D$, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
This administration appears blind to our football program. The BOT appears blind to our football program. And of course, we get zero feedback from anyone, which is of course, to be expected. It just FEELS like no one at UM administration level or the BOT gives a tinker's ****.
I'll tell you what they DO care about - very much! Image. They're all about THEIR image, and the image of the U. Image is everything to these folks. They want all the emphasis to go to academics, but the most public display of the University is the football program. Locals, and at times, there is a national image.
The banners start flying, or billboards go up, the Administration and the BOT has to pay attention. Friends and associates will start asking questions. The media reinforces the idea. Game after game, the same thing? Soon, it's an open wound. That HAS to be addressed.
Donna is known as a fund raiser. Let her get off her fat little *** and raise some money if they need it for the buyout. If the administration hadn't pulled a bone-headed extension, there wouldn't be a problem.
The administration also needs to walk across campus to the business department. A good salesman may make unbelievable money, but regardless of his pay, he doesn't cost a company a dime. Because a good performance makes more than his own paychecks, and contributes excess to the company bottom line.
Nick Saban doesn't COST Alabama a single penny. His winning not only pays for his high salary, but he makes the University of Alabama a ton of money as well.
So this retarded BS about a really good coach's salary is a monument to an administration's stupidity.