Crossfire (6-27)

[doc longhorn]

Additional value-add from our athletic programs:

1)  Charlie Strong is adamant about academics, as am I, as a teacher. Athletic careers are over in a heartbeat, education lasts a lifetime. Louisville's NCAA academic rating for football was 1000, like ours was.  A 1000 APR costs money, if you don't like it, too bad. That, my friends, is a value add. PLUS

2)  Charlie Strong is adamant about building character and developing his players as young men, as am I, as a parent and a teacher and a Texan. If one of you are not, please don't tell me, it will be very disappointing. I do not want Texas players supplementing the practices of criminal defense attorneys.  PLUS!

      A. I tell student-athletes in my classes that there is a reason that student comes first in student-athletes. You would be shocked at        how many talented athletes (many of whom have had not had good guidance at home) have never head of the NCAA clearinghouse. Absurd!

3)   Some here and other places have contended that Texas is not doing enough with the money we make.  Forgive me, but I call bullshit.  If in doubt, ask Vince Young about that.  He was the first in his family to graduate from college, and though the NFL was not kind to him, he now has a job at UT.  It is a job that he has earned and for which I believe he is uniquely qualified.  If I'm not mistaken, UT paid for him, and other UT athletes that leave early for the pros, to complete their degrees, on our dime.  That is an invaluable benefit.  Education is an invaluable benefit.  PLUS!

Of course, we could save money by taking that benefit away, but if you argue for it, I will flame away until there is nothing left but ashes!

4)  I don't pretend to be familiar with multiple accounting methods, but I would think that one of our costs in the expenditure section is that for medical scholarships for players who were forced to give up football due to injury.  It's another case of 'the right thing to do'.  If you object to it, fine, you pay for them to finish school.  Your choice.

Texas goes above and beyond to take care of our student athletes.  Certainly, some duplication and excess has been created in Belmont in recent years, but I believe that is due to the Mack Brown phenomenon more than anything else.  Mack craved approval.  When fans became critical, he surrounded himself with people he knew would not oppose him or criticize him.  Of course they received glowing reviews.  They weren't going to be burned for doing their jobs and saying, 'Yes, sir!'.  That will take time to correct.

Folks, it's time to move on and look forward to the season.  I am excited about it, and I am excited about the interest that athletes are showing in the program.

Hook 'em!

Well said.  Will you marry me?

 

[doc longhorn]

An interesting claim .. . .Per ESPN Stanford's athletic spending was $90 million in 2013 while TEXAS was $146 million

To be 2 and a half times. . . . . .We would have to increase our spending to $220 million .. . .

Of course anyone with even a  business course to their credit realizes that spending is one variable of the bottom line. . . revenues the other. . .even with our larger spending number. . .I'll wager we significantly lead Stanford in Net Income 

In a similar fashion, we supposedly spent more than 40% above tOSU. . . reality shows it at about a 21% difference . . ..math clearly isn't a strong suit. . . 

https://b2.caspio.com/dp.asp

These are the type of overly emotional hyperbole used to paint a false or misleading picture. . . .if we care at all about the "merits" of a discussion .. . . that is if intellectual honesty is an issue. . . .

Like any large organization. . .we have fat .. . .and the bigger the organization is. . .the bigger the amount of fat becomes even if the % of fat remains unchanged. . . . .can we be more efficient. . .certainly. .. . are we in as dire shape as the hysteria being offered. . . not even close. . . .

Linkey no workey.

 

[java]

Well said.  Will you marry me?

But, doc, what would your wife say?  

Hook 'em!

 

[BudreauReye]

But, doc, what would your wife say?  

Hook 'em!

Maybe he is one of them "Church of the Guys with the Snazzy Second Wifes" guys?

 

[echeese]

Linkey no workey.

Sorry,

Likely copied it wrong. . . .

Now I cannot find that site but here are those numbers again. . . 

http://espn.go.com/espn/notebook/_/id/10852077/fbs-school-spending-2012-2013-espn-magazine

Or from USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/schools/finances/

 

[doc longhorn]

Maybe he is one of them "Church of the Guys with the Snazzy Second Wifes" guys?

LOL - nope.  I am ashamed to admit that I am a back sliding Methodist.

 

[doc longhorn]

But, doc, what would your wife say?  

Hook 'em!

She will look at me with a tired and jaundiced eye and say "You do realize that you have embarrassed yourself, once again and on the internet for all the world to see, don't you?".  Never marry a nurse and, more importantly, never marry  one with German heritage - you don't know what bossy is until you have. 

All kidding aside, I love her more than my golf clubs.

 

[BudreauReye]

LOL - nope.  I am ashamed to admit that I am a back sliding Methodist.

Doc!  Oh, DOC! 

 

[BudreauReye]

She will look at me with a tired and jaundiced eye and say "You do realize that you have embarrassed yourself, once again and on the internet for all the world to see, don't you?".  Never marry a nurse and, more importantly, never marry  one with German heritage - you don't know what bossy is until you have. 

All kidding aside, I love her more than my golf clubs.

Doc!  I guess the best we can say about you is that you have your priorities on straight! 

 

[java]

She will look at me with a tired and jaundiced eye and say "You do realize that you have embarrassed yourself, once again and on the internet for all the world to see, don't you?".  Never marry a nurse and, more importantly, never marry  one with German heritage - you don't know what bossy is until you have. 

All kidding aside, I love her more than my golf clubs.

I can see it now and appreciate it.  My son-in-law must have known something before he married my daughter.  They are both MD's.  I doubt he ever feels your pain.   :lol:

Hook em!

 

[Horn78]

If it's truly Skip's team then in my opinion Patterson should give Augie 1 year and that's it. Hopefully Skip will change the offensive philosophy-I'm really tired of small ball.

 

[doc longhorn]

Doc!  Oh, DOC! 

LOL.  The shame is for the back sliding - not for being a Methodist.

 

[BudreauReye]

LOL.  The shame is for the back sliding - not for being a Methodist.

You probably should not be too awful concerned about either ...  just being human is hard enough as it is, at times! 

 

[JimR]

#2 is absolutely false unless said government employees have a written contract,. if they do not, they are at will employees and can be fired summarily for no reason at all.

 

[java]

#2 is absolutely false unless said government employees have a written contract,. if they do not, they are at will employees and can be fired summarily for no reason at all.

Jim,

Is this what you are referring to:

2)  Let me address what Patterson has to deal with.  The employees at Texas are government employees and some of them have received sterling job evaluations for ten to twenty years.  Do any of the members comprehend how difficult it is to fire a government employee with that kind of track record?  Do your members understand the legalities involved?

     1)  Wouldn't employees that fall into a protected class fall under federal guidelines?  Does that not throw 'at will' out the door?

     2)  Because the AD is a separate entity, would it fall under the Constitutional protection for state entities?  My guess, totally unsupported, is a resounding, "No!".

Perhaps these are of no concern; however, we have a great deal to lose, if they are.  I would like your opinion.  You sound as if you know what you are talking about.  I certainly do not.

Hook 'em!