The students have done a majestic job in returning to their rightful seats—–now— why can’t the community, its fans, and ex students do the same. Don’t dream about it, make it a reality.

Me—–I have mixed feelings on Teis. The critics have shut up since the beautiful baseball//softball facilities have opened. The football stadium transformation becomes more and more impressive. Perhaps Teis rumored,, lazy ways is not that at all. Seemingly, he is doing something right.

This is my adminition AD Teis. Do get “those butts in the seats on that dark side.” Then let the light shine brightly and with assured hope leading to happiness—–this being a university earning its rightful place in the far more prestigious FBS.

Why would a politician try to pass legislation on behalf of a lobby that doesn’t vote?

I will mail it to Trauth and Teis tomorrow.

Steve

2.) The stadium donation is one piece of the puzzle. We don’t have enough money or support to work outside these means. True, this is a result of a lazy AD, but this business rides a continuum.

3.) Coach Wright has posted back-to-back winning seasons and had an excellent recruiting haul this year. I’m not sure what benchmark you use, but it doesn’t seem to be recruiting or W’s and L’s. That said, we do need to monitor the situation and ensure continued progress.

4.) The things in your list cost money. A lot of it. See number 1. Fixing your impending doom list is as simple as deepening the fund pool. Once again, back to the lazy AD. However, as someone who has worked in both private and public sectors, I can tell you that ANY AD or anyone else with a similar position is a puppet. Consider:

A.) People don’t donate because Teis is inept.
B.) Teis sees that he only has 400 paying constituents. Assumes there is no market for increased efforts that all cost big money. Retains no drive to please said constituents. Appears inept. See number 2. Vicious cycle.

The only option is to shock the systemin attempts to override the issues and achieve more efficient functionality, similar to the way a responder would a fibrillating heart. How? Fire the AD, or deepen the dept.’s pockets. Well, despite the need for more instructors in classrooms, it’s obvious that Trauth’s focus is on academics. Teis graduates his athletes. Plain and simple. Therefore, Teis is going NOWHERE. Get over it.

Therefore, the only other way to get the system in gear is to engage financially. Wonder where your money is going? Demand transparency. (Of course, you can’t really demand ANYTHING if you don’t donate, correct? This is not the United States- a welfare state; this is an enterprise in which money talks.)

Sure it’s a gamble, as any investment is. However, the base level of BC membership is, what, $100? And you won’t put that toward the 50-50 chance that seeing more constituents pop up would help facilitate proactivity on Teis’ part? Those are much better odds than Vegas, my friends.

And your bets are hedged. Trauth has a lot more reason to fire an inept AD when there’s 1,500 names on the BC list than 400. Otherwise, it’s not even worth the paperwork.

So you can sign a meaningless petition that gets thrown in the trash, or you can get your name on a list that gives you a piece of the pie and a voice. I guess the other option is to whine and weedle about how the system was once run and how you’re not comfortable with the gamble. In which case, please reread this “Time to Act Like Grownups Manifesto”.

How refreshing it is to see that there are still people in this world with the temerity to state their opinions and not hide behind the veil of anonymity. Clearly Rich and Chuck have both missed the entire point of your article. They seem to have focused on two main issues, (1) your daughter is “not proud” of the university, and (2) that you are comparing Texas State to UT. I gathered from your article that your daughter not being proud of the university was the wake up call which led you to take a closer at why that was. You focus on the university having a perception issue and effective marketing being the way to solve that issue. I also did not feel that you were comparing Texas State to UT because frankly there is no contest if this were the case. It seems to me you feel you simply want Texas State to be the best it can possibly be and the way to do that is by copying the successful efforts of others, UT in this case.

I applaud you for your efforts to advance Texas State athletics. We just need more people like you willing to champion the cause.

Go Bobcats!

John

Texas State doesn’t have that and the more I look at it it seems the farther apart it is from doing that.