Ray's job isn't to make sure our budget finishes in the black. It's to field winning programs. Finishing in the black is just a happy byproduct.
If you honestly think we're headed in the right direction in our major men's sports, I sincerely hope you don't represent the majority if fans. If you do, we're never going to win championships there.
My comment about being in the black was pointed at the comment that he wasn't qualified to run a multimillion dollar program, that he was in over his head.
I'm hoping we're headed in the right direction. I'm almost 60, seen a few highs and lots of lows throughout the years. I'm realistic enough to realize just how far in the dumper our football program was when Sr finally quit. I'm realistic enough to realize just how outdated every facet of our program was, to the point essentially every aspect needed to be updated. That takes time.
Am I happy with last football season? Hell no. But things are being addressed to hopefully fix it. I see a roster that's finally starting to build quality depth. I agree, time is running out for Muschamp to prove himself. But I'm not going to log on and complain every day since the day he was hired with no reasonable explanation of any other successful route we could've taken.
People complaining about coaching hires have no earthly idea who was talked to on back channels about jobs. Some people need to accept the fact that it just might be more difficult to attract candidates to openings here, other than a few good runs here and there we have little tradition in any of our men's sports.
People point to Clemson's success, but forget they kept trying to recreate Danny Ford in their football HBC's. They were on the verge of firing Dabo, stuck with him, now they're winning. In a lot of ways, what we're currently going through with football they already did...they were upgrading every aspect of the program, including hiring away a guy from Bama to bring every aspect of Saban's program there. All while we had a RC who hated making phone calls, dumped his kid's unwanted Halloween candy on a table instead of putting out food for visitors, and had a HBC who prided himself on not spending money on recruiting or evaluation.
They were patient, believed in Dabo's vision, caught some lucky breaks, and built a juggernaut.
We have impatient fans whose only vision is winning, have had some unlucky breaks, and we're struggling. We can fire Muschamp, but then we have to hire someone else who may or may not have instant success.