I strongly disagree!Poo Bear wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:03 pm The TVC missed the boat when they didn’t absorb the Seoal under the TVC banner
That is a bold claim.Dundas wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:27 pmPoo Bear wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:03 pm The TVC missed the boat when they didn’t absorb the Seoal under the TVC banner
We may not agree on a lot Poo Bear, but we agree on this. The TVc has the chance to become the premier multi division conference south of Columbus and they chose to pass. Eventually it will hurt them. Just like the SEOAL not adding VC and Warren back in the 60’s thus the creation of the TVC. Which ultimately lead to the Seoal’s death.
Let me explain. First, why would as some suggested that Vinton County, or Nelsonville-York EXPECT and ACCEPT the old SEOAL? But especially, Vinton County. As I remembered, even you Dundas suggested that the NEW TVC look like the OLD SEOAL; for example, Athens, Gallia Academy, Jackson, Logan, Warren, and Vinton County. If Vinton County wanted to join the SEOAL, they would have done it 15-20 years ago.
However, the prevailing wisdom is, just because the SEOAL made some bad decisions, for example; expanding for the sake of expanding, the TVC was EXPECTED to absorb those who were willing to stay, i.e., Warren, Marrietta, Jackson, and so on. And again, because of those bad decisions, the TVC was to be the savior and realign into these three wonderful conferences and everyone should just ACCEPT it. If this would have happened, I believe the administrators at Vinton County would have looked west. After all, for Vinton County, the SVC is a better fit.
Next, the implosion of the SEOAL had nothing to do with Vinton County and Warren all those years ago. I surmise that the SEOAL would still be alive and well today, if they hadn't gotten greedy, by adding Chillicothe, Portsmouth, Ironton, Zanesville. You can go back and look at my post from then, I said then, that was a bad and terrible idea and of course I was mocked for it, but at the time, fuel prices were up, attendance in most leagues were down, and the travel time alone was atrocious, I said that this couldn't be a great idea and would eventually fold. However, I thought that would be years down the road, but when Athens left just the next year, it only hasten the demise of the SEOAL.
Poo, you say the TVC missed the boat. Well, the SEOAL stood in theirs and shot the bottom out of it, so it sank. Is the TVC supposed to throw lifesavers?