slu72 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 On the KMOX radio site, interviews w/ top players and how much they've enjoyed St Louis fans. What came across is what a great sports town St Louis is. Point is if Travis and the Bills put an exciting and winning team on the floor this year the fans will come. Spoon proved it 25 years ago. Rick started to get them back. Travis can do this as he's got PR skills, all he needs is a kick ass team. Billiken hoops could be the town's hot ticket. Brighton and Matty Light like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, slu72 said: On the KMOX radio site, interviews w/ top players and how much they've enjoyed St Louis fans. What came across is what a great sports town St Louis is. Point is if Travis and the Bills put an exciting and winning team on the floor this year the fans will come. Spoon proved it 25 years ago. Rick started to get them back. Travis can do this as he's got PR skills, all he needs is a kick ass team. Billiken hoops could be the town's hot ticket. Let's get the train rolling in 2018-19! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 They hated the course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusam Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 13 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: They hated the course I don't think that is true. There have been some complaints about the condition of the greens. Soft and slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Travis and Spoon had one common trait that Rick was missing. Both of them were very media friendly which allowed them to reach a large cross section of sports fans. Other than Bernie, Rick's disdain for media came through and did him, and the SLU MBB team, no favors. His failures to show up for shows and interviews made reaching fans more difficult than it should have been at a time when he was making tremendous improvements to the team. A season like we are expecting, coupled with Ford's availability to the media, will go a long way toward getting the team some much deserved ink and tv/radio air time Brighton likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, slusam said: I don't think that is true. There have been some complaints about the condition of the greens. Soft and slow. It's called rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 34 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: Let's get the train rolling in 2018-19! Let's not say "train" ever again...... NextYearBill, almaman, slu72 and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said: Let's not say "train" ever again...... Or situation either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old guy Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Jungle Book's Bagheera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Billiken Rich said: Let's not say "train" ever again...... Well, I thought about saying "MetroLink," but 72 isn't a St. Louisan. And I bet at least some of the PGA pros have ridden MetroLink this past week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, slu72 said: On the KMOX radio site, interviews w/ top players and how much they've enjoyed St Louis fans. What came across is what a great sports town St Louis is. Point is if Travis and the Bills put an exciting and winning team on the floor this year the fans will come. Spoon proved it 25 years ago. Rick started to get them back. Travis can do this as he's got PR skills, all he needs is a kick ass team. Billiken hoops could be the town's hot ticket. Hard to believe since we are only a baseball town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Not really true. Spoon proved there were college BB fans out there. The Blues draw well. The Rams and FB Cards did when they won. Granted the BB Cards own the town but give St Louis fans a winner and cause a stir they will come. With no NFL team right now the Bills have a golden opportunity to draw a lot of attention to themselves. I really believe Travis sees this as a huge opportunity not only for him but the school as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, slu72 said: Not really true. Spoon proved there were college BB fans out there. The Blues draw well. The Rams and FB Cards did when they won. Granted the BB Cards own the town but give St Louis fans a winner and cause a stir they will come. With no NFL team right now the Bills have a golden opportunity to draw a lot of attention to themselves. I really believe Travis sees this as a huge opportunity not only for him but the school as well. I think cheeseman intended to use blue font Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 St Louis is a front running sports town, not a great sports town. People come for a winner. They don’t come just for the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just now, JMM28 said: St Louis is a front running sports town, not a great sports town. People come for a winner. They don’t come just for the sport. The Blues and Bills have done relatively well compared with results, however your statement is basically true of every city in the USA. willie and Box and Won like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 5 hours ago, slusam said: I don't think that is true. There have been some complaints about the condition of the greens. Soft and slow. The PGA basically said they aren’t going back to bellerive. They didn’t like how easy the course played. They wanted the champion to be around -3 not -16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser soze Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Well the PGA setup the course, Bellerive's issues are their green complex’s, they need a complete rebuild to fix the drainage issues. Had they cut and rolled them to near US Open condition, they would have lost them. Plus the rain didn’t help, you can’t control nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: The PGA basically said they aren’t going back to bellerive. They didn’t like how easy the course played. They wanted the champion to be around -3 not -16 When did they say this? Recent champions finished at -8, -14, -20 and -16 so that complaint doesn’t sound right at all. Did you just make it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, kshoe said: When did they say this? Recent champions finished at -8, -14, -20 and -16 so that complaint doesn’t sound right at all. Did you just make it up? That was the rumor around the course Saturday. I don’t make sh!t up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Course looked good. That wasn't a cake walk. We only need one US Open. Fans like to watch birdies they know they can't make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, JMM28 said: St Louis is a front running sports town, not a great sports town. People come for a winner. They don’t come just for the sport. You say this like it's a bad thing.. I'm sure you would've spent thousands of dollars on the Big Red and the post GSOT Rams when they both had one foot out the door, right ? And don't get me started on the late 70's-1985 Billikens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, JMM28 said: St Louis is a front running sports town, not a great sports town. People come for a winner. They don’t come just for the sport. And exactly why the Bills need to be a winner. You have a keen eye for the obvious, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusam Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said: That was the talk around the course Saturday. I don’t make sh!t up. I was there two days and watch a lot on TV. I never heard that said. The PGA is not the US Open. The average winning score the last 10 years is -12. The PGA, or another tournament, will be back in St Louis and it will probably be at Bellerive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 45 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: The PGA basically said they aren’t going back to bellerive. They didn’t like how easy the course played. They wanted the champion to be around -3 not -16 And where did you get this information, form the PGA? By the way the score was in line with similar scores from the US Open and other major championships. Just do the numbers, you have people playing that can and do regularly go under par by -3 to -5 points in a single round and the championship consists of 4 full rounds. Do a simple multiplication and you will see that -3 is a good score for a single round, not for a full championship. And yes Belrive can improve the drainage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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