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Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I had two big tailgates (Thursday night game and the AFC CG), no problem getting to and from Gillette, in fact it's easier than trying to get to a BC hoop game on a Saturday afternoon. Awesome atsmosphere and the stadium is packed at kickoff because the team is worth watching unlike BC. The tickets are expensive but the parking is cheap, another reason why people make kickoff. At BC the parking is expensive, but the tickets are cheap, maybe that's why people are still tailgating at kickoff (lol)!

Alumni with a first class renovation including new luxury boxes, club seats, larger video replay boards, beer sales, etc would attract a lot more fans. Bring a good portion of the tailgating inside (club seats) and the stadium will fill up, even at kickoff. Basically, give fans a reason to enjoy the stadium 3 hours before kickoff.

This is all fantasy land shit. The only reason traffic wouldn't look like this for BC games is that no one would be there. Traffic wasn't good for the UMass game and it was empty. Traffic sucks ass when they close the upper bowl for soccer. It's a shitty place to drive to a game period.

The traffic is horrible getting to Gillette from anywhere.

except for those travelling from a gumdrop house on lollipop lane; where the corners are filled in, the stadium beer flows like wine and people show up to stuff without asking any questions just because there are shiny things there

Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:Let's see this boards logic, the Pats sell out every game, they have cheap parking, plenty of tailgating and a great stadium. BC did not sell out a single game, has expensive parking and extremely expensive and difficult tailgating rules and a mediocre stadium , but BC is preferred destination over Gillette????

OMG ladies if you have to sit in traffic to get to a big football game! Ladies step up from your Ivy League safe zone and experience major college football. Do Real fans use traffic as an excuse not to go to a big game? Of course if you learn your way around Gillette you can avoid a lot of traffic.

Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:Let's see this boards logic, the Pats sell out every game, they have cheap parking, plenty of tailgating and a great stadium. BC did not sell out a single game, has expensive parking and extremely expensive and difficult tailgating rules and a mediocre stadium , but BC is preferred destination over Gillette????

OMG ladies if you have to sit in traffic to get to a big football game! Ladies step up from your Ivy League safe zone and experience major college football. Do Real fans use traffic as an excuse not to go to a big game? Of course if you learn your way around Gillette you can avoid a lot of traffic.

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Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:Let's see this boards logic, the Pats sell out every game, they have cheap parking, plenty of tailgating and a great stadium. BC did not sell out a single game, has expensive parking and extremely expensive and difficult tailgating rules and a mediocre stadium , but BC is preferred destination over Gillette????

OMG ladies if you have to sit in traffic to get to a big football game! Ladies step up from your Ivy League safe zone and experience major college football. Do Real fans use traffic as an excuse not to go to a big game? Of course if you learn your way around Gillette you can avoid a lot of traffic.

Yes. Getting to BC is probably easier than getting to Gillette for anybody that doesn't live outside 95 and I value my time at a decent hourly rate, so I would argue BC still comes ahead.

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:I'd go to the game (again) if BC played @ Arizona, @ UCLA, @ USC, or @ ASU. I don't care about how bad the traffic, tailgating, or parking is.

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:I'd go to the game (again) if BC played @ Arizona, @ UCLA, @ USC, or @ ASU. I don't care about how bad the traffic, tailgating, or parking is.

How was that clam bake by the way

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:I'd go to the game (again) if BC played @ Arizona, @ UCLA, @ USC, or @ ASU. I don't care about how bad the traffic, tailgating, or parking is.

How was that clam bake by the way

HJS {l Wrote}:Finally... not really for the AD thread, but after catching the pieces of 5 or so games today... I can honestly say that the quality of BB being played is fucking terrible. Watched almost all of the Florida-Vandy game (Vandy is a bubble team and Florida is ranked 12). The product is simply really bad. Super-close-back-and-forth-down-to-the-wire game with post-season implications... and it was pretty effing boring. Lots of terrible decisions... blown lay-ups... crap D... missed foul shots. No wonder top draft picks in the NBA Draft are viewed more as an albatross than an asset. BB is at a crisis. NBA has been terrible for some time... and there doesn't seem to be any new talent on the horizon. The current 1-year indentured servitude isn't helping the NBA or the kids and it is affirmatively hurting college hoops. In some ways, a school like BC could thrive in such an atmosphere (by playing smart, disciplined BB and by recruiting kids kids who are just off the Elite's radar... but can be developed).

HJS {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Finally... not really for the AD thread, but after catching the pieces of 5 or so games today... I can honestly say that the quality of BB being played is fucking terrible. Watched almost all of the Florida-Vandy game (Vandy is a bubble team and Florida is ranked 12). The product is simply really bad. Super-close-back-and-forth-down-to-the-wire game with post-season implications... and it was pretty effing boring. Lots of terrible decisions... blown lay-ups... crap D... missed foul shots. No wonder top draft picks in the NBA Draft are viewed more as an albatross than an asset. BB is at a crisis. NBA has been terrible for some time... and there doesn't seem to be any new talent on the horizon. The current 1-year indentured servitude isn't helping the NBA or the kids and it is affirmatively hurting college hoops. In some ways, a school like BC could thrive in such an atmosphere (by playing smart, disciplined BB and by recruiting kids kids who are just off the Elite's radar... but can be developed).

Perhaps no greater example of this was last night's Final Four game. 8 seconds left... UNC up 1. Heels miss 4 straight free throws but hold onto win because Oregon fails to box-out... TWICE.

Just atrocious basketball being played from the NBA down.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Finally... not really for the AD thread, but after catching the pieces of 5 or so games today... I can honestly say that the quality of BB being played is fucking terrible. Watched almost all of the Florida-Vandy game (Vandy is a bubble team and Florida is ranked 12). The product is simply really bad. Super-close-back-and-forth-down-to-the-wire game with post-season implications... and it was pretty effing boring. Lots of terrible decisions... blown lay-ups... crap D... missed foul shots. No wonder top draft picks in the NBA Draft are viewed more as an albatross than an asset. BB is at a crisis. NBA has been terrible for some time... and there doesn't seem to be any new talent on the horizon. The current 1-year indentured servitude isn't helping the NBA or the kids and it is affirmatively hurting college hoops. In some ways, a school like BC could thrive in such an atmosphere (by playing smart, disciplined BB and by recruiting kids kids who are just off the Elite's radar... but can be developed).

Perhaps no greater example of this was last night's Final Four game. 8 seconds left... UNC up 1. Heels miss 4 straight free throws but hold onto win because Oregon fails to box-out... TWICE.

Just atrocious basketball being played from the NBA down.

I agree pretty much across the board, the quality of the product at both levels is all time bad. The NBA has devolved into pick and roll isolation with the other three guys camped out on the 3-point line waiting to chuck.

Though the Celtics are playing fun basketball - defense, hustle, depth, team play, ball movement etc. But even they rely on pick and roll isolation when the game is on the line, and they shoot as many threes as most of the rest.

HJS {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:Finally... not really for the AD thread, but after catching the pieces of 5 or so games today... I can honestly say that the quality of BB being played is fucking terrible. Watched almost all of the Florida-Vandy game (Vandy is a bubble team and Florida is ranked 12). The product is simply really bad. Super-close-back-and-forth-down-to-the-wire game with post-season implications... and it was pretty effing boring. Lots of terrible decisions... blown lay-ups... crap D... missed foul shots. No wonder top draft picks in the NBA Draft are viewed more as an albatross than an asset. BB is at a crisis. NBA has been terrible for some time... and there doesn't seem to be any new talent on the horizon. The current 1-year indentured servitude isn't helping the NBA or the kids and it is affirmatively hurting college hoops. In some ways, a school like BC could thrive in such an atmosphere (by playing smart, disciplined BB and by recruiting kids kids who are just off the Elite's radar... but can be developed).

Perhaps no greater example of this was last night's Final Four game. 8 seconds left... UNC up 1. Heels miss 4 straight free throws but hold onto win because Oregon fails to box-out... TWICE.

Just atrocious basketball being played from the NBA down.

I agree pretty much across the board, the quality of the product at both levels is all time bad. The NBA has devolved into pick and roll isolation with the other three guys camped out on the 3-point line waiting to chuck.

Though the Celtics are playing fun basketball - defense, hustle, depth, team play, ball movement etc. But even they rely on pick and roll isolation when the game is on the line, and they shoot as many threes as most of the rest.

The easiest cure at this point is to get rid of the 3-pointer. Or... make shots from the paint worth 3. When I watch the NBA, they play with the same speed (and with less passion) as an over-40 rec league. They walk up the court... spin around the perimeter until some jacks-up a shot. The defense lags back and waits for an uncontested rebound. Occasionally, someone basket-hangs and you get to see a layup. NBA has slowly been killing basketball since they effed with the rules to maximize Jordan. Now... it's completely killed off. While he seems like a good guy and is marvel to watch in pregame warm-ups... the fact that Stephen Curry is a superstar is evidence of the NBA's rotting corpse.

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:In case anyone still has interest in this topic, I hear that they expect to have someone hired in the next two weeks. Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists. The guy who told me this says he has not heard any names that he recognizes, so I took that to mean none of the people mentioned in the press are options.

He said the names will probably leak out after Easter.

HJS {l Wrote}:

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:In case anyone still has interest in this topic, I hear that they expect to have someone hired in the next two weeks. Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists. The guy who told me this says he has not heard any names that he recognizes, so I took that to mean none of the people mentioned in the press are options.

He said the names will probably leak out after Easter.

April announcement is consistent with what I heard (and posted). However, again, there is no effing committee. This is a Leahy and two others with whom he consults. That's it. The only deadlines are those Bill is giving himself. Similarly, the only recommendation he is receiving is his own. I don't expect leaks because Bill ain't talking to the press. The only time we will get an accurate leak is when the BOT is informed of the choice (less than 24-hours from the time she is hired).

One caveat... if the choice is employed in a prominent position elsewhere, it is possible that the name could reach the media from that side. However, (a) that is nothing BC can control and (b) I don't think the hire will be significantly prominent such that their potential leaving would be newsworthy.

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:In case anyone still has interest in this topic, I hear that they expect to have someone hired in the next two weeks. Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists. The guy who told me this says he has not heard any names that he recognizes, so I took that to mean none of the people mentioned in the press are options.

He said the names will probably leak out after Easter.

April announcement is consistent with what I heard (and posted). However, again, there is no effing committee. This is a Leahy and two others with whom he consults. That's it. The only deadlines are those Bill is giving himself. Similarly, the only recommendation he is receiving is his own. I don't expect leaks because Bill ain't talking to the press. The only time we will get an accurate leak is when the BOT is informed of the choice (less than 24-hours from the time she is hired).

One caveat... if the choice is employed in a prominent position elsewhere, it is possible that the name could reach the media from that side. However, (a) that is nothing BC can control and (b) I don't think the hire will be significantly prominent such that their potential leaving would be newsworthy.

This is a classic HJS post - content and caveats.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:In case anyone still has interest in this topic, I hear that they expect to have someone hired in the next two weeks. Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists. The guy who told me this says he has not heard any names that he recognizes, so I took that to mean none of the people mentioned in the press are options.

He said the names will probably leak out after Easter.

April announcement is consistent with what I heard (and posted). However, again, there is no effing committee. This is a Leahy and two others with whom he consults. That's it. The only deadlines are those Bill is giving himself. Similarly, the only recommendation he is receiving is his own. I don't expect leaks because Bill ain't talking to the press. The only time we will get an accurate leak is when the BOT is informed of the choice (less than 24-hours from the time she is hired).

One caveat... if the choice is employed in a prominent position elsewhere, it is possible that the name could reach the media from that side. However, (a) that is nothing BC can control and (b) I don't think the hire will be significantly prominent such that their potential leaving would be newsworthy.

This is a classic HJS post - content and caveats.

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:People need to stop posting these bullshit deadlines if they're never going to come back and own up to it when they're wrong, which is all the time.

HJS {l Wrote}:

CowboyEagle22 {l Wrote}:In case anyone still has interest in this topic, I hear that they expect to have someone hired in the next two weeks. Apparently Leahy set a deadline of April 30th so that means the committee doing the first round of vetting has a deadline of Easter to come up with the finalists. The guy who told me this says he has not heard any names that he recognizes, so I took that to mean none of the people mentioned in the press are options.

He said the names will probably leak out after Easter.

April announcement is consistent with what I heard (and posted). However, again, there is no effing committee. This is a Leahy and two others with whom he consults. That's it. The only deadlines are those Bill is giving himself. Similarly, the only recommendation he is receiving is his own. I don't expect leaks because Bill ain't talking to the press. The only time we will get an accurate leak is when the BOT is informed of the choice (less than 24-hours from the time she is hired).

One caveat... if the choice is employed in a prominent position elsewhere, it is possible that the name could reach the media from that side. However, (a) that is nothing BC can control and (b) I don't think the hire will be significantly prominent such that their potential leaving would be newsworthy.