winning attitude

[SisyphusMiner]

This is from a political article so I'm not going to bother to post it.  But they use college football as an analogy, and I think their comments are highly relevant to UTEP

Did you see the college football game this past Saturday between Texas A&M and Mississippi State? Texas A&M won 51-10. Mississippi State immediately fired head coach Zach Arnett. He was fired after only 11 games at the helm. His bosses decided they?d seen enough. The team was headed in the wrong direction. It was time to stop the bleeding. So, they cut their losses in the middle of the coach?s first season.

That?s what losing does to people with a burning desire to win. It eats away at them like a cancer. And cancer must be cut out of the body before it kills the patient. Mississippi State made the decision to move forward and save the program, by cutting out the cancer. Bravo. A fresh start is always a step in the right direction.

But check out the other side of the ball.

Texas A&M won the game 51-10. And they also fired their coach after the game. A&M gave walking papers and $77 million to Coach Jumbo Fisher to make him go away. That?s how much money was guaranteed on his new 10 year contract extension.

You read right. The coach who just won 51-10?who?s team moved to 6-4?thereby qualifying for a Bowl game?fired a winning coach with a 45-25 record at Texas A&M. That?s a winning percentage of 64%. Yet A&M was willing to bite the bullet and fire him immediately after his 51-10 win and pay him $77 million to go away.

Because the people who run Texas A&M aim for the stars. 64% winners isn?t high enough for their standards. They want to go undefeated. They want to compete for the SEC championship every year. They want to win the national championship. That wasn?t happening. So, they will find a new coach who can meet their lofty expectations.

Bravo. This is what winners do. Just winning isn?t enough. Winners want to win it all, not just 64% of the games.

[Austintacious]

There's something else to firing Jimbo Fisher according to friends at A&M.  They're playing Texas next year in the SEC and feel it's a must win home game.  A loss would be an embarrassment.  They want a coach who will make a difference.  Fisher is not that coach. 

A&M stupidly renewed Jimbo's contract for 10 years because last year LSU might be interested in hiring him.  It turned out to be a bad move.  They have rich backers who ponied up the money to make the firing possible. 

Where are UTEP's rich backers?  Or are they poor?

[SisyphusMiner]

Who is going to sink their money into a program that is *not* dedicated to winning?  Where 64% W/L is considered a historic season and cause to extend a contract?

[kyyote]

This. UTEP is barely dedicated to having athletic programs. Just barely. Remember Wilson called them the front porch. What everyone sees. What the world sees is crap and she is happy. Dimel is happy. The fifteen hundred people at the game was happy. What will we do when Liberty MTU and WKU leave as will nmsu and JSU. We are dangling from the end of football rope and not even trying to keep from falling. Nmsu is laughing at UTEP.  That?s right. Wilson. Empty headed soccer ball adrift on the ocean.

[MinerMaestro]

This. UTEP is barely dedicated to having athletic programs. Just barely. Remember Wilson called them the front porch. What everyone sees. What the world sees is crap and she is happy. Dimel is happy. The fifteen hundred people at the game was happy. What will we do when Liberty MTU and WKU leave as will nmsu and JSU. We are dangling from the end of football rope and not even trying to keep from falling. Nmsu is laughing at UTEP.  That?s right. Wilson. Empty headed soccer ball adrift on the ocean.

If NMSUx can hire  a coach like Kill, there is ZERO reason why UTEP, who actually has a bigger athletic budget, can't!  For God's sake they beat Auburn, A_U_B_U_R_N!, at Jordan-Haire and we can't get by Middle Tennessee state.  Wilson HAS to make a commitment to winning and Dimel is NOT the answer.  Why he hasn't been let go yet is mind-boggling. 

Teams who we competed with less than a decade ago are now moving into P5 conferences while we languish away further into irrelevance.  Price showed us that you can recruit to UTEP and you can field winning, competitive teams here.  The administration just has to step up to the plate.  *end of rant*

[Minermojo]

Someone needs to copy this and send it to our illustrious president. She probably thinks the fans are happy because she got 10k in the stands, or was that 10 fans.