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Message: [QUOTE="GotNets?, post: 2512424, member: 8131"] A certain measure of improvement will have to derive from the state’s fiscal situation. If the state doesn’t turn things around, UConn’s football program may have difficulty turning it around as well. The one thing that stood out from the in depth reporting on Louisville was the degree to which to school colluded to rip the taxpayers. We certainly don’t need that, but if we don’t want to change things, we need to find ways for the state to cost share on facilities and other prized resources. I don’t accurately understand the role of Foundations, boosters, et al to the degree to make highly specific recommendations, but if it’s an arms race per se, and prestige comes from commodities, we may have to invoke the taxpayers to assist. It’s a tough sell in our current climate though. Someone tell me: could we pay the type of obscene salary that a really high end football coach would require? If so, to what degree would that help? [/QUOTE]