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  1. HIRING A COACH "REALITY." Started as an undergrad in the 1950s. BB season ticket holder since late 1970s. When you consider the "ups" and "downs" of this program you mostly have "mediocrity." It was rumored that Valvano was a candidate but withdrew when the then President of the University considered dropping down to Division II. Instead we got Ron Eckker who wanted to change our Billiken mascot to "Billy Lou," an over-sized clown! Spoonhower built his program in Springfield (MO State) with junior college transfers. Unfortunately hated recruiting and after most of the players that he inherited graduated, the program went down hill. AT least Fr. Biondi saw that college BB could help enrollment and fill seats which could pay down the bonds on Chaifetz Arena. Majerus temporarily turned the program around but his failing health led to poor signings. Coach Crews inherited a team of over-perfomers whose defense got us to three NCAA tournaments. Now the program can only attract two star players. Unlike Xavier, Dayton, Creighton,and Marquette, we really don't have a long time history of BB success. Part of this was due to poor administration support. Part to poor hires. We do NOT need a Majerus/grandfather clone as coach. Hire an upcoming coach under the age of 40 who can build a program which will attract teenage three star (four star unlikely) recruits. . Hughes was here for one year because his younger brother was a heart transplant patient at Cardinal Glennon. Skip the east and west coast. We would be more likely to attract players here in the Midwest. We cannot attract 3-4 star St. Louis talent currently. They say that they want to go out of town but they look at this program as wasting their talent here. Expect to pay "big." Crews currently gets $852 yearly (per St. Louis Business Journal). This is the year to make the coaching change since we only have two juniors and only two scholarships to fill next year.The new coach will still have time to get in on 2017=2018 recruiting. If he is really successful, expect to lose him to a better program. Good luck.
  2. ESPNU is part of the sports package for Charter. I get it on channel 816. $10 per month. Mizzou recently on their network.
  3. Time to get our the "VOTE." It will only take a few minutes of your time to cast your vote and "stand up and be counted!"
  4. The St. Louis Business Journal has a weekly poll of its' readers. The coming week's poll is "Which basketball coach did a better job of leading his team this season?" Give our coach RM your vote by going to stlouis.bizjournals.com
  5. The St. Louis Business Journal is conducting a poll regarding "Which BB coach did a better job of leading his team this season?" Let your Billiken voice be heard. Go to stlouis.bizjournls.com. to cast your vote for RM.
  6. The score board last nite rarely had numbers up of the players on the court! Is this a score board malfunction or an idiot manning it? Most of the time the numbers listed were our starting five. Comments? Suggestions?
  7. I sit 5-6 seats next to the 8-10 Tom Holley seats that he distributes to friends, relatives, em ployees, etc. In all the years that we have been at Savis, I have only seen him 3-4 times, and I rarely miss a game. He did attend one game earlier this year. I suspect that he follows the team in the comfort of his home easy chair!
  8. As a long term season holder (1979), last nite's game was a bummer! The team seems to be regressing compared with some initial successes earlier in the schedule. It would be of some interest however to compare last season's first 10 games with the strength of schedule of this year. We have been "road kill" but earlier respectable. Too much practice exhausting the team for actual games? Why so lethargic? Passing the ball so many times shows that the players lack confidence in the shots! How many of Soderberg's recruits will be cut this Spring? Quite frankly It would be embarrassing to see this team on TV!
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