goviksgo said:
As usual goviks passes right by the main issues and goes after me personally. It's a lot of fun dealing with the people on this forum. I'm trying to get you to see the picture of the problems being caused in this program which leads to individuals not committing funds or time or energy.
This isn't about whether the program can somehow come up with 900K. That should be a no brainer if we could right the ship. What business says "it doesn't start at the top" or "the CEO has nothing to do with it?
I think GOVIKS2 has a love affair with the program and can't see the forest through the trees. This is not about losing scholarships it's about lying to players about their scholarships. Talk to the controller in the financial aid office maybe he is willing to speak up?
What is Torre doing about Nigel? Heard he might bring in a new head coach? Got to do something to right this ship?
What are Alumni doing? Smart ones are watching and keeping the check books sealed tight. Maybe not the donor whose house Coach Burton lives in ...maybe that's your house GOVIKS2?
I don't like when big men pick on little old ladies, I don't like when bosses take advantage of their employees and I certainly don't like when someone in power speaks abusively to their subordinates. maybe you think all these things are okay?
This is a wake up call because we aren't going to have a team or this forum to discuss it in 2015 if something doesn't change quickly. There will be no miracle on 10th street without change today.
I'm replacing you as bad guy here. Step aside. You're wasting your energy on personality conflicts, and you're missing the main target anyway. Stop embarrassing yourself.
Broadway unearthed a 5-year-old interview with Torre Chisholm. The link to the interview is gone. I'd forgotten all about it, but my reaction to it was clear. Chisholm had the clearest vision for Viking Pavilion and the faintest platitudes for football.
Football has been cut loose to sink or swim for some time. It's proving it can't swim. It's going, it's soon to be gone.
Torre Chisholm made the right call, too. This program could be sustained when other programs were selling tickets for $20-30, the competition practiced outdoors, the stadium held more people, and travel was more reasonably regional. This isn't that era; it's time to get the frack out.
This isn't to say that college basketball is the savior. It's the fallback. Portland State has a more than marginal chance at being good at it. The Pavilion should, at least, attract some attention.
There's no way this program can reconcile the culture of the city with that of the suburbs, much less football (that culture basically = "football must die" anyway). Portland is too far gone to be Atlanta. NFL, sure. Trying to reach UO or OSU, never happen. (For that matter, most students THERE think they're there for school, never mind PSU). The program's fan base is freaking old and sparse in a town repopulated with youth and a different vision of life.
So make the most of what you've got... and understand that Torre Chisholm has gone down this path with purpose. (Is he great? I didn't say that. Good? Heck if I know. Just that he set on this path and this is it.)
