I've been follwing BN for years, but have never fan posted before, because quite frankly I don't think I can write as great as the contributors here. But the whole current situation at UCLA has inspired me to at least voice how I feel. Thanks for your patience.

As the colossal failures of DG securing our next head coach continue to pour in and inherently tarnish UCLA's reputation as a leader in college sports, academics and brand as the greatest and most balanced university of God's green earth, I wanted to take the opportunity to make a few points as to echo what a few here on BN have reminded us to not lose focus of - that's to have DG fired and replaced immediately. Every single minute that he remains our AD, is one more truly viable and qualified candidate that flat out rejects us or is overlooked and scooped up by someone else. Not only is each rejection embarrassing to the four letters and those who represent it, but each rejection makes UCLA look like the kid nobody wants on their kickball team or the girl who can't get anyone to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance.

Each time rejection occurs, desperation becomes more apparent with each proceeding attempt thereafter. Allowing this process to continue to snowball as its current pace will only result in what we are all fearing - UCLA becoming non-relevant. DG's inability to pre-plan or have any form of contingency can be summed up by Sun Tzu (I'll be using The Art of War for most of this post), "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

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