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Villanova law threw money around like BC law threw waitlists. BC should worry more about keeping up with BU.

HJS {l Wrote}:We may be regressing, but there is now way we slipped all the way behind Villanova (with all due respect to the alleged claims of a daughter of a friend of an anonymous message board poster).

Anecdotally, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo was on the radio recently BLASTING BC and Holy Cross for waitlisting his daughter (and rejected from USC). She got into Wake and had money from her safety school... (wait for it) Villanova. His daughter wanted to reapply to BC with a new essay and her most recent grades and he said, "Over my dead body!" So, she is going to Wake.
https://soundcloud.com/maddogsportsradio

I know someone whose kid just got into BC, Wake, Villanova and a few others. BC is not a lock to be the final choice. One of the considerations, after academics, is athletics. One of the downsides to BC that was mentioned was the cost/value proposition, especially if they could save money for grad school by spending less elsewhere. Maybe BC should again remember that exciting athletics do matter to teenagers and that parents don’t care if BC has various highly-regarded think-tanks and Centers on the study of retirement, etc. Monan understood this. Seems that the current administration doesn’t.

If the kid goes to nova he deserves it.

BC, Wake and Villanova... and the kid is looking at each based on athletics as a factor??? Well, then BC is a no-brainer because (a) Nova is only has one sport and (b) Wake is about the only Power 5 school we are superior to in BB and FB.

This is such a dumb conversation. Isn’t it enough that we are frustrated with Leahy because he has no intention of ever giving athletics the support (financial and otherwise) every other ACC program gets? Why do folks feel the need to manufacture further outrage by creating fictional scenarios? Everything being the worst thing ever to happen ever is just such an exhausting trope that it muddles the valid arguments.

My cousin got into BC and IUPUI and got waitlisted at Northeastern Night School. He's not even considering BC right now.

apparently VT's 2 favorites are the leprechaun at natti light & willard at seton hall

Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:My cousin got into BC and IUPUI and got waitlisted at Northeastern Night School. He's not even considering BC right now.

My god son got into Boston College and Monmouth last year (while getting waitlisted at his first choice, Ramapo). He chose to got to school in Long Branch because their basketball team has a more entertaining bench and they have ping pong tables in the student center. BC's bench is boring and the school doesn't even have a student center! Really... what more will it take for the Board to step in and remove Fr. Bill???

Fantastic Ramapo reference.

HJS {l Wrote}:BC, Wake and Villanova... and the kid is looking at each based on athletics as a factor??? Well, then BC is a no-brainer because (a) Nova is only has one sport and (b) Wake is about the only Power 5 school we are superior to in BB and FB.

This is such a dumb conversation. Isn’t it enough that we are frustrated with Leahy because he has no intention of ever giving athletics the support (financial and otherwise) every other ACC program gets? Why do folks feel the need to manufacture further outrage by creating fictional scenarios? Everything being the worst thing ever to happen ever is just such an exhausting trope that it muddles the valid arguments.

I'm not creating a fictional scenario, and never said everything is the worst thing ever. The kid is also looking at honors programs at some state schools. Athletics is not the primary factor, but one of them. It's definitely given Villanova more recognition - the number of applications they received jumped 22% after they won the national championship. No different than the Flutie factor. My points are: A. Sports do matter (at least a little) to teenagers, who are the primary audience for universities; and 2. BC, like a number of non-Ivy schools costing over $70k/year, is perceived by many to not be providing a great value for the cost.

Tell me that no one who's on this board didn't consider athletics at least a little when looking at schools as a 17 year old (besides TRE, who hates sports).

BostonCollege1 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:BC, Wake and Villanova... and the kid is looking at each based on athletics as a factor??? Well, then BC is a no-brainer because (a) Nova is only has one sport and (b) Wake is about the only Power 5 school we are superior to in BB and FB.

This is such a dumb conversation. Isn’t it enough that we are frustrated with Leahy because he has no intention of ever giving athletics the support (financial and otherwise) every other ACC program gets? Why do folks feel the need to manufacture further outrage by creating fictional scenarios? Everything being the worst thing ever to happen ever is just such an exhausting trope that it muddles the valid arguments.

I'm not creating a fictional scenario, and never said everything is the worst thing ever. The kid is also looking at honors programs at some state schools. Athletics is not the primary factor, but one of them. It's definitely given Villanova more recognition - the number of applications they received jumped 22% after they won the national championship. No different than the Flutie factor. My points are: A. Sports do matter (at least a little) to teenagers, who are the primary audience for universities; and 2. BC, like a number of non-Ivy schools costing over $70k/year, is perceived by many to not be providing a great value for the cost.

Tell me that no one who's on this board didn't consider athletics at least a little when looking at schools as a 17 year old (besides TRE, who hates sports).

That kid is a moron.

Newsflash: 17 year olds are morons. Even the smart ones. And if you don’t think athletics matter in terms of selectivity understand that 60 years ago Notre Dame was a lowly-rated school that competed for students with DePaul or that 40 years ago BC was a glorified commuter school with a smattering of kids from NY/NJ.

BC isn’t going to implode academically because of Leahy’s hatred of athletics, but if you don’t think athletic success in the one of the two major revenue sports doesn’t matter than you are probably a 65 year old Georgetown grad wondering how Notre Dame walked past you in the rankings or a similarly situated Holy Cross grad wondering why BC is now a noticeably better school than Worcester Jesuit.

Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:My cousin got into BC and IUPUI and got waitlisted at Northeastern Night School.

I'm on the selection committee. Don't worry he's in. I fast tracked him.

innocentbystander {l Wrote}:

Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:My cousin got into BC and IUPUI and got waitlisted at Northeastern Night School.

I'm on the selection committee. Don't worry he's in. I fast tracked him.

I believe that IB is on the selection committee... which shows you what I think of Northeastern.

Thanks, IB. This is a dream come true for him. He wants to major in VCR repair and Northeastern's program is second to none.

Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:Thanks, IB. This is a dream come true for him. He wants to major in VCR repair and Northeastern's program is second to none.

In all seriousness, I've gone to a couple alumni events here in Phoenix. There just aren't all that many Huskies in Phoenix, either that or they all want to fly under the radar the way I have. And the few alumni that I have met, I'm typically the only one who went evenings.

I'll be the first to admit that you aren't going to get all that much out of the evening program other than a cheaper piece of paper than the day students paid top dollar to get. But if you are married with kids and you want to finish that degree, the evening program works out quite well. They really work with the students when they have conflicts in attending class or whatever else. Its not for everyone but it was for me.

Marriage of convenience alert! Cronin (who seemed overly anxious to leave his alma mater) found someone to pay the buyout, but that is only after UCLA put up a Chris-Davis-like streak of strikeouts.

HJS {l Wrote}:Marriage of convenience alert! Cronin (who seemed overly anxious to leave his alma mater) found someone to pay the buyout, but that is only after UCLA put up a Chris-Davis-like streak of strikeouts.

There’s another good candidate off my list

is st. johns a better job than asu for hurley?

outside of getting back east i don't see it

claver2010 {l Wrote}:is st. johns a better job than asu for hurley?

outside of getting back east i don't see it

Needed to get away from no space

2001Eagle {l Wrote}:

claver2010 {l Wrote}:is st. johns a better job than asu for hurley?

outside of getting back east i don't see it

Needed to get away from no space

even I laughed. +5

after getting turned down by UMBC, loyola chicago, iona, etc coaches, sounds like a rant a GASSON LEVEL DONOR would make about BC

hits:
1) president needs to go
2) board is a bunch of yes men
3) school handcuffing ad

https://wfan.radio.com/articles/news/bi ... ing-search

So much for a lay president curing all ills.
https://www.stjohns.edu/about/leadershi ... -biography

I wonder if there's a disturbed fan on a St. John's message board making scummy insinuations about his sexuality.

interesting look at ucla's cluster of a search:

https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la- ... story.html

cooley interviewed for the michigan job yesterday

michigan is using gene's search firm

small, incestuous world

I don't understand why anyone would hire Gene's consulting group given the way he destroyed BC sports before he left.

He did apparently help Cooley get a new contract at Providence by giving him the interview which is nice because Cooley seems like a good guy but just seeing that Gene was in hired to head the search and then watching Jeff Goodman pump up Gene on twitter made my blood boil.

Bender {l Wrote}:I don't understand why anyone would hire Gene's consulting group given the way he destroyed BC sports before he left.

He did apparently help Cooley get a new contract at Providence by giving him the interview which is nice because Cooley seems like a good guy but just seeing that Gene was in hired to head the search and then watching Jeff Goodman pump up Gene on twitter made my blood boil.

Same.

Love this UM website shredding Gene and calling him out for being terrible:

https://www.mgoblog.com/content/searchb ... about-bunk

Cooley is living the dream. He was insanely overpaid before this Michigan episode($2mm +) and got a pay bump/extension out of it. I was shocked Michigan even considered him based on his lack of tournament success and fairly mediocre overall record at PC. Now he basically has a JoePa type lifetime employment guarantee at PC and he has really done nothing, good for him.

HJS on Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:55 am {l Wrote}:Emergency list of candidates who would talk the job on a moment's notice that are better than Jim Christian:

Tim O'Shea
Bill Coen
Al Skinner
Joe Jones
Pat Skerry
Walter McCarty
Mark Schmidt

Consider this list in lieu of my annual donation (which means I deserve Tower Builder status for the next 6 years).

Waltah with a big win last night.
https://www.boston.com/sports/college-s ... er-mccarty

What about John Becker at Vermont?

Has done a great job with that program.