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Post by H2Oya 05 on Sept 2, 2016 8:34:40 GMT -5
Then the season tickets holders can and should vote with their feet and not attend the games if they think watching the Hoyas take on teams that are somehow "below" their fandom. Relationships with coaches, relationships between schools, political reasons, guaranteed payments, and many other reasons influence game scheduling. It is not a simple process. As many other posters have pointed out, it is important to have games that the Hoyas can and will likely win, even if they have an off game. That also gives the coaches to allow different players to get major time, experiment with other lineups, etc. Those games are critical in many respects. The coaching staff can and should assume that FANS should want to come out to as many games as possible. As a kid, I loved going to all Hoya games- Syracuse or St. Leo's. The same is true today. I wish I could be there to see them take on Arkansas State, or anyone else on their schedule. I would have been proud and happy to support the Hoyas versus You Con or Dook in 2004. I have happily attended NIT games. If the Hoyas are playing, and I can make it and afford in financially and otherwise, I am happy to be there. I really do not have any patience for fans who feel put off by the the schedule. If you do not like it, do not buy the tickets. The program will move forward with or without you. Sadly fans have been voting with their feet. georgetownvoice.com/2016/03/03/81393/ Even if you don’t want the casual fans and believe that the program “will march on without them.” Fewer dollars and people will lead to a worse product in terms of funding, recruiting, and arena atmosphere.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jun 2, 2016 8:23:42 GMT -5
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Mar 24, 2016 18:38:47 GMT -5
I don't care about Georgetown football, but this change could make me rethink any and all giving to Georgetown. It reinforces that Georgetown doesn't want help from donors for anything other than the university's next immediate need. My law school does a great job fundraising and has amazing faculty and facilities. It's funny how happy donors yields better results than unhappy donors.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Mar 7, 2016 10:38:00 GMT -5
Fair analysis or not, Feinstein needs to take a long walk off a short pier. He only writes about Georgetown when he can take a shot at us. This, all of his crap over the years about us not playing in his BB&T tournament because we don't care about doing charitable things in this city, blah, blah, blah... He's a Editedy old sack of monkey crap. He's been around the DC sports scene for decades, and I bet you can count on one hand the number of times he's said anything positive about Georgetown. Do we deserve anything positive this year? No - but this turd has zero credibility to write anything about the Hoyas. F him. Agreed. Whats the point of writing this? I don't seem to recall him writing on article last year as we entered the BET as a #2 seed. I guess he didn't have much to say then...Not like now, where he also has nothing much to say.. I think we are past the point where we can pick and choose about who is writing about us. At least he is writing about us, nobody is saying anything about Holy Cross basketball or the University of San Francisco. We should be grateful we are getting some ink.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 24, 2016 21:01:45 GMT -5
It seems to me that we should basically align our sports to either compete at the ivy level or a national champ level. The sports should be funded accordingly to be competitive in either framework. There will be a few sports where being an ivy and natl champ competitive program are the same. The decision to compete at either level should weigh academic and financial cost required to compete at the desired level taking into account facilities-geography etc.. I think the issue of allocation of money in the athletic dept is more pertinent to half funding a lot of programs that really don't compete at a natl champ level, but probably are funded a lot more than comparable ivy programs. There are other programs that probably could compete at a higher level if they were better funded. It would seem that football trying to compete at the ivy level makes sense if you want to compete in football. Trying to compete in above the ivy level but below a natl champ level like villanova don't seem to make sense for gtwn. I think the subtext of some of the football funding comments are that we cannot compete at even an ivy level without scholarships--maybe that's true, for a variety of reasons. But the discussion should be focused on that issue specifically-the villanova ex makes no sense. In the framework above I think you could break down our sports into the following categories: Scholarships-try to compete for a Natl champ: Men's BB, M&W Track, M Soccer--not really natl champ contenders but nationally competitive M&W Lax, W Soccer Scholarships-not competing for natl champ, not nationally competitive: Baseball, Softball Volleyball No Scholarships-compete at Ivy level(lower end of league)-admittedly would not be competitive for an ivy title M&W rowing, M&W Golf, M&W Tennis, Football No Scholarships-do not compete at ivy level: Field hockey, M&W swimming No Scholarships_competes for natl champ: sailing, I would think that the overfunded activities would be in the second category, volleyball et al, and the underfunded activities , rowing, golf, football etc. For ex if one took the scholarships from volleyball and gave them to women's rowing, Gtown could compete for a natl championship in that sport. Tennis & Golf would be elite if one swapped them the schollies from baseball, soft, volleyball etc. One could argue that if we funned the sports in the second category more they'd be better. That's certainly true but I don't think that those sports would be competitive in any scenario nationally + improving those sports comes at a high academic cost versus rowing , tennis etc. The non competitive sports should be upgraded to Ivy level or exited. Basically the sports should be funded at a level to compete at their designated Ivy or natl champ level-whatever that is. Football competes at an ivy level? Swimming could compete with some of the ivies. www.guhoyas.com/sports/c-swim/spec-rel/121115aaa.html Not to knock the other sports you listed, but qualifying for trials is competing at the highest level. US Swimming Olympic Trials is the world’s fastest meet (including the Olympics).
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 24, 2016 18:34:24 GMT -5
DCA's weather records have always been screwy. And its in Virginia. Seriously, having DC’s weather measured at an airport at sea level in Virginia is infuriating.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 23, 2016 11:36:57 GMT -5
East Georgetown? That's a thing? Sounds like the creation of a real estate broker as a way of subtly telling potential buyers, "Don't worry, you won't have college students puking in your rose bushes here!" You nailed it! Basically it is the name for everything South of Reservoir, East of Wisconsin, and West of Rock Creek. But let’s not focus on where I live. Let’s focus on the Hoyas! Beat U-Conn!
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 23, 2016 9:30:37 GMT -5
Play today, the players are all there, and I need something to watch to avoid going stir crazy! Sitting here in East Georgetown, we’ve got about 15 inches outside and the snow is supposed to keep falling through tonight!
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 28, 2015 7:36:20 GMT -5
You are correct HappyHoya. The point being if we are choosing to be in big time college basketball then we need to be successful and measure ourselves on wins and losses. We haven't been successful so thus comes the criticism and questions from the "fringe" on this board. Which is countered with we are doing it better than others due to our standards LOL. This all leads to the normal rubes on this board trying to run off those questioning the performance of this program. If we want to treat the program with kid gloves not subject to criticism then we should drop a level and compete with others that do the same. I agree.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 16, 2015 11:10:26 GMT -5
Georgetown is not very small and not as Catholic anymore. You can't play the "small school" card when the school is larger than all but two Big East schools and has the 11th largest basketball budget in Division I. We have the 11th largest basketball budget in D1? Can you provide a link for that? Not calling you out, but that seems quite dubious. I don't have the stats that he cited, but we had the sixth highest budget of teams in the 2015 NCAA tournament and outspent schools like North Carolina. www.buffalonews.com/assets/PDF/BN7649319.pdf
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 15, 2015 21:19:24 GMT -5
MONMOUTH IS NOT BETTER THAN GU. PERIOD. Monmouth sure seems better. I've been going to games for 30 years (dad is also a big Hoya fan), and even I'm losing interest in this year's team. Not sure what the solution is, but tonight Monmouth was better, and our style and inconsistency have already driven away the casual fans (and the students) and is now causing even serious fans to ask themselves why they are going to the games. This is frustrating and the mid-major problem seems to be getting worse (or we are becoming one - excited about close losses to good teams v being upset about losing).
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 15, 2015 12:26:40 GMT -5
Who has a better year? Player A: 5 Tour Titles, 53-3 Match Record, 3 Majors and Semi-Finalist in the 4th. Player B: 11 Tour Titles, 82-6 Match Record, 3 Majors and Finalist in the 4th.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 8, 2015 9:49:43 GMT -5
Maybe I Just watched a different game or I see things radically different than most on the board. Despite the 30 plus halftime lead and the parade of fouls in the second half did anyone notice how Brown was able to attack of the dribble drive at will to the basket with wide open kickouts and defensive rotations that were not only slow but in the second half almost non existent. It's becoming clear that we will have a hard time guarding the dribble. When DSR, whose defensive skills are average at best, he appears to be the only one with a clue. I get very concerned. ts still only December but we seem to have a long way to go. Fair observation, but there are a couple of explanations besides just being unable to play defense against penetration. First the NCAA has created this problem for every team with the more strict calls on hand checks. Every team is penetrating. Second, the team is so young that inevitably the defense will lag initially. The perimeter players other than DSR and Tre are lanky and going to have a more difficult time guarding the shorter, quicker guards on the first step. Lastly, the interior players who should (and will) be able to slide over to defend the dribble drive, consist of two freshmen, one sophomore with virtually no experience (Trey),one sophomore who is playing more 3 than 4 this year (Ike), and a senior who essentially had never played before. I think that it will get better as the players learn to work together and provide some help side defense on the drive. Last night Brown guards came hard to the basket and when the post moved to pick up the driver, they dished to the person he just left. This is correctable but requires skills that a lot of young players just never get taught, particularly in AAU ball where defense is seldom emphasized. I noticed that. For as much as Bradley has improved on offense, it isn't a good idea to feed players inside to him. With Roy feeding drivers into the middle of the lane yielded blocks. Bradley's footwork is still too slow and he has a tendency to leave his feet. Bradley is so improved that I feel bad criticizing his interior defense against smaller players, but really, if he could improve that (1) he'd stay out of foul trouble more and (2) our perimeter defense would look way better. He's 7 feet tall. At that height, defense isn't about jumping, its about positioning and getting your hands vertical.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Nov 15, 2015 15:51:25 GMT -5
These guys are like the 07 basketball team. Great group, fun to watch, always work hard, so great to see them succeed. If you like Hoya sports, going to their games is a great experience! Amazing win today!
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Nov 14, 2015 14:46:38 GMT -5
Badly out rebounded and they had more steals. If our front court can't get boards, what is our strategy? It would seem like a team that doesn't rebound would have to press, but we don't do that either. Well except for the two positions where we did press and we got stops. Not sure why we didn't do that more. That was a devastating loss.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jun 4, 2015 15:05:41 GMT -5
Georgetown decided today that it has enough money for its primary mission of educating students and decided to use donated dollars for the political purpose of taking a stand against coal. I’m not a huge fan of coal power, but it upsets me that Georgetown is using its limited dollars (66th largest endowment) for this purpose. I understand and appreciate some forms of divestment (against regimes that engage in apartheid for example) and where there is a near-universal consensus. But Georgetown’s move today can come across as an attack on conservative or blue collar donors. While I understand that global warming is a fear, from a political perspective, the United States can be a force for good while using coal -- coal is a cheap form of energy that helps millions of people worldwide escape poverty and enjoy the benefits of electricity. Over the years, the United States has been a leader in developing cleaner ways of mining and using coal. By advocating the abandonment of coal, Georgetown is not advancing an anti-global warming or pro-environmental agenda, it is merely helping to push coal production to places around the world that care less about the environment than America does and with owners who will care less about the environmental impact of specific companies than Georgetown would have. I’m not sure how being anti-coal fits in with Georgetown’s mission as a university. With an alumni donation rate below 40 percent and a mediocre endowment, this is a stupid stand for Georgetown to take. www.georgetown.edu/news/sustainability-policy-regarding-investments.html
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 29, 2015 17:27:02 GMT -5
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 29, 2015 13:35:46 GMT -5
All of this is fairly complicated and you need to be sure you're comparing apples wholly to apples and providing context. I can't speak entirely to the former, but as to the latter, you need to consider the sizable amount of construction currently ongoing. Those are net-neutral projects (at best). That is, all of the fundraising that comes in for them isn't really added to the endowment in the long term but rather is spent. That's true, of course, for a lot of fundraising, but it's not true for interest-bearing endowments (like scholarships). Moreover, those construction projects may be funded largely through philanthropy, but they are financed through the endowment. That is, if a project costs, say $62 million (the IAC), the pledged amounts do not yet amount to $62 million and the cash in hand based on those pledges likely is considerably less. When current construction costs outstrip costs in hand (as nearly always happens with significant projects), the endowment (or private bridge loans) pick up the difference. We've got a lot going on right now, and much of our philanthropy is directed at these sorts of projects rather than in truly building the endowment. You would need to compare our projects with all other schools' projects to really get a sense for how we stack up, but I suspect these are actually pretty good numbers. Interesting point. Do you suspect that once the IAC is built and this major period of construction is finally complete -- until the next phase that is -- we will see more money head into the endowment coffers? Fair point if Georgetown were the only university that has ongoing building projects, I don’t have any facts to back this up but I would be surprised if our building projects were an outlier compared to other schools.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Jan 29, 2015 12:21:30 GMT -5
Is this just ROI or does it include gifts/donations? Includes gifts and donations. The average increase was 15% and the median increase was 16.3%. Not to be too harsh, but if those are the average and mean, Georgetown’s 13.6% isn’t “healthy”. Less than half of the schools ahead of us are public, and one of those schools is George Washington.
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Post by H2Oya 05 on Dec 16, 2014 10:02:36 GMT -5
Pops remains Coach Emeritus, so in addition to whatever familial ties bind, he does have a quasi-official role on the team. And he is right about sportsmanship and the necessity to show respect to the other team even if you are crushing them. Not sure that every 360 is a sign of disrespect, but for practical purposes, why give the other team any motivation to get back at you for showing them up? Elaborate spikes, watching your homers in baseball, chest bumping and various other gestures in hoops are all signs to him, and to me, that players don't understand the bigger picture of mutual respect amongst players, a vital part of sportsmanship. They also don't get that you are just feeding the other team material to get jacked about. A few years ago we had a few games where other teams got all highflying/chest bumping against us and we used it as motivation to get back in games and stuff them. No, I can't remember which games, but why not act classy, like you have dunked/scored/homered before and wait for the final horn to celebrate. I think you remember the ending of the FGCU game differently than I do. If I remember, the dunks got the crowd more excited giving them more energy to feed off of... and we didn't come back.
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