Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Champions Campaign: FSU Football Renovations

FSU announced a $250 Million athletic campaign today.  The message was, first impressions matter.  I have mixed thoughts on this whole topic.  I love FSU is being aggressive and looking to raise money.  I want Jimbo to have solid facilities.  I find it idiotic that just a month or two ago, FSU shoved a new logo down the fanbase preverbal throat and now is saying 'sure 92% of you hate the new logo and how we didn't bother to ask you what your thoughts were....but give us cash so we can put it all over the place.' 

Standard FSU leadership move, but when you hire rednecks with no qualifications to handle multi-million $$$ deals (Monk B.), this is the kind of BS you get.  FSU would hire a high school grad to perform brain surgery if that guy regularly BBQ'd with some of the big boosters and connected folks.

Still, I hope FSU succeeds....but it ticked off much of it's fan base, so who knows.

Regarding the changes, I am mixed.  Normally, in the past, I have always been impressed with the general look of new facilities done by the athletic department.  This recent surge is more a mixed bag.  Nothing horrible, outside the logo, but a good amount is just kind of.....not impressive.

Overall:

Love:  The new end zone (see pics below.  Awesome facility, would love to see the tarp around the whole stadium.  SHADE equals MANY more fans attending), the Indoor Practice Facility (just AWESOME, well done...only wish the roof was Garnett like other nearby facilities),  Jimbo's new office (great size, wood in-lay, etc).


Don't care for:  Architecture of new players dorm (it is just ugly, should of stayed with FSU's standard arch, classic look.  Not sure what this is), Heisman display (looks cheap), logo everywhere (we get it Monk, you want to win this logo war at all costs....it is still ugly), general look of most of graphics, walls, etc.....everything looks kind of dark and just lacks style.  Little natural light in the facilities is part of that.




Champions Campaign: FSU Football Renovations















5 comments:

  1. How is Bonasorte from Pittsburgh a redneck ? Is Sal Sunseri who grew up almost next door to the Bonasorte family a redneck as well ? The only gripe I have with Monk is the inability to lure a $ec team to Doak. t/y

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  2. The changes are supposed to please everyone? Where does this sense of entitlement to be pleased come from ? Please I need to be enlightened.

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  3. Not sure what Sal. S has to do with the conversation. Don't care where Bonasorte is from, he is a felon cocaine trafficker with no qualifications for the job he is doing. Thanks to FSU's good ole boy system he was a job he should of not even been interviewed for. THAT is the point....who cares if he meets your definition of redneck. The issue is why is FSU hiring non qualified felons for critical roles? CORRUPTION.

    Changes can't please everyone....who claimed that? Changes should be done professional, utilize focus groups and be implemented in a professional manner.....which they clearly weren't.

    If any of that strikes you as crazy talk or entitled talk....then yes, you do need to be enlightened.

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  4. Your passion is admirable. My caring is not so worthy I suppose by comparison. You provide a source of information I was not aware of till a few months ago . Continued success to you.

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  5. Your opinion matters.....my opinion matters. What I often get from FSU folks (online) is when I offer mine is responses like: "Where does this sense of entitlement to be pleased come from?"

    I don't mind if you disagree with me, but why do FSU fans insist on insulting those who offer opinions with quotes like that? Or question if they are entitled to have such an opinion. You would never do that face to face.

    You don't have to like different opinions....but respect them.

    Your opinions is as worthy as mine........I only offered one and you didn't like it. I wish FSU fans didn't demand such a monolithic mindset......we can all be FSU fans and all love FSU but have different opinions...it is OK.

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