Tip #1: When accused of drinking, NEVER admit to being sober. That will instantly rob you of any plausible deniability. You never know when that might come in handy.
Tip #2: CPR is going no where, so you may just want to deal with it. In case you weren't at the game today, a packed and crazed stadium full of people not expecting to lose is the next level. Welcome to it. Dan McCarney wasn't let go because he wasn't winning, he was let go because the stadium attendance had flattened (even though longitudinally, McCarney's attendance had been a big improvement over the program's history before his arrival. The fact is, attendance had gone flat, and Pollard had a vision for something bigger. That vision is what he's got now under CPR.)
You want the facts and you want the numbers? College football is not about winning. It is about money. If a college has to make a choice between the money and the winning, it will take the money every time.
And when it comes to money, you can't argue with CPR's scoreboard. A packed stadium and happy donors? That's what CPR has in spades.
So if you want CPR gone, I recommend you do one of two things - or better yet, do both. First, start a campaign to convince about 10,000 fewer fans to show up to games for the rest of the season. Then, show up with a $5 million gift, contingent on CPR's removal, and make sure you hobnob with other distinguished alumni to ensure that they do not implement a counteroffer. ISU is in a very unique position right now: increasing attendance and gifts despite a losing streak. It is an anomaly, but you want to bring the facts into it? Those are the facts of college football. Winning is often the window dressing that comes with that sort of a bottom line, but not always. If you think Pollard is anywhere close to ditching CPR after the hard lessons learned following Chizique the Magnificent, you really need the one-two punch against the bottom line.
Then, and only then, are you going to have the credibility to give Jim Tressel a call to bring him in to ruin our program in the manner that you seek.
Tip #2: CPR is going no where, so you may just want to deal with it. In case you weren't at the game today, a packed and crazed stadium full of people not expecting to lose is the next level. Welcome to it. Dan McCarney wasn't let go because he wasn't winning, he was let go because the stadium attendance had flattened (even though longitudinally, McCarney's attendance had been a big improvement over the program's history before his arrival. The fact is, attendance had gone flat, and Pollard had a vision for something bigger. That vision is what he's got now under CPR.)
You want the facts and you want the numbers? College football is not about winning. It is about money. If a college has to make a choice between the money and the winning, it will take the money every time.
And when it comes to money, you can't argue with CPR's scoreboard. A packed stadium and happy donors? That's what CPR has in spades.
So if you want CPR gone, I recommend you do one of two things - or better yet, do both. First, start a campaign to convince about 10,000 fewer fans to show up to games for the rest of the season. Then, show up with a $5 million gift, contingent on CPR's removal, and make sure you hobnob with other distinguished alumni to ensure that they do not implement a counteroffer. ISU is in a very unique position right now: increasing attendance and gifts despite a losing streak. It is an anomaly, but you want to bring the facts into it? Those are the facts of college football. Winning is often the window dressing that comes with that sort of a bottom line, but not always. If you think Pollard is anywhere close to ditching CPR after the hard lessons learned following Chizique the Magnificent, you really need the one-two punch against the bottom line.
Then, and only then, are you going to have the credibility to give Jim Tressel a call to bring him in to ruin our program in the manner that you seek.
