Unconquered

I especially liked the part where we are trying to figure out how exactly to market ourselves to the SEC as a can't miss package.

Reading "vocal contingent" and thinking that means message board posters is incorrect. Spetman does not care what we think. That's code for "some of our biggest boosters love winning twelve games but we feel it should have been 13 and these same super rich boosters want to see one more year before we give him the key to the city".

Either way Spetman could not figure things out for himself if he had to, He lists as the wind blows. When I spoke of "message boards" I spoke more in hyperbole, but given my observation of Spetman it fits anyway. I do so hope his contract is not renewed. Fisher's accomplishments were very good this year and this program has come a long way during his three years. He deserves some appreciation. If he does not find it here then maybe he will somewhere else and FSU will be the loss for it.

Us and Virginia high school coaches.

There is certainly warrant for criticism, as there was for Hart too. Bottom line, the athletic director will always be under scrutiny, no matter who it is. Saying the guy is a moron, a lost sole, worthless etc. is off base and out of line. He may not be perfect and he may not be the best guy for the job, but he is, however, heading up the most successful and richest FSU athletic department in its history. He deserves credit for that.

The major reason people question him is because we haven't left the ACC yet. That's not his call.

I include myself in this category, but there are a lot of FSU fans that don't see much outside of football. Our sports program may not be as profitable as most, but it is more successful than most. Spectman is not responsible for the HORRIBLE tv contract the ACC signed with ESPN, nor did he vote to raise the ACC exit fee to $50 mil.

I know this may come as a surprise to most, but I'm glad he hasn't extended Jimbo's contract. Congrats Jimbo, you won the ACC and are now the tallest midget and pounded a high school team for a bowl of oranges...now do it again and we'll talk.

If our Athletic Administration is making decisions based on what the money Boosters want then it is a truly pitiful situation. We then are no better than Auburn and Bobby Louder. I had hoped we had Administrators capable of independent thought and able to make decisions on what is best regardless of outside pressure.

Please call me when our athletic program turns a profit. We were 16 MILLION in the hole in 2010-2011. So yea, we aren't as profitable as any team that turns a profit.

Everyone has their marching orders. Not sure why everyone assumes that was Spetman's call.

It's not everyday you usher a legend out the door.

Very few teams have been turning a profit lately and that's what is driving conference realignment. Tennessee is $200 million in the hole, but is working off of an annual $100 million dollar budget. FSU is investing in itself by taking what ever profits they may turn and putting that back into facilities, coaching and recruiting. FSU's annual budget is in the 85-percentile of college athletics. They have plenty of money to spend (which they are doing--$32 million in upgrades to Doak/TLCCC, dorms, College Town, IPF, plane all cost money).

Bingo.

Of course he is not, no AD is "the final authority"but to think that the AD has no pull and has no power to get his way is naive. Now with Spetman, the less influence he may have the better that makes me feel.