billiken_roy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 the real embarrment from the student section last night was second half free throws for richmond. i could have made free throws with that back drop provided by the students. terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbirdfan Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Predictions for Saturdays student attendance? Nonexistant-again, afterall, it's Mardi gras 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Couple of things .... #1) Great job 05. It had to be said. #2) However, this is likely the wrong forum. Send it to the Unews and get a group to copy it and paste it in every dorm and building on campus. #3) Question: a multi-part one at that: how many kids live on campus? How many go to the school now? Any guess as to the number/percenatge local to midtown in term sof being near Chaifetz if not actually on campus itself? Not that this sways the argument one way or the other. I just recall being in school when the overwhelming majority of kids went home at night (commuters) never to return no matter the event. Come in on a weekend? Fahgitdaboutit. The neverending story. Coming on here is like preaching to the choir. Throw out the trolls and I seriously doubt anyone else left would disagree with your message. In the same way though, it also won't make it to the folks that need the religion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Way to go 05, but you're preaching to the choir on this forum. Send this to the SLU newspaper. A sports reporter for the SLU news should get permission to do a front page article criticizing the kids for not going. When I was at SLU a lot of the kids commuted. I understand that's not the case today. The commuters said I'm going home. But supposedly we've got a larger on campus population these days. Cripes, don't any of these kids watch Duke, UNC, KY games and see what a ball it is to raise the roof for your team. Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Taj Mahal, I wasn't plagarizing. You just edged me out. But this is a discouraging situation. Maybe they should have a bikini night on Mardi Gras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 ..... Enough kids live on campus. This isn't about commuting. This is about apathy plain and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBand Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Partly Cloudy skies and a high of 48 predicted for Saturday and Mardi Gras...you'd think folks could go to the parade 1st (thats what I plan on doing) and make it over for a 3 pm game...but we know that won't happen. Lots of fair-weather SLU fans (not just students). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I would have killed to have an on campus arena and not deal with the pain in the ass of getting to the Kiel. I would have also killed to have not sat through the Soderberg years where our best hope was to maybe knock off whatever ranked team was coming in that night. Its a shame that the students don't appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I used to meet a yellow school bus in front of Coronado that would take me to the empty savvis to watch Anthony Drejaj. I would have given my right arm to have an on campus arena and tournament bound team to cheer for while I was still a student. And the tickets are free, wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Why do you think hiring bluecrewprez would make any difference? The students sucked then too. -i asked a question that we will never know the answer to but she had thoughts and passion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Even if it was sent to the UNews last night, the paper was already put to bed for press...goes out at Noon today... But you could send people to each UNews distribution point on campus and insert said letter when the papers get dropped off. Just a thought. Like where your head is at, 05. Whether it's ignorance or apathy, most SLU students choose to not know or care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 -i asked a question that we will never know the answer to but she had thoughts and passionYou've asked this question numerous times. It's useless to dwell on what ifs like that. Nothing personal at all I like her as a person but she was never going to get hired and she didn't do that great of a job when she was president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 You've asked this question numerous times. It's useless to dwell on what ifs like that. Nothing personal at all I like her as a person but she was never going to get hired and she didn't do that great of a job when she was president. -and we have had posts about attendance, esp by students for years as well -i wasn't a student when she was around so don't know what she did from that perspective, but from my recollection she came on here looking for ideas -but you missed my second question of how is the problem solved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Jimbo, the beast that 05 was abusing a few years ago was from UMKC. I found the thread on that one: http://www.billikens...kc&fromsearch=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Partly Cloudy skies and a high of 48 predicted for Saturday and Mardi Gras...you'd think folks could go to the parade 1st (thats what I plan on doing) and make it over for a 3 pm game...but we know that won't happen. Lots of fair-weather SLU fans (not just students). Not sure where people are getting the idea that kids don't show up for the Mardi Gras game. I didn't make last years game, but during my 4 years as an undergrad those were always the rowdiest games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 -and we have had posts about attendance, esp by students for years as well -i wasn't a student when she was around so don't know what she did from that perspective, but from my recollection she came on here looking for ideas -but you missed my second question of how is the problem solved? I don't think it's a problem anyone can "solve". It's going to take time, winning and a change of culture and it's got to start at the top with Biondi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Not sure where people are getting the idea that kids don't show up for the Mardi Gras game. I didn't make last years game, but during my 4 years as an undergrad those were always the rowdiest games. Yeah, those games have always been raucous. Having Dayton as the opponent certainly helped. Fordham doesn't generate that kind of excitement. That's one of the problems with the A10 - most of the schools in the conference don't register on most St. Louisans' radar screens. And that's not a knock on the LaSalles of the world - I'm sure they're fine schools (Bonawelding notwithstanding) - but the casual fan and probably even most students don't give two sh-ts about playing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Not sure where people are getting the idea that kids don't show up for the Mardi Gras game. I didn't make last years game, but during my 4 years as an undergrad those were always the rowdiest games. Those games werent against Fordham. The fact that the majority of them were against UD and X has a lot do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I don't think it's a problem anyone can "solve". It's going to take time, winning and a change of culture and it's got to start at the top with Biondi. -what, and let's have specifics, do you want from FrB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 MONEY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 MONEY! 05, can you consult with SGA about making an appeal for more funding? It's been 8 years since I was on SGA as a rep, so maybe things have changed, but if you go in there and make as passionate of a pitch as you did on here, maybe...just maybe you might see more in the coffers. Just a thought. Biondi has little to do with student group funding. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 05, can you consult with SGA about making an appeal for more funding? It's been 8 years since I was on SGA as a rep, so maybe things have changed, but if you go in there and make as passionate of a pitch as you did on here, maybe...just maybe you might see more in the coffers. Just a thought. Biondi has little to do with student group funding. Keep up the good work. I believe its an athletic department money issue, not a SLUNATICS issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 MONEY! -to do what with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I believe its an athletic department money issue, not a SLUNATICS issue. Ahh, gotcha. My mistake. The AD needs to clean house. Talented people can work with the budget in place. There's not an iota of talent in our existing "marketing dept." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Signs, banners, videos, the works. If it markets the basketball team, I want the AD to be able to afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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