Once the schedule is out, you play it and move forward. We know what our scheduling trends are and the use of early Reed home games to get them fluid and frankly to maximize revenue and minimize travel. It's very difficult for the typical fan to really get a feeling for how effective that is and easy to focus on the strengths (and weaknesses) of the schedule without taking that in as part of the bigger picture.
Now: don't get me wrong…it's perfectly fine to talk about it. And even to lobby Joni and Ross on it. As a reminder, his Twitter handle is @RossBjorkAD (tag with #AskRoss questions) or pose this url:
https://12thman.com/sb_output.aspx?form=64He has had roughly monthly Town Halls during the academic year with at least a couple of others during the non-academic year. The subjects of the Town Halls rely heavily on the questions that are posed to him.
As fans we need to exercise these communication channels and not just focus on what I think of as griping in private. In the past it has been much harder to solicit meaningful feedback. But Ross views at least part of his job to facilitate communication not only with the sports reporting media but specifically with the Aggie fan general and 12th Man/Aggie Network public.
We have had a fair share of comments about this part of his role and some have been pretty snarky on TexAgs in the forums. But I have very much enjoyed listening in on the Town Halls as he, Andrew Monaco, and Will Johnson seek to humanize the athletic department "machinery."
