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Subject: I'm sorry if it came off harsh, and I think you misinterpreted my meaning.
Posted by: Chris Coleman on Thu May 22 2008 3:16:51 PM
Message:

I never said TSL, I, or anybody else doesn't care that women's
basketball isn't winning right now. I'd love to see them succeed, and
I went to pretty much every game when I was a student and tickets were
free for me and I had plenty of free time. I actually travelled to
Liberty to watch them play once (how many Tech fans can truly say that?)

I want Virginia Tech to do a GREAT job in all sports, as you said.

I think some people don't realize that with TSL, it's a 2-man
operation. To cover women's basketball, we'd really have to hire a
third person. That's not cost effective at all. Please remember that
TSL is not just a website, but it's owned by a larger company. Will
and I do not own it. The financial decisions aren't up to us. It
took a little bit of maneuvering to get them to hire me back in 2005
to expand the staff to TWO people to cover football and men's basketball.

In short, taking on another sport full-time is pretty much impossible.
We've been running some softball updates recently, but with no
football or basketball right now, our workloads have decreased.

Please understand that I wasn't trying to be mean-spirited about
women's basketball. I was just saying that there are only so many
hours in the day, and only two of us. If we had more writers and the
workload was spread out more, then sure, we'd find some time for
women's basketball, even if we got nothing out of it. But we don't,
and we don't have the option to hire anyone else either.

Current Thread:

   Reply to your post below Chris.  --  MrFantastic!   Sun May 11 2008 2:35:53 PM
       I'm sorry if it came off harsh, and I think you misinterpreted my meaning.  --  Chris Coleman      Thu May 22 2008 3:16:51 PM
       Gurus came out of the woodwork to post and write about football/basketball  --  VAHokie89   Mon May 12 2008 1:51:06 PM
           Being facetious about the gurus thing! **  --  VAHokie89   Mon May 12 2008 1:53:47 PM
       Re: Second Your Reply   --  vpi70   Sun May 11 2008 3:26:51 PM
           Stanford football seems to be bottom tier year in year out  --  hokiewasp   Sun May 11 2008 11:51:54 PM
               They also were still good enough to compete with USC(big upset). **  --  MrFantastic!   Mon May 12 2008 7:54:11 AM
               Yeah but they are a solid athletic program. Sure  --  MrFantastic!   Mon May 12 2008 7:52:12 AM
                   Re: Yeah but they are a solid athletic program. Sure  --  2hhoop3   Mon May 12 2008 10:13:29 AM
                       Re: Coverage Level  --  vpi70   Mon May 12 2008 11:44:37 AM
                       There is that word again money. I aggree but  --  MrFantastic!   Mon May 12 2008 11:40:18 AM
                           Re: There is that word again money. I aggree but  --  2hhoop3   Mon May 12 2008 12:00:30 PM
                               I think it has more to do with their endowment  --  Horn34   Wed May 14 2008 8:00:24 AM
                               VT spends ACC average on WBB-- I have documented that many times on this board-  --  KnoxHokie   Mon May 12 2008 1:40:16 PM
                                   Not to argue Knox but I am afraid money   --  MrFantastic!   Mon May 12 2008 2:00:29 PM
                               I have to admit I am not up on the Economics  --  MrFantastic!   Mon May 12 2008 12:56:12 PM




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