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BTW, I don't remember it being discussed on here that the ladies are going to a Hawaii tournament next. Getting some big time games.

I say we put up the "State of Missouri Women's Basketball Champions 2023-2024" banner now rather than wait until the beginning of next season. Beat S&T, Mi$$ouri, and Missouri State.

That's part of the problem. Many folks have unreasonable expectations about what coaches would come here, and think that just because they say that we're having high expectations this means a big name coach will be willing sign with us.

Rich Grawer. Not disagreeing with your point, but Grawer coached us through some good years with Bonner, Douglass, Gray, etc.

What are the odds that someone connected to SLU made this happen with the caveat that he scout for us?

Sorry, but all of us have to work hard. That's what having a job is, or should be. I wouldn't normally criticize anyone's work ethic, but this department consistently makes mistakes, small and big. When you see that, you call an apple an apple. If it were one or two small mistakes every six months, that's one thing, but this is not what is happening. It's a pattern. So, yes, I will stand by my statement that some folks in the Athletic Department don't seem to care enough about doing their jobs well.

I also looked that up the other day. I hope him and his family realizes that he would possibly be our starting big man if he had kept his commitment to us.

I know the mistake is funny, it definitely is, but this is another indication of why there probably needs to be a house cleaning done in the Athletic Dept. Far too many people in that department that don't care enough to make sure they do their job correctly.

I have an idea of a team that can take their spot

I agree with a lot of what you said, but I think your being a little bit hard on CMay. Any employer can tell you that dealing with an employee who screws up is very hard. This is especially true when you have to fire that employee for the screw up and when your business is in the public eye. If you want to criticize May for hiring that person in the first place or for not micro managing that employee to make sure she did her job, I can see that. However, I think it is much harder to criticize a manager for not wanting to continue to dredge up that person's mistake in public forums. I'm not saying that how he is handling it is wrong or right, just saying that it's tough to discuss the details of something that resulted in an employee's termination.

I want to see a stat soon where Hargrove is leading the nation in scoring average.

Let’s not get too excited. I think UMSL would give this USI team a good game. They are not good.

Hargrove double double before halftime.

Also, neither the money for the BFV or the money paid to an athlete through the Billiken NIL Exchange can be handled by University. People keep commenting as to why doesn't SLU do this or why don't they do that. These entities are separate. The Exchange is, I believe, something administered by the University to help facilitate proper contact between the student athletes and the booster wanting to pay them, wait, I meant to say, "utilize their services," but the University cannot be involved in any way in determining what happens with that money other than to make sure the few rules that exist are followed.

Money donated to a university that is used to pay a coach - TAX DEDUCTIBLE Money donated to a NIL fund like the BFV - NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE Money paid directly to a player for services through something like the Billiken Exchange - NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE, but may be able to be written off as a business expense Some are still having trouble with the difference between the BFV and Billiken NIL Exchange. The BFV, which every school has a version of, is just collecting money to be used for pay for play. The Billiken NIL Exchange is where an individual or a business can contact players directly and use that player to promote their business or perform a service. The Exchange deal can be legit, or fake, such as show up to my car dealership for 15 minutes to sign autographs and walk away with a $20,000 check. Either way, though, it should be considered a marketing expense to the business.

Can't go any more wrong than college sports are already going wrong as it is. I welcome any change to the present way its being done.

Attendance being disappointing or underwhelming is very different from Chaifetz feeling like a morgue during a game. I have not been to one game in the building where I thought the atmosphere was bad. Low attendance at times, Yes. Bad atmosphere, No.

I have been going to games at Chaifetz since it opened. I can honestly tell you that I have never been to a game at Chaifetz where the atmosphere felt like a morgue. I am talking, like you were, figuratively not literally. I have been to Billiken games in other markets that have felt like a morgue. Duquesne was the best example of that where the few fans that did show up just sat on their hands the whole game. SLU has a rather loyal and passionate fan base that seems to always show up. Whether our attendance numbers are better or are worse any given season depends on the excitement level surrounding the program that season and whether it brings out the more casual fans.

From the article and good to hear: Goodwin hit all six attempts of his free throw attempts

How hard can this be. Let's say they've got three employees working on this. If it takes them half a day to review one of these, that means that six get reviewed in a day. This is 30 in a week. Can it really take longer than that. Just pick up the file and read it. Make a decision, have it reviewed by a supervisor, and issue a decision.

He is. His name is Larry Hughes, Jr.

Just checked again, and the +7 hasn't been changed.

Jordan ended up tied for the team lead in +/- with a +7. Pretty good for 14 minutes of play.

Several comments on this thread were that out three point defense was not good. It's a pick your poison situation. Look bad guarding a big on the other team with 6'4" Hargrove alone, or look bad at defending the three when you double that guy. This won't be as much of a problem when our bigs get to be on the floor.

I don't disagree with what you are saying, but the root of this situation will never be made available to the public. All we do know is that someone had a job to do, their only job, if the title of that person's position is correct, and that person did not do their job.