At first glance, I thought it said "No More Excuses". Of course, I was wrong. The start outlined my issues with the crap we're hearing about football:
In an interview with The Associated Press, the AD called the 2012-13 academic year "a disappointment" and said "our teams did not perform up to the level that we anticipated."
The biggest reasons were injuries and inexperience throughout the school's two highest-profile programs - football and men's basketball.
Jim Grobe's injury-riddled football team stumbled to its fourth straight losing season. Embattled basketball coach Jeff [Redacted]'s youth-dominated squad made noticeable progress but still finished under .500 for the third straight year.
Wellman said he thinks "we're going to bounce back in football" and added that the basketball program's "future, I believe, is bright because of the returners we have."
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So we're going to rely on inexperience in football and a player coming off an injury redshirt in basketball.
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This is going to be a busy year for Wellman, who will be the chairman of the Division I men's basketball committee this year. He estimated he will be out of town for roughly 60 nights as part of that job but "that doesn't mean my primary, my most important job is going to be neglected.
"When I leave, I don't worry about, 'What is the assistant athletic director doing?' or 'What is the associate athletic director doing?'" he said. "They know what to do ... (and) they're really good at what they do. So I don't worry, probably, like some people worry when they're on the road."
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Nice. He's setting up a Pete Gaudet type scapegoat.