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I bet if he was asked if Sharma and Dunlap have a chance to end up being All A10, I bet he would give a similar answer.

I'm not sure the success of the Athletic Department is tied at all to the success of his podcast. I think May just does for fun and to give himself some visibility and relatability.

I think I disagree with you. Sharma and Dunlap can shoot the three. With their size, that makes them perfect for Schertz's offensive system. Thames has not, yet, shown the ability to shoot the three consistently. He's hit a few, but not a reliable sample size. He is a slasher, which fit Ford's offense much more than it fits Schertz's offense. If Sharma and/or Dunlap are hitting threes regularly and, therefore, also drawing the other teams' good defenders out so that the middle is opened up for Avila, that may put them far ahead of Thames. That is, of course, if they are not terrible defenders.

If Thames is healthy, I also think that Sharma and Dunlap are competing with him for minutes. I have to assume those minutes will go to who is showing the best overall game. Scoring, rebounding, defense, three point percentage, etc. will all come into play.

But, it is definitely pure speculation

If they've already decided to hire him, they may have told him that they will announce at the end of this season, but they want him spending his time familiarizing himself with their operations now.

I wonder how he decided on the picture he used.

SLU 92, can you please organize your thoughts for now on so that you put all of your ranting into one post and no longer have to reply to you own post twice before anyone else comments? That will make it easier for the rest of us in our efforts to avoid reading them.

I don't know if this is even a possibility, but would there be any chance his resignation has anything to do with St. Louis City's open position for head coach?

Pistol, do you know if these four offers came from coaches watching an AAU event and then handing them out? Just seems odd that all four went out at the same time.

She needs to end up being the the basketball HOF. Her act only worked on basketball courts, so she was exclusive to that game. There are generations of fans and players who love her and her act. I've heard many stories about teams coming out from the locker room at halftime to watch her perform. If they let in executives, refs, broadcasters, etc. in the HOF, then they need to let the Panda in.

That's great news. Good luck, TJ!!

The way I read it, if he gets cut before the season starts, they only owe him $25K. If he makes the roster, he gets paid his $2.3M prorated for each game. Once he gets past January 7, he is guaranteed the rest of his $2.3M.

Ontario is about 1:15 away

How many coaches would have wanted to come here when: 1. You are replacing a coach that was fired after taking the team to the Round of 32 two years in a row for the 1st time ever. 2. You are replacing a coach that was just named the National COY 3. You are replacing a coach that was rumored to be Coach Majerus's pick to replace him 4. You are losing most of your top players and have to rebuild Most intelligent coaches would believe that to be a no win situation. Most intelligent coaches would realize that the fans wouldn't hear the stories about how Crews mailed it in. The fans would just be upset with you for not delivering another tournament team. I do not think it our newly opened coaching position would be thought of that highly by candidates at the time.

I fully agree that Crews was terrible here. However, every AD in the country would have hired Crews after he took the team to the Round of 32 and won national coach of the year. It's an unfortunate situation, but there was no way he wasn't going to get hired. Let's say May hires someone else and that guy doesn't make the tournament the following year. May would get lit up for not hiring the national COY.

Is this tournament really in Palm Desert, California? I ask because Palm Desert, California is 2:15 from LA and 2:30 from San Diego. It is 30 minutes from the Palm Springs airport, but that requires at least one layover somewhere else.

If I was the AD and Lindenwood, I'd at least make a call. Doesn't hurt to ask.

I just got a call to my cell phone. I was on a work call and could not take it. Here is what the message said. "Hi, this is Amari from the SLU men's basketball team. I wanted to leave you a quick message to personally thank you for renewing your season tickets for this upcoming season. I also would like to invite you our open practice on Tuesday, June 24 starting at 4:00 p.m. at Chaifetz Arena. Thank again for your your support. I hope to meet you in person at our open practice next week." I'm upset that I was not able take the call. However, I am very happy that someone came up with this idea of having players make these personal calls. The Athletic Department sometimes takes heat for various perceived missteps, but this is a fantastic idea that someone over there should be commended for.

We should always have the goal of dominating the league including the best teams twice. If that still isn't good enough to get us an auto bid, so be it.

I think it is sort of a chicken or egg type of discussion. Do you (1) need to have a better team to attract season ticket holders so that you have more revenue to buy a better team, or (2) charge more so that you can buy a better team to attract more season ticket holders. I have heard rumblings that season ticket sales are expected to be up. This is why we are being asked to commit so early, so that they can put new season ticket holders in seats. I, for one, don't have an issue with them charging more if it means that gives us more money for higher quality players.

You would like it better than Rhinegeist?

The BVF is basically being absorbed into the AD. Whatever it was doing will continue to be done.

Do you have any information that SLU is not doing an "all of the above" approach? That's my issue. Guys are handing out criticism based upon their own speculation.

I think that you guys are being far too negative about this one. Regardless of your feelings about Chris May, the math may just be the math. If we are able to revenue share now, just the receipts from ticket sales should give us a nice chunk to pay our players. Since we don't have to pay football players, this may give us a big advantage over football schools. Even if it is not an advantage, even if it just pulls us even with them, I'd be happy. The tone that Chris May used in the article made be think he is very positive about what this means for our program in the future. Your opinions about Chris May, valid or not, shouldn't have any impact on the idea that this could be a very big positive development for SLU.