Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

NCAA Investigation, APR Mess, Hiring/Firing Blunders … What’s Next??

I appreciate the tireless hours that Georgia Southern athletic director Sam Baker puts in on those white sneakers, but sometimes you have to wonder what’s happening to our athletics program.

Yes, I know he works hard in a probably thankless job.

However, we’ve had a mess of football coaches in the past few years, a proverbial revolving door.

Yes, I know BVG wasn’t necessarily Sam’s fault.

Not to mention, we’re having a heck of a hard time trying to figure out and fix the APR situation.

Yes, I know that coaches are responsible for some (or a lot) of this.

On top of that, we have players being suspended, cut, and leaving the team in what can only be described as “too often”.

Yes, I realize that will happen sometimes and coaching turnover doesn’t help it.

But word finally breaks about this NCAA investigation in to Georgia Southern.

Yes, I know it was probably self-reported and such.

But, does anyone else just get frustrated with the way things have gone recently?

Yes, I’m sure there are some logical reasons (or excuses, depending on your POV) for all of this stuff coming to happen.

But on some level, regardless of the why, we need someone to start providing direction and solutions to these issues.

We seem to have squandered, or at least stalled, a lot of our momentum.

At what point do we gain any confidence in our leaders’ vision (and pursuit) of the future?

Color me concerned.