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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 788728, member: 289"]
I'd like to thank everyone who replied to this post, especially the 25 people for formally "liked" it.

I fully understand the importance of facilities, although I think it's sometimes over-stated, (Connecticut with it's wonderful facilities is 0-7). I agree with the point of view that the University has basically played catch-up rather than leading the pack, (that's was what was really meant by the "band aid" approach), and that as a mid-size private school with no Phil Knight like sugar daddy, that's what we will continue to do. If we get good coaching and win games, that will be enough to obtain our reasonable goals. Posting pictures of Taj Mahals that other schools have foolishly built with money that should have been spent on something else is pointless: do we really want to be like them?

The primary motivation of my post was to get rid of some of the false and over-statements that keep floating around in these discussions:
- Greg Robinson inherited Fran Maloney's Weight Room.
- When Doug Marrone got here he saw the same facilities we had when he was a player.
- We didn't do anything for 8 years before Doug got here. 
- The fact that we renovated or replaced something means it was a "mess" or "horrendous" before that.

If you have a valid point to make, you don't need to make up  or exaggerate things to support it. I'd just like to see the discussions on this topic continue with facts rather than assertions as their basis.
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