"Nope, I'm not win-at-all-cost at all. Not even close. Never was; never will be. I believe the game should be played fairly, and believe that how you play the game is more important than winning. I believe in the integrity in the game. I like FCS football better than FBS football, for schools like UM and Dartmouth, believe the FBS game has been overly influenced by money and is closer to win-at-all costs.
I like to win, and for my team to win, but I know that teams don't win every game, and I'm fine with losses. I'm disappointed by losses, or certain losses, but I get over the losses almost immediately. Losses are part of the game, and people and teams learn and move forward from losses--sometimes even more than from wins.
I don't minimize everything players do, and certainly don't do it to keep things from being exposed. By the time I address things like that on the internet, they've already been exposed. Many times I don't even comment on what players have done. When I do, I usually am just trying to put things in perspective and lay out the other side. Sometimes, I do this to defender players from the unfair comments and outright lies from people like you. You are one of the worst offenders in this area. In any event, defending players on the internet has nothing to do with win-at-all-costs. As I've said before, you have this goofy and unsupported view that supporting players equals win-at-all-costs. It doesn't.
In my defense of players over the years, I have been correct in virtually in everyone of those situations. Not Donaldson, in my initial post about my instinct. of course. But almost everything I've said or position I took was correct. By comparison, almost everything you have said about players have been false, exaggerated or an outright lie.
I was a vocal supporter of Haslam to become the AD. I also liked an supported Delaney and am friends with him. Engstrom has made so many mistakes with UM generally and with football that I would never support him.
And you, getgrizzy, truly do not know what you are talking about. You are really an odd person and personality. I think most on egriz would agree."
I know personally that Mick thinks you're a meddling arse wipe. THese coaches tolerate you to keep the money train on track, but get them on a golf course after a couple of beers and their real feeling emerge.