That was embarrassing. This is the worst UAA team I've ever seen, and yes this includes the Talafous era and Hill's one win season. I don't care where Tech is ranked, you don't lose 10-0. Quitters and losers lose 10-0, and that's what this team is right now: a bunch of quitters and losers.
I wanted to do this at the end of the season but now seems like a good time. It's now time to have The Talk:
5 years ago Tech and UAA were about the same. The difference now? Tech put money into their program and UAA didn't. So what do we do?
1. We have to take a look at how UAA's program compares to everyone else in the WCHA. Everything, arena, locker rooms, practice facility, training facility, coaching staffs, equipment quality, budgets, administrative support, marketing etc. All of it.
2. After #1, we look at how much it will cost to put us in the top 4 of the league.
3. We figure out the cost for #2 and look to see if we can afford it. And this means everybody, athletic department, University Administration, boosters, sponsors, alumni, getting together and asking it: "can we, collectively, afford it?"
4. If the answer to #3 is "No." We shut the program down.
The time do to this is now. Drastic budget cuts are coming and either we do this now or people are gonna look at dwindling attendance, dwindling revenue, poor performance and go "why are we paying for this?" Either we bring the program up to a level where we can win or we don't have one at all. Because it isn't worth it to support a losing program, and that's what we have.
