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  1. I hear there is a move a foot with an insurance company based in central Ill that has something to do with being a good citizen in a local area. Don't know to what degree they are interested in us, but we are real interested in them, I hear.

  2. one thing that kills me about how our bigs play defense is that if they are matched up against someone that can dribble and drive and that person gets the ball 12 feet from the goal we go racing out there and they put the ball on the floor and drive around us resulting in either a lay up, a lay up and a foul, 2 free throws or at least a foul when we grab them as they go by, yes I am advocating having the opponent prove they can make the 12 footer before I send someone racing out there.

    the good thing is there aren't a lot of those dribble drive bigs out there but this scenario plays out almost every time

  3. I am a Pepsi person, but if they pony up something for the arena, I can drink Coke when there(actually, more of a Miller Lite person). Any vendor that wants its product sold in that place will have to give something, it is just the way it works. Look at the signs outside the Ed. The unexpected part is them putting something like this on radio. That is way cool.

  4. Steve, I lived in the UK a while back, was a great adventure.

    In London, my favorite eating place is called Efes, is on Great Titchfield not far from Oxford Circus, is a ka-bob house, great food and fairly reasonable.

    I would avoid Wales, all that is there are sheep.

    I am not a big literature/arts kind of person, but Stratford-on-Avon is neat and not too far from London.

    Wimbledon will be taking place while you are there, a grounds pass is probably around $25, can't get to Centre Court or Court 1, but that is a cool place.

    Good luck, enjoy the adventure, enjoy the beer (lager or bitters) and bring your walking shoes!!!!

  5. this part of the system about playing only 5 guards, I don't understand it

    -maybe his classification of a guard and a wing are distinctly different

    -so there is no way under this system you could have 6 stud guards (realize improbable if not impossible but you are limiting yourself with this 5 guard aspect)

    -if you are playing an up tempo game, and he said he wants to when he gets those type of players, do you risk getting tired only playing 5, esp in a tournament situation (isn't that the ultimate goal?)

    -where did this # come from, what analysis??

    -huge IF here, if our current and projected roster doesn't change (not likely) we will have 2 years where someone sits (DP,LM,DB,TL,KL,DM) unless again he classifies wings and guards differently and then you have no one your roster that is playing to take the place of the 3 leaving seniors (incidently, I see more things alike between guards and wings than differences except a true point guard)

    -can he only establish trust with 5 guards, or maybe historically he has

    someone please educate me

  6. If this is the case....

    I hope the $$$ is GREAT for her and she is not being lowballed and forced out.

    The last day there will be sad one, but I would envision a massive affair.

    One more link lost between the generations of SLU students....

  7. Remember the whole BM -I'm going to print in my bits every week how long it has been since SLU announced it was building an arena until a shovel hits the dirt thing...

    well, I think this is two weeks in a row where there has been no mention, I would love to know the reason he has stopped his campaign against us, can't be for lack of space

    hopefully its b/c money is pouring in and we are close (I can dream)

  8. I am just interested.....

    how can Leon Powell say I may have some offers?

    how can LP say some schools were in to talk to my hs coach but I don't know which ones?

    I am Vashon supporter, and have posted such before.

    Does anyone know what sort of access Floyd gives to schools recruiting his kids?

    Perhaps b/c LP is going into his jr year things are being run they way they are to protect the kid (and if so Floyd knows his kids better than any of us and has been thru this so has a good idea what someone should be exposed to at what time..perhaps a model others should adopt)

    I am just curious.

  9. Roy, please take this as a question and that is how it is intended, just trying to learn and these are the wonders in my slight mind...if you have some answers...please do

    you have mentioned Leonard several times here lately, including today where you wish he was the first recruit to commit to SLU.

    he did not play hs bball last year did he?

    is playing AAU this year?

    is he in school right now making progress to graduation?

    does he project to academic eligibility?

    what season would be his frosh in college?

    is he a diamond in the rough type that since he did not play last yr he will fall off the radar at other schools and SLU will get him?

    he was a top 30 soph nationally ranked, wasn't he?

    height and weight?

    is SLU still on him?

    is he on SLU?

    who else is on him?

    sorry for the long list but I am very curious

  10. Wow, have you ever had the opportunity to negotiate anything? Two of the keys to winning in negotiating - you must be willing to walk away and you are always better served by being in a position of strength.

    I do not know any details of the deal between SLU and Charter, but wouldn't one think Charter is the one that may want to get out of the deal?? We just had a season where we lost 21 games. If we do not have games on Charter, what is the option?? No games on TV?? I do not have Charter and so must find a location to watch those road games, so that is a pain to me, but at least I can find them on tv. Charter also must give some $$$ as they have their logo on the court, so while we are trying to raise money for an arena, let's piss off a current Billiken supporter of some size (I say some size as no other compnay has their logo on our court).

    To conclude, be careful what you wish for (no Charter, no tv)

  11. Roy, Vashon participates in the Public High League, where are the "vast majority of your scheduled games" supposed to come from if you are in a league or conference??

    who in the area outside of the PHL will schedule Vashon?? ESL and Ritter come to mind and NO ONE else, so where is Vashon supposed to get non conference games?? the answer is they go out of town which has two benefits in my mind - gets them a game (which they can't get around here) and gives the kids a chance to see something outside of the region (and I'll throw in an observation from afar here) which they maybe wouldn't otherwise have the chance to see

    From my experiences watching Vashon, this team was the least physical I have seen and yet probably the best collection of Vashon bodies I have seen.

    Floyd has his faults, no doubt.

  12. I wonder if the administration knows the answers to the questions that have presented above??

    I inquired last week and was told no decisions on psl's have been made, but my mistake may have been asking such a focused question as other options are available and maybe (probably are??) under consideration.

    Another inconsistency is Cheryl was radio that day (KMOX w/ BM and KTRS with Randy) and I remember her saying along the lines of if you want to sponsor a drinking fountain, we will come up with the price. There was nothing in the letter addressing these types items as one could get quite creative with this.

    I guess Harry Stonechipher is out as a major donor...

  13. Did anyone else notice our favorite St Charles County law enforcement officer was trying to ref the Ok St/Colo game last night?

    Gerry Pollard is horrible.

    And what is worse, this may mean he gets NCAA Tournament games and is going to screw a team and end their season just so he can strut about and look like he is in charge.

    I hope somewhere sanity is lurking as I cannot fathom that he is one of the 99 "best" officials in the college game (33 play in and 1st rd games times 3).

    I could certainly see him in the top 5 as far as attitude though (not sure who would be above him, so he may be #1)

    God I hope we do not see him in the A-10.

  14. in no particular order...

    -CL asked BM to donate and he said he would but his meager wage wouldn't allow for much

    -BM very curious about who the donor is

    -donor not gotten by CL but rather by Board of Directors and FB

    -BM mentioned how Mizzou wanted to keep their big pocket a secret but it got out quickly

    - CL told him she did not know this but she isn't saying and thinks we will never know

    -donations were coming in "every day" through Dec and then kind of stopped in the new year

    -BM asked how hard it is raising $$ during this poor season and CL said for the folks that would have given $500 for a winner they won't give now but the 7 and 6 figure donors can see the future

    -I somehow am thinking CL said "the donor may match upto $2 mil which would get us to $19" - as a SLU grad that math don't work 13 + 4 =17(not an English major) does someone have a better recollection of this??

    -18 months construction from first shovel to bldg opening

    -still mentions summer '05 potential constuction start date but that there is absolutely no timetable, this will get done when it gets done

    my thoughts

    -CL portrays herself very well in these situations

    -great idea (wonder whose it was) on the matching part as it has sparked interest according to CL

    -after CL left and a commercial break BM mentions how the MVC has 4 teams with RPI's higher than the highest A10 team but that these things are different year to year and closes with "maybe SLU can have a soft landing in the A10 next year" - what a chowderhead

  15. B-roy, am I dreaming or didn't we have a couple game ending plays earlier in the season and Reg did not get off a shot or at least got it blocked as much as LM did?? or is your point he would have progressed at this point in the season to not be in the same situation as earlier?

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