Where some teams are seeing an increase in attendance, and others stability - some have seen a drop like BU has...
Here are just a few examples we may be able to learn from..
-Winning is NOT a guarantee that attendance will surge. No team in college basketball wins more at home than Kentucky - but there are fans who see their players are just passing thru - the one-and-dones, hardly know most of their names - guess what...
Kentucky's home attendance has shown a significant drop in the past few years that Calipari has been running the NBA-prep route..
huge changeovers, unfamiliar players, "rebuilding" each year, and players who are not committed to the program .....
http://johnclay.bloginky.com/2013/12/11/believe-it-or-not-uk-basketball-attendance-declining/
-Arkansas wins a lot at home and spent millions on their new head coach, and they are the ONLY show in town....but....Arkansas scheduled HORRIBLYand most of their home opponents are 180, 200 and worse, 300+ in RPI - people are staying home!
http://www.arkansasfight.com/2013/12/12/5203920/trough-talk-what-can-be-done-to-increase-razorback-basketball
-Likewise Arizona State - disappointing attendance for games like Maryland-Baltimore County
-Mizzou jacked their ticket prices to gouge the people who wanted to see UCLA come to town - and then the Mizzou people were stunned to see only 8000 people show up (arena capacity > 15,000) for such a high profile opponent - but then they had jacked the price of even the cheap seats from $10 to $65!! Gimme a break -
http://www.arkansasfight.com/2013/12/12/5203920/trough-talk-what-can-be-done-to-increase-razorback-basketball
-Rutgers has the worst attendance in the AAC (the remnant of the Big East_ - they drew only 392 to one game!!
That is no typo - THREE HUNDRED NINETY TWO!! But what do you expect with this quality of opponent?
http://www.dailytargum.com/sports/mens_basketball/ru-cruises-past-stillman-for-victory/article_0a75ee88-5650-11e3-905e-0019bb30f31a.html
-West Virginia forced a RESEATING PLAN on all the long time season ticket holders and fans - guess what - the fans were angry and attendance this year is WAY down. I mean WAY, WAY down in the 4000-5000 range. This is West Virginia - Jerry West's home!! They are drawing less than Bradley & ISU draw!! Season ticket sales are down 1,700!! Fans are saying...
"We are spiraling down.. The average fan senses the elitism from changes in parking to ticket surcharges to seat availability changes."
"What impact has the Coliseum Reseating Plan had on attendance?'' another asked. "What were this year's season-ticket sales vs. last year?
I have a feeling that season-ticket sales are down as a result. I know a lot of people (us included) who did not renew."
http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/WVU/201312070075
-Toledo's local press mocks and insults the student body in an effort to get more to show up.
Wanna bet that doesn't work?
http://www.independentcollegian.com/sports/blake-bacho-attendance-at-savage-arena-for-toledo-basketball-needs-to-improve-1.2849614#.UqxM7VtDscE
-Duke always lists their home crowd as a sellout - but here's an article saying that the stands were only half full for a game against a low-level, no-name opponent -
http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/11/19/duke-basketball-routs-unc-asheville-front-small-home-crowd
-Colorado attendance is surging - they are reasonably good and play a good home schedule - they have have sellouts & have to institute a wrist band process to dispense tickets!!
..but as we can see from above - bringing in all new players, jacking ticket prices, forcing a re-seating plan, and scheduling horrible no-name home opponents are all recipes for a downturn in attendance.
Find out which marketing firms helped these guys with their bad ideas and stay away from them.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Ten silliest and dishonest claims about the future..
#10 - The Great Lakes will dry up due to global warming & drought.
Facts: - water levels in the Great Lakes fluctuates up and down...always have & always will - they are not going to dry up.
See the details on this chart - levels have been up and down many, many times since measurements began.
Note that back in 1997 there were all time record high levels and people were worried the lakes would cause great flooding.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/now/wlevels/dbd/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/30/us-transportion-water-drought-idUSBRE8AT17E20121130
http://www.wtsp.com/weather/article/296424/3/Two-Great-Lakes-at-shallowest-levels-ever-recorded
#9 - Groundwater levels in 1988 were low after some droughts and many predicted they would never recover, wells would go permanently dry - or would at least take 50 years of heavy rains to recover.
Facts: The ground water levels have long since recovered even though we did have a few more years of drought.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5193/pdf/sir2007-5193.pdf
However - the drought has less to do with this than other forms of human behavior. We now cover so much land with buildings, parking lots, concrete, and other structures that rain no longer returns to the ground to replenish groundwater - and instead it runs off and into creeks & rivers and ultimately runs into the oceans causing ocean level rise.
This is a man-made problem but it is not man-made pollution it is man-made building - something we equate with progress and higher level of human society & function.
As a corollary to this claim - many experts predicted disaster a couple years ago in California with massive loss of water in reservoirs and wells. They said it would take FIFTY YEARS of heavy rains to replenish the water in California lakes reservoirs, wells, etc.
Fact: - one year of decent rain & snow resulted in COMPLETE recovery and there is no problem any more.
Talk about Chicken Little!!!
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14688924
#8 The Antarctic ice shelf was melting and would never recover.
Fact: This also happens on and off - and yes - a huge hunk of Antarctic ice shelf broke off a few years ago amid predictions of panic by some...
BUT - the entire ice shelf quickly reformed and was back to normal.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/98EO00152/abstract
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Further_break-up_of_Antarctic_ice_shelf
Now we see all time RECORD HIGH Antarctic ice levels...the ice sheets are bigger than ever, so if smaller ice means disastrous global warming - wouldn't you think massive high record ice in Antarctica ought to somehow signal the opposite?
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/antarctic-ice-area-sets-another-record-nsidc-is-silent/
As a corollary - many predicted MASSIVE melting of Antarctic snow would cause worldwide flooding.
Fact: it didn't and Antarctic snow levels are also hitting RECORD high levels.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/02/12/sea-ice-news-volume-4-1-arctic-ice-gain-sets-a-new-record/
#7 - Here's the funniest one - many "experts" including this well known one predicted the day was coming soon when New York & Washington DC would NEVER see snow again.
Fact: They have since seen RECORD snowfall
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/noted-global-warming-expert-rfk-jr-predicted-that-washington-dc-might-never-see-snow-again
http://notrickszone.com/2013/01/04/northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-sets-all-time-december-record-9-million-sq-km-more-than-32-years-ago/
#6 Arctic ice was disappearing and would never recover - or at the very best scenario wouldn't recover for 50 years!!!
Fact: Just one cooler than average summer has resulted in the Arctic ice cap not only RECOVERING but expanding to record levels.
The polar bears are quite happy now.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415191/Global-cooling-Arctic-ice-caps-grows-60-global-warming-predictions.html
#5 The most respected and top expert in climate science claimed the ice, snow, and glaciers in the Himalayas and on Mt. Everest were disappearing and would be gone by 2038!
Fact: this same "scientist" has since been discovered to have fabricated all his data, and lied about everything he said because he had an agenda.
He has since recanted and admitted he lied and now is known to be a fraud.
That didn't stop the United Nations to hire the guy as their expert!
http://iceagenow.info/2012/02/himalayas-lost-ice-10-years-study-shows/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/23/breaking-news-scientist-admits-ipcc-used-fake-data-to-pressure-policy-makers/
#4 Of course you've heard this one plenty - that global warming would result is worse HURRICANE seasons, more monster storms, and even worse tornadoes.
Fact: Not so at all - there have always been bad storms and bad years intermixed with milder ones.
Many point to "Sandy" - but check it out yourself - Sandy wasn't even a HURRICANE - it dropped to a tropical storm - and it didn't cause damage by its severity but because of people building in its path.
This year happens to be an ALL record MILD year for hurricanes and tornadoes.
Certainly this does not fit their predictions so they simply aren't talking about it.
In fact only TWO of the last TEN years saw an Atlantic hurricane season that was worse than historical average and the other EIGHT years were milder than average.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/19/2013-is-a-record-low-year-for-u-s-tornadoes/
But - the experts still have reduced the standards needed to call a storm a hurricane for warning purposes - they want to make sure you don't ignore them.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/weather/hurricane-tropical-storm-warning-definitions-chang/nXCmy/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/05/national-hurricane-center-to-expand-storm-warnings/
#3 Massive ice melts would result in sea levels rising several meters - many even claimed it would happen by 20010 and 2013... This would result in horrible flooding along coastlines and displace hundreds of millions of people!
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/early-warning-signs-of-global-8.html
These people claimed sea levels would rise 60 to 80 METERS!!!
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question473.htm
Fact: well - it just isn't happening. When people are asked to show even one example of this happening anywhere in the world - they come up with nothing!
Here are the facts:
-sea levels are gradually rising and have done so steadily for well over 100 years...it's practically linear and it was predictable.
Look at this graph and see that sea levels rose very gradually even when the earth had cooling stretches in the 1950's, 1970's, etc..
This is proof it has nothing to do with earth warming.
http://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/700px-recent_sea_level_rise-1.png
So what's causing it?? Go back and read #9 above - it has large to do with the expansion of population, the filling of lakes & swamps, the displacement of water sitting on continents by buildings, fill, sea walls, and backfill.
We all know most of Manhattan was once water-filled swamp as was half of southern Louisiana & New Orleans. Where do you think all that water gradually goes when it's displaced?
It ultimately goes back and causes the oceans to rise.
If you still doubt this - then consider when there were a few regional heavy rains & floods recently in Australia - the experts showed that "REPLACING" water into lakes & swamps - the opposite of what's been gradually happening for 100 years - stopped the gradual rise of the oceans!!
http://earthsky.org/earth/can-unusual-weather-patterns-halt-sea-level-rise
"Experts" who have tried to show where shore damage is occurring - have to make things up.
Remember the NY Times writer that claimed Norfolk was being flooded when it wasn't due to rising sea but to sinking ground!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/norfolk-virginia-sea-levels-rise_n_1461486.html
#2 I threw this one in just to show how silly and dishonest some global warming advocates are. This isn't a big deal but it is a big lie.
Recently this photo showed up with lots of claims that is was incontrovertible proof of global warming and melting polar ice caps.
http://www.livescience.com/38347-north-pole-ice-melt-lake.html
This photo went viral with wild claims of warming-related disasters!
...but, as always, there's more to the story...
Fact: this photo was NOT taken at the North Pole. Of course that fact was irrelevant to those who already had an agenda to jam down your throat.
Here's the truth - that photo is not the North Pole and does not show massively melting arctic ice.
In fact - go back to #6 and see that Arctic ice is actually at RECORD HIGHS!
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/polar-researchers-explain-north-pole-lake/?_r=0
#1 Every year we get warmer and warmer - global warming is a fact and it's getting worse every year!
Fact: well - that's not what the facts say...
I suppose you can hand pick the data you want to prove just about anything but most reputable scientists agree that the warming treand that existed through the 1980's and 1990's - somewhat ended about 1997 and have shown virtually NO warming since.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2217286/Global-warming-stopped-16-years-ago-reveals-Met-Office-report-quietly-released--chart-prove-it.html
Actually there's evidence that we are now entering perhaps a long cooling cycle!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10294082/Global-warming-No-actually-were-cooling-claim-scientists.html
record hurricane seasons would become the norm
photo of north pole buoy
Facts: - water levels in the Great Lakes fluctuates up and down...always have & always will - they are not going to dry up.
See the details on this chart - levels have been up and down many, many times since measurements began.
Note that back in 1997 there were all time record high levels and people were worried the lakes would cause great flooding.
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/now/wlevels/dbd/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/30/us-transportion-water-drought-idUSBRE8AT17E20121130
http://www.wtsp.com/weather/article/296424/3/Two-Great-Lakes-at-shallowest-levels-ever-recorded
#9 - Groundwater levels in 1988 were low after some droughts and many predicted they would never recover, wells would go permanently dry - or would at least take 50 years of heavy rains to recover.
Facts: The ground water levels have long since recovered even though we did have a few more years of drought.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5193/pdf/sir2007-5193.pdf
However - the drought has less to do with this than other forms of human behavior. We now cover so much land with buildings, parking lots, concrete, and other structures that rain no longer returns to the ground to replenish groundwater - and instead it runs off and into creeks & rivers and ultimately runs into the oceans causing ocean level rise.
This is a man-made problem but it is not man-made pollution it is man-made building - something we equate with progress and higher level of human society & function.
As a corollary to this claim - many experts predicted disaster a couple years ago in California with massive loss of water in reservoirs and wells. They said it would take FIFTY YEARS of heavy rains to replenish the water in California lakes reservoirs, wells, etc.
Fact: - one year of decent rain & snow resulted in COMPLETE recovery and there is no problem any more.
Talk about Chicken Little!!!
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14688924
#8 The Antarctic ice shelf was melting and would never recover.
Fact: This also happens on and off - and yes - a huge hunk of Antarctic ice shelf broke off a few years ago amid predictions of panic by some...
BUT - the entire ice shelf quickly reformed and was back to normal.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/98EO00152/abstract
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Further_break-up_of_Antarctic_ice_shelf
Now we see all time RECORD HIGH Antarctic ice levels...the ice sheets are bigger than ever, so if smaller ice means disastrous global warming - wouldn't you think massive high record ice in Antarctica ought to somehow signal the opposite?
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/antarctic-ice-area-sets-another-record-nsidc-is-silent/
As a corollary - many predicted MASSIVE melting of Antarctic snow would cause worldwide flooding.
Fact: it didn't and Antarctic snow levels are also hitting RECORD high levels.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/02/12/sea-ice-news-volume-4-1-arctic-ice-gain-sets-a-new-record/
#7 - Here's the funniest one - many "experts" including this well known one predicted the day was coming soon when New York & Washington DC would NEVER see snow again.
Fact: They have since seen RECORD snowfall
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/noted-global-warming-expert-rfk-jr-predicted-that-washington-dc-might-never-see-snow-again
http://notrickszone.com/2013/01/04/northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-sets-all-time-december-record-9-million-sq-km-more-than-32-years-ago/
#6 Arctic ice was disappearing and would never recover - or at the very best scenario wouldn't recover for 50 years!!!
Fact: Just one cooler than average summer has resulted in the Arctic ice cap not only RECOVERING but expanding to record levels.
The polar bears are quite happy now.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415191/Global-cooling-Arctic-ice-caps-grows-60-global-warming-predictions.html
#5 The most respected and top expert in climate science claimed the ice, snow, and glaciers in the Himalayas and on Mt. Everest were disappearing and would be gone by 2038!
Fact: this same "scientist" has since been discovered to have fabricated all his data, and lied about everything he said because he had an agenda.
He has since recanted and admitted he lied and now is known to be a fraud.
That didn't stop the United Nations to hire the guy as their expert!
http://iceagenow.info/2012/02/himalayas-lost-ice-10-years-study-shows/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/23/breaking-news-scientist-admits-ipcc-used-fake-data-to-pressure-policy-makers/
#4 Of course you've heard this one plenty - that global warming would result is worse HURRICANE seasons, more monster storms, and even worse tornadoes.
Fact: Not so at all - there have always been bad storms and bad years intermixed with milder ones.
Many point to "Sandy" - but check it out yourself - Sandy wasn't even a HURRICANE - it dropped to a tropical storm - and it didn't cause damage by its severity but because of people building in its path.
This year happens to be an ALL record MILD year for hurricanes and tornadoes.
Certainly this does not fit their predictions so they simply aren't talking about it.
In fact only TWO of the last TEN years saw an Atlantic hurricane season that was worse than historical average and the other EIGHT years were milder than average.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/19/2013-is-a-record-low-year-for-u-s-tornadoes/
But - the experts still have reduced the standards needed to call a storm a hurricane for warning purposes - they want to make sure you don't ignore them.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/weather/hurricane-tropical-storm-warning-definitions-chang/nXCmy/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/05/national-hurricane-center-to-expand-storm-warnings/
#3 Massive ice melts would result in sea levels rising several meters - many even claimed it would happen by 20010 and 2013... This would result in horrible flooding along coastlines and displace hundreds of millions of people!
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/early-warning-signs-of-global-8.html
These people claimed sea levels would rise 60 to 80 METERS!!!
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question473.htm
Fact: well - it just isn't happening. When people are asked to show even one example of this happening anywhere in the world - they come up with nothing!
Here are the facts:
-sea levels are gradually rising and have done so steadily for well over 100 years...it's practically linear and it was predictable.
Look at this graph and see that sea levels rose very gradually even when the earth had cooling stretches in the 1950's, 1970's, etc..
This is proof it has nothing to do with earth warming.
http://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/700px-recent_sea_level_rise-1.png
So what's causing it?? Go back and read #9 above - it has large to do with the expansion of population, the filling of lakes & swamps, the displacement of water sitting on continents by buildings, fill, sea walls, and backfill.
We all know most of Manhattan was once water-filled swamp as was half of southern Louisiana & New Orleans. Where do you think all that water gradually goes when it's displaced?
It ultimately goes back and causes the oceans to rise.
If you still doubt this - then consider when there were a few regional heavy rains & floods recently in Australia - the experts showed that "REPLACING" water into lakes & swamps - the opposite of what's been gradually happening for 100 years - stopped the gradual rise of the oceans!!
http://earthsky.org/earth/can-unusual-weather-patterns-halt-sea-level-rise
"Experts" who have tried to show where shore damage is occurring - have to make things up.
Remember the NY Times writer that claimed Norfolk was being flooded when it wasn't due to rising sea but to sinking ground!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/norfolk-virginia-sea-levels-rise_n_1461486.html
#2 I threw this one in just to show how silly and dishonest some global warming advocates are. This isn't a big deal but it is a big lie.
Recently this photo showed up with lots of claims that is was incontrovertible proof of global warming and melting polar ice caps.
http://www.livescience.com/38347-north-pole-ice-melt-lake.html
This photo went viral with wild claims of warming-related disasters!
...but, as always, there's more to the story...
Fact: this photo was NOT taken at the North Pole. Of course that fact was irrelevant to those who already had an agenda to jam down your throat.
Here's the truth - that photo is not the North Pole and does not show massively melting arctic ice.
In fact - go back to #6 and see that Arctic ice is actually at RECORD HIGHS!
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/polar-researchers-explain-north-pole-lake/?_r=0
#1 Every year we get warmer and warmer - global warming is a fact and it's getting worse every year!
Fact: well - that's not what the facts say...
I suppose you can hand pick the data you want to prove just about anything but most reputable scientists agree that the warming treand that existed through the 1980's and 1990's - somewhat ended about 1997 and have shown virtually NO warming since.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2217286/Global-warming-stopped-16-years-ago-reveals-Met-Office-report-quietly-released--chart-prove-it.html
Actually there's evidence that we are now entering perhaps a long cooling cycle!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10294082/Global-warming-No-actually-were-cooling-claim-scientists.html
record hurricane seasons would become the norm
photo of north pole buoy
Thursday, August 29, 2013
PCS girls soccer records
PCS season records...
1999-00 5-5 (1st season for PCS girls' soccer, played JV only)
2000-01 8-6 (1st varsity season)
2001-02 5-1-6
2002-03 8-4
2003-04 8-4-2
2004-05 7-8-2
2005-06 6-8-2
2006-07 8-11
2007-08 6-5-7 (Cory's first season as head coach)
2008-09 15-7-2 (Regional Champs/Elite 8)
2009-10 15-7-2 (Regional Champs/Sweet 16)
2010-11 14-7-3 (Regional Champs/Sweet 16)
2011-12 13-9-2 (Regional Champs)
2012-13 13-6-2 (Regional Champs)
2013-14 7-12-2 (Regional finalist)
2014-15 9-9-3 (Regional finalist)
2015-16 12-8-1 thus far, Coach Hynek's 100th win incl. (Lost in Regional Finals)
2000-01 8-6 (1st varsity season)
2001-02 5-1-6
2002-03 8-4
2003-04 8-4-2
2004-05 7-8-2
2005-06 6-8-2
2006-07 8-11
2007-08 6-5-7 (Cory's first season as head coach)
2008-09 15-7-2 (Regional Champs/Elite 8)
2009-10 15-7-2 (Regional Champs/Sweet 16)
2010-11 14-7-3 (Regional Champs/Sweet 16)
2011-12 13-9-2 (Regional Champs)
2012-13 13-6-2 (Regional Champs)
2013-14 7-12-2 (Regional finalist)
2014-15 9-9-3 (Regional finalist)
2015-16 12-8-1 thus far, Coach Hynek's 100th win incl. (Lost in Regional Finals)
Career scoring: (stats not yet complete)
(note: I have limited availability to official stats especially before 2008)
Jill Sidler 71 goals (5-16-24-26)
Cortney Allenbaugh 49 goals (11-0-38-0)
Bekah Smith 31 goals (15-9-7-?)
Anne Sidler 31 goals (13-9-5-4)
Jordan Myroth 17 goals (0-0-0-18)
Lindsay Walton 21 goals (1-2-2-16)
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Bradley gets state funds as part of grant
Bradley gets a nice hunk of $$ courtesy of Governor Pat Quinn.
BUT -- Contrary to the mistaken idea that Bradley was somehow special and "earned this grant"...or went out and won the award...
now we see that Gov. Quinn has been on a statewide tour stumping his broad giveaways & giving away the same grant money to almost all the state's private colleges & universities...
Looks like Bradley was hit with this windfall and didn't do a thing to get it - in fact maybe ought to have done better! And had BU not gotten this handout then it would have been a surprise, so anyone giving credit to someone at BU simply doesn't know anything and is stupid.
In fact - many, many schools got considerably bigger grants than Bradley - so you actually gotta wonder how come we got stiffed?
Maybe we should have gotten a bigger hunk of the pie.... ;)
Just check the news stories...
DePaul got $8 million - remember - they are a private Catholic school
Northwestern $7 million
Loyola almost $6 million - so their President, the Reverend Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., must have done a heckuva better job than the downstate schools!!!
Univ. of Chicago $4 million - they have the same enrollment as & employ fewer employees than Bradley!!
Columbia College $5 million
Illinois Institute of Technology, St. Xavier University, Robert Morris & Roosevelt Univ. got $3 mil each
In fact ALL the Chicago private schools got way more than Bradley!!!
IWU & Eureka College both got about $1 mil
Lewis University - MUCH smaller than Bradley - got almost $3 million
Quincy Univ. got a million
St' Francis univ. in Joliet got OVER a mil
Elmhurst College got $1.5 million and they are only half the size and only a fraction of the community influence and job creator as Bradley
Lake Forest College got $1
Trinity International University got almost a million
and so on with numerous others - even tiny Rosalind Franklin University
Ausgustana, Knox, Monmouth - got over $3 million
Milliken, Illinois College...got $3.4 MILLION
http://elmhurst.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/state-awards-grant-to-elmhurst-college-for-schiable
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/21645821-418/34m-in-grants-awarded-to-four-area-colleges.html
http://romeoville.patch.com/groups/schools/p/quinn-26-million-grant-benefits-lewis-science-center
http://www.enewspf.com/school-news/44960-gov-quinn-announces-that-depaul-is-one-of-the-chicago-area-universities-to-receive-capital-grant-funding.html
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ill-Gov-Quinn-makes-3-stops-after-criticism-4694295.php
http://www.wgem.com/story/22980347/2013/07/31/state-of-illinois-awards-886k-grant-to-quincy-university
http://www.taylorvilledailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=21&id=87651#.UfzrTpLOvPU
EVEN many, many tiny little schools in and around Chicago and RELIGIOUS schools like MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE got big grants - MOODY got well over $600,000
http://news.yottos.com/ShowNews/Governor_Quinn_Announces_$54.8_Million_Investment_in_Chicago_Area_Colleges_and_Universities_-_Includes_Nearly_$4.8_Million_to_Columbia_College_Chicago_for_Major_Campus_Improvements;_Grants_to_Create_Thousands_of_Local_Jobs_01-08-2013
So.......looks like Bradley cashed in but hard to credit anyone at Bradley for anything special - note the Chicago schools where Gov. Quinn hopes to get lots & lots of votes next time around - got the lion's share of the handouts...
In fact the amounts given seem to be in DIRECT PROPORTION to how close you are to CHICAGO!!
..so I'd say the money was determined politically and not based on any action by the schools. I am also surprised there wasn't more backlash about giving the money to private schools.
Here's a story about how Gov. Quinn held a "CLOSED DOOR MEETING" with the heads of all the state's universities to determine the giveaway, at a time when some state schools
are nearly going bankrupt!
SIU is lacking $86 million in state aid & grant money that was promised yet NEVER DELIVERED!!
http://www.wsiltv.com/news/education/IL-College-Chiefs-Back-Quinn-Call-For-More-MAP-Money-139027654.html?m=y
...but there are people who claim it is unconstitutional to give the money to private schools and who are suing..
BUT -- Contrary to the mistaken idea that Bradley was somehow special and "earned this grant"...or went out and won the award...
now we see that Gov. Quinn has been on a statewide tour stumping his broad giveaways & giving away the same grant money to almost all the state's private colleges & universities...
Looks like Bradley was hit with this windfall and didn't do a thing to get it - in fact maybe ought to have done better! And had BU not gotten this handout then it would have been a surprise, so anyone giving credit to someone at BU simply doesn't know anything and is stupid.
In fact - many, many schools got considerably bigger grants than Bradley - so you actually gotta wonder how come we got stiffed?
Maybe we should have gotten a bigger hunk of the pie.... ;)
Just check the news stories...
DePaul got $8 million - remember - they are a private Catholic school
Northwestern $7 million
Loyola almost $6 million - so their President, the Reverend Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., must have done a heckuva better job than the downstate schools!!!
Univ. of Chicago $4 million - they have the same enrollment as & employ fewer employees than Bradley!!
Columbia College $5 million
Illinois Institute of Technology, St. Xavier University, Robert Morris & Roosevelt Univ. got $3 mil each
In fact ALL the Chicago private schools got way more than Bradley!!!
IWU & Eureka College both got about $1 mil
Lewis University - MUCH smaller than Bradley - got almost $3 million
Quincy Univ. got a million
St' Francis univ. in Joliet got OVER a mil
Elmhurst College got $1.5 million and they are only half the size and only a fraction of the community influence and job creator as Bradley
Lake Forest College got $1
Trinity International University got almost a million
and so on with numerous others - even tiny Rosalind Franklin University
Ausgustana, Knox, Monmouth - got over $3 million
Milliken, Illinois College...got $3.4 MILLION
http://elmhurst.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/state-awards-grant-to-elmhurst-college-for-schiable
http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/21645821-418/34m-in-grants-awarded-to-four-area-colleges.html
http://romeoville.patch.com/groups/schools/p/quinn-26-million-grant-benefits-lewis-science-center
http://www.enewspf.com/school-news/44960-gov-quinn-announces-that-depaul-is-one-of-the-chicago-area-universities-to-receive-capital-grant-funding.html
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ill-Gov-Quinn-makes-3-stops-after-criticism-4694295.php
http://www.wgem.com/story/22980347/2013/07/31/state-of-illinois-awards-886k-grant-to-quincy-university
http://www.taylorvilledailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=21&id=87651#.UfzrTpLOvPU
EVEN many, many tiny little schools in and around Chicago and RELIGIOUS schools like MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE got big grants - MOODY got well over $600,000
http://news.yottos.com/ShowNews/Governor_Quinn_Announces_$54.8_Million_Investment_in_Chicago_Area_Colleges_and_Universities_-_Includes_Nearly_$4.8_Million_to_Columbia_College_Chicago_for_Major_Campus_Improvements;_Grants_to_Create_Thousands_of_Local_Jobs_01-08-2013
So.......looks like Bradley cashed in but hard to credit anyone at Bradley for anything special - note the Chicago schools where Gov. Quinn hopes to get lots & lots of votes next time around - got the lion's share of the handouts...
In fact the amounts given seem to be in DIRECT PROPORTION to how close you are to CHICAGO!!
..so I'd say the money was determined politically and not based on any action by the schools. I am also surprised there wasn't more backlash about giving the money to private schools.
Here's a story about how Gov. Quinn held a "CLOSED DOOR MEETING" with the heads of all the state's universities to determine the giveaway, at a time when some state schools
are nearly going bankrupt!
SIU is lacking $86 million in state aid & grant money that was promised yet NEVER DELIVERED!!
http://www.wsiltv.com/news/education/IL-College-Chiefs-Back-Quinn-Call-For-More-MAP-Money-139027654.html?m=y
...but there are people who claim it is unconstitutional to give the money to private schools and who are suing..
Monday, July 29, 2013
So this is freedom of the press?
Freedom of the press is one of our most sacred foundations - all other freedoms have some restrictions that keep people from hollering "fire" in a crowded theater, or prevent witnesses from lying in court, or from having loonies carry guns.
But there are virtually no prohibitions to freedom of the press because all our freedoms depend on a press of INTEGRITY and DIGNITY to be fair & honest and hold the government in check.
You just don't mess with the Freedom of the Press!
So it is that this freedom is so important and so sacred that nobody should distort it for their own selfish purpose. Nobody should violate the basic principles of the freedom of the press for their own personal and petty agenda.
Wouldn't you think the integrity and honor of what a reporter or journalist publishes - is of the highest order...?
Isn't the dignity of what they report worth fighting for - standing up for -- even taking risks for??
Well -
Nooooo......not for these Gatehouse people -- if they don't get what they want in their own small minded agenda, they are going to withhold their columns.....literally hold the content of a free press as hostage!!
http://jimromenesko.com/2013/07/02/reporters-at-gatehouse-paper-withhold-bylines-after-veteran-city-editor-is-laid-off/
http://peoriapundit.blogpeoria.com/2013/07/02/reporters-rebel-mildly-at-local-gatehouse-media-publication/
They have warped the FIRST AMENDMENT from FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - into freedom of what the reporters want for themselves!
They, in their own minds, have become the most important part of the 1st Amendment process.
Only in Peoria...
But there are virtually no prohibitions to freedom of the press because all our freedoms depend on a press of INTEGRITY and DIGNITY to be fair & honest and hold the government in check.
You just don't mess with the Freedom of the Press!
So it is that this freedom is so important and so sacred that nobody should distort it for their own selfish purpose. Nobody should violate the basic principles of the freedom of the press for their own personal and petty agenda.
Wouldn't you think the integrity and honor of what a reporter or journalist publishes - is of the highest order...?
Isn't the dignity of what they report worth fighting for - standing up for -- even taking risks for??
Well -
Nooooo......not for these Gatehouse people -- if they don't get what they want in their own small minded agenda, they are going to withhold their columns.....literally hold the content of a free press as hostage!!
http://jimromenesko.com/2013/07/02/reporters-at-gatehouse-paper-withhold-bylines-after-veteran-city-editor-is-laid-off/
http://peoriapundit.blogpeoria.com/2013/07/02/reporters-rebel-mildly-at-local-gatehouse-media-publication/
They have warped the FIRST AMENDMENT from FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - into freedom of what the reporters want for themselves!
They, in their own minds, have become the most important part of the 1st Amendment process.
Only in Peoria...
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Simple 2-year cost comparison since coaching change - you do the math
Had we stood pat in 2011, the next two years from 2011 to 2013 would have cost $450K per year or roughly $900K, and surely we wouldn't have done any worse than 9th or 10 place - and just maybe we would have done lots better and lost far fewer loyal fans.
BU, with the change - first BU was on the hook for 3 years of JL's salary, the search firm fee, the cost to pay expenses to bring nearly a dozen candidates in for interviews before picking GF, the cost for the first 2 years of GF's deal at $700K base plus extras for camps, TV, etc...
then as we see more factors emerging - BU was on the hook to increase other people's salary as well, change over several assistants, and now even pay off gobs of expensive legal fees for lawsuits and threatened lawsuits on both fronts and lastly - the penalties (buyouts) that someone has to pay - and it's definitely not over yet as BU still faces the court case in October.
Then there's the loss of around 3000 good, loyal fans at each game - this revenue loss is at least $1 million but maybe more since some of the departing fans were big donors as well.
It sure doesn't take an accountant to add all that up and come up with around $6 million and more...possibly lots more......and still counting.
As the politicians say....
are you $5-6 million better off than you were two years ago?? SMH...
BU, with the change - first BU was on the hook for 3 years of JL's salary, the search firm fee, the cost to pay expenses to bring nearly a dozen candidates in for interviews before picking GF, the cost for the first 2 years of GF's deal at $700K base plus extras for camps, TV, etc...
then as we see more factors emerging - BU was on the hook to increase other people's salary as well, change over several assistants, and now even pay off gobs of expensive legal fees for lawsuits and threatened lawsuits on both fronts and lastly - the penalties (buyouts) that someone has to pay - and it's definitely not over yet as BU still faces the court case in October.
Then there's the loss of around 3000 good, loyal fans at each game - this revenue loss is at least $1 million but maybe more since some of the departing fans were big donors as well.
It sure doesn't take an accountant to add all that up and come up with around $6 million and more...possibly lots more......and still counting.
As the politicians say....
are you $5-6 million better off than you were two years ago?? SMH...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Losing good fans
We have a problem currently that we never had...
in almost every year when we had a bad year - finishing in the bottom half of the MVC - we still maintained great attendance...
then if we had a big improvement year (like this year is being called) we had a big rebounding year in attendance - but now we saw the opposite...
we were mediocre and 9-9 in the MVC and still drew nearly 10K in 97-98
we were 14-16 in 99-00 and still drew 10,178
we had a serious downturn that caused MO to get fired in 2001-02 and yet we still drew over 9000
In JL's very first year - not a very good one record-wise - attendance jumped back up significantly
Attendance held strong again in JL's 2nd year even thos fans voiced that they expected better
Attendance jumped again the next tyear even tho we were 6-12 and fans were grumbling
Then BU's attendance surged the next few years and held STRONG until JL's final year - still well over 9,000
only in JL's final season - with changes forced upon JL that were not of his choosing, bad press, and turmoil - only then did attendance decline (NOT back in 2007 as the history revisionists claim) - and yet it was still nearly 8500
BUT now we are seriously beginning to lose lifelong fan support...big time
In the last two years attendance has dropped 10-20% EACH of those two seasons to a dismal 6500 per season this year - numbers simply not seen much since the old Fieldhouse era...
Why in the face of a rebuilding program & "one of the best single year turnarounds" and "one of the top improvements" in all of D-I - WHY did we continue to lose 15-17% of our fan base??
Are you not a bit worried??
in 2011 people predicted precisely what we are seeing - that we'd be at the bottom of the Valley for years, attendance would drop way, way off - and those people were scoffed at and mocked - we they not 100% right?
I am hopeful and always optimistic that maybe we can do better than 9th or 10th seed as we have done the past two years....
BUT - losing about half our offensive production this coming year then losing the last of JL's kids the following year - one of whom will finish in BU's TOP 10 all time scoring list -
add that to the dismissal of almost every recruit that's been signed in the past two years forcing us to start over by landing gobs of leftovers in the LATE spring recruiting period - this does not reassure optimism to me as much as it seems to the media.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Some info that was not reported on latest BU recruit Jordan Swopshire
I am definitely not against landing and signing Jordan Swopshire and he looks to be a talented player but there are a few red flags.........remember - others have strongly criticized BU's recruits in the past for not playing high school ball, for changing schools, and even columns ripping BU for bringing in too many new players at one time (the "Seven D-I Virgins" tirade) or for hauling in too many junior college players (the "Too many jucos" tirade)..........so seriously - how come none of this info on the background of Jordan Swopshire was ever mentioned when the PJ Star was hyping Jordan as some kind of "difference maker"?
Hey - I believe Swopshire might be very good - but here are just a couple of the previously unmentioned facts...
-He averaged 9 ppg at Ft. Zumwalt in O'Fallon, MO as a freshman
-He was claimed to possibly be the BEST player in the state of Missouri for his class of 2013...and yet got zero recruitment or offers from anyone locally - not even any instate schools...
-then as a sophomore he missed some time due to injury
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/top-10-boys/jordan-swopshire-soph-zumwalt-south/article_7c73993c-fdbf-11df-a895-00127992bc8b.html
- as a sophomore at Ft. Zumwalt he averaged 10 ppg but missed 1/3 of the season
There's some discrepancy on his rebounding totals and assists - this site says just 2.5 rpg, 1.4 asst...but elsewhere the numbers were quoted as higher.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/top-10-boys/jordan-swopshire-soph-zumwalt-south/article_7c73993c-fdbf-11df-a895-00127992bc8b.html
-at the end of his sophomore season - he was snubbed by the local high school All Area 1st Team or 2nd Team.
He was...Honorable Mention behind a dozen other kids in his own city & conference.
...and yet his own local press was NOT very friendly and did not place him on either 1st Team or 2nd Team in his own conference..even tho he was stated to be the top player in the entire state of Missouri for his Class of 2013 - and ESPN said he was 2nd Team ALL STATE - http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/missouri/post/_/id/419/all-state-hoops-missouri )
http://stpeters.patch.com/articles/local-basketball-players-earn-postseason-awards
Oddly the one article said...
"One of the bigger surprises in his recruitment is the
lack of effort by Mizzou. Swopshire said that he
hasn't heard much from his hometown school Mizzou
since the Spring."
-- again you gotta wonder what's going on??...
Then something happens and he chooses not to return to his high school in Missouri and lands at this really shady place called SportsQuest..
Note that this site appears to quote Jordan himself and says...
"Currently, I attend Fort Zumwalt South High School
(Mo.) after spending time at SportsQuest Academy
(VA) and Montrose Christian School (MD), where I
was the leading scorer."
http://vimeo.com/jordanswopshire
-so...he "spent time" at SportsQuest" but he never mentions and nobody else ever mentions if he played there or how he did...maybe there's a story behind that (see below)??
--- also -- WAS he the "leading scorer" at Montrose - his own coach says otherwise - also see below..
I have no idea why the PJ Star didn't say much about the kid's background but he hasn't hardly played any basketball in 3 years -- that's got to be risky as in the case of AJ Riley!!
When he left his Missouri HS, he was at SportsQuest Academy in 2011-12 but before the end of October 2011 he was done... then the next year he enrolled at Montrose but no indication anywhere how the kid maintained his academics in the meantime since he appears to have missed his junior year in high school!
BUT -- now even at Montrose...he was ineligible this past season after December...(note he left for a reason and was the 2nd leading scorer)
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-04/sports/36736795_1_montrose-christian-oak-hill-double-overtime
So............Let's go back to his junior year and do a little digging....
I am kinda stunned that our media guys never looked into any of this ...but that place he supposedly was at during his junior season.... "SportsQuest Academy" is a completely unheard of place that just started up out of the blue a couple years ago & tried to schedule games.
Info on the place is easy to find - and I will supply some - but how come our press just mentions "Sports Quest" as if they are naming some fine prep school - and never even looks the place up or checks them out?
BUT - NOBODY would schedule SportsQuest because they were a shady "diploma factory" basketball school.
They ended up playing only 3 games (two of them they got hammered severely)
and none of the players came back so they then closed their basketball program.
Here's an article about them - I have absolutely NO CLUE why Swopshire would ever say he was from this place - I would think if he were it woulda been something he'd try to hide or deny.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-04/sports/36736795_1_montrose-christian-oak-hill-double-overtime
By spring of 2012 SportsQuest was bankrupt, closing, every thing about them was a disgrace - the students were the casualties...and everyone pointing fingers in blame
http://wtvr.com/2012/04/25/31601/
In May of 2012 all their assets were auctioned off and so SportsQuest does not exist any more..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportsQuest
But I am still happy we landed Jordan Swopshire...but isn't it also surprising that no school besides George Washington ever offered him - kinda makes ya wonder.....VCU has no open scholarships so if they ever offered they are now out of the picture.
So - now all the players we're after have bounced around between multiple schools - Swopshire, Tucker, Zecevic, Hamilton, etc...
Not saying they won't be great players - and maybe they're the best players out there - but some of this sounds risky...time will tell.
Hey - I believe Swopshire might be very good - but here are just a couple of the previously unmentioned facts...
-He averaged 9 ppg at Ft. Zumwalt in O'Fallon, MO as a freshman
-He was claimed to possibly be the BEST player in the state of Missouri for his class of 2013...and yet got zero recruitment or offers from anyone locally - not even any instate schools...
-then as a sophomore he missed some time due to injury
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/top-10-boys/jordan-swopshire-soph-zumwalt-south/article_7c73993c-fdbf-11df-a895-00127992bc8b.html
- as a sophomore at Ft. Zumwalt he averaged 10 ppg but missed 1/3 of the season
There's some discrepancy on his rebounding totals and assists - this site says just 2.5 rpg, 1.4 asst...but elsewhere the numbers were quoted as higher.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/top-10-boys/jordan-swopshire-soph-zumwalt-south/article_7c73993c-fdbf-11df-a895-00127992bc8b.html
-at the end of his sophomore season - he was snubbed by the local high school All Area 1st Team or 2nd Team.
He was...Honorable Mention behind a dozen other kids in his own city & conference.
...and yet his own local press was NOT very friendly and did not place him on either 1st Team or 2nd Team in his own conference..even tho he was stated to be the top player in the entire state of Missouri for his Class of 2013 - and ESPN said he was 2nd Team ALL STATE - http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/missouri/post/_/id/419/all-state-hoops-missouri )
http://stpeters.patch.com/articles/local-basketball-players-earn-postseason-awards
Oddly the one article said...
"One of the bigger surprises in his recruitment is the
lack of effort by Mizzou. Swopshire said that he
hasn't heard much from his hometown school Mizzou
since the Spring."
-- again you gotta wonder what's going on??...
Then something happens and he chooses not to return to his high school in Missouri and lands at this really shady place called SportsQuest..
Note that this site appears to quote Jordan himself and says...
"Currently, I attend Fort Zumwalt South High School
(Mo.) after spending time at SportsQuest Academy
(VA) and Montrose Christian School (MD), where I
was the leading scorer."
http://vimeo.com/jordanswopshire
-so...he "spent time" at SportsQuest" but he never mentions and nobody else ever mentions if he played there or how he did...maybe there's a story behind that (see below)??
--- also -- WAS he the "leading scorer" at Montrose - his own coach says otherwise - also see below..
I have no idea why the PJ Star didn't say much about the kid's background but he hasn't hardly played any basketball in 3 years -- that's got to be risky as in the case of AJ Riley!!
When he left his Missouri HS, he was at SportsQuest Academy in 2011-12 but before the end of October 2011 he was done... then the next year he enrolled at Montrose but no indication anywhere how the kid maintained his academics in the meantime since he appears to have missed his junior year in high school!
BUT -- now even at Montrose...he was ineligible this past season after December...(note he left for a reason and was the 2nd leading scorer)
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-04/sports/36736795_1_montrose-christian-oak-hill-double-overtime
So............Let's go back to his junior year and do a little digging....
I am kinda stunned that our media guys never looked into any of this ...but that place he supposedly was at during his junior season.... "SportsQuest Academy" is a completely unheard of place that just started up out of the blue a couple years ago & tried to schedule games.
Info on the place is easy to find - and I will supply some - but how come our press just mentions "Sports Quest" as if they are naming some fine prep school - and never even looks the place up or checks them out?
BUT - NOBODY would schedule SportsQuest because they were a shady "diploma factory" basketball school.
They ended up playing only 3 games (two of them they got hammered severely)
and none of the players came back so they then closed their basketball program.
Here's an article about them - I have absolutely NO CLUE why Swopshire would ever say he was from this place - I would think if he were it woulda been something he'd try to hide or deny.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-04/sports/36736795_1_montrose-christian-oak-hill-double-overtime
By spring of 2012 SportsQuest was bankrupt, closing, every thing about them was a disgrace - the students were the casualties...and everyone pointing fingers in blame
http://wtvr.com/2012/04/25/31601/
In May of 2012 all their assets were auctioned off and so SportsQuest does not exist any more..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportsQuest
But I am still happy we landed Jordan Swopshire...but isn't it also surprising that no school besides George Washington ever offered him - kinda makes ya wonder.....VCU has no open scholarships so if they ever offered they are now out of the picture.
So - now all the players we're after have bounced around between multiple schools - Swopshire, Tucker, Zecevic, Hamilton, etc...
Not saying they won't be great players - and maybe they're the best players out there - but some of this sounds risky...time will tell.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
There are certain advantages of recruiting juco kids
As much as Tyshon helped - and as obvious as it was that he was the only 1st or even 2nd year player we had who contributed much - I'd say we ought to use every remaining scholarship we have to land older, battle-ready, bulked up, and ready-to-play juco kids....
Look at the quality of juco players who we were pursuing 1-2 years ago - that we passed on and yet became outstanding D-I players...
we sure coulda used one or two of these guys....
Jeff Early
http://www.sisportsconnection.com/high-energy-style-has-paid-dividends-throughout-jeff-earlys-career/
Derrick Marks
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/college-sports/derrick-marks-scores-38-points-to-lead-boise-state-broncos-over-colorado-state-rams-78-65
More on Derrick Marks
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/sports/goss/18646096-419/goss-plainfield-central-grad-derrick-marks-spins-scoreboard-at-boise-state.html
Derrick Bardan
http://www.bigskybball.com/2013/02/derrick-barden-is-star.html
Fabyon Harris
http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-basketball/2013/02/08/texas-am-aggies-fabyon-harris-sunk-a-three-pointer-to-beat-missouri-at-home/
And then remember this guy, John Taylor??
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/03/13/3212556/nccaa-basketball-championships.html
Look at the quality of juco players who we were pursuing 1-2 years ago - that we passed on and yet became outstanding D-I players...
we sure coulda used one or two of these guys....
Jeff Early
http://www.sisportsconnection.com/high-energy-style-has-paid-dividends-throughout-jeff-earlys-career/
Derrick Marks
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/college-sports/derrick-marks-scores-38-points-to-lead-boise-state-broncos-over-colorado-state-rams-78-65
More on Derrick Marks
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/sports/goss/18646096-419/goss-plainfield-central-grad-derrick-marks-spins-scoreboard-at-boise-state.html
Derrick Bardan
http://www.bigskybball.com/2013/02/derrick-barden-is-star.html
Fabyon Harris
http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-basketball/2013/02/08/texas-am-aggies-fabyon-harris-sunk-a-three-pointer-to-beat-missouri-at-home/
And then remember this guy, John Taylor??
http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/03/13/3212556/nccaa-basketball-championships.html
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Comparison of low post players at Bradley - past 25 years
I see a lot of criticism of our post players...but let's see how they stack up vs. our best in the past 25 years...
I went back 25 years - back to the Albeck era and culled the stats of all the low post/centers and ranked them in order....if I missed anyone lmk...
Our guys this year share the low post spot while a lot of guys in the past have planted themselves there all alone and yet - I think our current guys have proven themselves sufficiently - but this locks in even more the proof that our current guys are top notch.
Here are the BEST season totals among low post players - I did not count guys like Cellus, Granger, Parker - they do not fit the definition.
SCORING
15.4 Bayo 98
13.4 POB 06
12.4 Bayo 97
11.6 Funches 96
11.3 Pickett 13
11.1 Zach A 07
10.0 POB 05
8.9 Egolf 13
8.0 Egolf 11
7.9 Pollard 93
7.8 Pross 12
7.2 Funches 95
7.0 Egolf 10
7.0 Rabey 01
7.0 Salley 07
6.8 Pollard 94
6.3 Hall 02
6.1 Salley 08
6.0 Prosser 13
5.3 Prosser 11
So - SEVEN of the TOP 20 scoring seasons in the past 25 years by our low post guys are the guys we have RIGHT NOW..
and FOUR of the TOP dozen!!
guys like David Collins, Zach in '06, Koita - don't even make the list!!!
So - as much as we all would like to see a Bayo or a POB at BU - it simply doesn't happen often and the guys we have NOW do not deserve the criticism they get.
Here's rebounding going back to the Albeck era among our low post guys...
I did not include the guys from the 80's Massive Mike, Reese, Luke Jackson, etc...
Rebounds
8.3 POB 06
8.2 Bayo 98
7.4 POB 05
7.3 Rabey 01
7.0 Zach A 07
6.9 Salley 08
6.5 Prosser 12
6.0 Bayo 97
5.7 Tyshon 13
5.5 Egolf 13
5.5 Prosser 12
5.3 Funches 96
5.3 Pollard 93
again - the guys we have right now make up 1/3 of the top dozen rebounding seasons..........
the following starters ......Koita, Hall, Stewart, Funches, Pollard, Collins, Zach, Salley -- all had years where they were our MAIN low post guys and did not make this list!!
If you carry the list further - you see Egolf had two other seasons with more rpg than Collins' best year, or Koita's or Hall's or anyone else form the 90's..
Monday, January 21, 2013
Influenza and the flu shot
Lots of confusion but people are often seeing and reading inaccurate information.
Note also that newspaper and TV reporters are almost 100% inclined to interview only those who are invoved in Public Health or whose jobs are actually dependant on people getting vaccinated or getting the flu. It wouldn't take a genius to figure they will promote what their jobs depend upon - much like what kind of recommendation you'd get from a Ford dealer - he sure wouldn't be inclined to tell you to buy a Jeep.
With that noted - then you decide because it doesn't cost much to get a flu shot and it isn't very risky, so if you get one then you haven't done anything bad or wrong.
But people should be informed about the value or usefullness of flu shots - or are the useless or worthless?
First - the Emergency Rooms are filled with sick people who HAD THEIR FLU SHOTS!!
I actually spoke yesterday to the head of the OSF Emergency Department - he and I chatted at our church where we both attend. I asked point blank what percentage of people being seen in the emergency rooms that have the flu actually DID get their flu shot. He replied it was over 60%...so I also later called and asked at both other ER's in peoria and both replied likewise that over half of those getting the flu had their shot.
But if 35% of adult Americans have gotten a flu shot, then why does the 35% of the population that's vaccinated comprise 60% of those getting the flu?
Well, you decide - but there's really only one conceivable possibility.
Here are more stories about all those who went and did as they were told to do - they got their flu shots and it did not protect them at all.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/January/15/flu-emergency-rooms.aspx
http://www.joplinglobe.com/topstories/x964867507/Joplin-hospitals-seeing-major-jump-in-flu-cases/print
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/579913/Seasonal-Flu-Cases-Spike-At-Local-Emergency-Rooms.html?nav=510
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/01/03/health/flu-patients-crowd-into-maine-emergency-rooms-clinics-as-season-starts-early/?ref=latest
And others have seen the same including those who study the effectiveness of the flu shot scientifically.
This study cited in both links below says the flu shot is "Worse than worthless".
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/05/with-flu-season-over-canada-shows-flu-vaccinations-to-be-worse-than-worthless-.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937313
They don't understand it but the results of study after study show that flu shots are "futile" and completely useless as protection against the flu.
Is it any wonder that people inside the vaccine industry are even admitting that their hype about the flu shots is a lie and that they have been lying for years about the effectiveness?
And I suppose protecting their hundred billion dollar industry has nothing to do with the deception?
I am not saying you need to believe anything cited here - just do whatever you want with it.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/reassessing-flu-shots-as-the-season-draws-near/
Finally a report does get a comment from the feds saying the flu shot is ineffective..
..but why did it take so long - and in the interval the feds and everyone else saying we all need to go get this flu shot that they knew all along wasn't helping people.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2501256/
Here is a quote form that report...
"The flu is widespread in 49 states, according to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two of the three strains in the flu vaccine distributed this year are ineffective against the virus circulating through the state, health officials said. Nationwide, the vaccine protects against 40 percent of the virus strains out this year, according to the CDC
Federal officials said the vaccine will be overhauled and the two ineffective strains replaced for the next round of the vaccine, set to be distributed in the fall."
So they are saying don't worry that the flu shot is ineffective - just get yet another shot next fall....
but then they say to wash your hands - and yet they also know the flu is a respiratory illness that's almost 100% spread by inhaling the virus particles via respiratory transmission and not by hand to hand contact.
So much misinformation - but the real info is available. Please do not believe me - just do your own research.
Note also that newspaper and TV reporters are almost 100% inclined to interview only those who are invoved in Public Health or whose jobs are actually dependant on people getting vaccinated or getting the flu. It wouldn't take a genius to figure they will promote what their jobs depend upon - much like what kind of recommendation you'd get from a Ford dealer - he sure wouldn't be inclined to tell you to buy a Jeep.
With that noted - then you decide because it doesn't cost much to get a flu shot and it isn't very risky, so if you get one then you haven't done anything bad or wrong.
But people should be informed about the value or usefullness of flu shots - or are the useless or worthless?
First - the Emergency Rooms are filled with sick people who HAD THEIR FLU SHOTS!!
I actually spoke yesterday to the head of the OSF Emergency Department - he and I chatted at our church where we both attend. I asked point blank what percentage of people being seen in the emergency rooms that have the flu actually DID get their flu shot. He replied it was over 60%...so I also later called and asked at both other ER's in peoria and both replied likewise that over half of those getting the flu had their shot.
But if 35% of adult Americans have gotten a flu shot, then why does the 35% of the population that's vaccinated comprise 60% of those getting the flu?
Well, you decide - but there's really only one conceivable possibility.
Here are more stories about all those who went and did as they were told to do - they got their flu shots and it did not protect them at all.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/January/15/flu-emergency-rooms.aspx
http://www.joplinglobe.com/topstories/x964867507/Joplin-hospitals-seeing-major-jump-in-flu-cases/print
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/579913/Seasonal-Flu-Cases-Spike-At-Local-Emergency-Rooms.html?nav=510
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/01/03/health/flu-patients-crowd-into-maine-emergency-rooms-clinics-as-season-starts-early/?ref=latest
And others have seen the same including those who study the effectiveness of the flu shot scientifically.
This study cited in both links below says the flu shot is "Worse than worthless".
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/05/with-flu-season-over-canada-shows-flu-vaccinations-to-be-worse-than-worthless-.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937313
They don't understand it but the results of study after study show that flu shots are "futile" and completely useless as protection against the flu.
Is it any wonder that people inside the vaccine industry are even admitting that their hype about the flu shots is a lie and that they have been lying for years about the effectiveness?
And I suppose protecting their hundred billion dollar industry has nothing to do with the deception?
I am not saying you need to believe anything cited here - just do whatever you want with it.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/reassessing-flu-shots-as-the-season-draws-near/
Finally a report does get a comment from the feds saying the flu shot is ineffective..
..but why did it take so long - and in the interval the feds and everyone else saying we all need to go get this flu shot that they knew all along wasn't helping people.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2501256/
Here is a quote form that report...
"The flu is widespread in 49 states, according to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two of the three strains in the flu vaccine distributed this year are ineffective against the virus circulating through the state, health officials said. Nationwide, the vaccine protects against 40 percent of the virus strains out this year, according to the CDC
Federal officials said the vaccine will be overhauled and the two ineffective strains replaced for the next round of the vaccine, set to be distributed in the fall."
So they are saying don't worry that the flu shot is ineffective - just get yet another shot next fall....
but then they say to wash your hands - and yet they also know the flu is a respiratory illness that's almost 100% spread by inhaling the virus particles via respiratory transmission and not by hand to hand contact.
So much misinformation - but the real info is available. Please do not believe me - just do your own research.
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