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Margo should be inducted into the Billiken Hall of Fame.

Opportunity for Goodwin...

Interesting explanation. The real problem that Coleman had in my mind was that he was not really ready to be a head coach at a D1 school like SLU and all the issues that existed here and so he was doomed from the beginning. I do not doubt the racist overtones you reference and I am sure that did not help either. Coleman ended up at Lincoln in Jeff City I believe and never really progressed any farther. He probably was not dealt with fairly as you said but while it was not his fault that he was hired to do a job that he wasn't really ready for it was a bad deal all around.

I did some research (asking my father and his friend who both claimed to have been present for the aforementioned Tip Off Club Meeting). Some background. Coleman was Randy Albrecht's assistant. In the 76-77 season Coleman quit his assistant job with 2 or 3 games left in the season. Albrecht was fired at season end and Coleman was promptly rehired as Head Coach. Coleman was hired with the idea that he could recruit at will all the local players. He brought in Ricky Frazier and Mark Alcorn. Mark Dressler and then....Stipo would be soon to follow along with other local stars. Dressler went to Mizzou instead. Frazier flunked out and also went to Mizzou. Alcorn took off for LSU and tragically developed cancer. Stipo never came. End of season Tip Off Club meeting and Coleman is addressing the crowd. Most likely John Krey Stephens asks some pointed questions about new recruits, why we lost Dressler and Alcorn, and what the future plans are. Coleman blows him off and leaves the meeting. This was a Thursday or Friday. By Monday Coleman was out. To be fair Coleman was mistreated since day one. There were alot of racist undertones during the meetings and many of the big donors liked the "idea" of a black coach bringing in local talent but didn't like it actually happening. Coleman was held to higher standards and never given much of any chance. The answer was to bring in Ekker who took over the whole AD, changed the mascot to some Hee Haw straw chewing caricature while banging cheerleaders and getting punched in the face by his players during games. Stephens was a board member at SLU, a large donor, and also at the time wanted Rich Grawer to be hired instead of Coleman. He didn't get that wish for a few years. Stephens owned a meat packing plant on the North Side which incidentally employed many many current and former Billikens players over the years in high paying cushy jobs. He also ran an old AAU team through his company which many Billikens players participated in as well. While he was an active donor to SLU for a longtime coincidentally he sold his business just during that time period of the Albrecht/Coleman/Ekker hiring and firing and became much more vocal in the machinations of the basketball program. If this is not accurate some of the old heads can correct me. I wasn't alive for any of this.

100%, maybe in shambles wasn't the right term... More like absolute havoc mixed with the utmost chaos and maximum disarray.

Holy crap! I knew Ekker's teams were bad and he run the program into the ground, but I didn't know how scandalous his tenure was. Googled him & found this article which indicates that he was punched in the face by a player in his motel room after a game not during a game - unless you're talking about a separate incident of him being punched. Also looks like Ekker was on social media (Twitter & LinkedIn) a few years back, but hasn't been very active recently. His last LinkedIn post was 7 months ago (and one before that was 3 years ago) and his last tweet was October 2013. If we could get him on @Midtown Madness to talk about banging cheerleaders & fights with his players that would be incredible.

Board loves to overreact without looking at the situation. Bates, Williams and Duran all were out. What would the Bills be playing without Jimerson, Collins, and Linssen? Granted Tulane is not very good, but how well would we do against a UMass without those listed three? There will be plenty of games like this Memphis game where a superior team plays shorthanded and gets the L.

They just doubled down on fans by booking Red Panda for Sunday.

Crappy we only get Davidson once, but it’s at their place so that’ll for sure be a Quad 1 oppt. Unless their bottom falls out. SLU needs to do a Loyola Chi- like move and just start stacking wins bc those conf NETs are so bad.

I am not even sure if it is legal to use the principal in an endowment. Normally they money is specifically earmarked as an income producer.

We're all in the process of dying

I love this discussion of minor foul or violation adjustments. I’ve been beating the drum for years that I would like to see the second person to a loose ball on the floor be called for a foul at the smallest contact made. Tired of watching second player jump on the first guy to the ball.

It was me. I apologize to my family, friends, enemies, and those that aren't sure. I was tired of seeing all the walking call that I don't believe are actually travels, so I issued a "travel ban" It was misunderstood. Again, I'm sorry

Man William Tecumseh Sherman has some amazing quotes. My favorite other than the above is: "If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast" Love the guy........

Are you saying that Dayton is a public school? They are not they are a Marianist school like the Chaminade HS in St. Louis.

i hope SLU never prioritizes winning over running a proud clean program that will not cheat, will not minimize academics and develops great young men off the court as well as on the court. winning does not eliminate the above. a team can have it both. as to the BoT, their job is to give the athletic department the resources to win. their involvement beyond that should be at a very minimum.

White Pelican Universities are very large enterprises with thousands of employees, numerous buildings, and diverse research efforts. The University runs maintenance, gardening, janitorial, transportation, concessions, and security services to name a few. Managing an enterprise like this is a complex process which has, in my opinion, to give careful attention to financial issues. I worked as a disability consultant for the MIT HR Dept for years, and handled a most diverse spectrum of cases all of which presented special considerations. I do have a very clear idea of how complex a business enterprise a University can be. Believe me, this is true, a billion dollars will not keep SLU operating for long if and when they start eating away the endowment's principal to support operations. The earnings produced by the endowment can be used as needed with no major harm, not the principal. I have no idea how productive SLUs endowment has been over the years. I also have no idea what the costs and revenue of the Athletic Dept. are. I believe, and this may not be correct, that the primary source of income for the Athletic Dept is basketball. I know the University maintains a large number of sports that bring essentially no revenue and have to be supported from other revenue streams within the Athletic Dept, primarily I think from basketball related income. If attendance is poor for the games that are actually played here, and if many games are cancelled, this will affect the income. It will also affect the concessions' revenue, TV revenues, and the like. I assume basketball revenue was lower than normal last season, and I have the feeling this year is also showing a below average basketball revenue. If you believe the endowment should be used to cover shortfalls as a viable solution, then go for it, but I firmly believe this is a major mistake.

It's usually called about once a month. Same as 3 seconds.