Post by Hilltopper on Mar 23, 2005 10:48:45 GMT -5
Saw this in another thread and had to comment:
From Online Chat with John Feinstein
"College Park, Md.: John,
What are the chances of getting a true Metro-area round-robin, either involving the current BB&T or involving that and some independent games? I've heard recently that Georgetown was interested in playing but that now Maryland is not interested in playing them or other locals. It would seem a sure crowd-pleaser to have some combination of UMd, Georgetown, GW, AU, Howard, GMU, and Navy playing every year. Any insight?
John Feinstein: I agree, that would be great. The problem is not Md. Md. has cooperated from day one with the BBNT. Georgetown did finally express interest this winter after 10 seasons of not being interested in competing in an event that benefits local charities, but then made so many unreasonable demands, that the Children's Charity Foundation was forced to abandon the negotiations. We would all love to see a local tournament. "
If by unreasonable demands, he means having more than one day to decide, then he is correct. From what I hear, the tournament organizers aka Feinstein basically told us we were invited, take it or leave it, and do so right now. While we were very interested in getting involved, we were not going to be held hostage. Nice to see he frames us against Children's Charities, though.
I was at a charity event at American where he was the speaker, and I was at a table of strangers. At least 4 times during his speech he railed against Georgetown, framing us against the idyllic virtue of the Patriot League. As soon as the speech ended the entire table began apologizing to me, realzing that maybe he might just have an axe to grind.
He is a pompous jerk, and I promise myself I will not waste any more time thinking about him.
From Online Chat with John Feinstein
"College Park, Md.: John,
What are the chances of getting a true Metro-area round-robin, either involving the current BB&T or involving that and some independent games? I've heard recently that Georgetown was interested in playing but that now Maryland is not interested in playing them or other locals. It would seem a sure crowd-pleaser to have some combination of UMd, Georgetown, GW, AU, Howard, GMU, and Navy playing every year. Any insight?
John Feinstein: I agree, that would be great. The problem is not Md. Md. has cooperated from day one with the BBNT. Georgetown did finally express interest this winter after 10 seasons of not being interested in competing in an event that benefits local charities, but then made so many unreasonable demands, that the Children's Charity Foundation was forced to abandon the negotiations. We would all love to see a local tournament. "
If by unreasonable demands, he means having more than one day to decide, then he is correct. From what I hear, the tournament organizers aka Feinstein basically told us we were invited, take it or leave it, and do so right now. While we were very interested in getting involved, we were not going to be held hostage. Nice to see he frames us against Children's Charities, though.
I was at a charity event at American where he was the speaker, and I was at a table of strangers. At least 4 times during his speech he railed against Georgetown, framing us against the idyllic virtue of the Patriot League. As soon as the speech ended the entire table began apologizing to me, realzing that maybe he might just have an axe to grind.
He is a pompous jerk, and I promise myself I will not waste any more time thinking about him.