TaLBErt
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1 hour ago, HenryB said:
Just asking....what is the value of a Saint Louis University education these days?
It becomes less valuable every year.
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4 hours ago, billiken_roy said:
rather than make a few 15 minute appearances or sign a few autographs, i'd like definitive proof that the players getting paid are indeed being productive students. they are in class, they are passing real classes they are progressing towards a real degree. post those results show pictures of them getting the education they are supposed to be getting at saint louis university show pictures of them walking at graduation getting their diplomas. maybe a few high school students will see and realize saint louis university is a real school trying to help the students achieve goals beyond playing basketball.
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On 4/18/2022 at 11:30 AM, GOSLU68 said:
If we had PHD level academics in PE such as the big ten schools and others it would be an easier environment for some kids who only see college ball as a stepping stone to the pros. Wash U and SLU comparisons fall short of broaching the myriad of choices for 19 year olds and their parents. Being protective of your community identity is a lot bigger idea than
letting Craig Upchurch become the media focal point during basketball season. Grads talk much more about what they learned than who lead the basketball team in scoring and rebounds.
if you think differently: why is every basketball game free pizza and/or free t shirt night for students. Not too many at SLU or Wash U even attend games unless there are incentives.
That's not how I feel, but that certainly seems to be how things are at SLU. That's not how it is at every university, however. I suspect the sentiment about SLU basketball among the students stems from the fact that if we're really honest with ourselves, the program has yet to experience genuinely memorable success. We have made exactly zero sweet 16s, a level of success most of us would mark as the bare minimum of a successful program. The Majerus era was exciting and memorable for folks that frequent this message board but not really for casual fans and students.
@JMM28 hit the nail on the head. SLU fancies itself an elite academic institution that is above surrendering any of its so-called academic integrity for athletic success. Every year SLU becomes less and less relevant to the average American. Since I graduated, I watched our US News ranking drop lower and lower. We can't even crack the top 100 anymore. It's incredibly frustrating as an alumnus knowing that my Saint Louis University diploma becomes less valuable every year.
Playing the game, the way schools like Marquette, Xavier, and Creighton do would be far more profitable for the University and its students and alumni than continuing to pretend that SLU is some elite institution. When in reality, Saint Louis University is nothing more than a very expensive and average school that exists as a buffer between childhood and the real world for privileged children.
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Just now, SluSignGuy said:
To be fair, it's spring break.
Didn't know that.
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Man, that student section is depressing. SLU students just don't care about basketball. I'll never understand it.
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Only down 7 but it feels like more.
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I hate playing Dayton. Always reminds me of what we could be but aren't. The energy in that arena fuels their players.
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Anyone know what the coaches were jawing about?
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This is fantastic!
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Does Linssen have a hickey on his neck?
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I just hope the girls are having fun.
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21 hours ago, RUBillsFan said:
Gotcha. I did think your post was putting Texas Athletics & Star Wars on the same level in terms of "brands". If that was a joke, I missed it. I'm glad we can agree that equating the two is bonkers.
I started typing out a bigger response, but this is a bit like debating @billiken_roy about some random metro Illinois player. We aren't going to get anywhere. You seem to think Texas stands alone as the pinnacle of college athletics brands on a national level and I agree with @Compton that they're up there with a dozen or two other schools - all of which have greater national recognition than most college brands, but are still only big draws regionally. I can't walk into a St. Louis Target and buy Texas gear (or USC or Florida, etc.). We aren't going to change each other's minds and seem to have differing definitions of what a national brand is.
Come on dude. The Texas Longhorns logo is as identifiable as the Yankees "NY" or the Green Bay Packers "G". Sure there are other schools on UT's level but that's a massive American brand. I promise you can find Texas gear in St. Louis. Try Dick's or Champs.
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Crap end to a crap season.
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Heartbreaker for Richmond.
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4 minutes ago, ARon said:
I’m sure Marquette’s AD is getting pestered by boosters about Porter every 20 seconds or so.
Yep. The Marquette guys I work with have been saying Porter will be their next head coach since Woj got canned. They know nothing, but who knows.
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6 minutes ago, Reinert310 said:
Again, this is the problem.
I've been on this board for a long time, and there's nothing in my posting history that would indicate that I'm a troll. Will you find posts where I'm critical of my alma mater? Yes. Snarky and hilarious posts? Absolutely. Posts where I'm heartbroken over a loss? Yep. Posts where I'm celebrating a victory? Heck yes!
I am a bonafide Billiken fan and alumni.
Now, about this thread.
Was I a bit thin-skinned about being told, "Please make sure you get your entire head in front of the shotgun?" Maybe. That's always going to be a disgusting thing to say to another person, especially over college basketball realignment. Someone close to me was lost to suicide, and it struck a nerve. I’ll forever be appalled that Steve wouldn’t come out and renounce such language on his site. I think that would have gone a long way towards making the forum more civil. As I said, it’s his site, and that’s something I’ll have to get over.
People come here seeking community and are regularly driven away by the mob. Let's be honest the Billikens need every fan they can get. This thread isn't the first of its kind, and I'm hardly the only one to feel this way. I made this thread to try and invoke some change. It was a poor attempt. It was started with anger in my heart and undoubtedly came off that way. I believe that this forum needs moderators. I do not understand why you, Steve, are so resistant to the idea. Maybe you just can’t find anyone, but a few even-keeled folks who can call off the mob or give a poster who has crossed the line a timeout would make this board a much more vibrant community.
All that said, I’m not going anywhere. This is really the only game in town, and Billiken basketball is something that brings me joy. You can flag every bit of content I create as a troll post if you must, but I don’t think that will matter. There are reasonable people on this forum that will balance things out.
Go Billikens! Let’s get this win today!
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8 minutes ago, slufanskip said:
Maybe you can call Chris May and let him know. Maybe get him banned from Chaifitz Arena.
Trolls are sad people, such boring lives that they actually find trolling message boards to be a good use of their time. I agree Steve needs to get rid of someone. You
Maybe you're right, but he'd never do that because this place is a free-for-all.
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Just now, billiken_roy said:
First he goes after lifelong billikens.com family rich, then he threatens our founder and messageboard owner the signguy, now he attacks top billikens benefactor, doc c. Pretty obvious talbert not a billiken fan
Yep that's the problem in a nutshell. There are about 15 members that can say and behave however they want while actively driving away new fans by chastising them for having an opinion the deviates from the hive mind.
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37 minutes ago, SluSignGuy said:
This is honestly pretty disgusting too.
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29 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said:
Oh my gosh call the internet police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@SluSignGuy, this guy has got to go. He simply doesn't get it. Ban the troll.
Show some conviction, Steve. Either:
A.) Come out and publicly condemn this kind of content on your site and do something about it.
Or
B.) Say you're cool with it.
This isn't this guy's first offence. He's called women the "C word" and that's just with a simple "Billiken Rich" Google search. I think my favorite part about that quote is that he could have just let the app censor it, but he didn't want the word to be left to the imagination. This dude deserves the Metz Club.
Quoteonly if you are over 50. Letterman wins for being apolitical. Leno had super c**t paula poundstone as a political correspondent for a while. Being stomped like narcs at a biker rally is too good for either jay or that gutter ######.
(BTW saying nothing is option
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22 minutes ago, slufanskip said:
Yea, I better watch the "If I was that stupid" line. May unknowingly commit me to doing something I really don't want to do.
C'mon man. You're a smart boy, Skip. You know the difference between "Please make sure you get your entire head in front of the shot gun" and "If I was that stupid."
... Right?
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15 minutes ago, cheeseman said:
Talbert - I did not see the post in question so I can not comment on it but I have read enough of the thread to have an idea of what was said or at least an idea. I responded to your conference idea and you were not very open to my somewhat sarcastic post. You said that it was only an idea and you just wanted to open up discussion. My response was not attacking and I simply said neither conference would agree to it. I didn't take your response to be an insult - even though I thought you were a bit thin skinned. I would suggest that if you start a back and forth with someone multiple times it ultimately will lead to one of you posting something the person will be sorry they said. I try not to get into prolonged back and forths.
Respectfully, that wasn't me you were chatting with earlier. None the less, point taken.
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1 hour ago, brianstl said:
Bringing the Jesuits into now. Look, I get you want to have your look at me moment here so instead of just reporting the post which would have got the quickest response, you have to claim the board administrator is somehow culpable for your emotional baggage and then are scummy enough to use his job as a threat. Sorry that a guy that devotes hours of his time to keep this site running for no pay didn't act quickly enough or exactly in the manner you wanted.
It takes an absolutely crazy and misplaced sense of entitlement to make the posts you have in this thread.
You sir, just won the gold in mental gymnastics.
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12 minutes ago, slufanskip said:
Millions of people. Go play in traffic. Go jump off a tall building. If I was that stupid I’d kill myself.
All messed up things to say to another human being. Ever known someone that's committed suicide? It's not funny, and it has no place on this message board centered around a Jesuit Catholic university.
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