I've been wrong before and I'm damn sure I will be wrong again. I apologize for false accusations.
I believe most of us are frustrated because we have seen this narrative for a long time. We can see other teams improving, trying new things (some good, some bad) in an effort to get better. But we are stagnant.
2 years ago we finally got to a point where a change was possible. Kirk was on the hottest seat and his buyout was manageable. Last year was a response. Idk if Kirk felt the heat and changed, a super weak/easy schedule, the stars aligning or a combo. But it happened and it was great. Barta jumps the gun and puts us right back to where we were.
Not only these things, but an overal decline of gameday experience. The product is questionable, and the university takes any opportunity to make a quick buck off us. "You want your same season tickets that you have had for years? Now you have to pay for the ticket and make a donation that we decide." "Hey Hawk fans, come check out our new North end zone. Don't worry that 70% of that giant screen is pure advertisement" "but look at these new tv screens on the south side, we can get more ads running here" A disgruntled fan base is bound to be expected.
What frustrates me about your articles/poscast etc isn't what you say. You have your opinion and that totally cool. It's that you were the voice of us. You had the stage to voice what we were all frustrated about. And for a little while you put the fans first.
Kakert, Chad Les, Morehouse etc seem to be afraid to make these points to Staff. And I'm not being critical, I like their stuff too. But they don't voice our frustration. So now we just look like Internet forum crazies.
