DevinTheDude

Funniest one of these edits I’ve seen maybe lol

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This type of thing happens every year. Oh he convinced guys to come play for him and left? That’s happened with like 99% of coaching hires ever. He obviously didn’t think he was getting the job until he got an offer he couldn’t refuse. Do people seriously think this was his plan all along? Or that schools usually get a freaking negotiating window to counter offer when their coach gets poached? Was he supposed to turn down becoming fantastically wealthy to risk floundering in Boulder and never having this opportunity again as long as he lives?

Do people just not remember instances like Saban routinely lying through his teeth when leaving a job or Rich Rod going to UM and then trying to steal WV’s recruits immediately after accepting while still a WV employee and during a dead period?

I can’t help but think some of this media vitriol stems from subconscious racial bias against the now 2nd highest paid black coach in college or pro football...

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Tucker...I can see why Colorado wouldn't match that MSU offer. I think he has potential as a coach, but MSU threw a huge offer at him. He was staying until MSU made a Godfather offer.

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MSU is 13th in athletic department revenue and brings in almost double what Colorado does. They’re usually around 20th in football attendance with fans who have shown up for decades despite limited success. They’re in a different ballpark and CO was never gonna pay up like MSU did. You gotta strike when the iron is hot otherwise all of a sudden you’re not the hot name bigger schools want.

As a State fan I am pretty pumped about this after the Fickell debacle. People don’t realize how hard it is to bring in someone a couple weeks before spring ball starts, especially after the last 3 years of crap we’ve had. Now we get a badass young recruiter who’s the highest paid black coach in the country to bring some excitement in.

I’m also really happy about the staff money. My biggest problem with Dantonio was his staff the last few years was always filled with his buddies who didn’t even like to recruit. I mean Bollman, Staten, and Warner??? These are not guys who belong on a top-25 program’s staff right now. Can’t imagine Bollman walking into some 18 year old’s living room trying to make his pitch with crumbs in his beard.

Now with all this said, I know MSU is not a top-10 job but we’ve only had 1 solid coach, Saban, get poached by another program since I’ve been following- but it really sucked. I can’t help but think bringing Tucker in like this is like dating the girl who cheated on her husband with you. I really hope he doesn’t get snatched by LSU or whoever in a few years.

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Now of course there is no way it would be politically feasible because all the people on the dole would immediately vote out any politician, no matter the party, who even hinted at cutting aid programs.

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It often is politically impossible to remove an entitlement once it's in place, but voters don't always vote in their interest.

The ACA dropped uninsured rates up to 10% points in states including Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas- yet many of those same voters who received the benefit have in the aftermath continually voted for the party that has publically vowed to repeal the program that got them on health insurance. All those states went red in 2016. This can happen when identity politics comes to the forefront like in 2016.

OP's premise seems to ignore the fact that the big blue states subsidize the big red states by giving more than they take from the Federal Govt. Alabama, which the OP cites, is just about the biggest offenders of states that are takers. AL is about the last state that would be able to ween off federal $$ lol.

2018’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States

He wasn't bragging? He literally said "you're not invited to the club. Sucks for you". Pretty clearly was bragging. I have no problem with passionate fans and love that about college sports.

Just with the blueblood fanbases you do see the aforementioned attitude where some think they are superior because of the team they root for. Again this is a well documented phenomenon with big programs where you have large swaths of the fanbases clinging on to the team's success as part of their identity.

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Sorry baw, you're not invited to the club. Sucks for you. Now, kindly frick off.

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To be honest, I really can't think of a less exclusive club than being a Kentucky basketball fan lol. What sort of deluded mindset even goes into thinking that rooting for UK basketball is some sort of club that one gets into?

Talk about a chip on your shoulder. Sorry I struck a nerve and sorry for the "flip attempt" lol. My comments aren't anything groundbreaking about the fanbases of big programs, this is commonly accepted stuff.

I have nothing against historic programs being described as blue bloods. Their trash fans that feel some sort of superiority by rooting for them is a little absurd though. The blue blood programs truly have the worst fanbases because you have a lot of sad, angry people that root for these teams to cling onto to something that makes them feel better than others.