Tuberville Needs Our Help!

I don’t get what the issue is with Tubs wanting a dedicated facility for football?

After seeing all those schools that have them I’m really surprised we are without one. Lets get this thing underway!

Why we dont have one. Although, I kind of like the advantage of our guys getting used to playing in the Lubbock wind….but that’s not much of an advantage when you lose every conference home game..

eh, build it.

I like the use of the word, “membrane” to describe our structure. If sounds fierce!! Or not…

its not always about the wind. you hear coaches time and time again say that its about keeping a routine and what would happen if there is a haboob or a severe thunderstorm on one of those days they are supposed to be working on plays do they throw in an extra weight day? that breaks the routine and makes the player more sore than he should be the indoor bubble would help avaoid situations like that?

I need to start a construction business, seems to be lots of kickbacks & profit margin in building a giant box for $9-12M. I would like to see how that compares to some of the giant tilt wall buildings all over the natural world

Like Ive said, its easy spending other people’s money.
Now, if we need real motiviation………lets say that the Hancellor is set to retire in 5 years. For every $1Million dollars, he will retire 1 year early.
Raising money can be done……even in tough financial times list these.

PS, don’t let Jerry Jones design this ……safety first.

The information that blackbeard provided on the other thread, showing pictures and descriptions of this type structure, looks like the best option for a facility at Tech.

Wouldn’t it be beneficial to throw in the same conditions you’ll be playing in during every home game?

I hate Tuberville.

Build it big enough for a full Soccer field and than you would have plenty of sideline and end-zone room for the football practice field. Goal-Post on one end and a Soccer Net (goalie box) on the other end.
Talk about growing a program … give it a few years and Tech would have the Best Soccer team in the country and hopefully a NC team in football.

<sarc> You could even bring swimming back and have the pool underneath the floor of the field. Design it so the grass rolls out like it does at the "University of Phoenix Stadium" in Glendale, AZ..

If they let the Soccer team use it too … then I am for it.

Just cover the Jones.

I’m trying to figure out why there are any new facilities on the Texas Tech campus. Dan Spencer gets a renovated field, $5 million, and that program hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2004. Should have told Dan that he doesn’t get any upgrades until he wins, more specifically he needs to win championships. I also hear that Spencer wants an indoor facility and last time I checked, there is a perfectly good multi-use facility and it’s already on campus and it’s perfectly fine. Either that or use the indoor softball facility, nothing wrong in sharing this stuff.

Same goes for the softball program. There wasn’t even a program until 1996 and they had a field built for them in 1999, should have just used the intramural fields until they won, and then the damn field was renovated in 2009 and 2010. Not to mention, they have an indoor facility. Harrumph. Before Shanon Hays got here, this program was a perennial loser and did nothing to earn the right for a facility or even a field. There were field already there and last time I checked, softball was played outside, in the weather where there is weather.

If I could find quotes from Spencer or Hays about needing to upgrade the facilities to attract recruits because we all know that recruits don’t like nice facilities, can’t figure out why we built or renovated the facilities for either of these programs.

Still scratching my head why the soccer team was given a new soccer complex in 2006 considering this program has been at the bottom or near the bottom since the program’s inception. This was a $5 million facility. Highest conference finish was 4th in the 1st or 2nd year of the program. Should have used the intramural fields until this program wins.

And I don’t even know if I can stomach to think about why the United Spirit Arena was built. Can’t figure out what was wrong with the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and it’s not as if the men’s program was lighting the world on fire, pretty sure that James Dickey got the program in NCAA trouble and ran the program into the ground by the time the USA opened in 1999. There is nothing wrong with the Coliseum and am pretty sure that it’s still used today and is doing just fine and it’s not as if the USA is ever really even close to a sell-out recently, so there was no need to build a bigger facility. Thank God for Marsha Sharp who actually justified some new buildings.

I know that adds to the span and that adds significantly to the cost. But either build it wider or narrow the field a tiny bit. Hate running into the walls.

I understand that better facilities do attract recruits. so does winning. I grew up in Lubbock so I also understand crappy weather. timmy admitted it only bothers him and not the players. my kids go to a small private school and we just built a gym and it made a huge difference for fans and players and recruits. I ride this fence on this one.

Why doesn’t Coach Tuberville speak to the AD instead of the media: “Kirby we need a football practice facility like all the other Big 12 programs. Build it where the current practice field sits. We can practice in Jones Stadium while construction takes place. Use that new TV money we are getting from the recent Big 12 TV football contact re-sign. If you want to spread the cost over a few year’s budgets, call the Hub City bankers who paid for the parking garage in the old Furrs Cafeteria parking lot across the street. Those guys will loan money to anybody. Don’t forget to bring a Phi Delt when you go to ask for the dough.”

I guess I don’t understand the appeal to the public sent out through the media. Is Tubs trying to put fan pressure on Hocutt to get this done for his program? Or does he think somebody is going to read his comments in the paper & write a $12,000,000 check? I’m all for it. Use the Nike approach. Just do it.

we need to put the Tubdome inside the circle.

Then we could change the ceiling color. Blue for clear days, brown on dusty days, white when it snows, we could even throw pictures of pirates or wizards on the ceiling to inspire the players. We could add huge fans and make it windy. We could totally mimic the outside weather to create game time situations!

All kidding aside, I think it would be great to have the newest indoor practice facility in the Big 12. Just don’t cut corners, go all out, make it the best in the nation!

Seems like we should have done this a long time ago if every other team in the big 12 has one. Seems foolish not to have one as a recruiting tool.

I agree with LondonRaider, it should be built

I like Blackbeard’s architecture choice. We need something that is going to survive the West Texas winds and weather and the bubble format that UT has can collapse if the pressure inside and outside changes quickly. Like the Rec-Center’s Pool Bubble used to do. It can’t have a flat roof because it might leak or collapse during the "monsoon" season or a Lubbock Blizzard.

We need a building that says "Strength", that says we are the "Best" and that reflects that the Tech sports facilities are the most modern and use the latest technology. Not some long oblong garage looking building will do.
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( I know I am in the minority on my next statement)
I was not joking when I mentioned that two Tech teams could benefit from this facility. I think both the Football team and the Soccer team would benefit from this facility. If the IPF is made wide enough for a soccer field and long enough to have an End-Zone on one end and a Goalie-Box on the other, then there is plenty of sideline room for coaches and trainers and visitors to use and players aren’t running into walls.

Space is not a problem

Monolithic Megasphere

Energy and Maintenance costs for a Monolithic Dome, including a Megasphere, are generally 50% to 70% less than that for conventional structures of a similar size. We have found that energy savings amortized over 20 years often repay the entire cost of the facility.

Energy efficient to boot – green tech is smart technology.

If true, I like it!

That so far I am the only one who has offered cash money.

Pony up DTNers!!

Wouldn’t we have to give it to the same folks that have proven to us that they have no ethics, morals, or integrity. That just doesn’t seem like a smart thing to do.

Am I the only one that noticed your TCU athlete “drug ring” reference under in the mind of the TCU recruit? Dude, am I hallucinating? I feel like I didn’t see any comments about. Man, I thought I was sober right now, too.

if Tech built a new indoor Tennis training facility (2 x courts) and utilized the entire ATC for football and indoor track only?

What the hell? The golfers are getting a new clubhouse and apparently at least one golfer likes having new facilities?

What’s the best part about getting a new clubhouse?
Oh wow, the list goes on and on about that. Probably the main thing for me is getting a locker room and having our own locker. I think that’s going to be so awesome, being able to store all of our stuff there. Everything we take to the golf course will already be there. It will be great.

And get this . . . another golfer thinks new facilities will help with recruiting:

What’s going to be the best part about getting the new clubhouse at the Rawl’s Golf Course?
Oh my gosh, everything! Obviously, for recruiting, but just for us to enjoy as well to have a locker room. A place to hang out as a team. It will help us so much, and it will help us recruit especially.

Someone needs to tell them that we need championships and more wins on the ledger before they get this stuff. I haven’t been able to find the data, but it appears the women’s team hasn’t won any Big 12 championships or national championships. Where’s the freaking outrage? Do I need to cuss more in order for people to realize that I’m serious and down-to-earth all at the same time? I can’t believe that these players would think that new facilities would help with recruiting. Last time I checked, golf was played on a golf course, not indoors in a clubhouse. This is bullsh.

their IPF is open to the public for a substantial fee and equiped with numerous huge screen TV’s and copious amounts of alcolhol served for an additional substantial fee at a number of fine bars within…………………so there is that………….but would that make the IPF multipurpose?

Very well played hand of hearts.
By the time the usual players realized this, it was too late to stop his run. Looks like 26 points added to all players at the table…..

but I don’t want Tuberville to be the pitchman… it just feels like what he’s saying, “if only I had an IPF, we’d win games”… if Hocutt asked for it, I’d have a much different attitude…

and if the golf team, track team, baseball team, curling team, chess team, elephant polo team, or sportf#cking team wanted one, I’d be all for it… just not Tuberville

http://www.coacheshotseat.com/

But not in a positive building football program effort anymore. I need less drama and some positive stability and less negative publicity. Sadly, we will be a household name soon enough and for a long time. We just have to be living examples that the image of a few do not reflect the character of all. We have to remember this when we say that not all Aggies are alike, not all Longhorns.

OH I LONG FOR THE DAYS OF YORE!