It will come to the point when only fans of the opposing school will attend the games at the RC.
See some are contemplating reducing donations and foregoing season tickets. You may take some solace, perhaps joy, in that UR's conference share of VCU's NCAA Tournament units will make up much of the slack in giving. Nothing like having your arch rival help fund your program, particularly when your own coach can't snag any tournament money.
True. Payable over 6 years I believe unless recently changed. So we are getting a share of multiple units earned by arch rival over several years.
BTW: Good to see you posting more frequently. You often cast events in a light that I had not considered and/or distill the "noise" to a distinct reasoned thought . Find this helpful.Noted...sorry, been a long day.
Must be good enough for Hardt, Queally and Mooney.The $1.5M total is payable over 5 years. So we get $6k a year for every game they play in the NCAA.
Doesn't feel like a particularly satisfying pittance to sit on our couch and watch our rival play.
Prepare for a lot of speculation and not a lot of facts.can someone with more knowledge on the situation than me (that's a low bar) explain why Queally is talked about with distain here?
far as I can tell, he's donated a boat load of money. are people upset that they don't like how he wanted his money spent?
Isn't it obvious?can someone with more knowledge on the situation than me (that's a low bar) explain why Queally is talked about with distain here?
far as I can tell, he's donated a boat load of money. are people upset that they don't like how he wanted his money spent?
Respectfully, none of those are facts. Unless you know something we don't know.PQ is running the athletic department. He hired Hardt, he pays Mooney. Nothing happens unless he wants it to. Ergo, he's clearly satisfied with our current state. That's the problem.
Respectfully, none of those are facts. Unless you know something we don't know.
Btw, I understand the thrust of your point and expect it has a degree of truth, but as an honest response to spiderman's question, it would be very interesting to know how embedded PQ is in athletics administration.
Actually, I'm reasonably certain that Dave Hale hired Hardt.He hired Hardt that was a fact
that doesn't make anything his fault. seems he's done a heck of a lot more good for the school than 99% of us, starting with me.The size of his pocketbook gives him as much influence as he wants to exert. If he wanted Mooney gone, he could absolutely make it happen with the stroke of a pen.
The size of his pocketbook gives him as much influence as he wants to exert. If he wanted Mooney gone, he could absolutely make it happen with the stroke of a pen.
Actually, I'm reasonably certain that Dave Hale hired Hardt.
I'm guessing this is what s-man is getting at. Clearly PQ influenced the decision, maybe he even made the call, but none of us know for a fact, right?
It may be entirely appropriate to focus frustration towards PQ, he minimally has influence to correct the problem I suspect.
Just because he gives a bunch of money doesn't correlate to "a lot more good" if and I say "if", his decision making is a liability. See basketball program. And I'll repeat "if" since there seems to be a lot of speculation as to what he does & doesn't influence.that doesn't make anything his fault. seems he's done a heck of a lot more good for the school than 99% of us, starting with me.
SF, you usually have good insights. If this is indeed true, it shows the absolute dysfunctional culture at UR athletics.My understanding was that Queally would be making the AD hire with Mooney signing off on it. I obviously can't prove that's what happened, but it certainly makes sense.
It's as if - Look folks, I have a university and its athletics department as my little toy to play with as I choose.If Queally wanted Mooney gone, he would be gone. He's not gone. Draw your own conclusions.
That's a million dollar plus question, and I think we all know the million dollar plus answerSo you're saying - give the school enough money and you will give me a big voice in calling the shots? Go figure.......................has something to do with the school's leadership or less charitably with the lack of leadership................or put another way, we can be "bought" for the right amount...............
Do we have a billionaire on the board who’s ready to go force the issue?If you don’t think money talks, you’ve never checked out other programs. For example, have you ever heard of Phil Knight or Kevin Plank and their respective schools?
Iona is going to the NCAA tournament. It figures any negatives from hiring a sleazeball cheater like Pitino are offset by winning games and going to the NCAAs. Given the complete cash grab NCAA sports are, and the lack of meaningful consequences for cheating, I can't blame them.
I seriously never thought I would say this, but I wish we would have hired him last year instead of keeping the underachieving choirboy we have tolerated for the last decade. Every March we'll continue to watch, while others play, in the only tournament that matters unless something changes.
I surrender to you guys. You've won me over. Enough is enough.
I prefer to think I've finally seen the light.Welcome to the dark side.
I think it's supposed to be sarcastic but sarcasm doesn't translate well online. Amirite, 2K?It’s interesting that wanting success is somehow considered the “dark side”.