randybass said:
sfajack05. I 100% agree! I was told this week that SFA spends more on Football than any other school in the Southland Conference and more than the majority of FCS schools, yet we have less than marginal results each year. Hopefully, Ivey will change things quickly because I am getting tired of this year after year.
PurpleOut said:randybass said:
sfajack05. I 100% agree! I was told this week that SFA spends more on Football than any other school in the Southland Conference and more than the majority of FCS schools, yet we have less than marginal results each year. Hopefully, Ivey will change things quickly because I am getting tired of this year after year.
Let's move 50% of that money to hoops, and 40% to everyone else.
BigJack85 said:
I do think on campus makes sense but I've been told we make some.... $$$$ on this piece of $h1t. Just absolutely humiliating. Hiring Conque was a joke.
randybass said:
BigJack85, I say definately cut Reliant and come back to campus with the game. We have to be losing money with such dismal attendance!! I would like to see the numbers.
As far as cutting football goes, if we are going to continue to hire mediocre coaches who bring in mediocre results then cut it! We dont need anymore coaches with previous Title IX issues either! In the South, everyone talks Football, and success in Football is a huge positive PR tool for a University. SH is reaping the benefits! Basketball, not so much!
BigJack85 said:PurpleOut said:randybass said:
sfajack05. I 100% agree! I was told this week that SFA spends more on Football than any other school in the Southland Conference and more than the majority of FCS schools, yet we have less than marginal results each year. Hopefully, Ivey will change things quickly because I am getting tired of this year after year.
Let's move 50% of that money to hoops, and 40% to everyone else.
Cut football???
randybass said:
BigJack85, yesterday ESPN interviewed the head of Houston Sports Entertainment who advised that the contract was year by year going forward. We are not locked into a contract...
sfajack05 said:
Problem with cutting football is that it brings in a lot of money for the university and athletic department.
We just need a head coach who can build a program, recruit (especially in East Texas), and hire a good coaching staff.
We've had all this talent or at least that's what people say but we are not seeing the outcome on the field. So either the talent is not what people are saying or our coaching staff doesn't know how to utilize it or both.
randybass said:
BigJack85, yesterday ESPN interviewed the head of Houston Sports Entertainment who advised that the contract was year by year going forward. We are not locked into a contract...
BigJack85 said:
Apparently know one read my post. I am not advocating dropping football. I said drop baseball add tennis use the residual to build better facilities and better football program.
I completely understand that hes defensive minded and it shows that hes smart enough to let the offensive coordinator run the offense. My problem is what message does that show the team when the Head Coach isn't engaged enough to even watch the offense while on the field? What if a quick timeout needs to be called because Foster/Jake misses that the play clock is about to expire? How can he hold the refs accountable when his back is to the play? There are so many reasons he needs to be in the mix of things even when not calling plays. It was just ... I don't know ... hard to put into words ... odd ... watching that unfold.SFA_03 said:
I saw that as well. He's a good defensive mind. Offensively. He's just there. He's not gonna beat a talented team like Sam. He's just gonna "be there".
drhuggybear said:
I intentionally stayed away from here for about 24 hours because I was just flat out saddened by yesterdays output.
The family went down to the game. We had a total of 10. We did some tailgating between two sets of SHSU families. Both were great. Had a good time and conversation before the game started. It was obvious from the parking lot that SFA was outnumbered 2:1 by the people outside and it looked like it continued inside. We stayed until there was only about 5 minutes left in the game. Then we began the long walk back to the back of the blue lot where we had tailgated with such hope only a few hours before.
While it felt like there were a lot of blown calls what struck me was Byrd. When the offense was on the field he would just wander up and down the sidelines. He didn't seem to be engaged at all. I know he is a defensive guy and the offensive coordinator is calling all of the plays but it just looked like he was elsewhere mentally. I should have taken a picture but blanked - at one point. SFA is on the Sam end of the field - about the 40. The team is all on that end of the field. I look over and Byrd is off by himself on the SFA 35-40 with his back to the offense. There were a couple players at that end but he wasn't talking to them or coaching them. He was just pacing back and forth. It just looked like at times that he "just there."
Actually, I had tickets to the game but had to take care of some personal business in the Toledo Bend area and couldn't make it. (In retrospect, I guess that was God protecting me from what was coming.) My wife called me and gloated for only 30 seconds or so, which is probably much less than I would have done if the roles were reversed. And luckily, the Astros were on TV at the same time, so I was spared from watching much of the crapola at NRG.TallTexan said:
I bet Ed has mowed the yard, changed the oil, and cleaned the gutters today to avoid his wife's gloating over the Bearkats.
I am with you BigJack85 he looks worn the hell out... He has tried his ass off but as many of you guys said he has a huge huge hill to climb and he is tired mentally...BigJack85 said:drhuggybear said:
I intentionally stayed away from here for about 24 hours because I was just flat out saddened by yesterdays output.
The family went down to the game. We had a total of 10. We did some tailgating between two sets of SHSU families. Both were great. Had a good time and conversation before the game started. It was obvious from the parking lot that SFA was outnumbered 2:1 by the people outside and it looked like it continued inside. We stayed until there was only about 5 minutes left in the game. Then we began the long walk back to the back of the blue lot where we had tailgated with such hope only a few hours before.
While it felt like there were a lot of blown calls what struck me was Byrd. When the offense was on the field he would just wander up and down the sidelines. He didn't seem to be engaged at all. I know he is a defensive guy and the offensive coordinator is calling all of the plays but it just looked like he was elsewhere mentally. I should have taken a picture but blanked - at one point. SFA is on the Sam end of the field - about the 40. The team is all on that end of the field. I look over and Byrd is off by himself on the SFA 35-40 with his back to the offense. There were a couple players at that end but he wasn't talking to them or coaching them. He was just pacing back and forth. It just looked like at times that he "just there."
I witnessed the same thing. My take is that Byrd is trying so hard to get this thing right that he is emotionally and intellectually worn out.
You should buy a lotto ticket with all that luck.HitSomeBody said:
GOOD NEWS!!! my son did not play soooo I do not have that stupid orange color in my hair.
Oh man, that's rough. I have faith we'll get a good coach & those young guys can be the foundation of a winning program.HitSomeBody said:
Other tidbits... I got to spend the rest of the weekend dealing with frustrating freshmen players who all came from winning programs. They are so negative the air taste sour. So, spent a lot of time telling them to finish the year and see what new coach comes in before you all jump to JUCO which all of them want to do.
The thing that bothered me the most is they all told me the older guys that were playing did not care and were laughing about loosing. We have some decent guys coming up that may not be around because they believe everyone has quit and does not care, even the coaches.
