Joe, got no problem with politics (to a point) as this is another frame of reference and whatever applies applies. Being a Bus Ad major (one of the last 60 to go through the undergrad program for the BS degree; truly a bargain), I would say that not only politics apply, but also financial and break-even analyses are appropriate. Follow t…
Joe, got no problem with politics (to a point) as this is another frame of reference and whatever applies applies. Being a Bus Ad major (one of the last 60 to go through the undergrad program for the BS degree; truly a bargain), I would say that not only politics apply, but also financial and break-even analyses are appropriate. Follow the money -- yeppers -- but also, find out what what the actual cash flows might be to determine exactly when our "black Friday" eventuates.
As some smarter than I have posted, the drop-off in season ticket sales and walk-in attendance (and vendor income, other football revenues, etc.) might reveal that the $8 millions or $4 millions are cheap compared to the bath we would be taking if the Old Chipster remained on the sidelines perpetually calling for the "three yard and a cloud of dust" offense in the red zone. (Three straight crashes into the line inside the five, can you believe it?)
While we'd probably not get precisely near what the guys on the high stools wearing the green eyeshades in the AD would calculate, I'll wager we could come pretty close -- especially since UCLA is a public university and the FOIA data is bare nekkid for the asking.
By the same token, we couldn't do any hiring decision projections with the info we'd get and the negotiations with any prospective coach would certainly not be available until the guy was hired. But my fever brain is pulsing, I am idle (sort of) since retirement, and if you need volunteers to turn the crank handle on the old desktop calculating machines, why don't you discretely request volunteers and suit up a team? Betcha you'd get some formidable brain power -- and water boys like myself.
Exit question: Anyone for doing a "whip 'round" to hire a plane and banner for the Toe Jam game?
Joe, got no problem with politics (to a point) as this is another frame of reference and whatever applies applies. Being a Bus Ad major (one of the last 60 to go through the undergrad program for the BS degree; truly a bargain), I would say that not only politics apply, but also financial and break-even analyses are appropriate. Follow the money -- yeppers -- but also, find out what what the actual cash flows might be to determine exactly when our "black Friday" eventuates.
As some smarter than I have posted, the drop-off in season ticket sales and walk-in attendance (and vendor income, other football revenues, etc.) might reveal that the $8 millions or $4 millions are cheap compared to the bath we would be taking if the Old Chipster remained on the sidelines perpetually calling for the "three yard and a cloud of dust" offense in the red zone. (Three straight crashes into the line inside the five, can you believe it?)
While we'd probably not get precisely near what the guys on the high stools wearing the green eyeshades in the AD would calculate, I'll wager we could come pretty close -- especially since UCLA is a public university and the FOIA data is bare nekkid for the asking.
By the same token, we couldn't do any hiring decision projections with the info we'd get and the negotiations with any prospective coach would certainly not be available until the guy was hired. But my fever brain is pulsing, I am idle (sort of) since retirement, and if you need volunteers to turn the crank handle on the old desktop calculating machines, why don't you discretely request volunteers and suit up a team? Betcha you'd get some formidable brain power -- and water boys like myself.
Exit question: Anyone for doing a "whip 'round" to hire a plane and banner for the Toe Jam game?