Just get the dang thing built. Now we have a “hard” date of Fall ‘19. Increase the visibility and promotion of this brick and mortar addition to the FB Program to ensure it happens as planned. Over 20yrs late. Go Go Go!

(05-25-2018 08:22 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Just get the dang thing built. Now we have a “hard” date of Fall ‘19. Increase the visibility and promotion of this brick and mortar addition to the FB Program to ensure it happens as planned. Over 20yrs late. Go Go Go!

The older I get, the more I realize that things that happen in the private sector are not the way things happen in the public sector. If you want things done quickly and on time, you best be in the private sector since there are usually financial penalties involved and quicker decisions being made with little if any politics involved. Some people in the public sector, make decsions based on zero professional experience (in many cases decisions are made by lawyers with zero business experience) in that area whereas in the private sector...you better have vast experience in the subject and make the right decsions or you are out of a job (you are not up for reelection in 4 years by a group of people that have your same political beliefs regardless of the dumb decisions you made while in office).

(05-25-2018 08:46 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 08:22 PM)NDTiger Wrote:  Just get the dang thing built. Now we have a “hard” date of Fall ‘19. Increase the visibility and promotion of this brick and mortar addition to the FB Program to ensure it happens as planned. Over 20yrs late. Go Go Go!

The older I get, the more I realize that things that happen in the private sector are not the way things happen in the public sector. If you want things done quickly and on time, you best be in the private sector since there are usually financial penalties involved and quicker decisions being made with little if any politics involved. Some people in the public sector, make decsions based on zero professional experience (in many cases decisions are made by lawyers with zero business experience) in that area whereas in the private sector...you better have vast experience in the subject and make the right decsions or you are out of a job (you are not up for reelection in 4 years by a group of people you have your same political beliefs regardless of the dumb decisions you made while in office).

and that's exactly why we have a state-of-the-art basketball facility

the big boys know what's what

IMO, it is Mark G’s role to question the postponement. The issue is whether the reasons cited (eg, TBR redtape) are the true main reasons or if something else more serious is the reason (eg, lack of funds).

Rudd was really pissed off by that last tweet. He had completely given up on the use of punctuation. Not a good look for a university president.

And the CA wonders why it is dying. Well done.

Isn't IPF still under the authority of the original board of regions as they approved the project before we got our own board.

(05-26-2018 01:04 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  Isn't IPF still under the authority of the original board of regions as they approved the project before we got our own board.

If we had a newspaper with reporters rather than gossipy old women tweeters they might actually research it and write an article.

(05-25-2018 09:03 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  IMO, it is Mark G’s role to question the postponement. The issue is whether the reasons cited (eg, TBR redtape) are the true main reasons or if something else more serious is the reason (eg, lack of funds).

IMO, it's the role of the FB beat writer, but I fear that may be asking too much.

(05-26-2018 03:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 09:03 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  IMO, it is Mark G’s role to question the postponement. The issue is whether the reasons cited (eg, TBR redtape) are the true main reasons or if something else more serious is the reason (eg, lack of funds).

IMO, it's the role of the FB beat writer, but I fear that may be asking too much.

Good point. The Tiger football beat writer maintains a low profile concerning Tiger football, but he is quite active on Twitter with various interests including all things California.

(05-26-2018 03:32 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(05-26-2018 03:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 09:03 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  IMO, it is Mark G’s role to question the postponement. The issue is whether the reasons cited (eg, TBR redtape) are the true main reasons or if something else more serious is the reason (eg, lack of funds).

IMO, it's the role of the FB beat writer, but I fear that may be asking too much.

Good point. The Tiger football beat writer maintains a low profile concerning Tiger football, but he is quite active on Twitter with various interests including all things California.

The new football beat writer is so bad I don't even know who he is.

Evan Barnes

let's give him a chance,,,,apparently the environment he got hired into may not be the best

Meanwhile, a construction permit has already been filed for the $2 Million improvements the city council approved for LBMS just 3 weeks ago. I guess that is one benefit of having a sweetheart lease in a city owned stadium.

While I will always like the idea of an OCS, I am very happy with LBMS. We have proven it is not a barrier to having a winning program. It’s a great place to watch a game. Tiger Lane has been a home run. It could be a great home for us for the next 50 years or more. Last year was our first ever undefeated home season (we lost the bowl game). We could and probably should do it again in 2018.

Get a bigger tarp for the south end zone and reduce capacity to 50K. Take it off for the olemiss game next season.

(05-26-2018 04:45 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(05-26-2018 03:32 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(05-26-2018 03:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  

(05-25-2018 09:03 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  IMO, it is Mark G’s role to question the postponement. The issue is whether the reasons cited (eg, TBR redtape) are the true main reasons or if something else more serious is the reason (eg, lack of funds).

IMO, it's the role of the FB beat writer, but I fear that may be asking too much.

Good point. The Tiger football beat writer maintains a low profile concerning Tiger football, but he is quite active on Twitter with various interests including all things California.

The new football beat writer is so bad I don't even know who he is.

you haven't missed much

(05-26-2018 04:54 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  Evan Barnes

let's give him a chance,,,,apparently the environment he got hired into may not be the best

Calm down It’s May! I think Evan is awesome. He appears to have bought into the community and culture. He tweets quite often and while it’s not always about Tiger football it often is. He gives good and timely information. He strikes me as hard working, energetic and savvy.

(05-26-2018 09:08 PM)3601 Wrote:  Get a bigger tarp for the south end zone and reduce capacity to 50K. Take it off for the olemiss game next season.

And tarp above the upper portals, reduce the capacity to 40K for all but the biggest game(s). They could then charge more for the more limited number of tickets and make more money. When you have an excess supply of tickets most every game, there value goes down. Mre people will
buy season tickets to ensure they dont get left out. As demand increases, starts reducing the tarpage until the whole dang thing is full.

(05-26-2018 12:25 PM)3rdgenerationtiger Wrote:  Rudd was really pissed off by that last tweet. He had completely given up on the use of punctuation. Not a good look for a university president.

Looks to be like finances/funding did play a role. Basketballs downturn hurt the overall cash-flow which is why bonds had to be issued. Rudd clearly points to that as a factor.