Editor’s note: This is in response to “Let’s keep Davie: A good football program is good for UNM,” published in Wednesday’s Daily Lobo. The letter calls for UNM to do all it can to keep head football coach Bob Davie when his contract is up.
Editor,
I’m a frequent reader of the Daily Lobo, and today I read a letter someone sent in regarding the football team and Bob Davie’s presence. I couldn’t agree with the writer more on the issue of keeping a great coach around.
This has nothing to do with the submitter of the letter, but more so with the University and student fans. I recently transferred from a Southeastern Conference school where football is life, and though football may never be life here, we can improve the situation. UNM needs more student involvement. I think it’s crazy how many students choose to pass on home games, but in order to gain student involvement, we need planners. What I mean is we don’t have anything to look forward to when we get to the game, when we have boring halftime shows, lack of blackout game due to planning, etc.
The Athletics director isn’t the person who should be planning this, but because things like this aren’t getting done, he is failing at his job.
Aaron Trujillo
UNM student
