Happy New Year everyone!
As always some great points and posts.
IMHO- and having played at a fairly well known D1 program that had packed houses each week- there is nothing wrong with this. Our school's priorities were no different than most of the others I see and did not have the level of "corruption" some of you have espoused that you seem to want to pain a broad brush with. And you know what? Having a coach be on the hot seat to me is a good thing!
I wonder if Coach P was in his last of year of this contract would have done things a bit differently than he did this year?
Having the fan base be a bit more "involved" at my school did not mean before, during and after our fans did not attend. It is called "tradition" and if you don't have a tradition in wanting to bring your kids and grandkids to a game, then that is a problem here especially on just about any given home game weekend the LI RR is full of kids wanting to leave and go home. There are many great schools have that a loyal fan base and have amazing experiences each week and with a wholesome family venue like we have here.
if I was to speak to SH, I would ask to view a SB game like I did last year. When I was sick last year and could not make one of the games, it was embarrassing to look at the live streaming being done and just how unprofessional it was being streamed out.
If you want to increase the money in the Touchdown Club, why not take a playbook from every HS booster club. When Johnny comes to play at SB the parents are given an option to get involved at one of several levels and "sign up" Heck, I am sure SH could craft an e-mail to this effect. I too do not believe we could get to the 15,000 average threshold from our home games to get a FBS slot, with how our current make-up of putting "butts in seats" but man on man we can do better than this.