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Message: [QUOTE="UCFBfan, post: 2922039, member: 2248"] The bottom line here is that we are trying to run an athletic department that supports three major sports on a G5 budget. Look around the G5, is there any program putting as much money into basketball, both men's and women's, as well has having a competitive FB team. Schools like Kansas and UNC and Duke can do it because they have P5 money pouring in. UConn has dumped tons of money into basketball because it's what we've always been good at. If that's the route we want to go then it might be time to just commit fully to it and let football go. We are stuck with RE because we can't afford anyone else. We bought out Diaco, we found a way out of KO's contract, we hired Hurley and are paying him a lot, and Geno is making tons. All the things I listed above should have happened and I'm glad they did. However, it makes it impossible for us to also run a successful FB program, especially in a barren recruiting territory. I know Dooley had a thread on this but if we are going to put money into football, then it needs to be done right. The past 8 years have been littered with piece meal fixes and bad hires. If this is going to get turned around they need to make one last big push and drop serious money into FB. Problem is, I have no clue where that comes from because they aren't pulling it from bball, and we have no deep pocket donors..... I just don't see a light at the end of this tunnel. I am a huge football fan of our school and hate the talk of dropping football or dropping down, etc. However, the day of reckoning is quickly approaching where a decision will need to be made. [/QUOTE]

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