The Chancellor Hire Will Determine Our Fate

[Scooch]

The reality is Syracuse has no choice but to invest in athletics in order to remain a successful academic institution. With enrollment trends and how students are selecting colleges, we have to be able to offer students a big time college sports environment. The school has this data and knows it. Without it, Syracuse is a very overpriced middle of the road university in a location a lot of students don’t want to go when they can go south for college or select less expensive schools in the northeast or ones with better academic rankings.

Look at the peers in the northeast and it’s obvious. BC falls back on academic reputation and its location. All the small liberal arts schools have much better academic reputations throughout the northeast. Then you have state or smaller schools that are more affordable.

Without sports, Syracuse could be a failing university. Kent knew that and it’s why he supported athletics. You can only spend so much of course but we have spent a lot. We just got stuck with a bad replacement for Boeheim after his end of career issues.

Everyone should read this post. Then read it again. Then ponder it for 5 minutes. And read it again. Copy it into a Word doc. Then refer to it every 3 weeks or so.

It's 1000% spot on about the reality of Syracuse University.

 

[jr4750]

Without sports, Syracuse could be a failing university. Kent knew that and it’s why he supported athletics. You can only spend so much of course but we have spent a lot. We just got stuck with a bad replacement for Boeheim after his end of career issues.

He literally reiterated that this week in his Senate remarks. I hope the new Chancellor agrees.

Chancellor Syverud Highlights University’s $1.8B Economic Impact in Senate Address

Thanks to the Athletics Policy Committee for their report. If there’s any Power-Four-Conference university in the country that claims all the money for athletics is coming from within athletics efforts, I think they’re not being transparent. I will tell you; the answer is some of the money is...

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[SUFan44]

Jw is perfectly capable

Is he though?

 

[LpoolNative]

Is he though?

Yes, this “jw is incompetent” narrative has already been disproven months ago.

Enough.

 

[SUFan44]

Yes, this “jw is incompetent” narrative has already been disproven months ago.

Enough.

Why? Because a few internet posters believe otherwise?

I could re-litigate this for days, but his tenure hasn't exactly been successful with on-field/court results. In any way, shape or form.

 

[721Comstock]

Why? Because a few internet posters believe otherwise?

I could re-litigate this for days, but his tenure hasn't exactly been successful with on-field/court results. In any way, shape or form.

So…

We didn’t win 10 games and get ranked in Football in ‘24?

We didn’t have our best HS crootin class EVER
- and first 5* croot in decades -
just this past cycle?

We didn’t spend 100’s of million$ on Dome renovations?

Cuse Soccer won a Natty! 1st ever!!

Women’s hoops team is quite good this year.

The only true clunker was hiring Red -
and the BOT (and JAB) had a lot more to do with that than Wildhack.

But, other than that…

 

[tbonezone]

meet your new chancellor

imagine the fun watching our players running down the concourse airplane arms out ...

 

[elimunelson]

Everyone should read this post. Then read it again. Then ponder it for 5 minutes. And read it again. Copy it into a Word doc. Then refer to it every 3 weeks or so.

It's 1000% spot on about the reality of Syracuse University.

Sure. Why does bc continue to increase enrollment w their building 19 (scooch will get it) athletic dept?

Oh yeah they have a top academic standing

Cornell, Colgate are doing fine.

I don’t buy it. Our athletics enhance they can’t be the main star or we are doomed

 

[Scooch]

Sure. Why does bc continue to increase enrollment w their building 19 (scooch will get it) athletic dept?

Oh yeah they have a top academic standing

Cornell, Colgate are doing fine.

I don’t buy it. Our athletics enhance they can’t be the main star or we are doomed

It helps that BC is in Boston (well, Newton).

I don’t think the idea is that SU exists solely because of top flight football or hoops. But it’s a major draw (the research backs it up) and a major differentiator.

 

[Cusefan95]

Why? Because a few internet posters believe otherwise?

I could re-litigate this for days, but his tenure hasn't exactly been successful with on-field/court results. In any way, shape or form.

Folks like you are why I worry the next AD will make Gross look stellar by comparison.

Who wants to take a thankless job, at a university with far less resources than the big dogs, and that has a BOT that plays politics and stifles your hiring ability, AND a delusional fan base that doesn’t acknowledge any of the above?

Your “relegating” would be a toddler’s tantrum masking as an argument. I have no doubt you could do that for days. I’m not sure why you think that’s going to be persuasive to the adults here.