Editor,
It’s hard to be a Lobo right now. I don’t think I stand alone in hoping that the Lobo football team continues its losing streak in order to secure a perfect season.
It seems that the official stance of both the University and Athletics Director Paul Krebs is to stand by the damaged, barely breathing football team to a fault. The University and its athletic director should absolutely be in support of the athletic programs, the student-athletes and coaches who represent the University in the local community, as well as the national spotlight. With the continued losing streak of the Lobos and the constant negative coverage of head coach Mike Locksley in the national media, it is getting to be really difficult to be a Lobo fan. Krebs continues to take passive action and only acts when the pressure to take action has become impossible to ignore. I get the feeling that Krebs and the University will stand by Locksley and the failing football program to a fault, losing the heart of Lobo athletics that is the support of the fans and the community in the process. As a student, it should be easy to be a Lobo fan, and I continue to support Lobo athletic programs that carry themselves with a sense of pride and responsibility. It is clear that the football program is suffering a lack of discipline, from the locker room to the field, on campus and in the classroom.
Antal Maurer
UNM student
