Sitting here lamenting the current state of our football program after attending the Mobile Massacre last night and wondering how we’ve fallen so far behind in competitiveness and facilities. Night and day between South’s new stadium and ours while staring at their IPF. They were 3-3 and still had a decent crowd. Two programs going in opposite directions. We would be lucky to draw a few thousand if we hosted a Tuesday night game. We’ve become what OM was in the early 80’s when I attended USM and they spoke of the glory days of the 60s in that we speak of the 80s/90s. Fast forward and they’re top ten and we’re bottom ten. Sure, money is a huge factor in that we have very little. Unfortunately, given our bottom barrel budget we needed home run coaching hires to make up the difference. Since Monken we pretty much soiled our bed in hires. Subpar administrators bringing in subpar athletic directors has resulted in the total irrelevancy of our once respected program. I watched a team last night with no pride or effort get totally dismantled by a team that didn’t exist until 2009. That’s a bitter pill to swallow.
I will still attend games to visit with friends but my expectations for on the field success in the future have evaporated. I have no solutions other than my winning the Powerball and benevolence.
I will still attend games to visit with friends but my expectations for on the field success in the future have evaporated. I have no solutions other than my winning the Powerball and benevolence.
