jjray

From the standpoint of the east coast schools, it makes geographic sense in that these two are expected to replace UMass and UNCC. The change more tightly draws together the east coast schools centering the conference around Washington, DC metro. Richmond is only 107 miles from DC (i.e., STL to Columbia), although the traffic is murder on that route. Philly isn't far from DC either. I'm fine with this move. But we need Bulter to replace Temple.

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Why do you have to inject the race card before Erwin has even coached a season at SLUH? Before throwing out a racist slur, how about waiting to see what sort of team Erwin assembles over at SLUH? I'm very disappointed to read that comment on this board.

You didn't, per chance, have a tall blonde mailman on your route about 20 years ago?

This dude has a 70's receding-hairline-fading-into-a-mullet. He must be 40 and can't possibly have any eligibility left, can he?

+1 This. Remember how long Rick negotiated with Biondi after it became clear he wanted the job? I agree with Brian that coach is building leverage to alter the terms of the deal. This extension is probably the last coaching contract he will sign in his life. Charter flights may be the crux of the battle.

Grandy was a very nice late spring signing last year. Maybe Rick will pull another rabbit out of his bowl of Cioppino this spring.

Give me Creighton over anybody else in the Valley. As an alumni of both institutions, I hope it happens.

+1 It takes a boat full of money to do it this way but you could be right. Use Brown's name to lure in recruits while having a coach-in-waiting on the staff who will run the program and take over the talent assembled while Larry is the HC. You have to buck up for Larry Brown and the money it takes to bring in a legit coach in waiting.

Best of luck to Jared. Great educational opportunity and he just might help them sneak into the NCAA tourney.

Never could figure out why Don Draper wasn't banging her every which way until his pecker couldn't peck no more.

Best of luck to you Junior. My brother was a Horned Frog so I know you folks ain't in Fort Worth.

Who is going to transfer? Seriously. None of the three seniors will transfer. Do you really expect these juniors (McCall, Evans, and Jett) to transfer? I find that unlikely. The two sophs won't be sought after in transfer so I don't see it happening. The possible player loss would be Loe. He'd have 2 years of eligibility and a commodity in transfer. That is why keeping Harriman would be key. We keep Harriman and we keep Loe. Now if we brought in a coach from the outside that the players didn't know and the entire coaching staff was fired then all bets are off. There will be significant transfers.

A little over the top, don't you think? With or without Rick Majerus, I expect the Billikens to make it to the NCAA tourney again in the 2012-2013 season. We have too much talent on that team. We would need to a hire coach quickly so my expectation is that Crews gets the job if Rick leaves. We will need to pony up money to Harriman to ensure he stays. Make him the top asst if they have to. This would suck but it's not thermal nuclear war.

My initial thought on this issue was that Rick was flirting with SMU to give F. Biondi a lesson on the business side of major college athletics. Now I'm not so sure. Can't believe, given his age and health, he would want to take on another rebuilding job and in Texas of all places. But this appears serious.

Not suggesting we are after Swopshire. Just stating my personal preference.

I'd rather have Swopshire for 1 year solidifying us at PF for a tourney run in March 2013. After that tourney run, we'll be able to land much higher profile recruits than this kid.

Harry was the voice of the Cards through the 1969 season.

Beg to differ. Jack and Harry were an awesome combination. Jack was the straight man (Stan Laurel) to Harry's Oliver Hardy. The straight man is always underrated in these duos. Or perhaps your comment was sarcasm.

That is something I did not know. Harry Carey and the Billikens!

I remember when he did St. Louis Spirits games in the ABA in the 70's. I've heard him tell a few funny Moving Marvin Barnes stories. Was Costas doing SLU games at the same time he did the Spirits?

Agree. I believe Willie was suspended from the team (although still in school) at the time we were talking to Kowal and helping him get NCAA clearance.

The incident occurred less than two years ago. It was reported we talked with Kowal and his father but he hadn't been given a release so nothing could be done. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/5575525 Willie and Kwamain hadn't been kicked out of school yet (when we talked with Kowal). I think the issue is always team need. If your point is that once Willie left the team in 2010 we had a greater need for a big than we do now then I agree.

The fact that we tried to take Sean Kowal under exactly the same circumstances as Swopshire pretty much blows up the argument that Rick would never make a move for a transfer with just one year of eligibility. I think it is all an issue of need. Do we need Swopshire? I won't second guess the coaching staff either way they have evaluated it in this instance because I have seen so little of Grandy and never seen Cory play the 4. We need another 4 besides Cody. If the coaching staff thinks we don't need Swopshire then so be it.