Wildcat_Fan
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Now that our reg season home games are over and we have a chance to win back-to-back conf titles it makes me sit back and ask, does athletics actually care about the success of the teams? Obviously they "care" because when teams win they keep their jobs.
But lets be honest, we have arguably one of the best football teams in school history (i would argue last year was) and a coach who works his tail off and it shows on the field, but no one gives a crap! The team has gotten better as the year has wore on and the attendance has gone down. So that is where i ask does athletics actually care or do they live by the model "just good enough".
I know we go after marketing for a pathetic showing year after year but at what point does it get to the athletics as a whole not holding each other accountable. I drive from ogden to slc mon-friday and I take harrison to 89 so i drive by weber EVERY SINGLE DAY and i have not once this year seen anything about football. Not. One. Thing. Each person who works in athletics drives to work on the same path each day and sees the same amount of nothing everyday and says nothing. Regardless if they are coaches trainers administrator advisers whatever. If people are mentioning things and it falls on deaf ears, now its a university issue. Does the university actually care about athletics? Bringing in money? Engaging the community, building a base, and something to rally around? Weber has always been labeled a "commuter" school. But yet we find those passionate fans looking for something to latch on to. What does weber do to capture that? Nothing.
When coach mac was still around I remember we had 14k in the stands for homecoming, thought that was a pretty good showing! I get basketball has been our staple and it has fallen on their own issues (we wont go into that) but football is damn good and the community either doesnt know, or doesnt care and it needs to be fixed.
Anyway to sum up the rant that has been made so many times before, lets see if we get a home playoff game. If we do what is athletics going to do to fill the stands and supports the #3 team in the nation.
But lets be honest, we have arguably one of the best football teams in school history (i would argue last year was) and a coach who works his tail off and it shows on the field, but no one gives a crap! The team has gotten better as the year has wore on and the attendance has gone down. So that is where i ask does athletics actually care or do they live by the model "just good enough".
I know we go after marketing for a pathetic showing year after year but at what point does it get to the athletics as a whole not holding each other accountable. I drive from ogden to slc mon-friday and I take harrison to 89 so i drive by weber EVERY SINGLE DAY and i have not once this year seen anything about football. Not. One. Thing. Each person who works in athletics drives to work on the same path each day and sees the same amount of nothing everyday and says nothing. Regardless if they are coaches trainers administrator advisers whatever. If people are mentioning things and it falls on deaf ears, now its a university issue. Does the university actually care about athletics? Bringing in money? Engaging the community, building a base, and something to rally around? Weber has always been labeled a "commuter" school. But yet we find those passionate fans looking for something to latch on to. What does weber do to capture that? Nothing.
When coach mac was still around I remember we had 14k in the stands for homecoming, thought that was a pretty good showing! I get basketball has been our staple and it has fallen on their own issues (we wont go into that) but football is damn good and the community either doesnt know, or doesnt care and it needs to be fixed.
Anyway to sum up the rant that has been made so many times before, lets see if we get a home playoff game. If we do what is athletics going to do to fill the stands and supports the #3 team in the nation.