“I think we have what we need to operate next year.”

Expected to run in the red for another year, it’s tough times on the Flats.

… When teams submitted their proposed budgets for the 2019-20 academic year, Lewis had to put the brakes on several wish-list items from the department’s coaches.

After tabulating the teams’ initial budget proposals put forth by each varsity team, Lewis said that the overall budget deficit would have been about $9 million before he had the teams pare down their requests so the deficit for the year was reduced to the projected $1.7 million.

That’s definitely the way to embark on your master plan for state dominance.