willie Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 2 hours ago, AGB91 said: Do you remember the two Rons, Coleman and Ekker? They were far worse. Ekker was actually a pretty good in game coach. He just had terrible players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, willie said: Ekker was actually a pretty good in game coach. He just had terrible players. Wasn't he the cheerleading coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Soderball said: Wasn't he the cheerleading coach? Ended up marrying her. Bunch of kids. Still married last I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 23 minutes ago, willie said: Ended up marrying her. Bunch of kids. Still married last I heard. Surprised it’s not a Hallmark movie drkelsey55 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 43 minutes ago, willie said: Ended up marrying her. Bunch of kids. Still married last I heard. Correct. I know her brother very well. Ekker apparently has been a fantastic husband That said ekker and crews are the two worst. Look at the entire body of work. Not just this shaping up to be a horrible season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Correct. I know her brother very well. Ekker apparently has been a fantastic husband That said ekker and crews are the two worst. Look at the entire body of work. Not just this shaping up to be a horrible season. The heart wants what the heart wants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 26 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Correct. I know her brother very well. Ekker apparently has been a fantastic husband That said ekker and crews are the two worst. Look at the entire body of work. Not just this shaping up to be a horrible season. She was in our SLU class, Roy. Do you remember her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 4 hours ago, AGB91 said: Do you remember the two Rons, Coleman and Ekker? They were far worse. Ron may have been prematurely fired. He pissed off the Billiken Club and some big donors. Otherwise he would have stayed. The program was in shambles. He needed more time to bring in his guys. Ekker was terrible but again he started with nothing. His off the court nonsense doesn't help his cause, neither does the dumping of the mascot for Billy Lou and the Strutters. Crews was gifted a top 10 squad. He was known as a good coach who never got the right opportunity. It was his for the taking. He could have kept the momentum going and went out a huge winner. Instead, he wasted it all, brought in some of the worst recruits in decades and was removed in disgrace. He's the worst. Even Ford is better, for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, willie said: Ended up marrying her. Bunch of kids. Still married last I heard. Be that as it may still totally inappropriate for a coach to be doing. He also lost and had bad teams and nearly dismantled the program. Fire Ron Ekker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: Correct. I know her brother very well. Ekker apparently has been a fantastic husband That said ekker and crews are the two worst. Look at the entire body of work. Not just this shaping up to be a horrible season. Ford is bad too, Roy. I'd rate him with Soderberg at this point. Mediocrity piling up and now an atrocious season. Time to move on. slufan13 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 18 hours ago, thetorch said: Crews was paid a ghastly 890k-950k per year. I thought paying that man a million a year was horrible at the time, but hey we paid for an old Hoosiers retirement. Ford somehow has a worse contract. How many years is there left on Ford’s contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, AnkielBreakers said: How many years is there left on Ford’s contract. Forever, apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, Soderball said: Be that as it may still totally inappropriate for a coach to be doing. He also lost and had bad teams and nearly dismantled the program. Fire Ron Ekker. I still say there’s a good Hallmarkrom-com movie in there somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord Elrond said: Forever, apparently That can’t be right? If it is a lot, then May will be in trouble. That is a bummer for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Just now, Lord Elrond said: Forever, apparently No one seems to really know given that SLU is a private university and therefore do not have to release that information. Apparently his contract was extended but when and for how long is actually unknown or at least not publically disclosed. Conventional wisdom is 2 after this year but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 42 minutes ago, cheeseman said: No one seems to really know given that SLU is a private university and therefore do not have to release that information. Apparently his contract was extended but when and for how long is actually unknown or at least not publically disclosed. Conventional wisdom is 2 after this year but who knows. This would also be my GUESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 hour ago, cheeseman said: No one seems to really know given that SLU is a private university and therefore do not have to release that information. Apparently his contract was extended but when and for how long is actually unknown or at least not publically disclosed. Conventional wisdom is 2 after this year but who knows. If the evergreen rumor happens to be true, it could be as many as four after this year, but most likely three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, NoCoBillsFan said: If the evergreen rumor happens to be true, it could be as many as four after this year, but most likely three. At worst, Chris May HAD to have enacted the out clause after last season. NoCoBillsFan likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: At worst, Chris May HAD to have enacted the out clause after last season. Considering how confidently Chris spoke about him publicly on radio appearances this off-season, I wouldn’t be so sure of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, johnbj14 said: Considering how confidently Chris spoke about him publicly on radio appearances this off-season, I wouldn’t be so sure of that. Public statements and private action can be two different things. I’ve heard from a few people that at least a little bit was trying to give some juice to the team. johnbj14 and NoCoBillsFan like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUMedBilliken15 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Jim Crews was national coach of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCoBillsFan Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: At worst, Chris May HAD to have enacted the out clause after last season. Yep, and if he didn’t… I don’t even want to consider that possibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 2 hours ago, AnkielBreakers said: How many years is there left on Ford’s contract. Depending on sources 2 or 3. I can't quite pin down the last time his contract was greenlit. His contract is "evergreen" meaning after every season he is extended automatically to extend his contract out 4 years. The AD has to notify him if the contract isn't going to be renewed. We hope he wasn't renewed 2 years ago, probably he was. Last year certainly he wasn't. So 2021-22 renewed for a fourth year 2022-23 year 1 2023-24 year 2 2024-25 year 3 2025-26 year 4 So we have at least 2 seasons to buy out. That is unless his contract called for 5 year out extensions, which I've also heard. Which would mean 3 years. IMO after last season, we didn't have enough donor support to buy him out but.....we also had an AD that didn't want to admit that they needed to fire a coach that they just gave an extension to the previous season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, thetorch said: Depending on sources 2 or 3. I can't quite pin down the last time his contract was greenlit. His contract is "evergreen" meaning after every season he is extended automatically to extend his contract out 4 years. The AD has to notify him if the contract isn't going to be renewed. We hope he wasn't renewed 2 years ago, probably he was. Last year certainly he wasn't. So 2021-22 renewed for a fourth year 2022-23 year 1 2023-24 year 2 2024-25 year 3 2025-26 year 4 So we have at least 2 seasons to buy out. That is unless his contract called for 5 year out extensions, which I've also heard. Which would mean 3 years. IMO after last season, we didn't have enough donor support to buy him out but.....we also had an AD that didn't want to admit that they needed to fire a coach that they just gave an extension to the previous season. I appreciate you trying to clarify this but not your fault but it was as clear as mud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, cheeseman said: I appreciate you trying to clarify this but not your fault but it was as clear as mud It was also clearer than any explanation ever given by SLU about it cheeseman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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