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Post by McQuervo on Sept 2, 2015 10:25:42 GMT -8
Sorry, but the competitive disadvantage, from which we, and Rocky, suffer is...well, Rocky. Or a city of people who think just like you MOW. Observers who wait for any opportunity to bash the program and distract from our collective goal of moving forward and up. So funny to see many here languish about the last 30 years of the FB program without being able to easily realize the reason the program went no where for so long. You don't go a generation with no success on accident. Never reason with a Drunk or a MOW. You'll just inspire the MoRon.
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2015 10:30:57 GMT -8
Or a city of people who think just like you MOW. Observers who wait for any opportunity to bash the program and distract from our collective goal of moving forward and up. So funny to see many here languish about the last 30 years of the FB program without being able to easily realize the reason the program went no where for so long. You don't go a generation with no success on accident. Never reason with a Drunk or a MOW. You'll just inspire the MoRon. I see. The "power to reason" is totally aggrandized by your view. Sort of, "If only those people who disagreed would just go away, or at least be comatose, THEN we'd be more like TCU or Boise." Do I have that right? Interesting insight.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 10:58:54 GMT -8
Or a city of people who think just like you MOW. Observers who wait for any opportunity to bash the program and distract from our collective goal of moving forward and up. So funny to see many here languish about the last 30 years of the FB program without being able to easily realize the reason the program went no where for so long. You don't go a generation with no success on accident. Never reason with a Drunk or a MOW. You'll just inspire the MoRon. Good point. Much like a flat Earther I should just let them believe what they want I guess.
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Post by sdsuballer on Sept 2, 2015 11:02:39 GMT -8
Go 13-0 and a fat check is waiting in my house office desk.... #No more Excuses#
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Post by bschmurda on Sept 2, 2015 11:08:39 GMT -8
Our fans are terrible, this board/thread confirms it
I will always support any Tec team, win or lose
It's Aztec for life, not Aztec for now if we're winning
You guys are embarrassing
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Post by rebar619 on Sept 2, 2015 11:29:50 GMT -8
Our fans are terrible, this board/thread confirms it I will always support any Tec team, win or lose It's Aztec for life, not Aztec for now if we're winning You guys are embarrassing It appears to me that there is a grand misunderstanding my some on this board. You can certainly support the university and associated teams and believe a coach/administrator needs to change. Support does not mean that you blindly prop up those in leadership roles. I never supported President Weber and still supported SDSU.
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 2, 2015 11:35:14 GMT -8
Never reason with a Drunk or a MOW. You'll just inspire the MoRon. I see. The "power to reason" is totally aggrandized by your view. Sort of, "If only those people who disagreed would just go away, or at least be comatose, THEN we'd be more like TCU or Boise." Do I have that right? Interesting insight. There's a difference between having a different opinion and questioning leadership and being a cancer to the program. You are the latter, and bring nothing positive to the program. You have a defeatist attitude, expecting the worst for the season before it even starts. And you've definitely not shown a "power to reason" by any measure. Dislike Rocky or the administration if you like, but your constant whining brings nothing to the table. Neither to this board or the program.
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Post by aztecfankrishnan on Sept 2, 2015 11:45:23 GMT -8
Haha, I loved this interview. Exactly how I feel about the program and the "San Diego" fan. Of course the negative Nellie's who populate this site want to attack him, they just got called out.
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Post by survalli on Sept 2, 2015 11:48:20 GMT -8
no support without p5 membership. can argue this every year and that fact won't change.
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Post by tonatiuh on Sept 2, 2015 11:56:48 GMT -8
With a city full of transplants and carpetbaggers, it's a tough sell. And it's hard to stay away from the beach. Oldie Out Every year SDSU has roughly 34,000 students, and every year SDSU pumps out 10,000 graduates, many of whom stay in town. I've never bought the beach excuse. SDSU football games are played in the evening, and in any event, who goes to the beach in October, November or December? Lots of people do when there are no crowds, and you can bet the surfers are there in their wetsuits especially! But, when you get down to it people can come up with tons of excuses if they want. The main thing that will bring larger crowds back to the Q is a winning team that is making noise beating P5 schools. It has happened before, and can happen again.
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Post by Frantic on Sept 2, 2015 12:03:41 GMT -8
Lots of people do when there are no crowds, and you can bet the surfers are there in their wetsuits especially! But, when you get down to it people can come up with tons of excuses if they want. The main thing that will bring larger crowds back to the Q is a winning team that is making noise beating P5 schools. It has happened before, and can happen again. Any problem with attendance is unrelated to people going to the beach on a Saturday afternoon on October-December. But it seems we agree the primarily problem stems from a terrible home schedule. Last year's home schedule was the worst I've seen. This year's is better.
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Post by sdsuballer on Sept 2, 2015 12:05:53 GMT -8
I like the way Aaron Taylor went up to bat for Rocky unfortunately he is misinformed. Several years ago Rocky and Sterk came out and said that they needed to down grade their schedule for a few years. In my head I was telling myself "cool we will have crappy schedules for 2-3 years at most" just to get the program moving in the right direction. 5 years have gone by and we still schedule cup cakes at home. Our conference is full of cup cakes so personally we should be loading our front end of the schedule with mediocre P5 teams. We should never play IAA because we have 3 or four of them in the MTN west. My last straw was with Rocky last year when our basketball team had to travel to Cincinnati due to the fact that Rocky didn't want to blemish his record. Instead they opted to schedule Northern Arizona which turned out to be the game that barely got us into a bowl game. Further, they made things worse by scheduling a non-scholarship team that had no business playing SDSU. It just feels like every move we make as a department with football we take a step backwards. Next year we will have an unknown excused on why our only home P5 game is being rescheduled 10 years down the road. Plus Rocky excuses are getting lame on why we don't have a QB. Rocky, you have had 5 years to address the QB situation and we still don't have our long term solution. You would think a former college QB would have a factory of them sitting on the bench ready to be plucked into the NFL.
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Post by bschmurda on Sept 2, 2015 12:15:37 GMT -8
All the real Aztec fans should try posting on Aztecfight.com ... It's a much better board than this
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Post by aztech on Sept 2, 2015 12:17:00 GMT -8
This was a great interview. I really appreciate the coverage that 1090 is giving SDSU FB right now. AT was on fire and had some valid points. The point in the interview that I thought was interesting was when Kaplan spoke of a prospective donor that will invest in the program when there are some key wins. It is indicative of what I have suspected all along. Currently the big money in SD that would make the donations are not alumni due to the focus of the university over he past 50 years. Since this is the case, non alumni that will contribute will want to see a measure of success by football prior to contributing to the cause. We have seen this already in basketball and it makes sense. This is one of the things that holds SDSU back in the grand scheme of things. Until there are anchor programs (doctors, lawyers, vets, etc) that turn out high dollar alumni you will not have as many alumni with millions available to back the athletics programs as you see at UCLA or Cal. I think the university has make great strides and is developing that alumni base, but the near term need for donations will come from affluent San Diegans that did not attend SDSU. To reap their contributions there needs to be some movement forward (win the conference, beat P5 teams, Access Bowl) to inspire the pocketbooks to be opened. I think you hit the nail on the head. The problem is SDSU lacks the super successful alumni who come from professional schools because our charter restricts us from having them, being a CSU institution. As you said, we must rely on local ties who identify with our sports even though they're non alumni. The JAM center is a prime example, as is John Moores, Conrad Prebys and Ron Fowler to name a few. Thankfully there are enough who have potential interest within the county's 3.5 million populace, but it does no good unless your last sentence comes to fruition.
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2015 13:04:26 GMT -8
I see. The "power to reason" is totally aggrandized by your view. Sort of, "If only those people who disagreed would just go away, or at least be comatose, THEN we'd be more like TCU or Boise." Do I have that right? Interesting insight. There's a difference between having a different opinion and questioning leadership and being a cancer to the program. You are the latter, and bring nothing positive to the program. You have a defeatist attitude, expecting the worst for the season before it even starts. And you've definitely not shown a "power to reason" by any measure. Dislike Rocky or the administration if you like, but your constant whining brings nothing to the table. Neither to this board or the program. It is very comforting to know that we are safe from the Evil Disagreers, and that you now are the Keeper of the Sword of Rocky Retread. You, my friend, have much in common with this administration. The Three Wise Monkeys: "If we can just rid ourselves of those we define as "cancerous", THEN we'll be on top. You couldn't have said it better yourself.
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 2, 2015 13:09:19 GMT -8
I like the way Aaron Taylor went up to bat for Rocky unfortunately he is misinformed. Several years ago Rocky and Sterk came out and said that they needed to down grade their schedule for a few years. In my head I was telling myself "cool we will have crappy schedules for 2-3 years at most" just to get the program moving in the right direction. 5 years have gone by and we still schedule cup cakes at home. Our conference is full of cup cakes so personally we should be loading our front end of the schedule with mediocre P5 teams. We should never play IAA because we have 3 or four of them in the MTN west. My last straw was with Rocky last year when our basketball team had to travel to Cincinnati due to the fact that Rocky didn't want to blemish his record. Instead they opted to schedule Northern Arizona which turned out to be the game that barely got us into a bowl game. Further, they made things worse by scheduling a non-scholarship team that had no business playing SDSU. It just feels like every move we make as a department with football we take a step backwards. Next year we will have an unknown excused on why our only home P5 game is being rescheduled 10 years down the road. Plus Rocky excuses are getting lame on why we don't have a QB. Rocky, you have had 5 years to address the QB situation and we still don't have our long term solution. You would think a former college QB would have a factory of them sitting on the bench ready to be plucked into the NFL. Scheduling Cal & PSU is not "downgrading our schedule", nor was playing UNC & OSU last year and Ohio St & OSU - both on the road - the year before that. And no, our conference isn't "full of cupcakes". There are a few struggling programs, but there are also several very competitive programs. We're not Alabama, and as a result Fresno, Nevada, Utah St, etc. are not "cupcakes".
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 2, 2015 13:11:10 GMT -8
There's a difference between having a different opinion and questioning leadership and being a cancer to the program. You are the latter, and bring nothing positive to the program. You have a defeatist attitude, expecting the worst for the season before it even starts. And you've definitely not shown a "power to reason" by any measure. Dislike Rocky or the administration if you like, but your constant whining brings nothing to the table. Neither to this board or the program. It is very comforting to know that we are safe from the Evil Disagreers, and that you now are the Keeper of the Sword of Rocky Retread. You, my friend, have much in common with this administration. The Three Wise Monkeys: "If we can just rid ourselves of those we define as "cancerous", THEN we'll be on top. You couldn't have said it better yourself. "At the top"? No. Healthier without cancerous type people polluting the program, DEFINITELY.
When you are the cancer it's hard to see the cancer.
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Post by laaztec on Sept 2, 2015 13:13:54 GMT -8
Rocky needs to beat some P5 schools and start winning Bowl games to get more fan support.
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Post by myownwords on Sept 2, 2015 13:15:06 GMT -8
It is very comforting to know that we are safe from the Evil Disagreers, and that you now are the Keeper of the Sword of Rocky Retread. You, my friend, have much in common with this administration. The Three Wise Monkeys: "If we can just rid ourselves of those we define as "cancerous", THEN we'll be on top. You couldn't have said it better yourself. "At the top"? No. Healthier without cancerous type people polluting the program, DEFINITELY.
When you are cancer it's hard to see the cancer.
Sort of a Myopic Melanoma kind of thing? Got it. It appears you are on your way to the next hit Comic Book.
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Post by zurac315 on Sept 2, 2015 13:27:22 GMT -8
With a city full of transplants and carpetbaggers, it's a tough sell. And it's hard to stay away from the beach. Oldie Out Yeah, San Diego State is the only school near a beach.
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