Just an awful way to go about it

When i think of public speaking i immediately think back to my senior banquet. Our director of advancements got up in front of everyone and said some things that he probably regretted. He went on saying how our high school has been great to us and that we should give money back. I feel like it would've been fine if he didn't just tell us to give money back. My friends and i were sitting there like "is this clown serious?" but he kept going. He told us that winners don't take, winners give. Sure he was confident in talking to us and if he wasn't saying the most ridiculous things it probably would've been remembered as a real good speech but he didn't. He lost the audience real quick because he didn't tell us about why it would be nice to donate money or even what the money would be used for. If he would have done that then the speech would have been effective.