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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 468729, member: 628"]
Here's an anecdote that reinforces that...

A few years back I went to a Jimmy V dinner in NYC.  I had the chance to talk to both Jeff Hathaway, then AD at UConn, and our own Darryl Gross.  Despite my addiction to online message boards, I'm a pretty social guy and can have a half-way decent conversation with just about anyone.  I had two very nice 10+ minute conversations with Hathaway.  When I met Gross he looked through me like I was the absolute last person he wanted to talk to.  What floored me was that he had no idea who I was, other than an SU alum.  I could have had a million dollar check in my back pocket for all he knew.  But there were some "celebs" there I suspect he was much more interested in talking too.

Now, look, I actually think Gross has done an excellent job at SU and I do like the guy.  So I'm not bashing him, really.  But I think that encounter was revealing about how SU has done such a horrendous job at courting donors.  And not just for athletics, SU's endowment is small for a private school of its size and academic stature.

I'm an alum, have a decent little career going, was a season ticket holder for 8 years, and never, ever, ever have been solicited for an athletics donation.
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