Yep, and I agree. Thanks.
I, as a supporter of Bama, and to a smaller degree, UAB, could not make sense of people pointing to the supporters with most of the blame. I have never been to a meeting with top decision-makers, from program inception, all the way to the death. Tax dollars came out of my pocket as well. But where did it go? Did I truly get to decide? Have I ever taken part in one single decision, or as a regular Joe supporter, have I ever been influential in the way the program was built, ran, and evenutally pushed off a cliff? No.
And it is not fair to point at supporters as if they had anything to do with the decisions of that trainwreck of an administration and athletic department in the last couple of decades. The fact that they had a couple of quick snippets of winning in football is commendable in itself, considering the resources that they had to deal with.
Please do not associate UAB supporters with the incompetence you see there, most especially the wasting of money. It could have been done better. Heck, it could have been done well. But don't associate the average supporter with the way it was done. Most supporters are not as upset with the fact that it got shutdown, as much as they are upset at the long history leading up to this. I have cringed at the way it has been run for a long, long time, and knew that this was only inevitable. I'm only upset at knowing the fact that competent folks could have got it going, and kept it afloat.
Those guys that were left scrambling for a home a few months ago? They deserved better. I wouldn't dare tell one of those guys, hurting as they were, that they felt "entitled" to have a program. They are the true victims, if there are any.
My two cents. Thanks for the civility, guys. Roll Tide all the way, so just excuse the little Blazer blood I have left from my B'ham days. Lots of good memories from my younger days.