Change The Coach?

[GP1]

http://www.mises.org/about/3248Ludwig von Mises was a famous economist/philosopher. See his biography above.LvM once wrote about the conditions necessary for someone to make a change (mostly in economic behavior). There will be a lot of posts in the next few days about changing JD. If anyone wants to change him, try to answer the three conditions before you decide to make a change. It is somewhat complicated, but to summarize, three conditions are necessary for someone to make a change in behavior. ALL three are necessary. They are as follows:1. Uneasiness or dissatisfaction2. A vision of a better state3. Belief that there is a possibility for a better stateHere is where the great GP1 comes down on the issue.1. Does GP1 have uneasiness or dissatisfaction about the program? Without a doubt, yes. Only a lunatic wouldn't.2. Does GP1 have a vision for a better state? Without a doubt, yes. Different defense and different play calling come to mind.3. Does GP1 believe there is a possibility for a better state? This is where it breaks down and the answer for GP1 is no. I've been with this program 20 years now at different levels and this is a 20 year assessment. UofA football has a long history of bad to really bad play. UofA has a history of student and alumni apathy. The Athletic Department functions at a financial loss that would make your nose hairs turn if you knew what it was. The people of NE Ohio just don't want to support the football program at the levels necessary to have a top notch football program.....The same can be said for almost all MAC schools. It's not just UofA, but the entire MAC is just bad entertainment and getting worse.If we let JD go now, will the overall state of the fans, alumni, students, community or tradition change? I don't see how that happens. The inertia is too great. Letting JD go, while it will give some of you short term happiness, changes little. Few cared long before JD came to UofA and few people will not care long after he is gone. Please don't bring up the new stadium as the fix. The new stadium, while necessary, is a short term fix for a long term problem.If anyone out there can answer yes to all three above, I'd be glad to listen. #3 is the toughest.

[Lee Adams]

http://www.mises.org/about/3248Ludwig von Mises was a famous economist/philosopher. See his biography above.LvM once wrote about the conditions necessary for someone to make a change (mostly in economic behavior). There will be a lot of posts in the next few days about changing JD. If anyone wants to change him, try to answer the three conditions before you decide to make a change. It is somewhat complicated, but to summarize, three conditions are necessary for someone to make a change in behavior. ALL three are necessary. They are as follows:1. Uneasiness or dissatisfaction2. A vision of a better state3. Belief that there is a possibility for a better stateHere is where the great GP1 comes down on the issue.1. Does GP1 have uneasiness or dissatisfaction about the program? Without a doubt, yes. Only a lunatic wouldn't.2. Does GP1 have a vision for a better state? Without a doubt, yes. Different defense and different play calling come to mind.3. Does GP1 believe there is a possibility for a better state? This is where it breaks down and the answer for GP1 is no. I've been with this program 20 years now at different levels and this is a 20 year assessment. UofA football has a long history of bad to really bad play. UofA has a history of student and alumni apathy. The Athletic Department functions at a financial loss that would make your nose hairs turn if you knew what it was. The people of NE Ohio just don't want to support the football program at the levels necessary to have a top notch football program.....The same can be said for almost all MAC schools. It's not just UofA, but the entire MAC is just bad entertainment and getting worse.If we let JD go now, will the overall state of the fans, alumni, students, community or tradition change? I don't see how that happens. The inertia is too great. Letting JD go, while it will give some of you short term happiness, changes little. Few cared long before JD came to UofA and few people will not care long after he is gone. Please don't bring up the new stadium as the fix. The new stadium, while necessary, is a short term fix for a long term problem.If anyone out there can answer yes to all three above, I'd be glad to listen. #3 is the toughest.

Marx said something to the effect that the proletariat would rise up and govern for the benefit of all...i know the USSR is gone(but its making a comeback)...we the fans are the proletariat...eventually w/o OUR support the whole thing falls apart..the Athletic Dept is a dictatorship...anyone can be purged at any time...whethere its now or later the purge will happen..