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Post by oldschool on Aug 8, 2007 21:09:42 GMT -5
Bona might have been homogenous for a number of years, but I understand it has considerably more diversity than it has ever had previously. The new agreements with Geo Wash Med School have helped considerably in that area.
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Post by sburizz on Aug 8, 2007 22:21:04 GMT -5
Towniegrad, do you actually like St. Bonaventure or do you just have nothing better to do than bash it?
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Post by Roger Dorn on Aug 8, 2007 22:26:18 GMT -5
Whatever, i grew up in a small catholic homogeneous town and choose my school based on where i came from. It is about being where you are comfortable and where you think you will get the most out of your educational experience. Being homogeneous and small is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Post by sidbona99 on Aug 9, 2007 7:17:03 GMT -5
Since this has spiraled out of control, we need to get back to the basic problem. For years, SBU has chosen not to invest in its athletic program -- from the people to the teams to the facilities. The pool is a crumbling bathtub and the soccer/lax field is a swamp. The university has treated athletics as an indirect ATM. They use it until it's empty without ever making a deposit of substance. They host events around the games, they use it as a marketing and admissions tool, they give hoops tickets away to schools, etc. But, where's the reinvestment? Where's the budget line item for athletic facility renovations? I think I know where it is. It's right next to the budget line for snowplowing and faculty salary increases and all the other necessities that never seem to get funded.
I love my alma mater, but it's days like today where it frustrates the hell out of me. The lax program is up and coming in the region and now they have to find a coach and sell him on playing home games in Limestone (it's Limestone, right?). Ridiculous.
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Post by smellya on Aug 9, 2007 9:50:46 GMT -5
Nice post sid. It is ridiculous and it kills me to have to sit back and watch friends practice and play in such poor facilities. How can you blame the guy for leaving to take another job. Im not really sure why lebonas is bitter, cause you can say what you want about him, but their aren't many coaches that can win and get the job done like he did with as little support and facilities he had. And yes i also heard the "key" player is gone to maryland, but all your "me" players worried about individual stats are coming back for their senior year. So the new coach is in for a long haul having to deal with poor facilities, small roster(around 16,17 I hear), and some headcases as far as players go that would probably rather be at the burton then playing a game. Being an alum its unfortunate to see the possible collapse of what was one of the best athletic teams on campus. I hope that we are able to find a new coach who can straighten things out and bring in some players commited to winning with only having limited resources to work with.
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Post by cyril baptiste on Aug 9, 2007 14:11:08 GMT -5
the facilities issues at sbu are not a new/recent problem..the RC was opened in the mid 1960s -> some 40 years ago. the athletic dept and admin never capitalized on the final 4 appearance during lanier's senior year nor the nit championship in 1976. alums should have been canvassed during that era to kick into the building programs. there should have been a concerted effort to build up the endowment. at $30odd mm, there is not a lot of interest income kicked off nor is there any room for a big, one time type of pay out or hit. i dont recall when sbu was sold the white elephant known as the fitness center behind what was then the "red barn" restaurant. an off campus tub of deferred maintenance. i think this was the mid 1980s..other than that and relocating the tennis courts due to the construction of the richter center..i cant recall any improvements to the athletic physical plant..boser kicked in $$ for a weight room [although, it sounds as if it is undersized already]. off hand, i think the richter center, the boser donation and the new baseball surface are the three improvements in the last twenty years. how about trading the tennis center and the castle property for a big swatch of field turf for soccer [m&w] and lax [m&w]. i dont know who was driving the car when sbu was talked into buying the castle....must have had our charitable mood working when the castle and fitness center were purchased !!
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Post by hamrucker on Aug 9, 2007 14:47:38 GMT -5
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Post by mwibh23 on Aug 9, 2007 16:01:51 GMT -5
Speaking with some former players that played for the coach. They said that he had been lobbying for an upgrade in facilities for a while.
Can't blame him for not wanting to continue to bang his head against the wall.
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