Kennypowers wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:59 am
Look dude.....I'm not a Wofford fan....I went to and played for Furman. I actually look down on Wofford (crap town and excessive vineyard vines). Make all the snide remarks you like but you might want to consider what I'm saying. You pissed me off with your negativity for a great SC underdog sports moment...Furman fan or not. Wofford's success should be an inspiration to us. If you think we're doing great as school, I just don't buy it. Look at football over the last 10-15 years....been to the playoffs a few times in underwhelming fashion, but that's about it. That's something a school lke the Citdel would feel good about. Now we have an incredible coach (and a few other good people around him) who may, it seems, against all odds, get it turned around. But are we really relevant nationally again? No......not yet. And in basketball...many on here cling to this win over Villanova like a championship.....it's not.....we finished 4th in the league and are out in round 1 of the NIT. Great year....yes.....incredible for Furman because we've sucked so bad since like what......1980? Again, good year here and there but pretty mediocre. Now in bballl, there is no clear picture that we will be as good next year other than having what seems to be a very good coach. I hope we are but odds are against that. My point in responding to you was to criticize your obnoxious ragging on a gutsy Wofford player and team that is getting it done while we're not. We/you complain about this player or that while they play Kentucky before the entire nation and make our league look good. We're ostensibly a social justice wannabe school now with a lack of true commitment to sports and no vision to grow the school's reputation through sports excellence and domination.....albeit at a limited level because it's a 1-AA feel for pretty much all of our sports because of our size. This malaise in the major sports is just an unfortunate and sad situation.....but it is reality. We are kind of a middle of the pack sports school now for those programs that have usually defined Furman. Will always keep the hope for sure, and our coaches are very solid it seems, but there is just something missing from when things were really going well here and I hope we can get it figured out. It's probably our Administration but that's always the easy answer. And I readily admit I don't have the answer.
Kennypowers is right. I am glad he has made these and previous comments.
PS: Social justice IS important, but still we need to also have a serious and successful commitment to sports excellence and achievement and improvement.
PPS: Football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball, as internal avenues for social justice for allowing kids to attend Furman who would not be able to otherwise, may have much more value than some other sports at Furman. “Social justice wannabe” and excellence in football and in basketball are not mutually exclusive.