2010andBeyond
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35 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
Why would we invite Turnbull to come to campus, give him a tour, and then tell him we are not interested? That makes no sense. I know everyone wants to think we can do no wrong right now, but I have to think he turned us down.
Haha exactly, though that would be pretty funny. “Hey Connor, look at all our cool $hit, too bad you’ll never get to enjoy it! Catch ya later”
I do think there could have likely been a conversation around playing time/role that resulted in coach telling him he’s essentially Robbie’s backup and him deciding he’s looking for more.
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1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said:
Also, better than Bonner?
Lol, yeah forgot about that one. He was a bit before my time.
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9 hours ago, thetorch said:
Avila would be the best true big we've had since Ferry and Macauley. He's on that level.
Better than Reed? I’m hoping for a slightly better Rob Loe.
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Heard most of it. One item to note is that he did mention having some open practices
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1 minute ago, NextYearBill said:
Time for me to spend money on SLU athletics again.
Probably been mentioned somewhere on here already, but BVF has a clean new site. Looks like we might finally be getting serious again
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Incredibly encouraging to see this type of renewed commitment from the boosters. Can’t wait to see the players roll in
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I’m now rooting for Ind St to lose in the semis for the sole reason of shutting this thread down
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9 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said:
1.8 mil was thrown out on tree board.
It’s pretty funny, everytime I look over there the number gets inflated
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Hopefully a lot of the UL-Schertz smoke is the agent trying to score for Pitino
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Parker is more Malik Yarbrough than Larry Hughes.
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11 minutes ago, BLIKNS said:
Joe Dooley's name hasn't been mentioned... think he interviewed when Ford was hired... I don't think Dooley moves the needle much though...
The guys been fired twice by East Carolina. He certainly moves the needle, but in the wrong direction
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39 minutes ago, billiken_roy said:
i thought i read somewhere that both the suns and the nets were off the hook and goodwin was not going to get paid the original money for some reason. maybe i dreamt that. hope so. i am not happy about the 2-way deal, but at least he's still in the nba. i got a feeling he is down the bench or they would have given him a regular contract.
He was on the suns roster long enough his entire $1.9M for this season was guaranteed. He also gets a $325k option buyout for next season that was a part of the contract that was waived.
Really odd he went from starting to DNP. I figured he was gone after that and was surprised he ended up on a two-way but I also thought maybe someone would claim him and pick up his minimum contract so what do I know. His interest was apparently pretty low given the 10-day and then two-way. I guess his shooting stats are killing him.
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6 minutes ago, Pistol said:
Maybe SLU understands that banning them from campus or forcing them off campus could do major damage to SLU's case. If SLU wants to get off on the right foot with this group and limit its financial downside, they're doing the right thing by letting them use campus for this. You don't have to like it to be able to understand the optics. It's not a question of strong vs. weak leadership, it's smart vs. stupid.
Meanwhile, I'm looking at how other colleges have responded when faced with the same or similar circumstances. There's a wide range:
- Virginia passed a law requiring 5 public universities (including VCU) to "make reparations through scholarships or community-based economic development and memorial programs".
- Georgetown created a $400,000-a-year reparations fund.
- Harvard set up a $100 million endowment fund for slavery reparations (Harvard's primary endowment is estimated to be near $50 billion).
UVA set up Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a consortium of over 100 colleges sharing best practices as they work through dealing with slavery in their histories. SLU is one of the schools participating.
SLU is one of many schools facing pressure from what is a national movement. I haven't been able to find any legal precedent that suggests SLU would actually be on the hook for a large amount of money. More likely, SLU will work with this group to address it in a way that involves a financial commitment, education, and memorialization, and it won't be anywhere near the numbers we're seeing in the headlines. If SLU actually does become the school that has to work through the legal system for this case, the current judiciary is going to be friendlier to the defendants than the plaintiffs. If it goes all the way to the top, I don't think the people who just killed affirmative action are going to open the door to broad-based reparations.
SLU will be fine.
Yeah, regardless of how you feel about this personally, banning them would be far more likely to create a major controversy. Let them chirp and hope it blows over soon.
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Looking for 2 for this Saturday, bringing my kids
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Cue the dolphin!!!
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The buildings and stuff all matter, just in comparison to those in your tax bracket. Kids likely aren’t going to take a paycut to go somewhere with nicer facilities, but it can absolutely be a tie breaker between two similar offers.
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3 hours ago, gabriel said:
I tweeted that rich chaifetz should be embarrassed to have his name on the court where that team last night was playing. I stand by that take and would tweet that at him every day until that clown travis ford is gone and the program gives that court something to be proud of.
This is fair. I’ve got no issues with putting some pressure out there and making it clear the fan base is unhappy, but I don’t see the point in saying things like “he doesn’t care” or worse direct personal attacks. None of us know his real opinions or level of involvement at all, except for A-bomb and his “reports”.
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15 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said:
If the only prominent booster is the reason we're stuck with Ford then he deserves criticism. What good is a big booster giving money if it's tied to losing?
This is how bigger college sports go. The normal fans get angry at meddling boosters when their meddling results in losing.
It's why a good AD is necessary to handle these boosters and align there interests into winning programs.
Or what if he’s not the reason and gets sick of internet troll losers personally attacking him and decides his money better spent elsewhere?
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Not sure what these clowns ragging on our only prominent booster are expecting to accomplish. Pathetic @moytoy12
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47 minutes ago, gobillsgo said:
Usually I’d agree family should be off limits, and I’m not defending joe here, but didn’t the coach’s kid, a grown adult, insert himself into the situation by going after notable and respected SLU Twitter accounts? I think Shane got an unfortunate taste of the real world here. I don’t feel sorry for him at all. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Exactly. No went after Ford personally and especially did not personally attack his family. Rather, his son took the initiative to go after and personally attack fans.
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2 hours ago, billikenbill said:
Correction, this was not a buy game. Part of a home and home. Let the bashing proceed.
Wait, is this true??
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I’m not sure why the guy would want to waste a year of eligibility at this point
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Jordan has also bagged himself at least a $50k bonus by way of the Suns advancement in the in-season tournament. If they win tonight, this goes up to $100k and could be as much as $500k if they win the tournament.
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Jordan Goodwin Is Now A Memphis Grizzly
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I hope so. It was not encouraging that he wasn’t claimed off waivers on essentially a league minimum deal and ended up back on a two-way. I’m not sure if he improved his stock or not in Memphis given the mess that team was. Will be interesting so see how it plays out this summer. Also not sure if he’s eligible for another two-way or not next season.