SLU Baseball 2024

[willie]

22 minutes ago, almaman said:

those 50 years we had Grawer, kept us D-1, made me 40 year STH, RM enough typed, a coach of the year, TF, & now we have this guy & ur raggin' the program? I'm not in any of u all's infighting but this is nutz

How am I raggin the program? You have lost me with this post. 

[Billiken Rich]

11 hours ago, billikenfan05 said:

Like @Littlebillsaid WPG is either already ADA accessible or absolutely should be. It's not really 1 to 1 situation either, you could easily access the court in a wheelchair. 

I can't believe you're arguing that because it's not legally required that we shouldn't have made it possible for people confined to wheelchairs to easily view Billiken Baseball games. Jesus F'in Christ. 

My Catholic highschool wasn't ada compliant and I used to carry a kid down the stairs everyday.  Just saying, if your average crowd is under 100 for a free event......maybe, well, not highest priority.......

[House]

22 hours ago, willie said:

Not disagreeing with anything you said but the Chair of the BOT was actively involved in the recruitment of Schertz. 

As were at least 2 other board members. 

[TheA_Bomb]

7 hours ago, Billiken Rich said:

My Catholic highschool wasn't ada compliant and I used to carry a kid down the stairs everyday.  Just saying, if your average crowd is under 100 for a free event......maybe, well, not highest priority.......

Saint Billiken Rich the Chaste (not by choice)

[SLUMS81]

The Athletic Director reports to the University President.  The President reports to the Board.

I would think that the AD has discretion on spending up to a certain level.  Do any of us know what that level is, and whether it would be enough to make meaningful upgrades to the baseball program?

If the desired improvements cost more than the threshold, then both the Prez and BOT need to approve.  

The BOT is responsible for the entire University.  It is composed of a wide range of members, many of which may not be particularly interested in athletics in general and baseball in particular.  Athletics makes up a high percentage of the publicity of SLU but a small percentage of the overall budget. It would be difficult for an AD to overcome lukewarm institutional enthusiasm for any individual sport.
 

 

 

[almaman]

12 hours ago, willie said:

How am I raggin the program? You have lost me with this post. 

never u Willie I  was talking about the torch's 40-50 year diatribe. U r 1 of the posters I think actually bring facts & I'd never ***** about u

[slufan13]

The chair of the BOT was the leader of the Ford extension 

[slufan13]

May has succeeded in a lot of areas. He has failed in baseball/softball plain and simple. 

[BillTheCat]

9 hours ago, Billiken Rich said:

My Catholic highschool wasn't ada compliant and I used to carry a kid down the stairs everyday.  Just saying, if your average crowd is under 100 for a free event......maybe, well, not highest priority.......

This is pathetic.

The crowd size is limited to vested interest parties alone because the facilities in question negatively impact any casual baseball fan’s decision on whether or not to attend.

The ‘product’ on the field at least this past year was on par with programs that draw far larger paid attendance.  Those programs do not have fan facilities along the lines of a little league.  

This isn’t hard to figure out.  
 

[Billiken Rich]

8 hours ago, BillTheCat said:

This is pathetic.

The crowd size is limited to vested interest parties alone because the facilities in question negatively impact any casual baseball fan’s decision on whether or not to attend.

The ‘product’ on the field at least this past year was on par with programs that draw far larger paid attendance.  Those programs do not have fan facilities along the lines of a little league.  

This isn’t hard to figure out.  
 

I had no idea how many disabled folks were interested in Billiken Baseball!

Sorry hard to see more baseball fans, much less paying fans, without a ton of changes and years of buildup.  Again it's not a priority for hardly anybody.  Still sucks but.........

[OkieBilliken]

New Billiken in the portal, pitcher Will Bolinger.   He was used sparingly in relief and was usually pretty ineffective.   Still no portal adds.

[slu92]

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[slu92]

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[BillTheCat]

3 hours ago, OkieBilliken said:

New Billiken in the portal, pitcher Will Bolinger.   He was used sparingly in relief and was usually pretty ineffective.   Still no portal adds.

There have been a couple of adds, but nothing announced from the D1 ranks as of yet.

Priorities are pitching and catching.  
Need to replace 270 of innings of pitching, and 99% of the (451 this year) innings of catching.

Plenty of quality in the lower divisions of baseball, but it still needs to be sifted through… just like a lot of the D1 portal with no experience will end up in those lower divisions later.
UConn’s super regional team had 10 former D3 guys on it, and they had numerous quality wins over teams like Oklahoma, Duke, UCLA and others this year.  8 of those 10 former D3 guys were major contributors.

There are guys playing in the College World Series now that used to play at Central Missouri (D2) for example.

[OkieBilliken]

Dayton star freshman outfielder David Mendez enters portal and signs with Vandy.  They now have lost 16 players since losing their head coach.  

[slu92]

North Alabama.

[slu92]

Vianney High School.

[slu92]

Lindenwood.

[slu92]

Chaminade High School.

[slu92]

Maryville University.

[slu92]

SLU hosting A10 Championships.

 

[slu92]

Saint Louis University 2024.

[slu92]

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[slu92]

ALL places above slu beats like a drum and/or recruits from. Can’t make any of it up. Support it or get rid of program all together. It’s embarrassing.

[almaman]

2 hours ago, slu92 said:

SLU hosting A10 Championships.

 

Hahahaha