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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 20:03:49 GMT -6
Well now Looks like I'm going to have to eat my words/ If you can get RMU to join it's a very strong add for the conference. The Wright State situation is quite worrisome though as is the situation in Green Bay (even though they say they'll be D1 at least for now). If those schools can hold on and you get RMU it adds a really solid program as well as new recruiting territory and expands the footprint. For as questionable an add as PFW may have been to many this looks like a good addition by LeCrone. It won't make the HL a multibid league in all likelihood but it will make the conference better. Maybe the HL knew something us fans didn't: that Green Bay & WSU were having problems. If they falter that drops the HL to 9 and RMU would bring the count back to 10.
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Post by gbphoenix1 on Jun 3, 2020 20:58:33 GMT -6
Green Bay is not in trouble. They shut down tennis because spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on a program that isn't additive to the bottom line financially or public awareness wise was deemed a bad use of resources.
They didn't need tennis to meet any criteria to maintain their D1 status and made a move that will strengthen their core athletic programs.
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Post by vugrad1314 on Jun 3, 2020 23:15:17 GMT -6
I wasn't saying that because of their tennis program but for that baffling Darner firing. I still don't understand what's up with that.
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Post by gbphoenix1 on Jun 4, 2020 8:01:45 GMT -6
Darner is going to receive $240,000 per year for the next 3 years guaranteed and possibly a 4th year after that.
Darner being fired is not a sign of financial weakness for GB athletics.
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Post by freewind on Jun 4, 2020 10:58:36 GMT -6
Most programs want an NCAA bid within a 3-5 year span out of their coach. We're soon to have 12 programs in a 1 bid league. Coaches are going to have to start finding ways to make noises in non-conference portion of their schedule if they want to improve their chances of staying.
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