eagle33 {l Wrote}:Why release a pp presentation that has nothing specific in there, just generalities. How is he addressing the needs of the hoops and hockey programs, what additional facilities will be built in Brighton, and when will alumni be renovated with club seats and corners.
glossy feelgoodery mission statement {l Wrote}:provide out student athletes with an exceptional experience fostering values, personal growth, and athletics excellence
Los {l Wrote}:For me, the biggest element in all this will be the external engagement. How do you get more people interested/excited about BC athletics? If you do that right, all the other pieces tend to fit into place (attendance, donations, facilities).
Los {l Wrote}:For me, the biggest element in all this will be the external engagement. How do you get more people interested/excited about BC athletics?
RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}: I just don't foresee a scenario where a whole new generation of fans can be born/created from the surrounding areas. Sure, we'll get a few, but they're just replacing the dying Whalepants.
hansen {l Wrote}:At least he has outlined goals on which we can measure coaches/teams performance against.
If we don't end the year in the football top 25, then we failed.
More details would have been nice but it's a start. clearly, Jarmond is at least trying which is more than you could ever say with buttcutt.
RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}:Los {l Wrote}:For me, the biggest element in all this will be the external engagement. How do you get more people interested/excited about BC athletics? If you do that right, all the other pieces tend to fit into place (attendance, donations, facilities).
I just don't foresee a scenario where a whole new generation of fans can be born/created from the surrounding areas. Sure, we'll get a few, but they're just replacing the dying Whalepants.
JesuitIvy {l Wrote}:RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}:Los {l Wrote}:For me, the biggest element in all this will be the external engagement. How do you get more people interested/excited about BC athletics? If you do that right, all the other pieces tend to fit into place (attendance, donations, facilities).
I just don't foresee a scenario where a whole new generation of fans can be born/created from the surrounding areas. Sure, we'll get a few, but they're just replacing the dying Whalepants.
I disagree, winning will do wonders. Do you ever notice how many people wear Patriots gear these days? There was a generation of people up here who grew up football Giants fans b/c the Pats were always blacked out 'cause they sucked and no one went to the games.
Dick Rosenthal {l Wrote}:JesuitIvy {l Wrote}:RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}:Los {l Wrote}:For me, the biggest element in all this will be the external engagement. How do you get more people interested/excited about BC athletics? If you do that right, all the other pieces tend to fit into place (attendance, donations, facilities).
I just don't foresee a scenario where a whole new generation of fans can be born/created from the surrounding areas. Sure, we'll get a few, but they're just replacing the dying Whalepants.
I disagree, winning will do wonders. Do you ever notice how many people wear Patriots gear these days? There was a generation of people up here who grew up football Giants fans b/c the Pats were always blacked out 'cause they sucked and no one went to the games.
This. When I went to BC, the Patriots were a joke and nobody, but nobody gave a shit about them. And yes, there were quite a few NY Football Giant fans who were from inside 128. Conversely, if you lose a lot, you wreck your brand. When I was in high school, there were Notre Dame fans everywhere—even at BC. First game of the season my senior year there were a maybe a hundred kids crowded around a mod TV set that had been pulled onto the patio watching ND-Michigan, while the BC game was going on. Thirty years of Davieham, Fatso and the Assumption graduate and I doubt you’d see such a scene again. Sure, you still get a goodly amount of blue collar/no college who root for them because of their Dads and Granddads and make a once a year pilgrimage to see them play against Ball State or the like becaause the tickets are cheap because the slums have no interest in watching a shitty opponent, but even that has been reduced. And that is despite a beautiful campus and amazing game day experience.
If BC actually expended the resources and got the right coaching and could perform at say a Beamer Ball level—maybe a once a lifetime run at a MNC and routine 9-10 win seasons—you’d have a following. I’ve noticed that a lot of the same people who don’t like BC have kids who root for our hockey team over BU or Northeastern.
Boston College wants to take its sports programs to new heights, and on Thursday, it unveiled a plan to get there.
A five-year strategy aims to make BC more competitive nationally — particularly in football and men’s basketball — enhance the athletic facilities, and improve the fan experience. It will be backed by a $150 million fund-raising campaign called “Greater Heights: The Campaign for Boston College Athletics.”
Athletic director Martin Jarmond revealed the plan, the first of its kind at BC, at a donor event Thursday.
“Our time is now,” Jarmond said. “We can’t succeed by resting on our laurels. We need to consistently look for ways to make BC attractive to student-athletes, coaches, and fans so we can achieve competitive excellence.
“That includes building and renovating facilities and providing the support services needed to make the student-athlete experience as successful as possible both in and out of the classroom.”
The announcement comes a week after BC’s football team was nationally ranked for the first time since 2008. Last winter, the men’s basketball program had a winning season for the first time in seven years.
The men’s and women’s hockey teams, along with women’s lacrosse, have set the standards of success at the school, while the women’s soccer team is 10-0 this season and ranked 14th nationally.
“Our goal is for BC football and basketball to be consistently ranked in the top 25, to maintain and enhance the elite status of our hockey program, and bolster all of our varsity sports to achieve competitive excellence,” said Jarmond.
“All of this will involve major fund-raising, and we plan to be more aggressive than ever before to address these important needs through the Greater Heights campaign.”
The part of the plan to “strengthen competitive excellence” will set high goals for all 31 varsity teams, including winning conference championships. BC also will look to recruit and develop the best coaches and student-athletes, be ranked in the top 25 in football and men’s basketball, and build sports analytics capabilities that utilize data and improve performance.
This summer BC opened Fish Field House, a $52.6 million, 115,700-square-foot indoor practice facility for the football program, and will now turn its attention to improving Conte Forum, where the basketball and hockey teams play.
It also will add space at its Harrington Athletics Village for player development for the baseball and softball teams, renovate locker rooms, and provide enhanced strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and nutrition for the school’s Olympic sports.
The fund-raising campaign will target alumni, parents, corporate partners, and others.
“We plan to build on BC’s distinctive athletics history, which includes five NCAA championships, 14 national championships, 32 conference championships, eight national player of the year awards, and 910 all-conference honors,” Jarmond said.
BC923 {l Wrote}:Jarmond gives a shit at least. He, even if naively, seems to believe that he can get things done. I'm happy with him, if only for that
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:BC923 {l Wrote}:Jarmond gives a shit at least. He, even if naively, seems to believe that he can get things done. I'm happy with him, if only for that
He's already got a shit ton done.
claver2010 {l Wrote}:http://bcheights.com/2018/10/15/greater-heights-sets-bc-athletics-apart-from-competitors/
a little more on the project
hansen {l Wrote}:I've been donating my nickels to the Flynn Fund.
After reading that heights article, should I have been donating to the Excellence fund instead?
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