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Post by tapsgator on Jun 1, 2024 0:00:50 GMT -5
So I was talking to a friend after we played golf about the state of the gators (he’s a Bama fan, I steer clear of any such conversation with Dawg fans) and he brought up something I hadn’t thought of but tracks. “Somebody probably a booster or two has to be protecting him.” This is a guy who was in Sapps recruiting class and got handouts (his were small) from uncle Luke and he’s Bryce young’s 2nd cousin plus his brother runs one of the top AAU programs in the southeast so it’s not just idle speculation there’s at least some personal and close experience behind it.
That got me thinking, I have always assumed that the DDD seeming teflon was based on bribing the bull gators with things like a 700m construction project (and associated contracts) to reduce capacity for the average fan while making the luxury boxes more luxurious.
You know what also buys unexplainably long leash? Let’s say you knew were the bodies were buried on an issue that gave rise to a 13.8 million dollar suit against the top booster in the program for fraud. A booster that by the UAAs own admission they still accept contributions from and have no plans of stopping. That would seem to be a helluva hold card. Especially when we’re talking about a program where a couple of donkeys from the Delta have the wheel.
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Post by g8rfan on Jun 1, 2024 9:57:38 GMT -5
There’s definitely something going on but it still doesn’t explain why so many fans are riding his jock. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen, the blind loyalty to this absolute bozo. I’m curious to see what the pulse is when he lays another 5 win season of an egg on us. They’ll blame everything but him. It’s exhausting.
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Post by wahhappen on Jun 2, 2024 10:57:11 GMT -5
There’s definitely something going on but it still doesn’t explain why so many fans are riding his jock. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen, the blind loyalty to this absolute bozo. I’m curious to see what the pulse is when he lays another 5 win season of an egg on us. They’ll blame everything but him. It’s exhausting. If we get 5 wins this season, it will like winning a national championship most years. Because the schedule. Good teams would never have a winning season if they played our schedule. Remember back before there was a playoff and we used to use the strength of schedule as an argument for why our WINS should count for more and not our losses? Anyway, to your point, for some reason people genuinely think CWT is a master recruiter and great coach. “We were a couple of plays away from being 7-5 last year and we have the best class in decades. Just give him time to work.” is their mantra. What if they are right and we are wrong? |
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Post by tapsgator on Jun 4, 2024 8:18:08 GMT -5
What if they are right and we are wrong? At this point honestly I'd rather be right. He pisses me off to that degree. Or perhaps it's the delusional followers, but for whatever reason I just cannot get behind this guy. I think he's a loser and a bad sport, he makes excuses, slams kids after they leave by omission specifically and with his general "we only want good kids that want to be here" bullshit. If it's about character, loyalty, and work ethic you don't bring in McClain, you don't have an attrition rate well over 50% for your first class, and you don't continue to run 450+ lbs. guys out there. I buy that he's a good guy in his personally life. Professionally he's a joke and desperation has given rise to a side of him that nobody had seen prior to this as evidenced by Kirby Smart going from singing his praises to bringing in a backup QB who he knew was part of an NCAA investigation and likely to sue. It's a guess but I think Kirby watched the way he sat on his hands as his supporters went after kids and their mothers (literally their mother) for leaving and decided "this isn't the same nice young analyst who brought me my coffee back in the day, he has the same haircut though." Watch Kirby (or any big time coach, I hate that he's the example now, but he kind of is) wish kids luck and hold no personal animus when they leave and then compare it to CWT. That's why they get the ones they want back a decent amount of the time. I can only think of one kid who retracted his name from the portal under the watchful eyes of the DDD and he ended up going back in. |
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Post by wahhappen on Jun 4, 2024 15:37:06 GMT -5
What if they are right and we are wrong? At this point honestly I'd rather be right. He pisses me off to that degree. Or perhaps it's the delusional followers, but for whatever reason I just cannot get behind this guy. I think he's a loser and a bad sport, he makes excuses, slams kids after they leave by omission specifically and with his general "we only want good kids that want to be here" bullshit. If it's about character, loyalty, and work ethic you don't bring in McClain, you don't have an attrition rate well over 50% for your first class, and you don't continue to run 450+ lbs. guys out there. I buy that he's a good guy in his personally life. Professionally he's a joke and desperation has given rise to a side of him that nobody had seen prior to this as evidenced by Kirby Smart going from singing his praises to bringing in a backup QB who he knew was part of an NCAA investigation and likely to sue. It's a guess but I think Kirby watched the way he sat on his hands as his supporters went after kids and their mothers (literally their mother) for leaving and decided "this isn't the same nice young analyst who brought me my coffee back in the day, he has the same haircut though." Watch Kirby (or any big time coach, I hate that he's the example now, but he kind of is) wish kids luck and hold no personal animus when they leave and then compare it to CWT. That's why they get the ones they want back a decent amount of the time. I can only think of one kid who retracted his name from the portal under the watchful eyes of the DDD and he ended up going back in. Yeah, that pretty much sums up where I stand as well. I cannot fathom a scenario where this guy brings us any kind of sustainable success so, if he does, I will be completely shocked and might not ever recover from how wrong I was. |
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