Ozcat, I am in your camp.  I am on the mailing list and am frequently included in the vulture count on this board but until I started looking into season tickets for football I was not fully aware of the OBC.  Also like you said, other alum who attend a few games a year are completely oblivious so basing our sucess on the amount of OBC memberships is not a fair assesment.

Or it could make him feel good that we want to keep him so badly that we are willing to go out and get money wherever we can find it. I'm not sure where some of you think this money is supposed to come from.

Anybody who doesn't know about the OBC is not into details. It discussed all the time on this forum beside all the other stuff that is mailed, etc.  All the stuff about OBC membership needed to buy tickets thru the U.  Where has everybody been?

But isn't there a commercial for the Bobcat Club at every game during one of the media timeouts? So if you've even attended a few games, you would have heard about it. I'm glad folks are spreading the word though.

I guess I was thinking of the people that OZ mentioned who were casual fans that attended a few games each year. But even if you don't know about the Bobcat Club, you can always support a team by buying season tickets. 

Not to be the turd in the kangaroo court punch bowl, but in 2010, after the Georgetown victory, $250,000 was raised immediately after the victory in an effort to entice Coach to stay, and was tied to an extension: http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042210aab.html

This was called the "Men's Basketball Enhancement Fund", and I know this because I get a statement for it every month.

I have posted several times on this board since 2010 about it.  If at any point in time someone felt passionately about donating funds to increase Coach's salary, they could have called the Convo to make a donation.

Aside from the fact that Coach has a suitor at this time, this is no different than what happened in '10, except for the 12 hour firestorm created by a story that contained no direct quotes of OHIO staff, and the negative reaction that can well be attributed to poor syntax on the writer's part leading to what has been the absolute worst of interpretations by Bobcat Nation.

Could staff had said nothing about trying to raise more funds to retain coach and just replied: "no comment"  Certainly.  But if so, isn't that message worse than actually conveying that they want to retain Coach and are attempting to do all they can to do so?

And I'll leave you with this: how many of you have actually called the Convo to donate specifically for Coach's salary at this point?

5) The Rufus vs. Brutus Incident

I'm not sure I philosophically agree with going into my pocket to directly pay a Coach's salary. If my ticket purchases, OBC donations, concessions, etc go towards his compensation, that's great. However, if I'm directly paying a piece of someone's salary - I feel like that entitles me to certain access which isn't included in the fund D.A. mentioned. If I contribute, do I tell him when to call "Chips" or "Smash?" on offense? - Or when to press and when not to press? - Or to recruit Player A or not recruit Player B? The Coach isn't my direct report b/c I don't directly pay his salary. Ask me to donate to something like this, and there's going to be some quid pro quo if I do donate. What if I don't like one of his assistants, can I tell him to fire that Coach? Not ask, tell, because of course - I'm paying him to do his job. In effect, is he a dotted-line report to me?

Not saying it's wrong if you do contribute to the fund, I'm just laying out why it's not for me. That said, I'm probably going to double my OBC donation this year, so I'm not skimping on the donations in case anyone is wondering.

Another good reason for hanging scoreboard - screen messages backed by PA announcement 'bout items like Bobcat Club & benefits.................just not while the Asian lady is performing..................

I'm with BL on this one.  I don't want to directly be paying for someone's salary.  If the money I give to the OBC goes to a salary, fine.  I don't/can't give much myself, but did increase my donation earlier this week.

Seems like he bought himself some extra time as head coach by working at a discount. I know their fans were rumbling for a few years prior.