The half share stuff is real in the short term. It means we need to zero base budget everything in order to grow the pie as big as possible or get left behind when the next wave of alignment comes up. The athletic department has been built on being in the top 25-30% in terms of revenues relative to its direct competition. It's easy to get lazy and focused on the wrong things in that environment. I fear what AMC will learn from this ordeal is that she needs to make sure the next AD is an even better fit than Dannen to the existing culture, but what she should have taken from this is that the culture needs to shift to match the moment and that business as usual will not work.
If UW isn't taking any of the loan stuff that the B1G set up for them, then money isn't an issue. Besides some extra basketball facility they don't have any major projects which is what these full share schools are blowing their wads on. And it's been exposed by several coaches that facilities don't matter nearly as much nowadays.
The half-share thing is a butthurt coug narrative. It's hilarious how a half-share is so critical for the cougs, but a 15 mil, zero exposure Apple+ deal would've saved UW from being is this pretend financial crisis.
I'm not sure what to believe on that… all the B1G smoke was that we* did not pencil out to the same money to TV as the LA schools, but it is possible we were considered along with UCLA and replied with some bullshit about not going B1G for the sake of the conference blah blah
I agree with you that the culture at UW is probably what caused Dannen to not be a fit, but you and I both know that whatever the culture is now is not going to change. Look at the Board of Regents.
I don't know enough about them, but I know that they killed the Pac and knew they had to go to the B1G.
I know that they were happy to let our 2023 stars get paid enough to come back and have a 14-1 season, we played Nirvana during GameDay and the only gay shit that happened on our campus was Pac 2 retards waiving flags in red square.
Of course UW wanted to stay. Sentimental saps abound in this area. I have always believed that UW could've been on the first ship out with USC, UCLA, and Oregon if the school had tried.
To your first point (which doesn't show in the quote because VFS), I think they could have and should have killed it one year earlier. It was only done because there was no other choice when they finally pulled the plug.
Neither of us knows anything obviously but I think their meeting in (Chicago) and Oregon's meeting with them in (NCY?) was probably about the B1G/FOX telling them that they were going to be in the B1G but it had to be executed in a way that made it seem like all options to keep the Pac together were exhausted.
This "dramatic" thing that played out August 1st that had Canzano and Wilner jerking off until "suddenly" UW walked away just screams like it had been planned a long, long time ago with radio silence and the contract terms already agreed upon.
Based on what? The Pac 12 implosion was the most significant event in program history since Henry Suzallo fired Gil Dobie. Everybody who cares about UW football was shitting their collective pants, arguing with Ducks about who needed who simply to manage nerves while the group waited with bated breath at the news. From all accounts, she was a heat seeking missile and, again according to accounts, had a lesser player been involved it might have been fucked up. The Big held all the cards.
The Cuban did good. Softy has never been good at anything besides being fat.
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The half share stuff is real in the short term. It means we need to zero base budget everything in order to grow the pie as big as possible or get left behind when the next wave of alignment comes up. The athletic department has been built on being in the top 25-30% in terms of revenues relative to its direct competition. It's easy to get lazy and focused on the wrong things in that environment. I fear what AMC will learn from this ordeal is that she needs to make sure the next AD is an even better fit than Dannen to the existing culture, but what she should have taken from this is that the culture needs to shift to match the moment and that business as usual will not work.
I think we are going to fuck this up.
I think we are going to fuck this up.
That and the field are always the best bet
If UW isn't taking any of the loan stuff that the B1G set up for them, then money isn't an issue. Besides some extra basketball facility they don't have any major projects which is what these full share schools are blowing their wads on. And it's been exposed by several coaches that facilities don't matter nearly as much nowadays.
The half-share thing is a butthurt coug narrative. It's hilarious how a half-share is so critical for the cougs, but a 15 mil, zero exposure Apple+ deal would've saved UW from being is this pretend financial crisis.
Some classic circle jerking HH style.
When Softy doesn't call out people in power you jerk yourselves into a frenzy (understandable).
When Softy DOES call out the person responsible for the hires the hive gets pedantic about how he called them out. Unbelievable.
I agree AMC did lead the program into the B1G so I'm not out on her but she is responsible 100% for the Dumdum hire
Sorry Mrs Softerson
I'm not sure what to believe on that… all the B1G smoke was that we* did not pencil out to the same money to TV as the LA schools, but it is possible we were considered along with UCLA and replied with some bullshit about not going B1G for the sake of the conference blah blah
I hope you are right.
You were probably drunk
I agree with you that the culture at UW is probably what caused Dannen to not be a fit, but you and I both know that whatever the culture is now is not going to change. Look at the Board of Regents.
I don't know enough about them, but I know that they killed the Pac and knew they had to go to the B1G.
I know that they were happy to let our 2023 stars get paid enough to come back and have a 14-1 season, we played Nirvana during GameDay and the only gay shit that happened on our campus was Pac 2 retards waiving flags in red square.
I can only judge what is put in front of me.
Of course UW wanted to stay. Sentimental saps abound in this area. I have always believed that UW could've been on the first ship out with USC, UCLA, and Oregon if the school had tried.
To your first point (which doesn't show in the quote because VFS), I think they could have and should have killed it one year earlier. It was only done because there was no other choice when they finally pulled the plug.
For sure. Which is why I think they'll go hard on a culture fit this time, at the expense of results.
Neither of us knows anything obviously but I think their meeting in (Chicago) and Oregon's meeting with them in (NCY?) was probably about the B1G/FOX telling them that they were going to be in the B1G but it had to be executed in a way that made it seem like all options to keep the Pac together were exhausted.
This "dramatic" thing that played out August 1st that had Canzano and Wilner jerking off until "suddenly" UW walked away just screams like it had been planned a long, long time ago with radio silence and the contract terms already agreed upon.
cheers Softy!
This.
Based on what? The Pac 12 implosion was the most significant event in program history since Henry Suzallo fired Gil Dobie. Everybody who cares about UW football was shitting their collective pants, arguing with Ducks about who needed who simply to manage nerves while the group waited with bated breath at the news. From all accounts, she was a heat seeking missile and, again according to accounts, had a lesser player been involved it might have been fucked up. The Big held all the cards.
The Cuban did good. Softy has never been good at anything besides being fat.
softy doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about
I can assure you that money is, in fact, a very big issue.