not attending the games is the wrong ay to protest Fitz's firing or administration's handling. The stands reflect support of the team that remains to play the games. There are people on the bench who just need a chance on game day to be the best they can be,. Some are great practice players but ":meh" on game day while others are great game day players who, for some reason, don't practice well. If the offense opens up with an experienced QB at the helm, this team should have the support of the fans in person .
You are entitled to do as your heart desires. Seriously.
I was planning to going to the @Rutgers game, but now will not.
It’s a hard decision to choose between, supporting the team, who remain and demonstrating distain for the ministration that handled this whole process in a completely unprofessional manner. There are enough people, deciding not to attend games in order to demonstrate their distain for the administration, but that basically punishes the remaining team members, who also need the support of the same people I don’t know how the proper avenue is decided, and I agree that it is an individuals choice.
why did you expect things to improve sharply? I was expecting 10+ losses until the two transfers this spring, and even then, figured a 4 win ceiling. Losing JON was a plus, but what else?
I know you aren’t asking me, but I’d give three reasons: easy schedule, Jon gone, and regression to the mean. And a fourth: Fitz often did his best coaching when no one expected much from the team.
There’s also the possibility that Bajakian opens up the playbook significantly.
I like coaches who come from programs outside the Power-5 and have significant success.
I also liked the hire as DC and he was really the only choice for interim. Mostly concern about getting crushed on both sides of LOS
The more I thought about this, the more I concluded that I would support the players that decided to stay through this shit storm. NU won’t get another dime from me until Schill and Gregg are terminated. However, supporting the men going through this is different than endorsing Bozo and Cookie. I will be booing as hard as I can anytime Schill or Gragg step on the field. Probably get the ban hammer from the Yellow jackets.
I totally respect that. And appreciate that of those who are going to attend rather than boycott, there will be some that are going to heartily boo these bozos.
For me it's partly that I don't really feel like I want to go. Which is an incredible thing to say for me as someone that's been going to games since I was 6 years old, through thick and thin, would get my dad to drive down to Champaign with me every Tgiving weekend even when the weather was sh*t and the team sucked with no bowl hopes. Right now the idea of going to a game just makes me sad / mad / disgusted, it doesn't sound fun. That said, I will still watch the games on TV. At least to start the season. We will see how it goes.
I'm with you. Football is a game. It's fun to watch, at least for me. There's plenty of things in the world to get worked up over. The AD and President of a university is not one of them.
I am worked up, not sure how you can’t be worked up and the program you support gets ripped to shredded so much so that recovery at anytime is questionable.
