Big Lead Interview w/ Interim BE Commish Joe Bailey

[Champ]

http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/27/bailey-leads-the-big-east-transition/

 

[SU2NASA]

Wow, not impressed whatsoever.

Though this coming from the same guy that turned around the World League.

 

[MaxwellCuse]

I was not really looking for love when we opted to head to the ACC and I don't think TGD was either. Maybe embraces are a desired commodity in Providence athletic circles but I'll take stability and respect from the ACC and leave the other stuff for my wife.

 

[PeteCalvin]

What a yawner of a story. Did that guy truly answer any of those questions? My head hurts after reading that. Thank God we are outta that mess.

 

[Scooch]

"Only time will tell whether it will be embraced and loved as it was by the Big East."

Remind me, was that the love we got when the BE took all our Saturday home hoops games away and made us go on the road to build other programs? Or was that the love we got when the BE let a team with 2 more losses jump ahead of us into the Gator Bowl?

So much love.

 

[RMH44]

What a yawner of a story. Did that guy truly answer any of those questions? My head hurts after reading that. Thank God we are outta that mess.

Agreed. I can't stand the guy ever since he spurned us for Nebraska.

 

[Stern]

The blind leading the blind.

A bunch of schools with no hope grasping at anything being lead by a guy with no vision and who doesn't get it

 

[NKR1978]

"Only time will tell whether it will be embraced and loved as it was by the Big East."

Remind me, was that the love we got when the BE took all our Saturday home hoops games away and made us go on the road to build other programs? Or was that the love we got when the BE let a team with 2 more losses jump ahead of us into the Gator Bowl?

So much love.

Was it love when Tranghese sat back and didn't lift a finger to get us into a bowl game in 1994? Or was it love when the Big East did nothing to get us into the Gator Bowl after the 2001 season?

 

[Noexcuse]

What a yawner of a story. Did that guy truly answer any of those questions? My head hurts after reading that. Thank God we are outta that mess.

Agree. Those are some pretty bizarre answers to the questions he was asked.

 

[SU2NASA]

The blind leading the blind.

A bunch of schools with no hope grasping at anything being lead by a guy with no vision and who doesn't get it

My favorite:

Q. You have now been sitting in the Commissioner’s chair for a while, albeit as an interim. What has been the biggest positive and the biggest misconception you have found about where The Big East is today?
A. The deep affection for the BIG EAST. It is as though it is human.

 

[SU2NASA]

"Only time will tell whether it will be embraced and loved as it was by the Big East."

Remind me, was that the love we got when the BE took all our Saturday home hoops games away and made us go on the road to build other programs? Or was that the love we got when the BE let a team with 2 more losses jump ahead of us into the Gator Bowl?

So much love.

You forgot to mention, a team with two more losses that we beat...

 

[ConnHuskBask]

"Only time will tell whether it will be embraced and loved as it was by the Big East."

Remind me, was that the love we got when the BE took all our Saturday home hoops games away and made us go on the road to build other programs? Or was that the love we got when the BE let a team with 2 more losses jump ahead of us into the Gator Bowl?

So much love.

The Big East commissioner is a total joke and after reading his responses it's no wonder teams are spending multi-millions of dollars to leave this joke of a league.

However, for some reason you Cuse fans have this weekend hoop game conspiracy which is just a flat out lie. I posted this is another thread but these are the numbers:

2010-2011. 5 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2009-2010: 4 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2008-2009: 2 road weekend games - 6 home weekend games.
2007-2008: 3 road weekend games - 5 weekend home games.
2006-2007: 5 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.
2005-2006: 4 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.

So there are a million reasons to leave the BE, but some idea Syracuse got 'screwed' by scheduling is just false.

 

[Scooch]

The Big East commissioner is a total joke and after reading his responses it's no wonder teams are spending multi-millions of dollars to leave this joke of a league.

However, for some reason you Cuse fans have this weekend hoop game conspiracy which is just a flat out lie. I posted this is another thread but these are the numbers:

2010-2011. 5 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2009-2010: 4 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2008-2009: 2 road weekend games - 6 home weekend games.
2007-2008: 3 road weekend games - 5 weekend home games.
2006-2007: 5 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.
2005-2006: 4 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.

So there are a million reasons to leave the BE, but some idea Syracuse got 'screwed' by scheduling is just false.

Weird, and here I thought the BE started before 2005? Guess not.

 

[All4SU]

The Big East commissioner is a total joke and after reading his responses it's no wonder teams are spending multi-millions of dollars to leave this joke of a league.

However, for some reason you Cuse fans have this weekend hoop game conspiracy which is just a flat out lie. I posted this is another thread but these are the numbers:

2010-2011. 5 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2009-2010: 4 road weekend games - 5 home weekend games.
2008-2009: 2 road weekend games - 6 home weekend games.
2007-2008: 3 road weekend games - 5 weekend home games.
2006-2007: 5 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.
2005-2006: 4 road weekend games - 4 weekend home games.

So there are a million reasons to leave the BE, but some idea Syracuse got 'screwed' by scheduling is just false.

Who were the games against? A weekend home game against a Depaul, is not the same as a weekend home game against a Nova or Georgetown.

 

[SU2NASA]

Who were the games against? A weekend home game against a Depaul, is not the same as a weekend home game against a Nova or Georgetown.

I find it funny that a UConn fan took the time to come to a Syracuse message board and then go out and do the research.

I find it funnier that they're still screwed in the left-behind conference/ConferenceUSA II/Sun Beast.

 

[Scooch]

Who were the games against? A weekend home game against a Depaul, is not the same as a weekend home game against a Nova or Georgetown.

Bingo.

In 2005-06, the first year of the NBE, we got the pleasure of playing USF, Seton Hall, Louisville and Villanova at home on the weekend. Cincinnati, Villanova, St. John's Georgetown and Pitt on the road on weekends.

A year later we got Nova, DePaul, St. John's and UConn. Weekend road games against Marquette, St. John's, Louisville, Providence and Nova.

Nah, we weren't being asked to float the attendance of other schools at all.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Bingo.

In 2005-06, the first year of the NBE, we got the pleasure of playing USF, Seton Hall, Louisville and Villanova at home on the weekend. Cincinnati, Villanova, St. John's Georgetown and Pitt on the road on weekends.

A year later we got Nova, DePaul, St. John's and UConn. Weekend road games against Marquette, St. John's, Louisville, Providence and Nova.

Nah, we weren't being asked to float the attendance of other schools at all.

Who's attendance are you supposedly 'floating' in those weekend road games? Providence? St. John's?

So in the past 10 Big East seasons:
40 weekend road games - 43 weekend home games

 

[Scooch]

Who's attendance are you supposedly 'floating' in those weekend road games? Providence? St. John's?

So in the past 10 Big East seasons:
40 weekend road games - 43 weekend home games

My God, I don't even care to argue with you about this.

Enjoy the love you'll be getting from the NNBE. Let us know how much you enjoy UConn's Saturday games at SMU and UCF. 'Cause that's coming my friend, it's coming.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

My God, I don't even care to argue with you about this.

Enjoy the love you'll be getting from the NNBE. Let us know how much you enjoy UConn's Saturday games at SMU and UCF. 'Cause that's coming my friend, it's coming.

Hey, if you have home/away splits from the 80s or 90s I would be willing to be proven wrong. Until then it just looks like you were full of it. I only posted that because I saw someone else use the weekend scheduling as a point of contention before and at least in the past decade, that clearly was proven incorrect.

 

[Bayside44]

I don't know how UConn draws on the road simply because I don't care but we fill up Philly, NYC and DC. Prolly the same for Marquette and we basically were the crowd for USF.

Conversely Jim Boeheim can shot free throws at the Dome on a January afternoon and 24k would show up to watch.

 

[Scooch]

Hey, if you have home/away splits from the 80s or 90s I would be willing to be proven wrong. Until then it just looks like you were full of it. I only posted that because I saw someone else use the weekend scheduling as a point of contention before and at least in the past decade, that clearly was proven incorrect.

Yeah, I gave you two years of proof and you ignored it, so I'm probably not going to do any more research on the matter.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yeah, I gave you two years of proof and you ignored it, so I'm probably not going to do any more research on the matter.

Bingo.

In 2005-06, the first year of the NBE, we got the pleasure of playing USF, Seton Hall, Louisville and Villanova at home on the weekend. Cincinnati, Villanova, St. John's Georgetown and Pitt on the road on weekends.

A year later we got Nova, DePaul, St. John's and UConn. Weekend road games against Marquette, St. John's, Louisville, Providence and Nova.

Nah, we weren't being asked to float the attendance of other schools at all.

I'm honestly very curious here. So two years you got 1 more road weekend game than home game, which was in a 10 year span of 40 home games to 43 road games. That seems...normal?

The list below...dear lord, it looks like...a random sampling of Big East opponents! 7 of the 15 possible opponents you played over a 2 year span on the weekend, that list below is supposed to support your theory of a Big East scheduling conspiracy?

Cincy
Villanova
St. John's
Georgetown
Marquette
St. John's
Louisville
Providence
Villanova

 

[kingottoiii]

My god the BE has no clue how to run a league. They plan on splitting up rivals to different divisions. So Boise in one, SD St in the other. USF/UCF, Houston/SMU, Louisville/Cincy, UConn/RU, Temple/Navy, Memphis/TBD. Which means you play 6 division mates, your cross over rival, and then one of the other 6 teams (or once in six years). Yes they plan on only playing 8 games for some reason. So glad we are gone. Poor UConn will get one of SD St or Boise every year but play one of Temple/Navy every six years LOL. That makes sense.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I'm honestly very curious here. So two years you got 1 more road weekend game than home game, which was in a 10 year span of 40 home games to 43 road games. That seems...normal?

The list below...dear lord, it looks like...a random sampling of Big East opponents! 7 of the 15 possible opponents you played over a 2 year span on the weekend, that list below is supposed to support your theory of a Big East scheduling conspiracy?

Cincy
Villanova
St. John's
Georgetown
Marquette
St. John's
Louisville
Providence
Villanova

Look, from us having been fans of the program for a long time, trust us, the marquee games on our schedule have seldom been on Saturday nights at the Dome. We've had a lot of stinkers in prime spots on our schedule over the years. Ask any season ticket holder. There are a lot of crappy games in the ticket package and way too many of them are to weekend games.

 

[SU2NASA]

I'm honestly very curious here. So two years you got 1 more road weekend game than home game, which was in a 10 year span of 40 home games to 43 road games. That seems...normal?

The list below...dear lord, it looks like...a random sampling of Big East opponents! 7 of the 15 possible opponents you played over a 2 year span on the weekend, that list below is supposed to support your theory of a Big East scheduling conspiracy?

Cincy
Villanova
St. John's
Georgetown
Marquette
St. John's
Louisville
Providence
Villanova

I really don't care about this back-and-forth argument. What I'm interested in is why you feel the need to come on a Syracuse message board to post about this in the first place?

The Big East is dying, we're getting the out, move on with your life on your own board.

Enjoy the Sun Beast.