Ahmaad Moses decommits

[Bicoastalwave]

Great questions Bicoastal. Where's Dannen on answering those questions? Those questions should have been addressed, and alums lined up, long ago. You can be sure that all these schools with alums already writing checks, had the coordination figured out months ago. Will Tulane try to coordinate alum support, or just keep hands off and let the alums organize themselves--but even that would require some support from Dannen. Last thing I heard was Tulane was putting together some programs to "educate" our athletes on how to optimize NIL--how about getting some alums to just write them some checks? I suspect that might answer most their questions about NIL. Leave it to Tulane to turn the obvious into a theoretical and intellectual discussion--anything that will help them avoid a little work or spending money on athletics.

Tulane is against a brick wall because most money people are national. In La. the game and support is LSU. The wave will receive minimal local support monetarily or other wise. I see no money for interviews or local endorsements.

I don't disagree. But the fact that our alum base is national, is just more reason why it will take a greater effort to determine which alums are willing to provide the financial support, and what phony NIL usage is needed to justify the payments. It doesn't matter whether Tulane players are featured in commercials televised in New Orleans, Portland, Maine, or anywhere else. The actual usage of NIL is irrelevant, it's just an excuse to pay players and entice recruits. But it all takes work, and Tulane athletics have been historically short when it comes to work ethic. If Dannen had spent the last five years building relationships with wealthy alums around the nation, we could be in really good shape to take advantage of the NIL free-for-all. But he didn't, so we aren't.

I think it’s entirely possible for us to get some wealthy houston, nyc, LA, & sf alums engaged. It only take one sugar daddy to make it happen

[billow]

Hello David Filo ?

[Profoundwizard]

We had several commits in last 2 weeks and still not a peep out of POS Geurry smith.

Sign up for his great website Dipsh-t!

Hilarious! I just cancelled my subscription to his "great website" because he offers nothing!

Smith didn’t even know that Aldrich had been drafted

[MicMan]

OK, a major miss. How does the TU beat guy not know that?

[Bicoastalwave]

Hello David Filo ?

And there are many many others. Our houston and nyc alums do very very well with cash to burn from oil & gas and finance.

[golfnut69]

Hello David Filo ?

And there are many many others. Our houston and nyc alums do very very well with cash to burn from oil & gas and finance.

I see many Tulane athletes doin' mattress commercials

[Dave breslin]

Can goldring sell his booze with our players? That could be a boost for recruiting. Of course we’ll end up with drunk players and look like CJs team

[winwave]

Filo gave $30 million and some supposed insiders had fans believing it was coming to athletics. It all went to the academic side. The few true big money people Tulane has just aren't interested in sports. As I've said before the only chance to reel them in would be at least back to back top 25 finishes in the polls. It would likely take more than that. It would take finishing in the top 25 one year and then follow up with a top 10 finish and a win in the NY6 Bowl. The President would have to help the AD get them in at that point by making it clear that good athletics helps the academic side. Step up against this years schedule and we can certainly finish in the top 25. Then you'd have Pratt coming back as a junior and a real shot at getting that NY6 spot. Then we'd find out. For now though our NIL hopes are very dim.

[Bicoastalwave]

Filo gave $30 million and some supposed insiders had fans believing it was coming to athletics. It all went to the academic side. The few true big money people Tulane has just aren't interested in sports. As I've said before the only chance to reel them in would be at least back to back top 25 finishes in the polls. It would likely take more than that. It would take finishing in the top 25 one year and then follow up with a top 10 finish and a win in the NY6 Bowl. The President would have to help the AD get them in at that point by making it clear that good athletics helps the academic side. Step up against this years schedule and we can certainly finish in the top 25. Then you'd have Pratt coming back as a junior and a real shot at getting that NY6 spot. Then we'd find out. For now though our NIL hopes are very dim.

Well I guess we can agree that breaking through and winning is the solution. Roll wave

[winwave]

Filo gave $30 million and some supposed insiders had fans believing it was coming to athletics. It all went to the academic side. The few true big money people Tulane has just aren't interested in sports. As I've said before the only chance to reel them in would be at least back to back top 25 finishes in the polls. It would likely take more than that. It would take finishing in the top 25 one year and then follow up with a top 10 finish and a win in the NY6 Bowl. The President would have to help the AD get them in at that point by making it clear that good athletics helps the academic side. Step up against this years schedule and we can certainly finish in the top 25. Then you'd have Pratt coming back as a junior and a real shot at getting that NY6 spot. Then we'd find out. For now though our NIL hopes are very dim.

Well I guess we can agree that breaking through and winning is the solution. Roll wave

[HoustonWave]

And whenever that next break through year comes (e.g. 1973, 1979, 1998), maybe our university leadership will, for the first time, have some idea about how to take advantage of it. Just hoping.

[tpstulane]

[nawlinspete]

The 'cone of athletic silence' must be broken or all the dominoes will fall .

[wave97]

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The clown show continues

[golfnut69]

The 'cone of athletic silence' must be broken or all the dominoes will fall .

there is NO "cone of silence"...Tulane does not have any intelligent thing to say...so rather than be thought a dumb azz, they chose to keep silent and not prove it

[Aberzombie1892]

There is nothing really to say. Given Fritz’s record and Tulane’s history, Fritz has earned another season at head coach (as unfortunate as that may or may not be), and, if that’s true, what is there to say? There is not point firing staff now because there is not enough time to fix the problem in a manner that would salvage a bowl invite for Tulane.

[golfnut69]

There is nothing really to say. Given Fritz’s record and Tulane’s history, Fritz has earned another season at head coach (as unfortunate as that may or may not be), and, if that’s true, what is there to say? There is not point firing staff now because there is not enough time to fix the problem in a manner that would salvage a bowl invite for Tulane.

the upside to Staff changes now, early signing period

[Aberzombie1892]

There is nothing really to say. Given Fritz’s record and Tulane’s history, Fritz has earned another season at head coach (as unfortunate as that may or may not be), and, if that’s true, what is there to say? There is not point firing staff now because there is not enough time to fix the problem in a manner that would salvage a bowl invite for Tulane.

the upside to Staff changes now, early signing period

That’s a double edged sword as some commits who believe that they will play under certain position coaches would decommit.

[MicMan]

Is there a transfer portal for coaches?

[winwave]

Even if there were no one would want ours.

[HoustonWave]

The 'cone of athletic silence' must be broken or all the dominoes will fall .

there is NO "cone of silence"...Tulane does not have any intelligent thing to say...so rather than be thought a dumb azz, they chose to keep silent and not prove it

Exactly. It's not a "Cone of Silence", it's a "Cone of Stupidity".

[winwave]

There is nothing really to say. Given Fritz’s record and Tulane’s history, Fritz has earned another season at head coach (as unfortunate as that may or may not be), and, if that’s true, what is there to say? There is not point firing staff now because there is not enough time to fix the problem in a manner that would salvage a bowl invite for Tulane.

He will be GIVEN another year. But very clearly he has not EARNED another year.

[Aberzombie1892]

There is nothing really to say. Given Fritz’s record and Tulane’s history, Fritz has earned another season at head coach (as unfortunate as that may or may not be), and, if that’s true, what is there to say? There is not point firing staff now because there is not enough time to fix the problem in a manner that would salvage a bowl invite for Tulane.

He will be GIVEN another year. But very clearly he has not EARNED another year.

Considering how many Tulane coaches have gotten the team bowl eligible three years in row (1), he’s earned a down year if any modern Tulane coach has. If he starts 2022 with less than a 3-1 record (assuming the season starts with the 4 out of conference games), then it would be the time to make a change.

[winwave]

No other coach coached at Tulane when 78 teams make a Bowl game. We should be in a Bowl every year in that situation. He's done nothing to earn another year based on this season's performance. 0-8 against FBS is pathetic. He's grossly overpaid for what he's done here. The time is now.

[MicMan]

Most schools won't tolerate a 7 win coach much less a guy stuck on 6 wins. A terrible message sent by Fitts and Dannen to whatever is left of Tulane's evaporating fan base.