WEberNation said:
I’m sorry if anyone traveled to Boise for the Montana game on account of my optimism. I’m glad I went because I really enjoyed the win agaist PSU and Boise is a place worth visiting. I still believe in coach Rahe and the talent coming in. Maybe my expectations should be higher, but I don’t mind dancing every 3-4 years on average.
I'm glad you went and applaud your optimism and faith in Randy Rahe. Once again, I am not against Randy and feel he is a man of high ideals and character. I really like him as a person and feel he is a good coach. However, here are the facts when it comes to Weber State Basketball vs. the rest of the Sky.
1. Randy is paid almost 200K more than the Big Sky average.
2. Weber State has the absolute best facilities in the conference and that includes a brand new court at PSU. We have our own weight area for basketball and it is only a matter of time until we build a facility exclusive for basketball. But, along with basketball Weber has awesome overall athletic facilities. Thanks to Coach Graybeal, VP Tarbox, our coaches, and the AD.
3. We have the biggest fan base and with a little innovation and a lot of hard work, Weber could average over 8K a game. If you are the student leader of the "destruction" you didn't work very hard to get students out. Next year is a new year and you should start planning now. Start by getting a new name for your organization.
4. History is on our side and we have such an amazing legacy. The Sky, in the 70s and 90s was a far better conference than it is now and our average of going Dancing was every 2-3 years. At one time we went 4 years in a row.
5. No one else in the conference has the professional connections like Weber State.
I could go on, but due to the above 5 points, Randy should be expected to do more than what he is accomplishing. IN the same time period, how many times has Montana gone dancing? They now have more tournament championships than Weber. Something we should be absolutely ashamed of. Randy doesn't really have a plan for next year either...this is what worries me. Next year will be more of the same.
We, as fans, should expect more. He was given an 8 year contract. At one time there was talk that we were going to "follow" the Gonzaga model (I argue they followed the Weber model from the 70s). If you have followed Weber State Basketball for a while you would know that this program has always been at the top of the Sky; and that we aren't, when the Sky is bad, is frankly sad. I use to use Cravens as the example of what we didn't want, but he coached against far better competition than where the Sky is at now.
If Randy played the same competition, would we see the same results?
but there were no people. it was like the purple & white game. the last yr in reno we lost in the quarter final. that was really lame and we were the 3 seed. we were blown out by unc in front of supposedly 1,100. we have finished the last 2 yrs being blown away by a big sky team.
