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Posted on 8/27/17 at 3:04 pm to sardog12
Posted on 8/27/17 at 3:04 pm to sardog12
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This is the biggest issue with the idea of revisionist history. As this was coming on, our AD was repeatedly saying that alternate plans needed to be looked at for almost a week. Your AD kept saying "no, we got this" time and again until, finally, with not enough time left to make alternate plans, your AD said "holy shite, we can't make this happen". Well, of course not, when you fiddle-fart for so long, you can't find something new and ultimately, they had to cancel. Then your AD went on his tirade (temper tantrum) in order to capitalize on a disaster for his own media agenda and push blame off on the other guy. If they had listened to Alleva from the start, none of this media shite-storm would have happened. So, the incompetence was entirely on your AD even though he managed to sway public opinion by taking advantage of a disaster.
Foley is one of the best, if not the best AD on the planet. Forgive me if I trust his judgment over Alleva or random LSU fans. Foley can't predict the weather anymore than Alleva. Plus, maybe Foley already knew that playing a meaningless football game anywhere could possibly be in poor taste IF thousands of Gator fans were affected by what was at the time a Cat 5 hurricane that ripped up the Caribbean. Imagine if that storm was 50 miles more East. There would have been catastrophe in Florida. How do you tell people to enjoy a game while their families are recovering. I don't think it was a good week for UF to play that game just like UCF didn't play. It is in poor taste IMO.
This is an easy decision for me. I don't think it is a good idea to play here in Houston this week. There's too many people hurting here and people are more concerned with getting their lives in order. Why play a meaningless game so soon in a city that is devastated? This game has to be postponed or moved. Houston is not in any shape to be hosting football.
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Posted on 8/27/17 at 4:41 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe
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Foley is one of the best, if not the best AD on the planet. Forgive me if I trust his judgment over Alleva or random LSU fans. Foley can't predict the weather anymore than Alleva. Plus, maybe Foley already knew that playing a meaningless football game anywhere could possibly be in poor taste IF thousands of Gator fans were affected by what was at the time a Cat 5 hurricane that ripped up the Caribbean. Imagine if that storm was 50 miles more East. There would have been catastrophe in Florida. How do you tell people to enjoy a game while their families are recovering. I don't think it was a good week for UF to play that game just like UCF didn't play. It is in poor taste IMO.
I would agree with this except that Foley was saying up to Thursday that everything was ok and the game would be played in UF stadium as scheduled and most Gator fans backed up that sentiment, even when it was a Cat 5 hurricane in the Caribbean. Again, you are trying to revise history to make Foley look better but that narrative is just not accurate.
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This is an easy decision for me. I don't think it is a good idea to play here in Houston this week. There's too many people hurting here and people are more concerned with getting their lives in order. Why play a meaningless game so soon in a city that is devastated? This game has to be postponed or moved. Houston is not in any shape to be hosting football.
If I had a say, this would be as easy of a decision for me, also. And that is likely the way that the discussions are going right now. But that is wisdom of making decisions early, when alternate arrangements can be made, because although this may be a "meaningless game" for us as fans but the game is still for the kids.
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 4:59 pm
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