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Post by jkdem85 on Dec 15, 2012 15:48:07 GMT -5
Someone posted this on the a10 board. Very scary hope its not true but the daily news is actually pretty accurate for ny sports m.nydailynews.com/1.1219614 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2012 16:05:33 GMT -5
calm down. It would be too scary if they didn't invite us, because that would mean we weren't worthy of consideration.
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 15, 2012 16:16:48 GMT -5
Yeah, as long as we don't accept, there's no harm in them inviting. It's also worth noting that Dick Weiss is the main college sports reporter for the NYDN, and this article is not by him.
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Post by stlexplorer on Dec 15, 2012 16:41:09 GMT -5
Hopefully a fall back plan at worst
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Post by rcoz on Dec 16, 2012 16:26:51 GMT -5
i dont think we will leave the a10 for a lower conference
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Post by Shout out to my Cousin Bern on Dec 17, 2012 10:06:08 GMT -5
Agreed with rcoz. The decision to move conferences is more than just 1 sport for a school like La Salle. Our other programs have shown to be very competitive in the A10 (Track, M+W Soccer, Swimming) and I would expect backlash from those teams for a move to what should be considered a lesser conference.
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 17, 2012 10:14:15 GMT -5
Swimming, Track, and even Soccer don't make any money, so I do believe the decision will (or at least should) some down to what's ultimately best for the basketball team. If we were national powerhouses in these other sports, that might be something, but just being in the upper part of the A-10 isn't going to mean much in the grand scheme of things.
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Post by ltrain38 on Dec 17, 2012 10:20:14 GMT -5
Do we make money with basketball now?
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Post by talkinbball on Dec 17, 2012 10:21:37 GMT -5
I think the simple fact that we are mentioned in this article illustrates how bad our situation is. Are there other articles anyone has seen that has other current A10 members being mentioned as moving to lower level conferences? I assume the only sure thing in all of this is that we are not in any way being proactive to protect our interests.
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Post by luhoopsfan on Dec 17, 2012 10:23:43 GMT -5
I saw an article in the NYT mentionaing us as a condidate for the Catholic 7 so really neither scenario holds a lot of water for me.
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Post by scarletexplorer on Dec 17, 2012 11:13:21 GMT -5
Easy solution: Get a D-1 football program and join the ACC. Done.  |
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Post by MisterD on Dec 17, 2012 11:34:06 GMT -5
What happens in 2 or 5 or 10 years when most schools can't afford the liability insurance that's going to get attached to football?
(Serious question.)
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Post by Shout out to my Cousin Bern on Dec 17, 2012 13:39:19 GMT -5
Swimming, Track, and even Soccer don't make any money, so I do believe the decision will (or at least should) some down to what's ultimately best for the basketball team. If we were national powerhouses in these other sports, that might be something, but just being in the upper part of the A-10 isn't going to mean much in the grand scheme of things. You're making the assumption that the decision makers do what's best for $$. We already know this to not be true so I don't think you are giving the other programs enough merit. |
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Post by MisterD on Dec 17, 2012 15:36:03 GMT -5
I bet they totally have a meeting set for after the holidays to discuss what preemptive planning should be done.
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Post by SICguy84 on Dec 17, 2012 15:56:15 GMT -5
I bet they totally have a meeting set for after the holidays to discuss what preemptive planning should be done. Maybe ADA Kevin B. will log back in and give us an idea if the university is being proactive? |
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 17, 2012 16:05:18 GMT -5
I don't think Kevin has anything to do with this. At this point it is Brother Mike and Tom Brennan. The A-10 is meeting on Thursday.
It is becoming obvious that the end result will be a watered down A-10 which is still better than the MAAC. Question seems to be who will A-10 reach out to add more teams?
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Post by stlexplorer on Dec 17, 2012 16:24:11 GMT -5
I don't think Kevin has anything to do with this. At this point it is Brother Mike and Tom Brennan. The A-10 is meeting on Thursday. It is becoming obvious that the end result will be a watered down A-10 which is still better than the MAAC. Question seems to be who will A-10 reach out to add more teams? That's a really scary thought |
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Post by MisterD on Dec 17, 2012 16:29:45 GMT -5
If its really just X and Butler, we basically swapped VCU for X. Not perfect, but hardly "watered down", right?
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 17, 2012 16:34:42 GMT -5
If its really just X and Butler, we basically swapped VCU for X. Not perfect, but hardly "watered down", right? Looks like SLU is also going and most likely UMASS at some point.Losing Temple X, and Butler is what I call watered down. The league now is a beast but potentially losing all these program I would say it will be watered down but still palatable. |
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Post by SICguy84 on Dec 17, 2012 16:40:57 GMT -5
Thoughts on extending an invitation to Drexel in the foreseeable future? La Salle/SJU (PA) would be OK with adding another Philly school?
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 17, 2012 16:47:22 GMT -5
Thoughts on extending an invitation to Drexel in the foreseeable future? La Salle/SJU (PA) would be OK with adding another Philly school? No for me. If I were A-10 Commissioner for the day ad now sit at10 teams: Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, GW, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, St. Joe's, and VCU............I would go to 12 teams and divisions and play each school in your division twice and the other division once. I would add two teams from George Mason, Davidson, and Siena and hope I could grab two of those teams. Not sure if Mason or Davidson have any interest but I would start there. |
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Post by luhoopsfan on Dec 17, 2012 21:49:29 GMT -5
Manhattan and Siena?
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Post by coqui900 on Dec 17, 2012 22:47:35 GMT -5
Didn't Davidson just turn down a chance to jump to the CAA? If they turned down the CAA they're not going to join the A-10. Charlotte went from a really good program into a very eh program over the course of its tenure in the A-10 and it was largely because of geography. Although I would love to have Davidson.
The MAAC just added a few teams from the Northeast Conference. I think this may have been done in order to mitigate the impending loss of a few schools to other conferences.
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 17, 2012 22:57:44 GMT -5
Good point re: Charlotte. I remember when them and SLU came in, Charlotte was supposed to be the bigger deal, and was actually the better team the first couple of years they were in the league.
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Post by rcoz on Dec 18, 2012 9:37:35 GMT -5
I am interested to see what happens sounds like butler is on its way out
so we will see i am hoping not too many leave.
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Post by vasalos on Dec 18, 2012 12:48:19 GMT -5
With Xavier and Butler seemingly out of the A10, I would love to see Old Dominion and George Mason come into the league.
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 18, 2012 12:55:41 GMT -5
With Xavier and Butler seemingly out of the A10, I would love to see Old Dominion and George Mason come into the league. Old Dominion is committed to C-USA. |
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Post by vasalos on Dec 18, 2012 14:03:07 GMT -5
With Xavier and Butler seemingly out of the A10, I would love to see Old Dominion and George Mason come into the league. Old Dominion is committed to C-USA. Too bad. ODU has been a good darkhorse program recently. |
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Post by thehawkisdead on Dec 19, 2012 16:22:20 GMT -5
We ought to make a preemptive strike and bolt for the Horizon league.
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Post by las71 on Dec 19, 2012 17:44:47 GMT -5
I think an interesting question is did we ever really leave the MAAC. We seem to be a MAAC level program playing in the A10. We have had little success since leaving the MAAC and if we have made a larger financial commitment, it isn't obvious. The reason the Iona game scares us and we lose to CCSU and Bucknell is that we are still playing at the MAAC level. We should either accept the invite to return to the MAAC or begin to operate like an A10 level program.
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