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Maybe the St. Louis Bradley Beal Eagles Elite Basketball Club of St. Louis. (SLOBBEEBCOS)

I'm guessing that a few complaints were received by people clearly not educated on the situation who think JG's involvement was more than it actually was given the overreaction by the administration, and then, as always happens in our society nowadays, those few complaints got prioritized over logic and sanity. Good job, Pesty. Now the program cannot even promote one of its best players.

I thought the name of the AAU team was officially changed to Bradley Beal Elite. The shirt Yuri is wearing in this video says St. Louis Eagles Basketball Club. Which is it?

This is going to be an oversimplification, but here goes. The $1 billion endowment is invested. It is not sitting in the basement of DuBourg. It is in an account with a private equity firm and a good chunk if it is invested in the stock market. The stock market is up 32% in the last two years (using the S&P, not the Dow). Even if only half of the endowment is invested in stocks, that means SLU has added $160 million dollars to its endowment just because the market is up. Again, I'm spitballing the details, but the concept is sound. If the market drops at some point, all that money goes with it. If the market sits pat for a while, so does that money. The only risk of pulling the money out is if the stock market continues to go up. I think most people who are experts in this area are predicting that the wild upturn of the last two years is not going to continue. Now is the time to invest this money in the University. Take advantage of this extra money sitting in the endowment. SLU's BofT could build a very nice baseball stadium, significantly upgrade Hermann, and build a few academic buildings if it wants, and still end the day with over a billion dollars in the coffers. What is the endowment for if not to improve the facilities when necessary? Come on BofT. Be smart and take advantage of the opportunity the stock market is giving you and use this extra money to do what the endowment is intended to do.

I think you're missing my point. We may agree more than you think. Ruth is one of the all time greats. He dominated his time. But, if you took him in his prime and threw him into today's game, he would not succeed. Back then, he smoked and drank and got fat during his playing days. He used a bat that modern players would consider a cave man club. He was able to do this, because he was much stronger than everyone else and was ahead of his time. If he could be transported back to age 15 and trained like the guys nowadays train, then I'm sure he'd turn himself into a great player. The point people were making is that Tatum is better than McCauley, because McCauley wouldn't be able to play against modern talent. That's an unfair assessment. You can't compare individuals against each other. You need to compare how a player performed in his own era.

Comparing Tatum's athleticism and talent to Easy Ed is a fool's errand. There is no doubt that modern athletes are more talented, better conditioned, and plan games faster and harder than in the past. They're bigger, faster, stronger, more powerful, quicker. Most of them train year round since 8th grade. They don't have part time jobs in the off season. Babe Ruth wouldn't be able to hit today's pitching. Wayne Gretzky would be a skinny kid with talent that wouldn't hold up the speed of the NHL today (watch a video of an NHL game from the 80's if you question this). Dan Dierdorf is in the NFL Hall of Fame and if he played today at his peak condition, he would be the smallest lineman in the league by far. McCauley was one of the best players of his time. Tatum might be that some day, but he's not there yet. He would have to match McCauley's accolades to be considered the best player to come out of St. Louis.

I really like JJ for what he gave Ford as an option. By this I mean that he wasn't a starter, but could come off the bench and really light it up if he was hot. He could carry the team for a stretch with his shooting if he was on. If he wasn't on, then it's no big deal, because he's coming off of the bench anyway. Just send someone else in. I think that coaches always want those types of guys on the bench. If JJ was hot, he was really hot. He was often good for 3-4 threes in a ten minute stretch of the game. Oh well. I hope he's making this decision for the right reasons. I wish him the best of luck.

I didn't even look at the argument you were having above to know what you were posting about. I still haven't looked at it, because I'm not interested. I just wanted to point out that all of your posts are exactly the same. You then responded to my post by denying that this is the case. Except in your response, you followed the exact same formula that you always use and that I predicted. The only difference is that when you got the name calling part, you called me a "coward" instead of an "idiot." If you want, I can draft up a response to this post. We all know what it will look like. You're a one trick pony.

Just summing up for everyone who misses arguing with him.

I don't wish anything bad on Porter either, but I also don't want Loyola becoming the next Creighton or Wichita State. Given their proximity, it could hurt our recruiting. As stated above, it could also make them a viable option for the Big East. I would bet that the Big East wouldn't have a problem with two Chicago teams. In fact, I could see them liking the idea of having two teams develop a conference rivalry in the 3rd biggest market in the country.

I think that a reasonable option for a home and home is Loyola Chicago. They would essentially replace what we have had the past two seasons with Wichita State. They will be top 25 to start the season, which is a huge plus. As far as Loyola Chicago wanting to play us, I have a feeling that they will have the same problem that we have in that no one will want to come to their gym to play them. If no top conference school will go there, they need to look to conferences such as the A-10 for decent competition in their non-conference schedule. SLU or Dayton or both make the most sense since we would be willing to go there and the road game will be close enough for some of Loyola's fans to attend. Also, if Moser is actually planning on staying at Loyola through his new 8 year contract, I'm sure he wouldn't mind building inroads into St. Louis recruiting.

Be careful what you wish for. If that happens, the Loyola jumps over us in line for Big East expansion, if that ever happens.

This may have been discussed multiple times previously over the years, but what qualifies as school for being on a kids "Interest" list? Does that mean the kid has indicated interest in the school? Does it mean that the school has indicated interest in the kid? How does that list come about?

If your way to fix the problems with the NCAA is to allow players to get paid, then I have to disagree. At its core, the problem with the system is the players are supposed to get paid to play professionally and are not supposed to get paid to play in college. If a college player wants to get paid, then leave. Go play in the NBA or in another country if you are good enough. College is for getting an education (by any definition you can look up). Because kids are forced to go to college to have a chance at later getting to the point of getting paid by a professional sports team, we have our current mess. That is it. 100%. It isn't hard to make rules that essentially say that college is for people that want to be there and who are willing to work on the purpose of being in college (education) and the pros are for people who want to get paid. Get the rules in line with that basic concept and all the problems are fixed.

Wasn't Dr. Chaifetz wanting to get into the professional sports team ownership game? I would think his connection to St. Louis may be considered "local" enough.

If you are 6'5", then why are you "Littlebill?"

I love that Ford keeps recruiting guys, at all positions, that love to rebound.

Remember when people on this board really wanted Kevin Stallings. Whatever issues guys have with Chris May, he has to get credit for hiring a coach with this sort of recruiting ability.

Question: Does Ramey's father have a job outside of basketball, or is running the AAU program his means of earning a living?

Also found this interesting - UConn, of the AAC, is ranked #24 in the country. They are 15-9. They've played 22 road games and 2 home games.

Just looked. The AAC has three top twenty five teams. Two of them are in the top eight.

This is another reason why a switch to the AAC might be good for SLU if hope for the Big East appears lost or too distant into the future.

Pearson seems to me to be one of those guys that will take a year or two to figure out how to use to talents and body type to create a niche that will allow him to succeed at the collegiate level. Once he (if he) does that, he will be a star that will be a big part of our success.

My bad. I must have been thinking football. Yes, there are 2 rounds. It needs to be increased to fill up the minor league system I'm proposing. The number of rounds would have to be determined. Maybe 20 is too many, but 2 would definitely be too few.

Ha! I actually almost typed "Not to be a square, but..." I should have just to not leave you the opening.