New message from Ray!
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No mention of the Clemson game other than "we started a bunch of young guys", even though they aren't young guys anymore at the last game of the season.
I was inspired by the large number of exclamation points!
I saw nothing about the complimentary ointment the Gamecock Club will be mailing out to ease the pain of the ongoing sodomy from Clem.
According to the video I've seen at football games building a championship facility.....takes time.
That would be a pretty stadium if we would do something to that North End.
As for the letter, I feel as if I had been subjected to an effort to get me to believe that Castor oil tastes good.
As for the letter, I feel as if I had been subjected to an effort to get me to believe that Castor oil tastes good.
What do you want him to say about the clemson game?
Fair enough. So then he should tell us why we need to donate money for the football operations center and mention it will help us beat Clemson. How's it going to be better than theirs? That might not matter to the administration, even most of the fan base, but it still matters a lot to many of us. It's priority number 1.
You guys are insane. If we get 9 wins this season will be an enormous success.
What did i say before? An acknowledgment of getting our ass handed to us by klempson and that we are fixing the problems would go a long way. Instead we get this drivel. We got destroyed by Klempson again now send us $$$$.
Second straight blowout to Clemson taints it a little. At least for me. That's still THE game. Could care less about Meeshigan and the Outback Bowl.
Youth is a good excuse true first 2 or 3 years of your program. It got old for Butch when he was using that one at year 5
The 9 wins will look good on paper but we all know that 7 of the wins are absolutely nothing to brag about as the teams were just bad and some were in chaos and about to fire HC's. The one quality win (NCSU) was achieved with only 240 yards offense to State's 500+. That win definitely falls into the luck/fluke category.
Insane? Let's not kid ourselves - those 8 regular season wins are the fortunate result of a very weak schedule. Yes, the defense progressed this season but the offense is simply putrid, again, and it's inexcusable.
3 wins to 6 wins to maybe 9 wins in 3 years. But of course we get "yeah but" posts.
Ray understands how important it is to Carolina fans to beat clemson. He witnessed it firsthand as a coach for over a decade. He also understands that in order to reach the competitive level we need to get to, that he has to generate revenue for facilities, coaches, etc. Otherwise we may as well drop down to 1AA, whatever it’s called now.
The letter highlights what he believes are indicators of present and future success, which is what you focus on if you hope to generate more revenue. Why would anyone in his position make mention of the negatives?
Maybe he should have said we are first place losers in the east, losers in our state, we suck.
Now please donate money, buy bowl tickets, watch mich kick our ass, and let’s all be miserable
The letter highlights what he believes are indicators of present and future success, which is what you focus on if you hope to generate more revenue. Why would anyone in his position make mention of the negatives?
Maybe he should have said we are first place losers in the east, losers in our state, we suck.
Now please donate money, buy bowl tickets, watch mich kick our ass, and let’s all be miserable
and how exactly is this Ray tanner's issue to apologize.
Sorry dude, but clemson is damn good. We are not there yet.
It would be truly pathetic for an AD to send out an email saying our ______ is going to be better than Clemson's ______, and I would really hate to see some kind of empty rhetoric like "never again."
It was not that we lost to Clemson....it was the lack of effort by some...the failure to show up for that game that ruined what I had started to feel about the team and program. I would have felt much better if the coach or Ray Tanner would have said after the game that they were just as pissed as I was about it. Since they did not I assume they are not as pissed...so therefor why should I care as much...why should any of us.
I get the need to try to put on a good face and try to build the perception this was a great season.....but when you get humiliated by your rival and many that play for your team do not seem to care that it happened.....then that puts a big damper on my feelings about what is going on.
I would like to see that they know how bad they sucked and that they are determined that it will not happen again. IMO they missed an opportunity after this game to rattle some cages and make it clear what is expected from every body in this program..instead they wanted to hold on to the "good vibe" and try to downplay the embarrassing showing..therefor condoning to some degree...that pathetic effort.
If there was ever a time that Boom should have shown up...it was then. What do you do when you are a die hard fan of a team that had several players not seem to be that into the biggest game? A coach and AD that does not seem very upset that failure happened?
I can answer...you figure you can find other concerns to spend your time from now on because obviously your hope is not going to be fulfilled with this endeavor. That is what happens.
I get the need to try to put on a good face and try to build the perception this was a great season.....but when you get humiliated by your rival and many that play for your team do not seem to care that it happened.....then that puts a big damper on my feelings about what is going on.
I would like to see that they know how bad they sucked and that they are determined that it will not happen again. IMO they missed an opportunity after this game to rattle some cages and make it clear what is expected from every body in this program..instead they wanted to hold on to the "good vibe" and try to downplay the embarrassing showing..therefor condoning to some degree...that pathetic effort.
If there was ever a time that Boom should have shown up...it was then. What do you do when you are a die hard fan of a team that had several players not seem to be that into the biggest game? A coach and AD that does not seem very upset that failure happened?
I can answer...you figure you can find other concerns to spend your time from now on because obviously your hope is not going to be fulfilled with this endeavor. That is what happens.
What did Clemson's AD say when we were beating them 5 in a row? Nothing that I recall. Just sat on his hands and let Dabo do his job.
Too late cause we already used the "never again" slogan. We just need to add another "again" to it now.
Did the athletic department officially do it? When Jake and some of the players said it I thought it was dumb, and obviously, it was.
Two straight years of not crossing midfield against Clem until the 4th quarter after Clem had scrubs playing. Offense has no excuse for being as bad as it is for 2 straight years. I suppose every other team Clem played (all those private ACC schools and The Citadel) had more talent on offense than Roper did, so yeah, I guess you're saying "not there yet" means, not at ACC private school / The Citadel "there".
Some of yall have to be non-SC fans posting these excuses, it's the only thing I can come up with for anyone excusing this offense. At this rate, and if Roper stays, we may cross mid-field as early as the 3rd quarter against Clem next year these same people will call that "progress".
He didn't hire Taggart of Riley when he had the chance is all I can come up with.
This....i said before if a company is tanking or stock price is plummeting then that is when communication is most important. It would go a long way for them to recognize the crap job that has been done and that every damn stone is going to be turned over until the job is done. This is just a standard form letter. Not good enough after inheriting a top 10 program that bottomed out and then leaving a top 5 baseball program that now is just average.
The Clemson game doesn't matter to some anymore, it's the changing of the times.
"The Garnet way" is pretty cheesy. The athletic department came up with that, but during the Hyman years to be fair. Still stupid.
I think it matters to everybody. It's just that it doesn't make most people suicidal. Seriously, perusing this board would make you think our fanbase is the most mentally unstable bunch of people ever, but I know that is not true of the fan base as a whole. Message boards tend to attract a certain subset of people.
Ray Tanner just now said "im deeply and truly sorry clemson beat the sh____ out of us again and I'm going to cut my wrists.
Sincerely Ray Tanner
Go Cocks.
