enjoy your below average football for years to come!

You actually think Nascar comes to games?

(10-30-2022 12:48 AM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

If YOU want to send a message, write a check. Otherwise, shut your loud mouth.

For 3 million ? I believe the whole point of the column was, and I didn’t read it, was that nobody wants to pay the money like they did with Tubby and maybe Porter. Not sure if Porter had much of a buyout. I guess to the money folks the Big12/P5 ship has sailed and they got other things to spend money on in this joke of an economy?

(10-30-2022 12:45 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:34 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:22 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS COMMENT IS WHAT IS WRONG.

This loser has a personal dislike for the coach and is asking supporters to destroy the entire athletic department if that is what it takes to get rid of the coach.

Keep showing up and enjoy your below average football for years to come!

never follow a legend. no matter what you do it will not be enough for some.

for only the second time in program history we've has 3 straight coaches with winning records.

if we had the net back then people like you would've been yelling to fire Pancoast because he didn't win as many games as Hatley and Spook.

He only has a winning record because of a light non conference schedule. 10-11 in AAC play

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

THIS has to be the most ignorant suggestion that I have ever seen posted on this board. And THAT is saying something.

(10-30-2022 12:48 AM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

If YOU want to send a message, write a check. Otherwise, shut your loud mouth.

Ahhh, like clockwork, here comes the write the check or shut your mouth guy. You are only allowed to voice displeasure if you want to write a $3M check. These Ruin worshippers that bend the knee never cease to amaze me the lengths they go to by trying to not allow anyone criticize a coach who has a losing conference record and is a complete failure.

Yay. He has a winning record betting cupcakes, let’s build a statue. It’s sad some people accept mediocrity while criticizing others who have higher expectations. Such is life.

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

You are poison. Get some help.

(10-30-2022 07:57 AM)tigerfan39 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

You are poison. Get some help.

If this is the same Bathrub Gin on another sight, he posted a "FU RS" "Hope you die you piece of ^$&$ coach".

Posting things like that is taking it a bit too far. A friendly reminder to all of us, college sports is entertainment. Lets try and enjoy. Unless kids are tanking they are trying.

Sad. I hope some of yall are starting to understand why. Ive been freaking out for so long .

Its all unfolding like i thought it would

Memphis has not given up on P5 Status.
It does not look good yet we have been fighting for every dollar we have ever raised or be given by the city or state
This is nothing new for a school like Memphis or similar schools for that matter
We are unique, we have the second highest African American graduation rate in the country with a economically deprived fan base that is the single largest melting pot of SEC fans in the SE.
Our university is designed and was built for first time family degrees, for which endowments usually do not come. We are not those other universities we try and compare ourselves to.
We should and need to embrace who we are and build from there, learn how to use our strengths and not focus on our weaknesses.
We have huge battles in front of us.
The ship most likely has sailed on P5 for a lot of reasons, that does not mean it's impossible to get in yet the probability is low, very low. Yet we do not stop growing, we do not stop demanding we get the support we need.

In no way from any sane person in any executive position in the Athletic Department world would anyone consider replacing a coach like RS at this stage and as of "today". No agent worth their soul would send any of their guys to Memphis to get a job if indeed we did that "now". End of next year and things go south more than now, yes that's time to have a real discussion.
You guys may or may not be aware we were not overwhelmed with candidates at anytime we were looking for a FB or even a BB coach in any search over the past 20 or even 10 years. For some reason and I am one of them, I think we will get some incredible candidates, we never do - even the past searches of recent did not overwhelm anyone -yet we have been lucky as well.
Do we have the appetitive to buy out a coach at this stage 'no'...do we have the money to do so absolutely, positively without hesitation or reservation. Yet no one with that must jingle in his jangle is going to align with anyone threating RSs life and others who simply do not understand the true challenges with prematurely pulling a plug on a coach like RS when so much is good at this stage of the season.

It's real easy to say, lets do this and lets do that yet the residual waves left from such a move could resemble the TN searches of the past 20 years easily.

Fuente and MN were incredible coaches who coached and rose our program, neither of those two were tasked with "maintaining" a Cottonbowl program and one has already failed at his P5 attempt and burned a bridge so bad at his previous stop before that he would never be considered again - that is not a solid path nor good decision making for long term success. MN is struggling yet I have all the faith I could have in him. Hope he does well.

Let's see how the season plays out
We have a new DC, his first year.
We have a new OC, his first year.

I have zero idea how RS will work out yet I do know we will not be embarrassed in who he recruits or how he carries himself if indeed this does not work out. If he does not work out, RS has without a doubt proved Memphis can recruit in the top 50 of programs, which has never been accomplished before at Memphis. I applaud him for that.

PH deserves 10,000 minimum in the stands. He should never, ever have less.

I think its fair to point out the decline of our program under Silverfield & to question if he is cut out to be the head coach. Thus far, his on field results have not been reassuring. Hopefully, UCF has to play their back up QB next week & we have an opportunity to beat them. It would be a big win for Silverfield & give up a better than average shot at making it back to 6-6.

(10-30-2022 08:53 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  I think its fair to point out the decline of our program under Silverfield & to question if he is cut out to be the head coach. Thus far, his on field results have not been reassuring. Hopefully, UCF has to play their back up QB next week & we have an opportunity to beat them. It would be a big win for Silverfield & give up a better than average shot at making it back to 6-6.

Back up QBs seem to play really well all the time vs us...all the way back to Houston about 8 or so years ago, don't know why.

(10-30-2022 08:05 AM)griffin Wrote:  

(10-30-2022 07:57 AM)tigerfan39 Wrote:  

(10-29-2022 10:15 PM)Bathtub Gin Wrote:  To fire Ryan, let that sink in. We have given up and lack ambition to be good again even though it is obvious Ryan is a complete failure. The administration is basically saying that what we have accomplished over the last 8 years means nothing and given the middle finger to us.

Also if we are so poor that we can’t even pay a 3
Million dollar buyout then we never should have made an attempt to get into the big 12, we never deserved it in the first place.

If you want to send a message then don’t attend another game and don’t renew your season tickets, there decision to keep Ryan should severely hurt them

You are poison. Get some help.

If this is the same Bathrub Gin on another sight, he posted a "FU RS" "Hope you die you piece of ^$&$ coach".

Posting things like that is taking it a bit too far. A friendly reminder to all of us, college sports is entertainment. Lets try and enjoy. Unless kids are tanking they are trying.

The key thought here, and it is correct, it that it's entertainment.

The amount of importance and therefore dollars that are attached to it is beyond ridiculous. Why are college coaches paid 3-5 million per year? Why does NIL money even exist?

I am as guilty as most - so, no throwing stones in glass houses here - but how in the world did society let athletes, movie stars, and singers get,put on the pedastles they are on today??

Can't put the toothpaste back in the tube but I'd sure like to roll the clock back 40-50 years on the 'worship factor' associated with sports, college sports especially.

Look at all the money spent on facilities, salaries, SPORTS GAMBLING, and tickets / donations / concessions and think about how those funds could have been deployed in really important areas of need....

(10-30-2022 09:01 AM)griffin Wrote:  

(10-30-2022 08:53 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  I think its fair to point out the decline of our program under Silverfield & to question if he is cut out to be the head coach. Thus far, his on field results have not been reassuring. Hopefully, UCF has to play their back up QB next week & we have an opportunity to beat them. It would be a big win for Silverfield & give up a better than average shot at making it back to 6-6.

Back up QBs seem to play really well all the time vs us...all the way back to Houston about 8 or so years ago, don't know why.

We didn’t have an opportunity to game plan for the back up QB against Houston… Greg Ward was injured in the 1st Q. Silverfield has ALL week to prepare for the backup UCF QB. We should be able to shut them down.

(10-30-2022 09:27 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(10-30-2022 09:01 AM)griffin Wrote:  

(10-30-2022 08:53 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  I think its fair to point out the decline of our program under Silverfield & to question if he is cut out to be the head coach. Thus far, his on field results have not been reassuring. Hopefully, UCF has to play their back up QB next week & we have an opportunity to beat them. It would be a big win for Silverfield & give up a better than average shot at making it back to 6-6.

Back up QBs seem to play really well all the time vs us...all the way back to Houston about 8 or so years ago, don't know why.

We didn’t have an opportunity to game plan for the back up QB against Houston… Greg Ward was injured in the 1st Q. Silverfield has ALL week to prepare for the backup UCF QB. We should be able to shut them down.

Wasn't Greg Ward at one time the back up too? I am thinking a long time ago he came in as a back up vs us, I could be wrong.

I also think of that 3rd string QB at Houston during Fuente's last season who came in and lit us up.