It's funny. I get the same adrenaline rush beating a top ranked softball team (and the same funk after a loss) as any G5 or higher football game. We have a poorly funded sports program. I think most of that is because we simply don't have many fans. We get a pretty good bang for our buck for the numbers of people that attend our games, of any sport.
The question is: if we are losing fans in droves, how long will we have a program?
I'm sticking around as long as they turn the lights on. And when they go off, that will be a tough loss and a funk that won't go away quickly.
By the way MGFinNO, your post that started this thread gave me about as much pleasure as one of those player goodbyes you called out. Pursue your happiness elsewhere if you must, but keep an open mind about a return. I'm not sure how the school reacts to this kind of talk, but this fan realizes we don't have that many to lose.
GMG
Donor fatigue is real and it exists even in the P4. Can you imagine digging deep into your pocket for some real money, landing a targeted player and then the player sucks or the team sucks? Or what if the big money guy you spent for gets beat out by some two-star? Does the coach feel pressure to play the guy your big money booster paid for?
I thought it made a lot of sense. He said it happens on every program when a new head coach comes in. A majority of the guys still on the roster that were recruited by another coach spend the first transition year thinking about where to go next, then they usually leave. A few stay. He wasn't trying to hide anything. I appreciate his candidness. It's way more than we get from most of our coaches!
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