cheeseman Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Strauss a reporter for the Post has written an piece today indicating that Biondi will be making the announcement today unless of course Biondi has another whim and decides to not do it. Biondi is a man who manages to ****** a PR screw up from the mouth of a celebration. Strauss indicates that apparently Biondi was offering less money to Crews then what Crews wanted and he speculates that some other amenities for the program were also being wrangled over such as number of coaches and other items. Strauss also says that several boosters have now become estranged from the school over this. Biondi simply has to go - he is incapable of running the institution anymore. His need to be the center of all attention is simply not what being president of SLU is about. What a mess he has caused for himself and SLU. How could it be that someone who oversaw the rebirth of the school now finds himself in a position of causing the very demise of the same institution - see the article on the page 2 about how the faculty is even more united against him staying. Biondi has no understanding or interest in ever changing is operating methods. The Board of Trustees can no longer keep their heads in the sand - Biondi has got to be dealt with and the sooner the better. I will continue to be a Billiken Club member but the school has seen the last dollar of other support from me until the Biondi mess is handled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Here is the article. I'm glad to see the media finally putting pressure on SLU/Biondi for this debacle. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/joe-strauss/strauss-is-plodding-slu-finally-set-to-act/article_56846497-daad-5ac9-a6ff-0bcbdd349097.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 As most know, the 79 in my handle is my grad year. I have two buddies I travel with, both from the class of 79 and both then from SLUMS class of 83. The one guy is from NYC and because that town has two football teams, two basketball teams, two baseball teams, etc. --- it is ingrained in him to root for the team doing the best at that time and the one that gives him the best chance to win. It's an endearing character flaw. When discussing the Bills and our history, he has defaulted to this gem ... "The Billikens, they will always break your heart." I'm not going to debate the validity of that statement but it's not the players. It's not the coaches. It's not even the athletic department. It IS Biondi. This fiasco should cement that understanding. Without the commitment and total, unfettered support from the top, no program has a chance to survive. Fund-raising trip to Asia. Holy Week. Dead brother. Whatever. You don't have one hour to devote to getting this done and off your desk? I call bullshat! This man is not committed to athletics and never will. As Strauss posed .. if you can't make the simple decisions quickly ...... if everyone else can fire/hire in less time than you can remove a tag ...... He truly is the enemy within. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Unfortunately, he is here for howver long he wants to be as he hand picked the Board of Trustees who will support him no matter what happens. Maybe the head Jesuit could tell him he needs to retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It's a shame that the feel good attitude of the last two years suddenly feels like the big blue balloon is deflating because of one man's ego. Hate to say it, but it's still hard to be a Billiken fan. I fear this isn't helping our image w/ the Beast schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Unfortunately, he is here for howver long he wants to be as he hand picked the Board of Trustees who will support him no matter what happens. Maybe the head Jesuit could tell him he needs to retire. If he pisses off the wrong boosters the trustees can turn on him, too. He might have appointed them, but once they become a trustee they can do what they please. Gratitude only buys you a longer leash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 From Strauss: A number of major boosters recently became estranged from the university. Anyone know who he's referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Where are our "insiders" telling us how everything is running so smoothly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Maybe they are the estranged ones... This is the latest in Larry Biondi's Series of Unfortunate Events brought on completely by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I think the insiders have left the building. It's now just us message board morons. You know though this could be worse, JC could have told Fr. B to kiss off, I'm outta here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 From Strauss: Anyone know who he's referring to? Yeah, it's me. A couple months ago some poor bastard from the business school called asking for donations while providing a quick life story that I unsuccessfully tried to interrupt about seven times. I told him I wouldn't give the school a cent as long as Biondi is still in charge, despite his protests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'll be interested to see how May/Crews handle questions about why it took so long. Surely Biondi will be at the press conference. Will they throw anyone under the bus? Doubt it. What's the alternative though? You can't say you didn't want to rush it. Makes you look like you don't care enough. You can't say other things were a priority. Makes you look really bad. Crews was only at the Final Four for about 3 or 4 days. The rest of the time he's in the area recruiting. He can tell recruits he's the coach, but it's still a disadvantage that it hasn't been announced. Going to be bad publicity either way I think. Right now it's all about the publicity for SLU if we want to get into the Big East. This is a bad start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Maybe Biondi was waiting to time the announcement with the announcement of the Big East. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRN Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'll be interested to see how May/Crews handle questions about why it took so long. Surely Biondi will be at the press conference. Will they throw anyone under the bus? Doubt it. What's the alternative though? You can't say you didn't want to rush it. Makes you look like you don't care enough. You can't say other things were a priority. Makes you look really bad. Crews was only at the Final Four for about 3 or 4 days. The rest of the time he's in the area recruiting. He can tell recruits he's the coach, but it's still a disadvantage that it hasn't been announced. Going to be bad publicity either way I think. Right now it's all about the publicity for SLU if we want to get into the Big East. This is a bad start. Regarding the Big East, they know Biondi is 75 and set to go to pasture soon. Hopefully, Crews will continue our rise in spite of Biondi and we'll get an invite due to out success, natural fit, an tv market. If the Big East wants us, I sure hope Biondi doesn't drag those talks out like he did here. They'd likely tell him to get bent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 From Strauss: Anyone know who he's referring to? Actually, that's been going on for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I think the insiders have left the building. It's now just us message board morons. You know though this could be worse, JC could have told Fr. B to kiss off, I'm outta here. Unfortunately, I'm afraid you're right. And those who are still here and have info aren't sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Actually, that's been going on for awhile. Are these people who are disillusioned with Biondi's leadership, or do they have other reasons for abandoning support of the university? If we're losing talented faculty AND donors, we've got big problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I am curious where Dr. C is with all this?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Here is the article. I'm glad to see the media finally putting pressure on SLU/Biondi for this debacle. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/joe-strauss/strauss-is-plodding-slu-finally-set-to-act/article_56846497-daad-5ac9-a6ff-0bcbdd349097.html This is exactly why some of us early on recognized that this process was dragging on way too long. What could have been a feel good story about Crews that should have wrapped up just a few days after the NCAA Tournament, instead turns into a story like this... all because of Biondi's bullsh!t. Perhaps Biondi was jealous that Crews was getting so much positive press, so he wanted to take him down a notch and show him who is boss. What a jack off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Where are our "insiders" telling us how everything is running so smoothly... Again: I know lots of insiders and not a single one of them really thinks anything is running smoothly at SLU, let alone this PR debacle. I hope those in other walks of life--and not dealing with SLU realities on a daily basis-- can smell the coffee here and realize why there is so much tension and distrust about leadership at SLU. Based on the very long threads on this topic, it appears some folks are beginning to figure out what's up at SLU, and what's hurting the university. Maybe it's not just a bunch of whiney tenured radicals who took too much acid and listened to too much Hendrix back in the 60s . . . . (not that there's anything wrong with that, as Jerry and George might say). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 could have been a situation where biondi wanted crews to "turn down" the position. thinking that would alleviate the pr disaster of crews not being the next coach after the billikens fine season. "hey we offered him the job and he turned us down." Biondi needs to attend Dale Carnegie classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It is completely telling (and par for the course) that not a single member of our enormous Board of Trustees has stood up and addressed the coaching situation, or the Law School situation, or the votes of no confidence, or basically any of the string of massive embarrassments that have been happening in the past year. They should, to a person, offer their resignations and have the board be completely reconstituted. And pigs should fly, although maybe the Geico commercial offers us just a glimmer of hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Again: I know lots of insiders and not a single one of them really thinks anything is running smoothly at SLU, let alone this PR debacle. I hope those in other walks of life--and not dealing with SLU realities on a daily basis-- can smell the coffee here and realize why there is so much tension and distrust about leadership at SLU. Based on the very long threads on this topic, it appears some folks are beginning to figure out what's up at SLU, and what's hurting the university. Maybe it's not just a bunch of whiney tenured radicals who took too much acid and listened to too much Hendrix back in the 60s . . . . (not that there's anything wrong with that, as Jerry and George might say). Jerry Garcia and George Carlin....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU7881 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I was ok being in the camp of waiting on the announcement until the tournament was over, theorizing better or more publicity would be garnered. Im not ok with: "One can only surmise issues that posed additional obstacles: better pay for assistants, the hiring of a full-time video coordinator, perhaps adding another recruiter/coach." Biondi continue to allow his insatiable ego to get in the way of what's best for SLU. Hiring Tom Keefe as the dean of the law school because Biondi wanted to eff the law school faculty, is one of many examples of his poor leadership. In the meantime the basketball program will not be permitted to reach its potential. Sad but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Good to see Fr B and our new HC getting off to such a good start, eh? I certainly hope JC is content w/ whatever he got, but more importantly Fr B doesn't pull the rug out from underneath him like he did to RM. One would hope that one of his Jebbie peers from the Beast would call him and tell him this is not helping SLU's cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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