I shouldn't be such a richard head, I apologize to Oiler. The problem I have with people who seem to want to give up before even trying is this:
People who know a boatload more about this stuff than I.......the business of college athletics........believe there are some major changes coming over the next 5-7 years for programs in our situation because the current models are unsustainable. I believe them.
Okay, so we don't know exactly what those changes might be yet. But does it not make sense to do everything possible to prepare, and to put yourself in the best possible position when the target becomes more clear?
My dad always said that luck was when preparation and opportunity crossed paths.
I expect our program to be prepared and damned lucky as well!
And, of course, even if NOTHING HAPPENS, we're still the better for it by having improved our facilities, weaned ourselves off the LSU-dominated state legislature teat, grown our athletic budget, hired better coaches, yada yada yada.
But then, doing that stuff is FREAKIN' HARD.
To quote JFK,
We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.
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