The funny thing about this is that while yes, it has gotten the attention of the media, nearly every single talking head who has voiced an opinion on the matter has lambasted UM fans for being "spoiled" or "classless" or the like. They've laughed at you guys for flying the banners while we were undefeated. They've mocked our poor fan support for years, and this is just another sign of that (eg, can't fill the stands, but will fly a banner). They've poked fun at the fact that you guys even go so far as to stack an online poll to make yourselves feel better about what you're doing.
The banner flyers are too dumb to notice that.
Fact is that the banners have zero effect on getting Golden out of here. You flew a banner last year, and still the BOT retained Golden. It was clear from the outset that this year was the deciding year. Ws and Ls are what make the decision, and Golden's going to hang himself by losing ****ty games like Cinci as well as another 3-4 games this season, at the very least. The banners aren't going to get him fired any sooner.
Really, how long do you want keep ignoring sub-standard coaching, if this is the quickest way to get these idiots out of here, then keep flying these banners and I will continue to donate ever week. They have ruin this program and its idiots like you that still have some hope for Dumb and Dumber. Wake up! I done support these idiots. Sometime you have to go backwards to go forward.
A)Again, you're making it seem like the banners will have the effect of getting rid of Golden. They don't. The only thing that is going to get rid of Golden is his W/L record this year.
B) 6 or 7 banners have been flown, over two consecutive seasons now. Don't you think if it banners were going to get him fired, he'd already be gone?
C) As I've already explained many, many times, I do not support Golden. I jumped off that bandwagon back in 2013.
UM hasn't shown they deeply care about winning in football. If fans don't push back hard I don't see the energy at UM to fire Golden this year. The banners show the fans are upset and the media takes notice and drives the narrative that the fans are angry. This narrative will get Golden fired. His win / loss record will contribute to it, but if he wins 7 games and the fans aren't calling the radio station and flying banners then I think he stays.
What a BS rationale.
Look, I've already explained why he didn't get fired last year. A) Donna didn't want to fire him as her last act as prez. B) Frenk didn;t want to fire him without going through 1 season to see for himself. C) The buyout drops significantly after this season.
For those reasons, it was predetermined that this was going to be the make-or-break year for Golden.
The banners aren't changing that.
Seriously...think about it. If (and everyone knows this ain't happening, but IF) Golden somehow gets on a roll and wins 10 games this season, wins the ACC champ game, etc...he ain't getting fired. Which means all your banners don't mean squat.
What everyone knows will happen is one of two scenarios. 1) Golden will lose another 3-4 games at a minimum, and he'll be fired at the end of the season. or 2) the team totally falls apart and we go on a bigtime losing streak, in which case Golden may be fired mid-season.
Either way, the banners don't mean ****.