eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Apr 10, 2016 20:25:32 GMT -5
This is one of the things that annoys me, and I feel it annoys a lot of the fanbase. Georgetown continually refuses to acknowledge the fanbase is an important part of running a successful program. We constantly receive information from our opponents and silence from our own athletic department. With dwindling fan interest this is something that really has to change. It is 2016, time to realize that you have to include the fanbase. Xavier gives away it's entire playbook, I'm not asking for that, but some basic communication. A paragraph update from the SID about scheduling conflicts and it being mutual would have saved 3 pages of speculation and bickering. It's not going to change, so why bitch about it? That's exactly why you bitch about it because it's not right. You treat your fans who at this point are mostly your donating alums with some respect. Archaic would be one way to describe how this Athletic Department runs itself and it's an issue. Knock off the "it won't change so why question it attitude" or this program will have nothing left.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 10, 2016 22:51:01 GMT -5
This is one of the things that annoys me, and I feel it annoys a lot of the fanbase. Georgetown continually refuses to acknowledge the fanbase is an important part of running a successful program. We constantly receive information from our opponents and silence from our own athletic department. This is a popular misconception--which opponents are "constantly" relaying information? Most stories on college basketball's comings and goings come from state-funded programs where they are one Freedom of Information Act request from disclosing it anyway. That, and they have a fan base large enough to be curious about it. Georgetown does not have that fan base and by a lack of external promotion of sports beyond men's basketball, the base has not grown and it is considered as nonexistent after March and before November. Yes, things are different at public schools. Want to see Roy Williams' contract? It's online (http://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/usatoday/Sports/roy-williams-new-contract.pdf). Georgetown has no legal obligation to disclose anything online, which is why you'll never see JT III's contract nor that of his staff. And since all ten Big East schools are private, you don't see information disclosed at Villanova, PC, Xavier, etc., simply because they don't have to. If the stories are a little more investigative from these programs, chalk it up to solid beat reporters in those cities' newspapers. The last local sports writer to really commit to that level of scrutiny was Barker Davis at the Washington Times through 2009.
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eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Apr 10, 2016 22:58:31 GMT -5
This is one of the things that annoys me, and I feel it annoys a lot of the fanbase. Georgetown continually refuses to acknowledge the fanbase is an important part of running a successful program. We constantly receive information from our opponents and silence from our own athletic department. This is a popular misconception--which opponents are "constantly" relaying information? Most stories on college basketball's comings and goings come from state-funded programs where they are one Freedom of Information Act request from disclosing it anyway. That, and they have a fan base large enough to be curious about it. Georgetown does not have that fan base and by a lack of external promotion of sports beyond men's basketball, the base has not grown and it is considered as nonexistent after March and before November. Yes, things are different at public schools. Want to see Roy Williams' contract? It's online (http://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/usatoday/Sports/roy-williams-new-contract.pdf). Georgetown has no legal obligation to disclose anything online, which is why you'll never see JT III's contract nor that of his staff. And since all ten Big East schools are private, you don't see information disclosed at Villanova, PC, Xavier, etc., simply because they don't have to. If the stories are a little more investigative from these programs, chalk it up to solid beat reporters in those cities' newspapers. The last local sports writer to really commit to that level of scrutiny was Barker Davis at the Washington Times through 2009. Doesn't make it right and maybe we move toward something that resembles a program that is trying to field a big time college program. To me the lack of disclosure screams of this University treating this team as if it's some private high school from 30 years ago and not figuring out that you need to get with the times. People care and access to information is expected in this day and age.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 11:28:42 GMT -5
I feel like people are ignoring the fact that Kansas also sat on this information for the past year and a half.
Clearly, both parties agreed to keep it quiet for some reason.
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Post by iheartdurenbros on Apr 11, 2016 11:48:53 GMT -5
I feel like people are ignoring the fact that Kansas also sat on this information for the past year and a half. Clearly, both parties agreed to keep it quiet for some reason. In addition the 2016-17 game would have been played at Kansas.
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