Re: We can't wait until March to fire Jank
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:26 am
Mustangsabu wrote:The only thing SMU athletics does, and college athletics generally, is lose money. I would argue that the mentality that says the fan should be picking up the tab is the loser mentality. American college sports is, in my opinion, lost. I would take the old Moody any day over what we have now.
If you look carefully at what I’m saying you will realize that it contains a healthy dose of reality. I agree that if we hire a big name coach success is possible, I just think that it should be tempered be the concept that if you aren’t going dancing annually, or biannually the Dallas market is likely to get bored and get bored fast. Would SMU athletics ever make money? No chance.
You want my unfiltered loser mentality I would like to see college athletics completely redone so that academic standards mattered, there was no such thing as degree programs tailored for athletes, and so that teams actually represented the student body. I’d join the Ivy League in a heartbeat from that perspective even though it still has issues.
College sports is a business. It shouldn’t be and it’s ruined it. That said, I love my Ponies.
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Mustangsabu wrote:You want my unfiltered loser mentality I would like to see college athletics completely redone so that academic standards mattered, there was no such thing as degree programs tailored for athletes, and so that teams actually represented the student body. I’d join the Ivy League in a heartbeat from that perspective even though it still has issues.
College sports is a business. It shouldn’t be and it’s ruined it.
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SoCal_Pony wrote:Mustangsabu wrote:You want my unfiltered loser mentality I would like to see college athletics completely redone so that academic standards mattered, there was no such thing as degree programs tailored for athletes, and so that teams actually represented the student body. I’d join the Ivy League in a heartbeat from that perspective even though it still has issues.
College sports is a business. It shouldn’t be and it’s ruined it.
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Abu, that is not unfiltered loser mentality, it’s idealistic thinking that everyone knows hasn’t occurred for a very very long time. And yes, at some level it has tarnished these academic institutions.
I happen to agree with you that SMU FB is a money pit. I also think FB as a sport is trending down. It’s violent, masculine, expensive, played overwhelmingly by whites & blacks and supported overwhelmingly by whites in a country that is becoming more and more progressive, in debt, ethnically diverse and rightfully concerned about concussions. The game itself is also too long.
BB on the other hand is an international sport (every top tier school is recruiting these students) without the above mentioned dead weight. It also makes the NCAA over $1B every year during the 3-week tournament.
There is no school in this region (TX, OK, LA) that is a consistent force in BB. No reason it can’t be us, we check almost all the boxes.
This is hardly the time retreat. That is loser mentality.
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SMU_Alum11 wrote:SoCal_Pony wrote:I happen to agree with you that SMU FB is a money pit. I also think FB as a sport is trending down. It’s violent, masculine, expensive, played overwhelmingly by whites & blacks and supported overwhelmingly by whites in a country that is becoming more and more progressive, in debt, ethnically diverse and rightfully concerned about concussions. The game itself is also too long.
This is where SoCal and I depart ways. I'll leave it at that.