Jay getting ready to talk Tigue

[ManAboutTown]

Dude, I'm simply asking some questions.

Sorry if that came off abrasive. I was actually engaging you in convo.

[CrazyCajun]

Not really. I've had the pleasure of meeting him, and I really have no problems with him or his coaching. It's just funny how, on this board, there is no room for someone trying to be reasonable and have an opinion which differs from those who want immediate firings.

It amazes me how much the people of Ragin Pagin feel as if they are the only ones with worthwhile opinions, when 85% of what they post tends to me ad hominem attacks.

Sound and fury, man. Sound and fury.

Has it ever occurred to anyone that the reason they don't give you hour-by-hour updates is that, if there was a snafu, they want to have a plan for handling it before presenting it for the benefit of Ragin Pa... I mean the general public? Has it ever occurred to anyone that they want to have that plan in place and moving before they do so?

Has it ever occurred to you that some of us do know what's going on? And they just might be incompetent? Hour by hour? It's been 3 weeks and media can't even get someone on record...are you serious? I have a feeling when the money is secured, the NTP is signed and the project is no longer in jeopardy...and everything finally comes out...You gonna feel kinda silly.

[tetragrammaton]

Is it that? Or maybe you're just an imbecilic limp noodle...

oh, my poor fee-fees are hurt....

....think I'll go cry in my corner now.....

Sorry, but your insults still aren't as good as those Scottish folks.... now THAT was hilarious.....

[VObserver]

Not really. I've had the pleasure of meeting him, and I really have no problems with him or his coaching. It's just funny how, on this board, there is no room for someone trying to be reasonable and have an opinion which differs from those who want immediate firings.

It amazes me how much the people of Ragin Pagin feel as if they are the only ones with worthwhile opinions, when 85% of what they post tends to me ad hominem attacks.

Sound and fury, man. Sound and fury.

Has it ever occurred to anyone that the reason they don't give you hour-by-hour updates is that, if there was a snafu, they want to have a plan for handling it before presenting it for the benefit of Ragin Pa... I mean the general public? Has it ever occurred to anyone that they want to have that plan in place and moving before they do so?

Has it ever occurred to you that actually competent administrators have plans in place for virtually all contingencies BEFORE there are any problems? Ours seem to be in a constant state of surprise that something went wrong. This, combined with a total lack of ambition to advance the program, makes the offices on Rhinehardt and in Martin Hall look like a clown show.

[tetragrammaton]

Has it ever occurred to you that some of us do know what's going on?

It occurred to me, and then when I asked simple questions about it, I was routinely and soundly chastised, so I have as little respect for SOME of you as SOME of you have for the administration.

[CajunDreDog]

It shouldn't have ever gotten to the point that it did though. This is a monumental compilation of constant errors by Farmer and Co. He had to have know this was going to eventually blow up in his face!!!

[ManAboutTown]

It shouldn't have ever gotten to the point that it did though. This is a monumental compilation of constant errors by Farmer and Co. He had to have know this was going to eventually blow up in his face!!!

He did know. That's why he waited to the last minute, threw Jim Harris under the bus and humiliated John Bloom in front of his coworkers.. That's what kinda individual Tetra and the other dome polishers are defending..

[basinbear]

What's the limit on baby seal hunting? ......lol

[CrazyCajun]

It occurred to me, and then when I asked simple questions about it, I was routinely and soundly chastised, so I have as little respect for SOME of you as SOME of you have for the administration.

Now you go with the victim huh? You talk your rabble rabble ___... I present all sorts of facts for you to respond too and bless it's poor little tetra was just trying to ask some simple questions.

[CajunT]

And I'm not trying to pick fights here.

Because even if if there were no hiccups with the Russo money, we'd have to take out a loan/float a bond/whatever to pay the Lemoine bill becaue it all won't be collected for a few years. Hell, even there was $10 million deposited in a UL account, we'd still need to take out a loan/float a bond/whatever to pay the $17-$21 million dollar price tag.

And not communicating this was probably (you think?) bad politics. I think it would have done the administration (and Farmer) wonders in good will if they had said, "Guys, we just don't have enough donated money for the new Tigue. So, since we're committed to bettering athletics and because Robe deserves it, we have to find $7 million plus thru another avenue: a loan, a floated bond, a whatever."

That's just me.

But the $3 million is where I get lost.

If I'm right, and the Russo money was predicated on UL raising THE FIRST $5 million, and Russo was able to get the first $1 million installment in, there should have been at least $6 million in the kitty.

But posts on the board have suggested a $2 million donor has pulled his contribution. If that indeed happened there should be $4 million in the kitty: $3 million of the first non-Russo $5 million, and the first Russo $1 million.

But we later find out in a post that in fact it wasn't $2 million that was withdrawn, rather it was $250,000...considerably less. I think it was in fact Robe who confirmed this.

And like I said before, I simply just don't see anybody issuing a work order for a $10 million project (much less a $17 million one) when only $3 million has been budgeted.

There are built-in protections to prohibit this.

Is it impossible for something like this to happen? No, but I also think I'll see out of my left eye one day.

My understanding is that 3 installments had been paid of the Russo money, 1 million per year was the agreement although Farmer had told a number of people it was a $5 million dollar donation. Coach Robichaux said in April there was a total of $7.5 million total committed to the project, he did not seperate the actual funds collected from that number. In recent weeks Scott Farmer came clean in an RCAF Executive meeting that actual amount in the fund was $3 million. This was verified by the person I mentioned that has since committed to a $50K donation.

[ManAboutTown]

What's the limit on baby seal hunting? ......lol

We're at it..

[VObserver]

We're at it..

Yeah. Now we are skinning them and throwing the carcasses to the killer whales.