jbock13 wrote:Is it just me, or should somebody deserve to be held accountable for all the resources we continue to put into this program, and have absolutely nothing to show for it? Not just, "golly gee Wilikers, you can't win them all!"
Absolutely agree! Let's look past the fact JSU is a top notch team. Should we not be able to at least hang with JSU (include SMU in this too). Look at the big picture....the future vision of what we want and the money and effort going into this program. What does it say when your coaching staff is playing to keep their jobs every year and not: the University is fighting to keep them b/c they are churning out progress and in high demand. After five+ years....we have to ask if we are going to see average (just good enough to keep job and hope and wish for a better year next year) or above average (annual threat to win the BSC and move deep into post season). I would argue the latter should at least be on the horizon, and it should be the case for LU with consideration of the talent, money, facilities, fan base, etc. But it seems we are just kicking the can down the road (add reflection from comments of HCTG after Saturday night game here).
I like HCTG and I think he is a good man and mentor. But at the risk of sounding harsh ....business is business and not personal. If we want football to be a serious sport at LU; we are going to have to treat it as a business and have future vision for the program. That means making the tough decisions to put the RIGHT people in the RIGHT place to win and improve EVERYYEAR! Kicking the can down the road year after year will not make us competitive.....it will make us inconsistent, and at best....a spoiler. Sorry, but that is not an FBS caliber team or a championship team. I will always be a fan, but I really feel LU needs to examine what they want and let their action reflect that vision. You can say you want FBS, you can recruit like you are developing a top tier program, but if you can't perform consistently and demonstrate commitment to that desire.....refer back to said can being kicked down the road, year after year after year.
At some point, the hope in "next years", starts to fade (insert attendance from JSU game) and there is no hope in "next years" b/c the fan base (including DONORS) knows exactly what is done with top talent in a program that has the same mediocre coaching staff performance (insert last year's results). Sure we can blow out the nonscholly programs and win the games we're suppose to. Heck, we might even make it to the playoffs one out of three years.....but again, is this the vision for LU football? If not, LU better find someone (a headcoach and coaching staff) that shares that vision and is capable of delivering. LU better be prepared to put up the money for such a HC and staff. And at the end of the day....LU better be prepared to cut ties if that HC and staff cannot offer more than the average. That's just good business.....
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