YD1 Wrote:
...Folks who pull the puppet strings want him to. Money flows and grows. Hit the 9 win average for any four years and HC is gold. Drop in revenue and then the grumbling grows louder...
^^^^^ #THIS^^^^^ has certainly been the "MO" since the arrival of the Saintly One. Major stadium expansions, lucrative endorsement contracts, appalling increases in contribution cut-offs and ticket prices, reduction in tailgating spots, all signal that greed is GOOD for Mahogany Row....However, Captain Rainbows and Unicorns can ONLY keep the coffers full so long as he doesn't drop one of his seasonal bed-wettings to the likes of UF, Allbarn and the NATS. He went 1-3 last season and it got the attention of the media bobbleheads!
Now, along with the annual Sunshine Pumping from Mahogany Rows PR crew, we are treated to articles from outside the "arena" comparing the Anointed One to a perennial "Bridesmaid" among several conference "Brides". I grew wary of our internal PR bloviations somewhere between 2006 and 2008,.......Now I just ignore them.....!
The "twist", however, is the acknowledgement from those media outlets outside "our" control, basically echoing what most, herein, have been posting for years!....This is certainly and perception change that may have ramifications, should we embarrass ourselves like last season.
Yes,....new and talented players,......new, exciting and talented subordinate staff,.....Been here, done this, had drinks, the t-shirt is old and stained.....Like the title of this thread,......
SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!