Green Otaku

The schools are the ones to blame ultimately. They would rather give up those traditions and historical ties for money, no one is forcing them to move conferences. They decided that their traditions are worth less than making more money.

Put me in the "loved to see Mac's passion on the sideline" crew. He was so short, it was entertaining watching him go straight at these 6-5 guys. He also never did it out of malice.

My only critique is ball security, he seems to cough it up a few times a game. Need to clean that up and we are looking good.

Maintenance is more important than age. If a venue is well maintained and renovated regularly it can last a long time, the question what is the structural condition of The Pit? This is an honest question, maybe someone on this board has insider knowledge.

Impressive considering we had 2 starters out.

For years the master plan had always been to build a large parking garage in the old Fouts lot and make a pedestrian bridge going across to the Pit.

I wonder if Earle is staying around to see if a new clear starter transfer comes in, if someone good is picked up he can still enter the portal in the spring.

While I agree that we should primarily wear green and white, the whole, "It's the reason we are losing." is growing tired. I'm all for advocating that those should be the colors we wear for marketing and tradition, but saying we lose games because of the jersey colors makes you sound like (in the nicest way possible 😆) one of those insane homeless guys yelling on a corner.

If only we hadn't played in green, we could have won. Is that how this works @ADLER?

Which is why I said, "Even with the same stats."

I feel like QB is the one position that this is the exception. Getting drafted as a G5 QB is infinitely harder, even with the same stats.

I do think we have some deficiencies over last year, especially in the 5 spot. I want Sissoko to have a huge breakout as much as everybody else, but Allen needs to be the starter and let Sissoko build up his confidence with bench minutes. We are really missing those consistent 8-10 points from a post that seal games away, and let you build leads. Buggs and Noland need to be a little more consistent. Even with that said we have been in games, in the last moments we have missed layups and shot ourselves in the foot. I don't know if that's pressure/mental lapses/coaching/, etc., but if we can at least force the other team to beat us that would be a huge improvement.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-tech-key-thacker-demoted-sherrer-promoted-d1e49c8a92e5c46d8ca1dc735af4e7ae Going from DC to safties, and no longer being in the role he had the contract for I would think they would adjust his pay accordingly.

It's the UNT way I guess, not enough money to erase our mistakes. If he starts the same way next year I would hope Morris/the admin would have the astuteness to demote him after a few games and cut his salary until his contract is over.

If Caponi stays and they have the same poor results next year I honestly think Morris should be fired as well. If he couldn't bring the right choice the first time, and let them stay around an extra year to waste it, why would we trust him with the next hire?

6-6 is the floor, the bare minimum. This season is already a strike against Morris.

If Caponi is back next year and we get the same thing forget a short leash for Morris next year, the collar might be strangling him.

Also I wonder how much of the Cincy, UCF, and UH money the other schools will get. I'm not sure if the AAC is distributing that money or making a conference fund for other uses. I found this https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/05/08/Colleges/aac-total-revenue-increase.aspx But it's hard to know how much to total numbers are.

Yup. I don't see why they would wait longer than today.

Schools don't pay for NIL. NIL is gathered through collectives outside of the athletic department.

JMU has the most important thing it takes to run an athletic department. The right people/administration in the department. The success of both sports shows they are smart and informed decision makers, something we have been lacking in for decades. Outside of all of the sporting decisions the AD handles promotion, advertisement, fundraising, donations, logistics, community outreach, fan engagement, marketing, budgeting, etc. Without that strong foundation every coach will struggle to succeed here.

The legacy AAC schools get $7M a year, and that is paid out at the end of the year around May or June. The new teams however get a half share, so $3.5M, but it is unclear if we get the full amount or if the AAC entrance fee will come out of it for a couple of years. Once the payout is given someone can use a FOIA to see the numbers. Over the course of the contract that number will ramp up so that we are receiving a full share by 2031. No one knows the specifics at this point on that as far as I know. Also that will just be the media payout, it does not include CFP, NCAA credits, and any potential exit fee money. I'll be interested when all of the amounts become public.

I refuse to make any guesses on maybes and ifs. That's how people delude themselves into thinking we are going to be completely different with no evidence, and how we hold onto people here too long. We had a team this year that was very poor on defense, but also had flubs on offense that could have won us games. I don't need Morris and the others to talk about how we will be better next year, go out and show me you are better.