tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post6562066991080621598..comments2024-03-24T05:21:33.293-04:00Comments on Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: The waiting is the hardest partATL_eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-22557133589904939792017-04-13T22:21:37.130-04:002017-04-13T22:21:37.130-04:00@Knucklehead: Are you calculating money exchange f...@Knucklehead: Are you calculating money exchange from Confederate currency?JBQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344181644293746758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-82151676986561277472017-04-13T14:15:14.714-04:002017-04-13T14:15:14.714-04:00someone should make a big chart for Father Leahy w...someone should make a big chart for Father Leahy with two columns<br /><br />1. EXTRA Revenue from Sports (TV, marketing, tickets etc) for Pet Jesuit Projects with appropriate long-term investments<br /><br />$50,000,000<br /><br />2. EXTRA Revenue from Sports for Pet Jesuit Projects withOUT appropriate long-term investments<br /><br />$0<br /><br />he supposedly dos not like sport, so let's show how Sports impacts non sports and his pet Jesuit projects.....<br /><br />but i am sure someone explained this to him. I recall he has some crooked system of accounting that says all BC major sports lose money (when salaries and costs of foregone tuition etc factored in) . So maybe he thinks he is stopping losses....mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-30729190349988305332017-04-13T12:39:18.674-04:002017-04-13T12:39:18.674-04:00As enticing as this sounds - I want to enjoy BC fo...As enticing as this sounds - I want to enjoy BC football, basketball and hockey. Is it too much to ask that BC get out of its own self righteous ways?<br /><br />Dear Lord they are frustrating. They screw this up and they flat out incompetent. And deserve whatever fate awaits.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181542440127117342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-79315722786709755552017-04-13T12:38:52.210-04:002017-04-13T12:38:52.210-04:00It was broadcasted to the media 6-8 weeks ago. Th...It was broadcasted to the media 6-8 weeks ago. The replacement should have been announced a week later or you don't say anything at all until June. Then you say Brad was not renewed and few days later you announce who the new person will be. You don't leave 3 months of time between the Bates not coming back announcement and the new hire announcement. Then you avoid all the garbage stories.<br /><br />It has not been handled right. <br /><br />That is either ineptitude with PR strategy or the negotiations you thought were set fell through.knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-89500689476367423532017-04-13T12:03:19.997-04:002017-04-13T12:03:19.997-04:00Knuckle I am with you 100% on timing/length of thi...Knuckle I am with you 100% on timing/length of this search. Bates was told early in fall he wasn't coming back. He should have been let go at that time, let John Kane run department for the year and new AD should have been hired during XMas/New Year. Forget dragging this thing out to May. Its beyond ridiculous. <br /><br />That being said that is how they have chosen to do this so we now can only hope/pray that they at least hire the right guy. If they do then new AD will be capable of catching up to speed this summer and ready to evaluate and make necessary coaching & department changes quickly next year.Shabby1011https://www.blogger.com/profile/09542073601477462357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-27613013287952256222017-04-13T11:22:18.673-04:002017-04-13T11:22:18.673-04:00Whoever BC selects as AD should have a clause in t...Whoever BC selects as AD should have a clause in the contract to read, understand and leverage what Monan, Flynn and Campanella did to move BC from commuter school to national stage.<br /><br />I feel that for the last 15 years BC leadership has lost their way. For whatever reasons.<br /><br />Time to remember who brought them to the dance and get on with things. And don't do it half- assed.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181542440127117342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-83321257321138500562017-04-13T11:13:48.464-04:002017-04-13T11:13:48.464-04:00Also the fact that they are waiting until May to a...Also the fact that they are waiting until May to announce the replacement of someone who they broadcasted in February was leaving leads me to believe they are having problems getting someone to fill the job. The McLaughlin chatter makes sense. Your chatter may be a narrative shabby. Like I said it depends on who they end up getting. <br /><br />Mod,<br />I didn't say he hired them. I said "if" he did then he would be good for BC. Reading comprehension again.knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-91518538259630968172017-04-13T11:12:48.461-04:002017-04-13T11:12:48.461-04:00I think Ed would have been a good choice. I am no...I think Ed would have been a good choice. I am not trying to disparage him. My point is if offered regardless of $$ he would have accepted. It is the only Power 5 job he can get.<br /><br />Paquette is not involved, Memphis guy is out and I don't think they will go to Lyons.<br /><br />I have heard other names but don't have strong confirmation on any and don't want to start rumors. We should know within a week and imagine it may be a complete surprise to all of us.<br /><br />Ultimately it is a really important hire, we cannot afford a misstep with this. I do think Parker being involved is a good thing and will help with pool of candidates which clearly lacked last time. Shabby1011https://www.blogger.com/profile/09542073601477462357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-85097828149939764362017-04-13T11:06:07.195-04:002017-04-13T11:06:07.195-04:00325K in Richmond is $600k in Boston. Even if you s...325K in Richmond is $600k in Boston. Even if you say AD jobs are not "overly" impacted by regional dollar value differences they are paying him highly a competitive salary compared to BC. It is not 300k vs. 800k.<br /><br />VCU has a 1.5 billion plus endowment if I recall. They can pay.knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-84329547390712195112017-04-13T10:56:12.599-04:002017-04-13T10:56:12.599-04:00I don't know if he was offered the job. Someo...I don't know if he was offered the job. Someone said he was and the scenario there makes perfect sense. The BC job is in a better conference. It is one of the toughest AD jobs in America though. Place is a fucking disaster in the major sports. Playing games with compensation as they undoubtedly do is ridiculous given the circumstances. <br /><br />If you know who is getting the job say it. If they end up with the AD from Seton Hall or Loyola or the shady character from Memphis then we will all wish McLaughlin was offered the job.<br /><br />At least he has expertise in basketball AND a BC background.knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-47730922625187716892017-04-13T10:52:05.368-04:002017-04-13T10:52:05.368-04:00Listen we all have the right when announced to pra...Listen we all have the right when announced to praise or criticize the selection of the new AD.<br /><br />That being said I will give BC their credit that they have kept this search extremely tight. Nobody knows anything it seems. <br /><br />I will say McGlaughlin has been out for awhile now, he was probably on list but doesn't seem like he made short list. If there is a rumor that he turned it down its because he started it. I am not going to criticize BC/Leahy based on baseless rumors. It is easy to jump on BC and deservedly so, however VCU has no capacity to pay their AD anywhere near what BC can. To start the rumor BC is already lowballing the new AD is baseless and quite frankly I don't believe it.<br /><br />Pay is not a major issue at BC right now with it's coaches. Daz is in the middle of the pack of the ACC in pay. Christian is lower end but his assistants are well compensated. I think BC has started to pay it's coaches market rate. Facilities, Admissions, Budget etc are much larger issues then pay. I don't think pay is going to be an issue to attracting a new AD.Shabby1011https://www.blogger.com/profile/09542073601477462357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-78752190406049988422017-04-13T10:39:37.965-04:002017-04-13T10:39:37.965-04:00Knuckle, after your error on who hired Fuente, it...Knuckle, after your error on who hired Fuente, it has been all down hill. You are still just talking out your arse.<br /><br />Shabby has it right. see above.<br /><br />obviously the wife comment was a joke<br /><br />Newton is the best place in America to raise a family???? is such a stupid mass-hole comment. Mass is among the unfriendliest state in the United states. it much more expensive than any southern state. Winter in Newton blows. MA is also the most progressive - most of America does not like the politics of MA - or the Patriots.mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-24632975689991689482017-04-13T10:34:13.147-04:002017-04-13T10:34:13.147-04:00Knuckle you are way off if you think job was offer...Knuckle you are way off if you think job was offered to McGlaughlin. Just not true.<br /><br />Further Bates pay is low in ACC. In fact in today's dollars it is much lower then what Gene D was paid. Gene was one of highest paid AD's in ACC and country during his time. I would imagine the new AD is going to be in between Gene and Bates, somewhere in 750-800k range. Certainly not lower then Bates. Even if it was, if offered McGlaughlin wasn't offered job. Parker would not have gotten involved if they were going to the lowball in pay.<br /><br />This rumor was planted to help him save face and say VCU 'really wanted him to stay' and made an offer he couldn't refuse. Its simply just not true. Regardless of how anyone feels about BC, Leahy etc BC is so far superior a job to VCU if you are an AD you can't even compare them.Shabby1011https://www.blogger.com/profile/09542073601477462357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-83202664289757803002017-04-13T10:32:03.546-04:002017-04-13T10:32:03.546-04:00"This narrative?" Where does it say Bate..."This narrative?" Where does it say Bates makes $800k? Dip shit posted that he made $695 in '15 and assuming he/she is correct Bates probably made $720 in '16.<br /><br />Take 300k in Richmond and convert it xxx in Boston($525k). Then use your brain and do the math. If Bates made 720 in the last year of his deal then he made 575 in the first year, they give him a 5% raise each year give or take. You see the $50k difference(525 vs. 575)? He wanted that or a little more from BC because the Bates deal was from 5 years ago(time value of $$). BC wouldn't give it to him readily, VCU upped him to 325(again, the equivolent 600k in Beantown) and he stayed.<br /><br />The "narrative" is no that he rejected BC. It is worse. BC wouldn't pay him.<br /><br />The key is a $1.00 in Richmond is $1.75 in Boston.<br /><br />knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-48814458056355628922017-04-13T10:07:56.797-04:002017-04-13T10:07:56.797-04:00Mod,
You obviously cannot see the forest through t...Mod,<br />You obviously cannot see the forest through the trees. That is a figure of speech you have undoubtedly heard before.<br /><br />Also, nobody's wife wants to stay in Richmond when they can live in Newton(area), with a $600k salary. It is about the best place in America to raise a family if you value schools, safety, cleanliness and a free college education to the school your husband went to and cared for(not much anymore probably).<br /><br />They already screwed this up if they lost their #1 candidate(who was an alumnus). Especially screwed it up because the guy decided to stay at VCU. He chose to stay in the outer reaches of Richmond(1 sport school with no media) over going back to Chestnut Hill(3 sport school with a #1 sports media market). The job is too difficult(at BC right now) not to pay someone the salary they want especially if it is reasonable. Another example of institutional arrogance.<br /><br />For a school founded on classical(Greek and Latin)religious based education they should know the word hubris and its implications. They don't seem to have learned it yet though. <br /><br /><br /><br />knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-19068538509299944012017-04-13T09:53:37.481-04:002017-04-13T09:53:37.481-04:00@Frankie: Thanks for the enlightenment. There are ...@Frankie: Thanks for the enlightenment. There are 28 Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Basically, they all have the same philosophy. All of them now have boards of trustees who make decisions. The AD at Gonzaga has been there for 16 years. Why has BC been running its head into the wall and then doing it again because it feels so good? Bizarre numbers continue to crop up. BB is paid 600K and the Dazzler is paid 2.6 mill for 8 years. Per this site, BB arranged a significant loan to Daz which was somewhere in the 500K range. I would say that there could be collusion similar to that accused of the Memphis AD.JBQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344181644293746758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-21072412485410591602017-04-13T09:51:43.622-04:002017-04-13T09:51:43.622-04:00This whole narrative that McGlaughlin got offered ...This whole narrative that McGlaughlin got offered the job and turned down because VCU offered more $$ is laughable. Please use common sense. That is clearly a save face by McGlaughlin camp to put out that lie.<br /><br />Regardless of what you think of BC, Leahy or our Athletic situation at the moment any mid major AD would JUMP at the opportunity to be a Power 5 AD in the ACC. Mod's comments are spot on. VCU pays 300k and BC pays 800k. No chance VCU would top BC's offer, ridiculous to even think that. Ultimately BC did not offer McGlaughlin the job.<br /><br />Based on the timing of this search, he was told fairly early on that he was out of the process and was able to work with VCU to make an announcement of an extension that looks like he wanted to stay at VCU instead of BC. That happens all the time with coaching and AD searches. Coach realizes he is out of mix of a possible job and saves face by getting a hollow extension announced saying he/she is staying and happy to do so. <br /><br />The only Power 5 job McGlaughlin could ever get is BC. He works at a non football school and has worked at small schools such as American and Niagara. That is not getting any Power 5 AD job except for BC because he is a graduate.<br /><br />For this to be out there that he turned down BC because he wants to stay at VCU and they paid him more $$ is just stupid. Use common sense.Shabby1011https://www.blogger.com/profile/09542073601477462357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-52844508091361854462017-04-13T09:26:25.917-04:002017-04-13T09:26:25.917-04:00Hey, Max. Let's just take our social security ...Hey, Max. Let's just take our social security checks down to Florida and play shuffle board together. BC is hopeless.Geezer eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10478348312836625701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-45979319378898722422017-04-13T07:56:44.375-04:002017-04-13T07:56:44.375-04:00While not as experienced as GE I am close.
I feel...While not as experienced as GE I am close.<br /><br />I feel that BC will screw this up. I don't like the lack of transparency around this. I believe that current BC leadership are empty suits with not a bit if common/business/sports sense. <br /><br />I fear that I will be explaining to my son- "seriously when I went to BC we were good. Players drafted; tournament appearances with serious runs to 16or8,etc.<br /><br />BC should seriously consider spending some of their $2 billion endowment and get some chit done. None of us are getting any younger.5Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181542440127117342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-66251816297551041802017-04-13T04:15:07.629-04:002017-04-13T04:15:07.629-04:00Not persuasive Knuckke. Not persuasive Knuckke. mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-40117271971391292782017-04-12T22:55:44.965-04:002017-04-12T22:55:44.965-04:00Mod,
Those numbers prove my point. There is a cost...Mod,<br />Those numbers prove my point. There is a cost of living and salary difference between Richmond and Boston. 275k in Richmond is 480k in boston. <br /><br />VCU offers to bump him to 325k to keep him(565k in boston) and he comes back and asks BC for probably 625-650k . . . BC says no(because they aren't going to pay him what Bates was getting). McLaughlin says screw(as an alumnus it is a gut punch to not get offered at least what his failure predecessor got 5 years ago). Always about money.<br /><br />Take away . . . VCU pays their AD almost as much as BC does. 110k difference between an A-10 one program department and an ACC/Hockey East AD with Power 5 football, basketball, top flight hockey and nationally ranked soccer and sailing? <br /><br />Louisville and Clemson pay 1.2mill and 725k respectively. Check the comps to Boston from Louisville, Ky and Clemson, SC. Fucking ridiculous.<br /><br />That is a big reason why we cannot get someone "good" to play AD. <br /><br />Richmond . . . went to a baseball game there 12 years ago and drove by the stadium 5 years ago for med school graduation . . . stadium was still there and looking good. Haven't been tracking the Braves AAA affiliate.<br /><br /><br /><br />knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805180161124683145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-53671415128849364492017-04-12T21:31:27.706-04:002017-04-12T21:31:27.706-04:00The Board of Trustees is the ultimate decision mak...The Board of Trustees is the ultimate decision maker maker for the school. BC is chartered by the Commonwealth and the Trustees must live up to obligations under that charter from the Commonwealth. They don't answer to any other higher power (on earth). BC is affiliated with the Jesuit Order but is not under their direction or that of the Church. Frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094873079458041697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-77661629136951590242017-04-12T19:18:59.330-04:002017-04-12T19:18:59.330-04:00I'm 65 years old. If the powers-to-be blow thi...I'm 65 years old. If the powers-to-be blow this one ( and subsequent football and b-ball coach hires), I will be in assisted living before BC is athletically relevant again.Geezer eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10478348312836625701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-54984799610015609652017-04-12T18:39:38.042-04:002017-04-12T18:39:38.042-04:00Nine years in Gwinnett for the Braves but whatever...Nine years in Gwinnett for the Braves but whatever. They're 45 mins from the stadium. Kinda cheaper now to demote. Nice facility. <br /><br />Anyway, can we just wait to see what happens before the second crucifixion this week? I've never seen such hand-wringing about speculation. CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783098791522341665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-46354853517590955502017-04-12T18:22:33.163-04:002017-04-12T18:22:33.163-04:00I don't think the AAA Braves have been in Rich...I don't think the AAA Braves have been in Richmond in almost a decade. The left because they couldn't get a new stadium built. Bravesbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132085833230451082noreply@blogger.com