Michael Kelly Press Conference Today at 2:00pm

[E.T.]

Glad he talked about the OCS ... location should be known this summer and expects 2027 to play.

[John Lewis]

10 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

What could USF Athletics be if we got behind it with our donations, our attendance, and just a generally positive mindset? We'll never know right here in this little digital cesspool, but it's worth contemplating . . .   

It can be what everyone who posts on this board wants it to be.

[Triple B]

6 minutes ago, Bull Nut said:

I get it... COVID, Stability, 10 year plan, sustainable success, yada yada. 

I'm just not buying it and I don't think it's too much to ask for a .500 record in football and basketball.

It's not too much to ask and I'm sure what's being done is in hopes of surpassing that modest goal ....

[TheUpperHand]

11 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

What could USF Athletics be if we got behind it with our donations, our attendance, and just a generally positive mindset?

Rather than bleeding money while no one watches us go 2-10 with the fanbase saying "This really sucks," we could change all that so that the athletics department could turn a profit for administrators while 65,000 people watch us go 2-10 with the fanbase saying "This is fine."

[Brad]

12 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Reasonable people can disagree on that. 

You may have identified the issue....

[Bull Nut]

5 minutes ago, hm101 said:

only to have Jeff leave and we are back to square one

Back to square one isn't that far back lol

[Outlaw]

Most of us here donate and/or attend games. The results  on the field are on the coaching staff and the university  not going all in on investing in facilities and athletics. The positive seems usf and vmk are finally taking it seriously  with an ipf breaking ground and planning an ocs.

Edited January 5, 2022 by Outlaw

[Triple B]

27 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

What could USF Athletics be if we got behind it with our donations, our attendance, and just a generally positive mindset?

 

9 minutes ago, TheUpperHand said:

Rather than bleeding money while no one watches us go 2-10 with the fanbase saying "This really sucks," we could change all that so that the athletics department could turn a profit for administrators while 65,000 people watch us go 2-10 with the fanbase saying "This is fine."

Well that mindset may certainly explain why a lot of whiners don't bother to significantly invest financially in USF .....

[Brad]

32 minutes ago, E.T. said:

Glad he talked about the OCS ... location should be known this summer and expects 2027 to play.

And his contract runs through 2028....He has the time to accomplish the goal.

[Ghostbuster]

I liked hearing Kelly talk and answer questions.  Think he's got the right plan in general.

I understand he wants to show a commitment to coaches who are buying into his approach, while also showing commitment and stability to other (big12) leagues.

However nothing I heard convinced me that giving up our advantage on the CJS contract (still 3 years left) was needed.  Just seems like 'a sign of good faith' on USFs part that will always appear bad from the outside because you're rewarding the most visible failure (on field results) of the most visible sport (football).  If he wanted a press conference to say USF will have coaching stability through 2023 (which go check Twitter/news outlets, that's the headline USF is promoting), he still could have done that without the football extension.

Oh well I'll try to trust the process and stop whining about it for now.... but oof it's a tough pill to swallow.