Duke game proves why Potential is real and should matter

Iā€™ve been seeing a TON of social media posts about our winā€¦a TON. Iā€™ve also seen some haters asking why we are getting such attention for beating a terrible team (which is fair).

But to meā€¦THAT is exactly why other Conferences should be fighting for our membership.

Our potential is realā€¦and untappedā€¦and the Duke game showed a glimpse of it. We literally did nothing more than beat arguably the worst ACC team at home in the waning secondsā€¦but that was enough to blow up in the local and even national media.

With a school this largeā€¦in a city this largeā€¦and in a TV/media market this largeā€¦even a modest step forward can and did absolutely blow up in the media. Which is what all decisions are based on at this point (media exposure and media $$).

Imagine what could happen in a stronger conference with stronger teams. With this city and media market behind usā€¦our potential is HUGE and can be realized with a stronger draw/fit.

Just see the media frenzy a win against lowly Duke created from a CUSA standpoint.

Multiply that maybe 1000 fold in a legit /P5 conference. Thatā€™s a ROI that every conference would kill to have and we can provide that like few others can (with proper leadershipā€¦like Mike Hill/Gabor have shown).

The aftermath of the Duke win shows that.

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clt is glad we have new leadership in place to build on the win

Agree @TRLeader, I think if you told 100 Charlotteans on the street the we beat Duke, 90 of them have no idea that Duke sucks, and would think we have become giant slayers.

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I think what it shows is the importance of winning. Potential doesnā€™t mean shit if you donā€™t come through. We have convince the powers that be we can win.

Lew is glad we had leadership in place to build a program that could get the win.

No way a Judy Rose-led athletic dept. wins that game.

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Judy didnā€™t play or coach football

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