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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 686813, member: 716"]
I do feel that the Manley renovation was wasteful and short-sighted. I'm not, however, privy to the decisions behind the work. Would we have not gotten Marrone without a commitment to renovate immediately? Are there recruits on our roster right now who would be playing elsewhere were it not for our 80-yard indoor field?
 
Seems to me that we'd have $3+ million extra dollars to put toward the new building and a Manley with a brand-new 200-meter track and a passable surface for softball and lacrosse if we'd just waited a couple years and built the permanent indoor facility without diverting resources to gutting Manley first.
 
The track would never be built on Hookway. Fences and lights are one thing; building a facility over there is out of the question. It's a shame that the school isn't building a new track right away, but the location - though not ideal - makes sense. SU doesn't want to lose Manley surface parking and the teams want the track and the existing throwing facility to be consolidated. And the university isn't interested in a community benefit - this track is going to be for athletics use only (this was an early complaint about the Vielbig facility in the mid-'90s: even faculty and staff were finding themselves locked out when the track wasn't in use; they gave it the name "Alcatrack").
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