RayzorIsDull
Registered User
I remember being told, you don’t know what your talking about, when I passed along info I was getting. Branch should be held fully accountable for his lack of leadership and outright lies. No he didn’t create this mess but he sure as hell didn’t help it!! Sponsors, families, players, billets, fans and team staff are not pleased! Imho this hurts the entire league for some time. Loss of revenue may cripple small market teams. The lure of other leagues likely further hurts the talent pool... Like I suggested early on, the season should have been canceled, all effort should have been directed toward next season. Phone calls directly to those affected should have been made so a clear picture was available. Graduating players should have had assurances they won’t be forgotten and teams told to have ceremony’s for those guys. Draft eligible players should have had tourneys set up to at least have some way to show where they stand. Many things could have been done, yet here we are holding empty bags!!
The smart money was there not being a season. If there was going to be any games played in should have happened between Sept-Oct. After the spike in mid late Nov through Dec and a stay at home order through Feb the writing was on the wall. Does anyone really believe there was an acceptable return to play format 2 days before the other shoe dropped a week ago?? If you believe that I have some ocean front property in Wheatley for you. Branch deserves a lot of heat for this but you have the owners who are still good with him and this is where you have the leadership issue. I still get the idea the owners didn't have much interest in there being a season at all. It was fine kicking the can down the road dropping hints or whatever of their interest but at the end of the day it didn't matter if they played or not.