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Burman guest column in CSD

The culture of mediocrity expert. Everyone knows the majority of people in the state have some level of interest in WYO athletics. You don't need a survey for that.

How about a survey on the importance of success of WYO athletics and if the fanbase views 4 win football seasons as successful? Why not survey if the current trajectory of the AD is acceptable? Do you feel your tax dollars are being used to generate acceptable results?

The JA story is great but WYO's consistent flex and seemingly only flex is almost embarrassing now. Newsflash,we lost the damn game to the worst mwc team at home.

Some weird word salad about the benefits of athletics to UW but no mention of any specific metrics. Then a completely response bias or framing biased survey asking for affirmation that residents enjoy UW athletics vs the real issue if athletics is being managed correctly, establishing a winning culture, and proud of teams' achievements.

Tldr: administrative slight of hand trying to put lipstick on a pig and justify it.
 
ragtimejoe1 said:
The culture of mediocrity expert. Everyone knows the majority of people in the state have some level of interest in WYO athletics. You don't need a survey for that.

How about a survey on the importance of success of WYO athletics and if the fanbase views 4 win football seasons as successful? Why not survey if the current trajectory of the AD is acceptable? Do you feel your tax dollars are being used to generate acceptable results?

The JA story is great but WYO's consistent flex and seemingly only flex is almost embarrassing now. Newsflash,we lost the damn game to the worst mwc team at home.

Some weird word salad about the benefits of athletics to UW but no mention of any specific metrics. Then a completely response bias or framing biased survey asking for affirmation that residents enjoy UW athletics vs the real issue if athletics is being managed correctly, establishing a winning culture, and proud of teams' achievements.

Tldr: administrative slight of hand trying to put lipstick on a pig and justify it.
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The reality is that we are all incredibly tired of hearing the same pabulum year after year. Most of us see through it. Ultimately, you are what your record says you are. If you look at the TB tenure, we are an empty suit - we are all hat and no cattle. We have facilities, fan support, an NFL MVP that is an amazing ambassador, state funding (for now), and WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. Facilities are only as good as the teams that win or lose in them.

A motivated athletic department would have leveraged all of those strengths into CHAMPIONSHIPS. We have squandered them and are, unfortunately, on the cusp of a fairly dark time in Wyoming's history with out-migration, dwindling revenues, and backbiting likely leading to program-altering declines over the next decade. And we get this happy horse-poo in the CSD. No vision or plan to rally around. Regurgitated tropes and excuses about why we can't be great (or even just a little better). We are all tired. I am now Missouri - SHOW ME. Show me ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. Just one. One. Please. One. Start small. One. Not improvement. Not excuses. A CHAMPIONSHIP. Other schools in our conference do it. Other schools in tougher spots than us do it. Quit talking.
 
LawPoke said:
The reality is that we are all incredibly tired of hearing the same pabulum year after year. Most of us see through it. Ultimately, you are what your record says you are. If you look at the TB tenure, we are an empty suit - we are all hat and no cattle. We have facilities, fan support, an NFL MVP that is an amazing ambassador, state funding (for now), and WE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. Facilities are only as good as the teams that win or lose in them.

A motivated athletic department would have leveraged all of those strengths into CHAMPIONSHIPS. We have squandered them and are, unfortunately, on the cusp of a fairly dark time in Wyoming's history with out-migration, dwindling revenues, and backbiting likely leading to program-altering declines over the next decade. And we get this happy horse-poo in the CSD. No vision or plan to rally around. Regurgitated tropes and excuses about why we can't be great (or even just a little better). We are all tired. I am now Missouri - SHOW ME. Show me ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. Just one. One. Please. One. Start small. One. Not improvement. Not excuses. A CHAMPIONSHIP. Other schools in our conference do it. Other schools in tougher spots than us do it. Quit talking.
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Dude, he said, "we are intent upon competing for championships in the Mountain West Conference." What more could you want?
 
Sheesh, we all love Josh Allen, but I'm starting to get tired of "Remember Josh Allen went here 8 years ago, please give us money." How much can they possibly wring from a guy that's been gone for a better part of a decade?
 
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