so with the extra two million a year now does marrone get

[kcsu]

You're dead wrong on 2. A lot of recruits comment on loving the "apartment style living" when they leave campus. Also, I don't think students would be too happy if they renovated athletes apartments and not theirs, look what happened when they were given iPads.

I thought that the players lived in Skytop? not getting your point

 

[tipphill]

how about build a football facility before giving a coach who has lost 7 in a row an extension. Beat Stony Brook and a few other bad Big East teams before there is any extension talk. I am not against an extension but ya know, win a few games first! lol

give the extension now,its already overdue,and will greatly improve su perception===you forget he won a bowl game in year two. i'm off his bandwagon as a game day coach right now, but believe he will play through it

 

[sutomcat]

I know for certain that SU was DAMN CLOSE to breaking ground on the football facility. It was supposed to mirror the Jets facility. I'm sure with the anticipated ACC cash influx on the horizon, the SU powerbrokers decided to shelve the project until our situation has stabilized a bit.

Not sure I agree with that, but I understand their thinking...

The exit fee for leaving the Big East probably drained the coffers and delayed the football practice facility groundbreaking. Sometimes you have to spend some money to make more money later...

 

[PhatOrange]

You're dead wrong on 2. A lot of recruits comment on loving the "apartment style living" when they leave campus. Also, I don't think students would be too happy if they renovated athletes apartments and not theirs, look what happened when they were given iPads.

wah to the students. the football players bring in millions to the uni. that's one way to pay them without actually paying them is to renovate where they live.

probably a good idea in terms of recruiting.

 

[Chip]

wah to the students. the football players bring in millions to the uni. that's one way to pay them without actually paying them is to renovate where they live.

probably a good idea in terms of recruiting.

Renovate all the South Campus apartments, and up the price a bit for the regular students. I'll bet they don't go unused.

Problem solved.

 

[Chip]

The exit fee for leaving the Big East probably drained the coffers and delayed the football practice facility groundbreaking. Sometimes you have to spend some money to make more money later...

I wonder if we've paid that yet, or the arrangement for paying it. Doubt it's as simple as handing the BE Commish (whoever he is these days, I can't keep up, nor do I care to) a briefcase full of cash.

The math major in me has trouble following some of this thread. No money for an indoor facility, we haven't raised enough yet. We're an athletic department that seemed to be in the black based on everything I've seen. And now we add millions in annual revenue starting in 2013, without adding significant cost (other than the exit fee which is paid for in the first year, maybe a few coach salary adjustments, perhaps an AD salary adjustment). So where does that money go, and why are we so worried about what's donated? Interest rates are minimal these days, we can't finance some of this? Seems like we're about 20X less of a risk given our new situation.

You get a new job that pays you 10X more, you buy a bigger house and a nicer car. And not with cash either.

 

[sutomcat]

I wonder if we've paid that yet, or the arrangement for paying it. Doubt it's as simple as handing the BE Commish (whoever he is these days, I can't keep up, nor do I care to) a briefcase full of cash.

The math major in me has trouble following some of this thread. No money for an indoor facility, we haven't raised enough yet. We're an athletic department that seemed to be in the black based on everything I've seen. And now we add millions in annual revenue starting in 2013, without adding significant cost (other than the exit fee which is paid for in the first year, maybe a few coach salary adjustments, perhaps an AD salary adjustment). So where does that money go, and why are we so worried about what's donated? Interest rates are minimal these days, we can't finance some of this? Seems like we're about 20X less of a risk given our new situation.

You get a new job that pays you 10X more, you buy a bigger house and a nicer car. And not with cash either.

I agree with everything you saw.

I believe the Melo Center was paid for exclusively with booster donations. I suspect the university has the mindset that funding the football practice center should be handled the same way. I know the AD offices have been little progress raising money for it, which drove DM to try and raise the money himself. He too did not make a lot of progress.

The facility is badly needed. The longer it takes to build it, the longer the staff is handicapped and the harder it will be to recruit successfully. I am with you. Why not just address the fundamental weakness in the program now and pay back the money later?

 

[Bayside44]

I agree with everything you saw.

I believe the Melo Center was paid for exclusively with booster donations. I suspect the university has the mindset that funding the football practice center should be handled the same way. I know the AD offices have been little progress raising money for it, which drove DM to try and raise the money himself. He too did not make a lot of progress.

The facility is badly needed. The longer it takes to build it, the longer the staff is handicapped and the harder it will be to recruit successfully. I am with you. Why not just address the fundamental weakness in the program now and pay back the money later?

As of last night's event I don't gather an indoor facility is happening anytime soon.

 

[orangecuse]

We aren't remotely close to building a football facility. It's actually on the back burner. Give Marrone an extension first.

How does giving Marrone an extension compete with building a football facility? That money is going to be paid whether Marrone's here or not...someone has to coach the team, and, therefore, paid accordingly.

Why is the indoor practice facility so critical? As others have mentioned, we have a unique indoor facility already...the dome...and there is Manley with its recent upgrades. Couldn't monies be more practically/economically spent in renovations, upgrades, etc. to the dome vs. another separate stand alone structure? What would the new facility bring that future dome improvements, additions, etc.
couldn't?