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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 3, 2023 9:36:32 GMT -5
If Holy Cross doesn't eat whatever is left in Nelson's contract, it's crystal clear they don't care about this program and football is now king in Worcester. You are right about football being KING. The clue on where hoops stands was FCBG, where HC let the contract run out, and left FCBG to claim 'age discrimination' inter alia that the contract wasn't renewed. HC didn't have to buy-out RW, but IIRC, they had to unexpectedly fork over a large pot of deferred compensation. SK was next, another buyout, right? MB, another buyout? TPTB aren't continuing to piss away money on buyouts of the head coach of men's hoops. Thee College has zero to show for the past buyouts.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 3, 2023 9:24:30 GMT -5
If for financial or other reasons Holy Cross chooses to continue with Brett Nelson as the head coach, are there ways to restructure the contract in ways favorable to Holy Cross or to incentivize performance?
Ideas?
Football is more important to HC than men's hoops. At Bucknell, the opposite is true. Assuming, HC is unwilling to bite the bullet and buy out the remaining, period on BN's existing contract, there would need to be some consideration offered by the College to change the contract terms. Not worth doing if there is one year remaining. Two or more years remaining, one could financially incentivize performance, and if the performance goal was not achieved, then terminate the remaining year(s) on the contract. {<<< Those who have taken a course on contracts much more recently than I can correct me.) Of course, alumni and fans could buy out the contract. That is not unheard of elsewhere, but somehow, I don't think that's happening on Mt. St. James.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 3, 2023 9:04:31 GMT -5
In the PSU NCAA revenue and expense report ^^^, the football roster totaled 125, 85 of whom were full equivalencies, receiving athletic-related (merit) aid, plus two more full equivalencies but apparently not rostered; an additional(?) 30 rostered players were receiving Pell grants, and apparently 10 were paying full freight.
This suggests that the number of rostered players receiving any form of fin aid was 115, when need-based aid was factored in. The rule on equivalencies as discussed at length in years past on this forum was that nearly any type of fin aid, including need-based aid, made one a counter, and the number of counters in FCS and FBS was 85, with the total aid for the 85 FCS counters not exceeding 63 equivalencies. It would appear that applying the old rule, PSU had 1115 football counters on its roster in 2021-22.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 3, 2023 7:51:58 GMT -5
Always a possibility. Could even be a good one. If HC football is rostering 70-75 equivalencies through the 2024 season, that is not a small amount of change. True, much of that could be covered by guarantees, and FCS playoff appearances. It would also seem that increased monies are being spent on football recruiting. And there may be salary bonuses for the coaches based on the team's success. KH is also intent on, and budgeting for, increases in scollies for the Olympic sports. But, as I have posted before, I have twice heard KH speak about what ails MBB at this juncture: the transfer portal, the NIL, student athletes pursuing athletics rather than academics, etc., If he has voiced these views publicly, he undoubtedly has expressed them privately, and more forcefully, with TPTB. Given the washout of HC's last five MMB head coaches, I included RW in that given the circumstances of his departure and he saying he was tired of recruiting. I would be surprised if TPTB, in the present situation, gave a thumbs up to KH plunking down a big pot of money for the next head coach. I will add that football has its financial supporters, and if a small gathering at another institution's new rink in CT is an indication, hockey does as well. The new Blaney court at HC was funded by George's classmates as a reunion gift. AFAIK, neither of the M/W hoops team locker rooms (suites) nor the M/W hoops coaches suite have donor names attached. If this were true one of two things would be happening... 1. We'd be under NCAA investigation or 2. We'd be in the Ivy League and be on the low side of equivalencies. Sometimes, it helps to read upthread before jumping to conclusions. I posted this upthread: Bolding mine A more complete text of the article I quoted from, with calendar dates: [Bolding mine.] Obviously, nobody on Crossports was sufficiently attentive to NCAA rulings during the summer of 2020, as there was no fall sports season in the PL, --so this slipped under the radar. ----------------- There are four categories of team-related expenses in the Title IX reports, from which I copied the expense values. The four are: financial aid, operating ('game-day') expenses, coaches' compensation, and recruiting expenses. (Other expenses related to all sports are classified as indirect expenses, e.g., medical insurance for athletes.) The Title IX reports are directly directive of the NCAA revenue and expense reports, which every NCAA members submits annually to the NCAA. To my knowledge, the only NCAA-submitted reports that are audited are submissions by athletic associations at the larger public universities, as these are a separate financial entity from the university. So 'scout's honor' for the rest. HC's football operating expenses for 2020-21 were extraordinarily high as these included a trip to Billings. (For which NCAA reimbursement for such would be included as revenue.) Of note, HC's recruiting expenses for all men's sports in 2020-21 totaled $35,000, with the explanatory note that that recruiting was largely suspended because of COVID. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For those who really want to understand athletics finances, the link below is to PSU's 2021-22 NCAA revenue and expense report gopsusports.com/documents/2023/2/1/2021-22_NCAA_Report_Final.pdfIt is 90 pages long, and contains gems like PSU football coaches receiving $475,000 in bonus money because PSU went to a bowl. The report also illustrates how much football is the engine that drives the train when it comes to athletics at the autonomy schools, like PSU. The day one gets to see HC's revenue and expense report is the day that St. Joseph chapel becomes a non-denominational house of worship.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 2, 2023 18:40:00 GMT -5
Please stop with the 70-75 scholis. We are still at 60. Either BC is the greatest miracle worker since JC at Cana, or someone is playing games. For 2020-21 (includes the truncated spring season), for football: School total expenses / operating expenses (in thousands of dollars) Bucknell $5,559 / $253 Colgate $5,898 / $251 HCross $5,232 / $517 Fordhm $6,398 / $245 Lafaytt $5,747 / $297 Lehigh $5,233 / $124 Rchmd $6,369 / $337 'Nova $5,969 / $393 This table indicates that HC spent significantly less on scollies and coaches' salaries in 2020-21 than any other PL school, Richmond, and Villanova. HC was the only school to spend less than $5 million after operating expenses are deducted. Colgate spent $932,000 more on salaries and scollies than HC. (GU did not play football in 2020-21.) Data for 2021-22 should be released in the next month or so.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 2, 2023 15:46:28 GMT -5
There are three caps that went away: 1.) The PL cap of 60 full equivalencies. 2.) The PL cap of 90 rostered players. 3.) An NCAA cap of no more than 25 new scholarships per year. In trying to figure out how, on its present course, HC would have 105 players on the 2023 roster, which is 20 above the 85 cap for FCS for players receiving fin aid, I found this article by an AP college football reporter in 2020, with respect to the Super Seniors and their fifth year of roster eligibility: www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ncaa-eligibility-waived-covid/507-bd82c688-d5e2-4fb3-82c0-a6db9200af2eSee also, swimswam.com/fall-sport-athletes-5th-year-of-eligibility-wont-hit-scholarship-limitsBack in 2020, the fifth year Super Seniors not being counted against NCAA caps was discussed in the context of schools not being able to afford to add these additional scholarship players for their fifth year. Ultimately, whether or not to absorb the scholarship cost was left to the individual school. This is something that the PL appeared to recognize in its doing away with its caps on the number of football scollies and roster size, and the new language about school choice. . My belief is that when the NCAA took subsequent action to extend the fifth year of eligibility to players whose nominal fourth year of eligibility would have ended with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons, this cohort of fifth year Super Seniors would also not be counters. (The original cohort of fifth year Super Seniors were those whose nominal fourth year was the 2020 season.) My reply is time sensitive as it involves the fast moving MBB coaching situation and could be made irrelevant at any second 🙂 but if HC decided to pull all the stops out and max FB funding during this unique period of opportunity to see how just how far the program could go under this coach with total resources, and skimp on a new MBB coach for a year to pay for it, I'm not crying about it. Is that a possibility? Always a possibility. Could even be a good one. If HC football is rostering 70-75 equivalencies through the 2024 season, that is not a small amount of change. True, much of that could be covered by guarantees, and FCS playoff appearances. It would also seem that increased monies are being spent on football recruiting. And there may be salary bonuses for the coaches based on the team's success. KH is also intent on, and budgeting for, increases in scollies for the Olympic sports. But, as I have posted before, I have twice heard KH speak about what ails MBB at this juncture: the transfer portal, the NIL, student athletes pursuing athletics rather than academics, etc., If he has voiced these views publicly, he undoubtedly has expressed them privately, and more forcefully, with TPTB. Given the washout of HC's last five MMB head coaches, I included RW in that given the circumstances of his departure and he saying he was tired of recruiting. I would be surprised if TPTB, in the present situation, gave a thumbs up to KH plunking down a big pot of money for the next head coach. I will add that football has its financial supporters, and if a small gathering at another institution's new rink in CT is an indication, hockey does as well. The new Blaney court at HC was funded by George's classmates as a reunion gift. AFAIK, neither of the M/W hoops team locker rooms (suites) nor the M/W hoops coaches suite have donor names attached.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 1, 2023 16:14:49 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 1, 2023 15:44:02 GMT -5
What is a realistic expectation for the renovation? Anything to base it off of? Am I getting ahead of myself here... KH said HC was not spending what UConn spent. ($70 million), and was looking at options for the existing rink.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 1, 2023 13:34:14 GMT -5
I thought the Aspire statements were boilerplate pap. Amateurish? Very disappointing. This new fella' Scanlan has a strong background. He seems to be an accomplished professional in the field. Expect he will rectify the statements and provide a clear direction with clear, more specific goals & strategies. I submitted these comments a few days ago. My second set of comments. The first I didn't save, but mostly was about 'nice words, little substance'. Yesterday, I sent them this link and recommended they read it. academicaffairs.syracuse.edu/asp/draft-framework/
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2023 11:18:53 GMT -5
This is the 2nd big hire in recent months with a Notre Dame background - I prefer that over the Ivy / NESCAC folks He has not been at Notre Dame since he was an undergraduate. Univ. of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Cornell, Syracuse. I sent a link to Syracuse's strategic framework document to the Aspire working group, commenting that it is worth reviewing, --as it sets out specific goals in contrast to the nebulous, nice-sounding statements in Aspire.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2023 11:10:58 GMT -5
Movement among people in the advancement field is common just after a campaign and just before a new one. Is Holy Cross entering a new campaign? Not imminently. But the strategic vision statement has a goal of doubling the endowment. Half the growth to be achieved by investment returns, half by new philanthropic gifts. As the strategic plan's timeframe is 7-10 years out, my guess would be a start in 3-4 years. Followed by another campaign 2038-2042, to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the founding. By 2043, I expect the College will look/be quite different than it does now.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2023 7:34:44 GMT -5
"Sean Scanlon, an innovative and entrepreneurial fundraising leader, is its next vice president for advancement. "Scanlon currently serves as vice president for development at Syracuse University, where he helped to launch and lead the university’s $1.5 billion Forever Orange campaign. "Scanlon will join the College in April. "Prior to Syracuse, Scanlon led alumni affairs and development at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management after having led the Discover campaign at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "He holds a B.A. in history and theology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.A. from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana." news.holycross.edu/blog/2023/02/27/college-names-sean-scanlon-vp-for-advancement/
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 27, 2023 20:25:02 GMT -5
I have searched for a peer-reviewed paper demonstrating that COVID originated in the Wuhan lab. I have found none. A peer-previewed paper in a reputable journal is about as close to the gold standard as one gets. I did come across this article in Vox, in which a pre-print of an article asserting that the Wuhan lab created the virus was informally circulated. www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/26/23425272/covid-origins-lab-leak-sars-cov-2-washburne-wuhan-virologyThe article never made it to print. I doubt that anyone on this forum other than myself is familiar with the astrophysicist Thomas Gold, a professor at Cornell. (Gold died in 2004). www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/shooting-the-moon-27389927/ Gold is an illustration of a noted and highly reputable scientist who begins opining on matters outside his field of expertise, and in this instance, one could say opining within the loose boundaries of his field of expertise. And when ultimately proven to be in error, tries to recant.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 27, 2023 19:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 27, 2023 17:51:36 GMT -5
From the Globe interview, ..... Some people didn't read the Globe interview.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 27, 2023 16:40:18 GMT -5
There are three caps that went away: 1.) The PL cap of 60 full equivalencies. 2.) The PL cap of 90 rostered players. 3.) An NCAA cap of no more than 25 new scholarships per year. In trying to figure out how, on its present course, HC would have 105 players on the 2023 roster, which is 20 above the 85 cap for FCS for players receiving fin aid, I found this article by an AP college football reporter in 2020, with respect to the Super Seniors and their fifth year of roster eligibility: www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ncaa-eligibility-waived-covid/507-bd82c688-d5e2-4fb3-82c0-a6db9200af2eSee also, swimswam.com/fall-sport-athletes-5th-year-of-eligibility-wont-hit-scholarship-limitsBack in 2020, the fifth year Super Seniors not being counted against NCAA caps was discussed in the context of schools not being able to afford to add these additional scholarship players for their fifth year. Ultimately, whether or not to absorb the scholarship cost was left to the individual school. This is something that the PL appeared to recognize in its doing away with its caps on the number of football scollies and roster size, and the new language about school choice. . My belief is that when the NCAA took subsequent action to extend the fifth year of eligibility to players whose nominal fourth year of eligibility would have ended with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons, this cohort of fifth year Super Seniors would also not be counters. (The original cohort of fifth year Super Seniors were those whose nominal fourth year was the 2020 season.)
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 27, 2023 7:24:55 GMT -5
No doubt the administration will be the brakeman and not allow the football program to morph into a runaway train. The tenure of the fifth year "super seniors" is basically running out. A football player had to be rostered in the fall of 2020 to be eligible. The fall of 2023 will be their fourth year of eligibility, and fall of 2024 will be their final year. And unless the NCAA makes permanent rule changes, the 63 equivalency cap for FCS and the max of 25 recruits receiving scholarship aid in any year return.. I suspect the latter cap particularly will be studied in the context of the transfer rule and the NIL. www.goodbullhunting.com/2023/1/19/23557588/where-did-texas-a-m-aggies-transfer-portal-players-end-up
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 26, 2023 20:33:28 GMT -5
^^^ Decisions with respect to the football roster for the fall 2021 season were made before the arrival of ADKH and VR. How many COVID fifth years were on the fall 2021 roster?
--------------------- The fall 2022 roster may have had 70-75 equivalences, half-way between a nominal FCS and FBS roster. Assuming they only matriculated for one semester, the cost might be between $350,000 and $400,000.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 26, 2023 19:07:45 GMT -5
Another poster and I have been going back and forth on how HC is able to carry so many scollie players on the roster. I came across articles from 2020 that the so-called super seniors, the Covid fifth years, would not count against the NCAA scollie caps. If a school wanted to pay for the extra scollies, it could. If these articles are true, that explains how HC was able to roster so much talent for the 2022 season. And goes for other schools as well. But this was a once in a generation, or maybe a once in a multi-generations opportunity. Like the snow in Lake Arrowhead CA, in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles County near the I-15 highway that links LA and Las Vegas. Forecast to get another 18-24 inches Monday and Tuesday.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 24, 2023 12:57:48 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 24, 2023 8:01:40 GMT -5
When picking on Georgetown, one shouldn't overlook that most of their athletes probably matriculate at Georgetown College*, which has an undergraduate enrollment of 3,500+. The other four undergraduate schools are Foreign Service 1600+, Qatar <450, McDonough (business) 1,350, and Nursing<500.
* Georgetown does not list majors in the player bio information.
Also, undergraduate enrollment in the District of Columbia is capped at 6,675. (Qatar is outside the cap.)
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 23, 2023 19:42:21 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 23, 2023 7:52:42 GMT -5
Now that The Jo webcam is back on-line, it appears the the new Jesuit residence and both new residence halls are all buttoned up, with windows, outside walls, and roofs in place, allowing workers to construct interiors without being impeded by the weather.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 23, 2023 7:47:21 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
340 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
CAZ053-054-232100-
/O.CON.KLOX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230224T1200Z/
/O.CON.KLOX.BZ.W.0001.230224T1200Z-230226T0000Z/
Ventura County Mountains-Los Angeles County Mountains-
Including the cities of Lockwood Valley, Mount Pinos, Acton,
and Mount Wilson
340 AM PST Thu Feb 23 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 PM
PST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Winter Storm Warning through late Thursday with low
elevation snow, strong winds and very cold wind chills. For the
Blizzard Warning, heavy snow, winds gusting up to 80 mph, and
near zero visibility. Total snow accumulations from 6 to 12
inches likely between 2000-4000 feet up to 2 and 5 feet of above
4000 feet. Isolated amounts to between 7 and 8 feet at higher
elevations. Major mountains passes will be affected by
significant snowfall.
* WHERE...Ventura County Mountains and Los Angeles County
Mountains.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 22, 2023 18:26:07 GMT -5
Promotional video of HC Athletics strategic plan. Posted on the web a year ago. Didn't get many views. This is the first I have seen it. This strategic plan is not referenced in the Aspire strategic vision document. A comment was made to HC about this.
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