cheeseman
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1 hour ago, Scoop said:
I do not attend non D1 games on the regular schedule. It’s my very small protest.
I do the same. I give those tix to charity - no longer a deduction but maybe somebody would want to go
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13 hours ago, thetorch said:
I'd like to see a recruit post a picture of Ed Macauley or Bob Ferry just once.
Who
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Thanks for the answers - OG and LE
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Related questions - this Big Ugly Bill will tax private universities endowment up from 1.4% to 8% - correct, is this only on the revenue or the entire endowment? Next, why not tax the revenue of public universities endowments?
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17 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:
I'm so glad you asked. The two scenarios are very different.
One is a direct decision by the athletics director Chris May. The other is a human error, likely made by an underpaid employee in an understaffed department.
I also never explicitly said that I found Chris May's wardrobe decision to be a "big deal". In fact, as I stated in my post, I was not going to post anything about it but brianstl mentioned it, so I decided to weigh in with a fairly measured take on the matter.
Details really do matter, especially when it takes little to no effort. In a video detailing the achievements of his athletics department, he very easily could have worn something more reflective of someone that has Billiken spirit. He chose not to. It's an opportunity to put on a display of school spirit, a show of solidarity with fans, a show of solidarity with the athletes and coaches you work with every day, wearing the same school colors they wear. He wore a plaid sport coat and an orange and black tie.
They are shooting the video from the stomach up, he could have brought in a gray coat and blue tie. Takes 5 minutes to change before and after shooting the video. It takes zero effort to show some school pride in a video about being proud of "his" student athletes.
Not a huge deal to me but since we are taking about May's wardrobe - should it not have been something Billiken?
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4 hours ago, Brighton said:
You joke, but they have the Family Arena for basketball and Dome for football to host P4 opponents.
The Dome is to big for them to use and the one of the worst basketball viewing experiences I have ever had.
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29 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Took the words out of my mouth. I recall the practice before the UL game was a meat grinder. He ran them ragged and the tank was empty come game time. Admittedly May was in a tough spot after the COY award, but he could have found a justification and just thanked him for his effort. Thank God the portal was not in place at the time of Rick’s passing otherwise we very well may not have had those 2 extra dance invites. If we had brought back Moser, it makes you wonder if we might finally have got that long dreamed about seeet 16 bid or better.
The term interim was his way out - interim means just for now. May had an escape hatch but refused for whatever the reason not to take it.
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7 hours ago, SLU_Lax said:
Didn’t Cheryl Levick essentially quit and go to Maryland because Uncle Brad was let go after she gave him her vote of confidence? I really liked Soderberg and was sad he was leaving until we learned who was replacing him.
If the story is true, I do respect Levick a lot for her convictions and unwillingness to be undercut. AD is a tough job requiring some brutal decisions.
I also could be grossly uninformed and apologize if I am.
I am confused - how does your post have anything to do with the Crews issue. She quit because she was going to be let go anyway - I didn't like that she left but Biondi made it untenable. Honestly, Brad would not have been the hill I would have picked to die on.
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Not sure how it still works but the MSHAA rules said you have to move in order to get a waiver to transfer and still play. The move had to be one that would require a change of schools that prevented you from still attending or distance driven. A bigger problem for private schools. The school could sign off on a transfer if you had a hardship issue at play - for example you had to move out of your parents' house for safety reasons (you can guess) but not just because you simply want to get out. It was not uncommon for the school not to sign off if the kid really did not have a valid reason.
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Complaining about July 11 or 9 is a bit silly. The date is not critical. I know of people in the past who have literally forgot to renew and called weeks later and the tix office was able to accommodate them and they kept their same seats. Why do you think it takes a long time for the process so a day or two is nothing. Once again, I know some will be offended by this post but to complain about every little thing only lessens when a real issue arises. As I have said in the past - I am not an apologist for May in fact I would be fine if he moved on but we have to be real.
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Why would any school want to step into this quagmire at the D1 level?
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46 minutes ago, thetorch said:
People do this in town sure, but St. Louis style is to grill then sauce. KC style is known for slow smoking and dry rubs.
If you are talking about somebody in their backyard then OK but not in restaurants they smoke and dry rubs.
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9 hours ago, thetorch said:
Pretty much. St. Louis style typically is known for the sauce, but also our distinct cuts of meat like st. louis style ribs and pork steaks, and St. Louis style BBQ is almost never smoked, the meat is cooked much quicker.
I am not sure I would agree with almost never smoked. Go to a good BBQ place and it is smoked.
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4 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said:
It would take a lot more than that to get me to move to Lubbock…
I am no expert on women's softball but from what little I know a great pitcher can make an avg. team into a top one. Apparently, they can pitch on very short rest unlike men.
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What I don't get is why all these bigs stay a year then leave. Did they really expect to play right away? Did the coaches not communicate with them during the year about their growth or lack of it? Did the bigs use us to showcase themselves knowing they were always not staying? I just find it odd that so many did this.
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19 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:
My hope is that the spending continues to explode for football players, so much so that the Power 5 has to reduce costs in other areas of their Athletic Department. There is only so much revenue they can get from their alumni. Not to mention that television rating for the expanded playoffs where extremely disappointing. I don't think they will be able to rely on ever-increasing TV revenue as part of their budgets. I hope they continue to throw everything they can at their football teams to the point of neglecting everything else. If some school signs an $8 million dollar QB, then the next 5* will cost $8.5. If any school allows private equity to take over their AD I am pretty sure it will end very badly. I hope it happens. Private equity is usually the worst thing that can happen to the end-user experience.
My favorite college team other than SLU is the Univ of Florida. I buy tickets to several of their sports and generally root for them. Their gameday environment is excellent and their staff/athletes are pretty friendly and likeable. I would never donate to that organization any more that I would donate to the St. Louis Cardinals. Its a professional enterprise.
You cant really count on the Power Conference leaders to make thoughtful decisions. These are the same people who send their volleyball team from Palo Alto to a midweek conference game in Miami with no shame. It seems like the NCAA is single-handedly keeping the airlines in business.
I just pray it ends well for SLU.
Thoughts and prayers
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2 hours ago, Lord Elrond said:
What I’d like to see is the St Louis area tourism board sponsor an annual event, MIZZOU vs SLU in the Enterprise Center, or maybe their own MTE. Bring in some tourist dollars and help SLU out with scheduling. I’ll wish for a pony next. Oh well.
That was tried after our 3 game series with MO expired. MO wanted nothing to do with it again. They were even offered I think - correct me if I am wrong but something like a Million to play - not sure if that was for both teams or not.
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1 hour ago, Brighton said:
Uh huh.
Meanwhile, VCU and Dayton, two programs SLU tries to aspire to be or so they say, have put together a schedule that features one or two P4 programs.
SLU is the undisputed champion when it comes to excuse making.
I get your point but honestly I am not sure how you schedule will do mid majors a lot of good. If they are determined to make the Dance a P5 event then that is what will happen no matter who you play or what your ranking is. A handful may make it in but the odds are pretty slim for mid majors. The deck just seems to be stacked against you.
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20 hours ago, billiken_roy said:
It's my opinion, true academic integrity and progress towards REAL degrees is the answer to recovering of college athletics for what we love. Throw 100% of the NCAA monitoring into academics stopping the fraud insuring they are true students. Who cares what they are getting paid and by who, but I suspect those only interested in the money will not have the patience and will to follow through.
I applaud you trying to offer a solution but how did the work when UNC got caught with bogus classes? - nothing happened because they fought it.
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5 hours ago, Midtown Madness said:
It’s not news. But it is context and certainly worth posting.
News is something new or important not just reporting old stuff over and over again.
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12 hours ago, Pistol said:
How is this news - everyone knows our field situation is what it is. So is the solution to take money from other programs to update ours? Who then howls. We apparently do not have access to the same type of funds a SEC school does. Once again - how is that news.
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19 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:
You got me there. Just pointing out we sent our championship team on a broken down bus that also got a flat tire. It’s Sad enough that it was the lead topic in the host schools newspaper. I’m not a constant critic of the AD. I’m in freaking Arkansas, for godsakes! It’s just not a great look. Wonder if the other schools flew here.
The bus was not broken down when they left - mechanical things break usually when you are not expecting it to break. I have no problem taking a bus to Fayetteville. What is it 6 hours?
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42 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:
I Made it to Fayetteville. Nice little article about SLU. I did not know they had a flat tire and the bus broke down on the way here. Great job by the athletic department
I am no apologist for the Athletic Department but dinging them because of a flat tire is a little off,
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I am not naive enough to think this doesn't happen but recruiting players this way is against the MSHAA rules. This kind of blatant action is what almost caused a split between public and private high schools in MO years ago. I had a school try to recruit my daughter for soccer once and I explained to the coach that it was against regulations and asked her if she knew who I was -she said no and I said then you better research who you are talking to first because I am in charge of athletics in the district - I told her I would not report her this time but if I hear of her doing it again I would. Like I said I know this happens but normally people aren't talking about it in such a public way.
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I have no problem with less home games, but it is only fair for price adjustment. If they take that away game as you proposed, won't they get a pay day to offset the home tix cost reduction plus save on the buy price they would have to give the non D1 opponent. If we won't get the payoff then I fail to see the advantage at all. Travel costs, no payoff, and loss of home revenue seems a big loser for us not to mention the possibility of a loss on the road to a top team with the odds of a win pretty low.