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Post by jellybean on Jan 29, 2015 15:40:06 GMT -5
Phil is such a hypocrite. Both games against St Joe's would be at the Palestra if he would have agreed to it. Two years in a row he wouldn't give up his game at Hagan. G was willing to move our home game to the Palestra as long as St Joe's would do the same. Don't believe the bullsh*t about the higher-ups making the decision. Instead of two sellouts at the Palestra, we end up with empty seats at 3,400 and 4,000 seat "arenas". All because of Phil. If there were 50 Hawk fans at Gola the other night, that was a lot. 100% correct.
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Post by 23won on Jan 29, 2015 16:16:34 GMT -5
Good point. I forgot about that.
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Post by virginia61 on Jan 29, 2015 17:05:52 GMT -5
If the 2 schools are going to play each other twice annually, the easy solution is to have one game at the Palestra and one at a home site, with the schools alternating which one moves its home game. Playing twice at the Palestra may cause it to lose its luster a bit. And, each year, the first meeting should be the one there, with the second one at a campus. This isn't that hard and I would have to think sharing the aggregate gate between 2 such meetings would be financially beneficial relative to what they are doing this year (and did last year). And, in my opinion, what they are currently doing is a disgrace. Both these programs don't have a lot going for them right now, except history, and failing to use the Palestra ignores that history.
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Post by jellybean on Jan 29, 2015 18:16:04 GMT -5
If the 2 schools are going to play each other twice annually, the easy solution is to have one game at the Palestra and one at a home site, with the schools alternating which one moves its home game. Playing twice at the Palestra may cause it to lose its luster a bit. And, each year, the first meeting should be the one there, with the second one at a campus. This isn't that hard and I would have to think sharing the aggregate gate between 2 such meetings would be financially beneficial relative to what they are doing this year (and did last year). And, in my opinion, what they are currently doing is a disgrace. Both these programs don't have a lot going for them right now, except history, and failing to use the Palestra ignores that history. That was proposed too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 18:58:30 GMT -5
If the 2 schools are going to play each other twice annually, the easy solution is to have one game at the Palestra and one at a home site, with the schools alternating which one moves its home game. Playing twice at the Palestra may cause it to lose its luster a bit. And, each year, the first meeting should be the one there, with the second one at a campus. This isn't that hard and I would have to think sharing the aggregate gate between 2 such meetings would be financially beneficial relative to what they are doing this year (and did last year). And, in my opinion, what they are currently doing is a disgrace. Both these programs don't have a lot going for them right now, except history, and failing to use the Palestra ignores that history. That was proposed too. Right you are, JB. And "Mr Big 5 Tradition" put the kabosh on that too. Amazing how the media has never called him out on this, especially since he was the one on his soapbox preaching this for years.....until his job security took a nosedive. I agree with Virginia on this. If they continue to play twice, one game at the Palestra and the other at Gola or Hagan on alternating years. Everybody wins.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jan 29, 2015 19:08:54 GMT -5
If the 2 schools are going to play each other twice annually, the easy solution is to have one game at the Palestra and one at a home site, with the schools alternating which one moves its home game. Playing twice at the Palestra may cause it to lose its luster a bit. And, each year, the first meeting should be the one there, with the second one at a campus. This isn't that hard and I would have to think sharing the aggregate gate between 2 such meetings would be financially beneficial relative to what they are doing this year (and did last year). And, in my opinion, what they are currently doing is a disgrace. Both these programs don't have a lot going for them right now, except history, and failing to use the Palestra ignores that history. Who would host? Split the revenues? Split the tickets? Split the Palestra rental cost? I'd think that for La Salle to pay the rental cost, even with the bump in tickets they are probably taking a hit. Same with St. Joe's. You probably have to sell a lot of tickets to break even. If you say "We're playing two games a year. One will be at a home site and then we will split revenues, costs, and tickets down the middle," then I think that the whole plan would work. But you better lock it up for 10 years, because the first time one of these teams is really good, they are going to want to sell all the tickets and reap the benefits. Giannini has actually been the biggest proponent of all this and it seems that this is his actual feelings. I think Wright gets pressure from AD, Dunphy pressure from AD (and they have 10,000 seats to sell), Phil wants the advantage at Hagan (and I'd argue they get the best advantage there of all on-campus arenas) and Penn is, well, they are there already. I don't think you're getting Nova and Temple back, but Don DiJulia and Dr. Tom Brennan should market the hell out of this matchup. St. Joe's should forget the Holy War, because they'll probably never get back to Jameer days. It is a better matchup of similar teams from the same conference.
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Post by SICguy84 on Jan 29, 2015 20:26:39 GMT -5
I don't think you're getting Nova and Temple back, but Don DiJulia and Dr. Tom Brennan should market the hell out of this matchup. St. Joe's should forget the Holy War, because they'll probably never get back to Jameer days. It is a better matchup of similar teams from the same conference. Per SJU (of Pa) Wikipedia page. Yes, I know Wikipedia is not a legitimate source etc., but this sums it up pretty good as it was written probably by Cabrey himself. "Historical rivals of SJU are the La Salle University Explorers. For decades, though, the main rival has been the Villanova University Wildcats." The rivalry should be hyped up, it's really the smart thing to do on so many fronts. But City Avenue will never voluntarily do it. The solution is that we keep beating them consistently; in league play and when/if we meet in A10 tournament.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jan 29, 2015 21:36:05 GMT -5
I don't think you're getting Nova and Temple back, but Don DiJulia and Dr. Tom Brennan should market the hell out of this matchup. St. Joe's should forget the Holy War, because they'll probably never get back to Jameer days. It is a better matchup of similar teams from the same conference. when/if we meet in A10 tournament. Now theres a wild concept.
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Post by baskets123 on Feb 28, 2015 19:20:09 GMT -5
Big game Wednesday we should win. The hawk will dieeeeeeee!
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