willie
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2 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
They seem like they are happening more this year. The problem is they can’t shoot 3’s to make up ground once they get behind
Where is Jenny Vilet when you need her?
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13 minutes ago, Soderball said:
with the decline in young people in the USA a lot of colleges/universities will be shuttering to begin with.
Fontbonne Webster?
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1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said:
Bernie Madoff as head of the BVF?
Great steady returns year after year.
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9 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Has anyone thanked you for your services as the Virtual Thought Hall monitor? Not quite the thought police but ya get a sash and a whistle. So thank you.
No but your constant criticism of everything gets old. Try keeping it to arguable points like why didn’t someone call timeout with 2.2 seconds left.
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1 hour ago, TheA_Bomb said:
1 issue I have with Pestello, I went to commencement a couple years ago and the prayer wasn't delivered by a Priest it was some non-denominational deal. Loyola appears to still care about Jesuit roots. I'm all for inclusion at SLU, you don't have to be Catholic but it's a Catholic university you go there and you get exposure to Catholicism that shouldn't be controversial.
Fred was not at yesterday’s game. Who sat in his seats? 4 Jesuit priest. I have been at several events where Fred speaks. He has always been very”Catholic “ in his tone. Pick a better issue.
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1 hour ago, slu92 said:
Opening up the job at least gives SLU you’d think a head start now. Bruce Weber and Tubby Smith, Larry Brown come on down! Don’t forget about Tim Floyd and Gene Keady as dark horse candidates….Chris Mays coaching wishlist starts and ends with an 80/90’s era retread. I’m just preparing myself mentally now.
Why not Hubbie Brown ? I guess he’s too young.
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10 hours ago, HoosierPal said:
Congress couldn't fix a leaking toilet. Why do you think they could fix this?
I don't Thats why I said don't hold your breath
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6 minutes ago, Soderball said:
The problem is that the courts are involved now and we already have precedent-setting decisions that say that the players MUST be allowed to be paid, to transfer at-will, etc.
The only way to reverse this is a SUPREME COURT DECISION at this point. There's too many state courts, federal courts, different federal jurisdictions, etc all involved. This isn't about sports and it's not about the NCAA and it's not about anything else. Modern college sports right now is a POLITICAL ISSUE.
Congress could pass a law regulating all of this. Don’t hold your breath.
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17 minutes ago, The Wiz said:
This might work as long as we don't foul Gray...he is their FT shooter.. 79%
I am continually amazed at how unsophisticated most college coaches are compared to the pros. We saw very little of hack French especially if they had fouls to give. Very few coaches take advantage of 2 for 1 situations. Overall time management.
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2 minutes ago, slubillikens43 said:
Lusk was terrible at Mo State
No thanks
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3 hours ago, billiken_roy said:
3 Star is right. Had the NCAA years ago gave the athletes minimal stipend for living expenses, enough money for a movie and pizza on the weekend, gas money, etc. I'm guessing it would have never come to this. Now the toothpaste is out of the tube and there is no way to put it back. It's a mess and who knows where it leads.
Didn't this all start with a UCLA basketball player [Tyus Edney]? who sued when his image was used in a video game. He sued and won in the courts and that opened up the can. I am sure someone out there has a better recollection.
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1 minute ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Well that's simply untrue. People do know.
Once again your skepticism is noted.
I do know he doesn’t have a 10 year contract .
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27 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said:
A poster of known credibility and a history of providing accurate information indicated that the buyout was more than $10mil and the contract at 10 years.
I heard it was 20 million for 15 years. No One Knows.
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Just now, slufan13 said:
Gonna be rough when Chris May hires Tom Crean
This actually would not shock me.
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So lets play the game. Assuming we have a new coach for next year and he wants to retain one assistant for continuity. Who do you keep?
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13 minutes ago, Taj79 said:
Curcic may not be the answer (who is) but ZERO minutes. After the Umass game? WTF Ford?
I would like to see if he can play.
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18 minutes ago, cheeseman said:
Serious question - I wonder if Chaifetz will be at the game?
I was at last years game and he was there.
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I am not sure Nate Lucas is the best source in the world.
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14 minutes ago, slufan13 said:
Here you go
So IF this is correct the buyout would be less after this year.
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1 hour ago, Lord Elrond said:
You’re right, very suspicious. I’m simply saying that Travis Ford knows what his contract calls for, is perfectly free to tell his son that, and the other person who created that account the same day as his son did had to be working together. That person is much better positioned to know what’s in the contract than anyone else posting here. I think we need to treat that $10 million buyout as the real figure until we have more definitive information.
I agree with your point that he could know what the buyout is but I am still a sceptic . If I was Ford would I tell my relatively young son what my employment contract is That’s giving the kid a lot of private information . Could he Yes .I don’t think I would
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1 minute ago, cheeseman said:
It has been reported here that it is a 5 year auto renewal each year unless either party disagrees. The question now is did SLU/May ever disagree?
I do not have knowledge of his contract terms but I question the 5 year renewal as that is only what someone said a lot of contracts are. My point is that none of us know.
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52 minutes ago, AnkielBreakers said:
What is so infuriating is that the writing was on the wall about this potential reality before Ford’s last contract. If it really was done as an evergreen with a large buyout remaining, then it should have been done with knowledge that we could be in this exact situation.
When was his last contract? I have no idea about automatic renewals but I believe his contract was renrewed the year before Perkins got hurt. At that time we were afraid we were going to lose him to a Power 5 team. I also don't know the length of that contract.
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13 minutes ago, courtside said:
LMU has won 8 WCC Titles in the past five years. They are the defending WCC Baseball Champions. Their Beach Volleyball program for example, has made 2 Final Fours and an Elite 8 the past 3 seasons. Over half a dozen of their teams have made the NCAA Tourney within the past five years.
Some other similar non Power 5 schools are doing similar things, reducing/removing scholarships in some sports to concentrate on a smaller number of other sports programs based also on geography. program success, league affiliation, among other things.
How many sports do you have to participate in to be division 1?
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Totally agree with this. Our lack of rim protection makes a bad defensive team totally inept. Playing TJ at the 5 only makes a bad situation worse . Before Brad got cleared I thought Bruce was the best bad option but all options are bad. Roster construction.
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Bach in the Ekker years we would open up against Roosevelt from Chicago. We would score something like 120.