It's the Journey... wrote:An with this post and rediculous website I am out until things on this board get better. Globe, yes funding for Higher Education is an issue, but not our only issue. Yes, we are in an arms (athletic spending) race we cannot hope to win but fight anyway. Yes, Chris Kingston screwed us HARD and left faster than Urban to Utah. Yes, Babers screwed the program just as bad with terrible recruiting in base level positions. No, Mike isn't working out here and I wish that was not the case. No, the failure of the program in the last couple years does not all fall on his shoulders. At some point the players have to MAKE PLAYS! No, this program IS NOT DEAD! This is a lot like the end of the Blackney era and we have done well overall since that 2000 season.
If you feel so strongly then look up the emails of the AD and President, send an email and vent your frustrations. But to do a "bitch and moan" website like this is MORE damaging than any loss we have had the last three years. The portrayal of the program pre-Jinks as rosy and without issues simply reeks of a spoiled P-5 fan base. I expect way more!
I know I will get crucified on here for this post and I really don't give a damn. If you think Mike Jinks at head coach is the only reason our football program and athletic department as a whole has issues you not only don't see the real problem, you are part of the problem.
I feel terrible for the steaming pile of bitchiness Grant's site has become.
So, until we can get back to supporting the Falcons no matter the score or record, I am out.
Yah! Come on people! What do you think this is, free speech America?? We speak only positives on this website. Rainbows and puppies people. No negativity at all. Don’t make a moderator get involved and start monitoring all your posts, China-esque.
Flipper wrote:It's spelled "ridiculous"...I'm normally not a spelling Nazi, but someone calling someone else "ridiculous" while spelling it incorrectly has to be the pet peeve of all pet peeves
Thanks for the catch. Irregardless, my point remains.....
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
Website is coming down. Very soon. I think I've made the point I wanted to make - I have received some VERY poignant and personal messages. We have a loyal fanbase that wants better.
But ... yes this place has become toxic. I was hoping to make a positive message - Save Falcon football. But it seems I did not communicate this message well and that is my fault as it is apparent I threw some fuel on a fire rather than kindled a change. So yes, website comes down soon.
I GREATLY value AZZ. This is a community that I cherish. I ran the idea past several people in different circles: sports, BG, and non sports and non BG circles and received great feedback. I should have run it past this community first.
I'll go back in my corner now.
MarkL has spoken.
You may all now return to your daily lives.
Globetrotter wrote:It’s fiscally irresponsible to keep the football team. The amount of people who care about it is dwindling. We will never compete in a way that really matters. College football has changed and the Republicans war on higher education has cut funding drastically. Use the money more wisely.
Really, that's the point you want to make? Washington is a cesspool, no matter which party is in power. Blind allegiance to one party or another won't change that fact.
You think the democrats have a war on higher education?
I think Democrats, like Republicans, are only interested in one thing: getting and keeping power. They don't care about you, your kids or anything else. They will sell us all out to keep power. If you don't believe that, then you haven't really been paying attention to why there is such vitriol and divisiveness throughout the land. Both parties in the last 20 years have increased the national debt to the point that it all may not matter too far in the future. Everything may come crashing down, and our children and their children will be starting from scratch.
footballguy51 wrote:...and we're back to politics. This site is supposed to be my refuge from politics. Can we leave it that way?
I apologize...but I didn't start it. And to be fair, I was trashing ALL politicians, and wasn't defending one party over the other. Being wedded to a political party is akin to being wedded to a particular coach (as opposed to a university), and supporting what the coach does, regardless of the consequences to the university. To me, it makes no sense.
Falconwriter wrote:to be fair, I was trashing ALL politicians, and wasn't defending one party over the other. Being wedded to a political party is akin to being wedded to a particular coach (as opposed to a university), and supporting what the coach does, regardless of the consequences to the university. To me, it makes no sense.
