As the son of a faculty member who taught at The U for 35 years, a proud alum, Hurricane Club, loyal donor, and rabid fan who fell in love with 'Canes football as an 8-year old boy watching Kenny Calhoun tip that pass away in the end zone, it's hard for me to accept Barry's article, but at some time, you have to accept reality. The truth hurts. The administration (BoT, Frenk, BJ) doesn't care about winning the way we do and hasn't for 20+ years. Even in the glory days, the admin simply tolerated football, it was just a means to an end (i.e., academic rankings). They never embraced it, yet conveniently use The U as the school's identity and brand. As long as the current cast of characters is in charge, we're wasting our time, breath, money, and posts. They see "Athletics" as just another part of a university enterprise, that in many respects, is floundering everywhere (way to go Frenk for killing our academic rankings too!). So as long as the checks from the ACC and other donors keep rolling in, nothing will change, and we'll continue to get bargain basement hires who have no business coaching our marquee programs. And yet, like people who can't get over a bad breakup, we the fans, continue to hold out hope that "our long lost love" will come back for us and all will be right again. Here's the reality. She ain't coming back. She doesn't love you. Or me. Never has. Never will. So as hard as it is, we all need to move on, find something better to do with our Saturdays, root for another team, or change our expectations mightily. Because as long we believe the lie that they care, we'll be upset and rant and be on these boards way too many hours of the day and night. I hate to accept it, but the truth is right there in front of us. It's been evident for the past 20+ years.