TheChosenOne

Do you have a link to the draft?

I would definitely be interested to know what he is up to. I would think that he would have had to make a decision by this point.

How many posts do you need to get across that you are not a fan of Kevin Lisch?

I do not know who the kid was that yelled at Bonner. I did not find it funny because of what the kid yelled, but by Bonner's response. It was awesome. There was no delay and he smiles and says thank you. It was pretty funny. These seats were not in the student section, they were a couple of rows up near center court. I have no idea if the kid is a student at SLU or even in college.

One of the funniest things I have witnessed at a game involved Bonner. When they introduced Bonner he went over to shake the refs hands. As he was running over a kid close to me yells "You suck Bonner." Without skipping a beat Bonner says "thank you!!!" It was pretty hilarious.

I did not realize Coach Majerus' wardrobe assistant posted on the board. I heard the story from the individual who had to return to the store to pay for the suit (it may have been slacks or something then, that was not a key point of the story).

I was not really talking about that comment. I honestly could care less about that quote since I do not read it as being negative in the least bit. I am more just replying to some of Roy's comments concerning how he is less of a fan now because of things he has heard concerning Majerus. I am assuming Roy hears a lot of things being close with the Lisch family. I have other connections to the program and have likely heard similar things as Roy. I think there is certainly a way to be successful and treat others with respect. Someone commented on Lorenzo Romar not being clean as whistle. Lorenzo Romar was one of the nicest and most honorable men I have ever met. He is an outstanding role model for anyone who has ever played for him. My problem with Majerus has nothing to do with whether or not he follows the rule book to the T, it is with regards to how he treats people and I would guess this is what Roy is saying as well. Another anecdote: I heard when the team went to Boston last year he bought a suit and proceeded to walk out of the store without paying. When an employee asked him what he was doing Majerus asked "do you know who I am." The employee said he had no idea who he was, but that whoever he was he still had to pay for the suit. Majerus stormed out telling the guy he would send someone back to pay for the suit. Apparently a student manager had to head to the store to take care of paying for the suit.

Lorenzo Romar? I kind of feel the same as Roy on this one, but not to the same extent. I have heard a number of stories concerning Majerus and how he treats people and it is a shame. I would encourage anyone on this board to sit down with any member of the athletic department, former player of Majerus, or even a student manager to hear about his ways. It truly is an embarassment. I still cheer for the Billikens to win, but it is because I want to see the players experience success. I guess that is why I would consider myself more removed from the program than I used to be.

How many scholarship players do they even have? I think Tom Crean will get them back on track, but when you lose close to 100% of your production from the prior season you are in trouble. They have a very impressive recruiting class lined up for next season. They have 6 commitments, four of which are 4 star players and then two 3 star big men. Their class is currently rated in the top 10.

Aren't you the mascot for Saint Louis University athletics? This will be very sad news within the athletic department.

This story is rich. Any time he enters the game the commentators talk about him being the cousin of Chris Paul. Earlier in the season I heard one of Mizzou's assistant coaches on the radio talking about the newcomers and when he talked about Miguel Paul the radio host brought up him being Chris Paul's cousin and the coach played it down saying that they are distant cousins. I think the sports information department has blown this out of proportion.

I will take that bet.

I would be interested in a recap. Thanks in advance cowboy.

Nate, is Suggs' little brother any good?

I attended Chaminade and still get out there every once in awhile and this is what I have been told by those close to the situation. From all accounts SLU has not shown Beal the love like the other programs involved in his recruitment. What was the final score of the game? Wasn't there a kid from SLUH mentioned by some on this board as a potential walk-on candidate (Cooney maybe)?

C.B. McGrath from North Carolina was at Chaminade last week to visit Beal. A few weeks back Bill Self attended the Chaminade/DeSmet game. He has also been contacted by Mizzou, Illinois, and Florida. From what I have been told, Beal has not heard from Coach Majerus. He has spoken with Porter, but Majerus has yet to call him. It looks like SLU has very little chance of landing Beal. I was a little surprised and disappointed to hear that Majerus had not called him yet.

I figured you would have something to say about that. I talked to my buddy after the game to see what the deal was and he said the clock just stopped running and that this has happened a couple of times this season. He also said that the refs way over compensated for it taking off about 7 seconds from the shot clock when it was only stopped for a couple of seconds. It looked like the refs went to the monitor and I asked about that, but my buddy said the kid on the other end of the headset told the ref that he could not rewind. That would appear to be a potential issue and something that needs to get fixed in my opinion, can anyone say Missouri State. He said the clock stopped phantomly agaqinst UMSL and that Tom Timmerman actually put it in his blog. I would hope that is something that gets fixed as well. I told him people on the message board where questioning the clock and he kind of chuckled.

Bonwich, can you post a link to your list?

I thought this may be of some interest, here are the current conference RPIs: 1. Atlantic Coast - 0.5934 2. Big Ten - 0.5864 3. Big East - 0.5769 4. Big 12 - 0.5684 5. Pacific-10 - 0.5573 6. Mountain West - 0.5389 7. Southeastern - 0.5315 8. Missouri Valley - 0.5301 9. Atlantic 10 - 0.5268 10. Horizon League - 0.5182 11. West Coast - 0.5181 12. Conference USA - 0.5160 13. Metro Atlantic Athletic - 0.4991 14. Western Athletic - 0.4929 15. Colonial Athletic - 0.4924 16. America East - 0.4898 17. Southern - 0.4811 18. Mid-American - 0.4784 19. Southland - 0.4747 20. Big West - 0.4733 21. Big Sky - 0.4721 22. Big South - 0.4711 23. Sun Belt - 0.4664 24. Ohio Valley - 0.4594 25. Summit - 0.4567 26. Patriot League - 0.4474 27. Atlantic Sun - 0.4461 28. Northeast - 0.4405 29. Mid-Eastern - 0.4370 30. Ivy League - 0.4339 31. Southwestern Athletic - 0.4213

I had seen this discussed a few weeks back on the board, but thought some may find this article interesting... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/...84?OpenDocument

I went in there on Christmas Eve to get a gift certificate for my parents and they were doing repairs and I actually had to go in thru the loading area. I spoke with the owner and he was telling me what happened and about the significant damage done to the upstairs area. Apparently it was a young adult driving a truck at 3:00 in the morning on the wrong side of the street and he hit the light poll in front of the restaurant and it fell directly into the building near the front entrance. What a terrible time to have something like that happen. I try to support the local south city restaurants as much as possible now that so many of them are struggling (one of my favorites the Pitted Olive closed not too long ago and I head Off the Vine was closing as well).

It sounds like you guys are all fairly involved alumns and not just kicking dirt on the athletic department, so I would have to say that I admire your desire to have things as first class as possible in every aspect. Maybe it would be worthwhile to gather as many critiques or areas of improvement as possible and forward it on to those within the athletic department. Coming from you guys, I would hope it would carry some weight. Bonwich, did you hear what happened to Trattoria Marcella a couple of weeks back?

Thicks, I typically have at least one ticket (usually 4 tickets) available for each game. If you ever need a ticket just let me know and I can get it to you. They are not real good seats though.

I cannot imagine that is the first game you have ever been to where there was a clock issue that required a stoppage of play so the referees and clock operators could discuss the issue and come to the correct decision.

Who is this bonwich character? Some grumpy old man? You mention he has managed businesses and should be on the board in some capacity?