Yeah. I never understood why you'd keep guys out, especially guys that would be a bridge to a previously successful era. I was just pointing out that basketball was a little different because everyone had a connection to JB.
Kinda. P was on that staff and practically an extension of Mac, right?
I work with a friend who is a former tri captain his senior year. He told me today that the last couple days su has been sending mass emails with hundreds of former lettermen on the chain, asking them to come to practices. He is meeting up with several of his former teamates and going next week. Su and Fran are really putting this out there. Huge, huge welcome move. He says the buzz in the lettermen chats is off the hook right now.
Yup. And it’s smart. Can’t ask for money if you don’t even know what guys are up to. Lots of non alums who play sports make a lot of money in other business ventures vs going pro (see Lally). Need to keep them close to even know who to ask.
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EXACTLY! My friend said the same thing, theyll go to get the flavor of this whole thing, meet the new staff, rehash some memories, and drop a check on the way out lol
As i have said on here before about the straw that broke the monkeys back with Dino was the Cancer golf tournament a few years back. As we know Dino never cared about the allumni and he was invited to be a guest speaker at this outing and instead of talking about cancer and getting moneynfor that he was trying to get it for the team. Now there is a time and place and some of the guys were talkingin the back and i think it was Pettijohn and someone else and Dino yelled at them and there was almost a fight. Dino lost a lot of support that day. Ireally dont blame them.
Its not just that. In the age of NIL and the portal, it shows guys that they can choose to be part of something, for life. Your efforts will not be forgotten.
They should always have been accepted. Dino was a decent man but not a bright one I will tell u.
I can't fathom why head coaches wouldn't want alumni around, especially ones that played on successful Cuse teams or had NFL careers. They could be introduced to the guys and some could give talks. Can anybody offer a sensible and plausible reason to exclude, shun or not want them around?
It's genuinely shocking to me. I had no clue Dino had alienated so many football alumni. It seems like one of the easier things to get right as a head coach.
Its not like Dino didn't do anything with Alumni. During shutdown, the team had zoom calls with both Justin Pugh, and Chandler Jones.
Make alumni feel welcomed and part of the family again = greater potential for increased donations. Such a novel concept, Coach Fran may be on to something here.
Freeney spoke to the team when he was here for the BC game for P's presentation. Babers talked about that and how great Dwight's speech was.
I think the issue was he only allowed active NFL players/high-visibility alum access. So really not that many players tbh.
Given how detailed he is that his wife is so jealous of, I’m sure he whole keep track and know who’s gonna be there when. Doesn’t make it less open
