everelon
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Post by everelon on Dec 16, 2018 15:30:53 GMT -5
I am watching Elon/Canisius right now and this is the poorest excuse for a D-1 college basketball team I have ever seen. And I mean Elon not Canisius. I don’t think we will win in the CAA. So predictable and poorly coached. I’m wondering if Blank is there or if he is watching NFL. I’m certain he is not trying to hire a football coach. I’m finished donating until he is gone or we drop Athletics all together. With our interest and budget, we don’t even belong in D-2. We have great facilities and the worst head coaches in the CAA except for Women’s Basketball. There, I’m thorough ranting for now.
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Post by Bonita on Dec 16, 2018 15:51:52 GMT -5
Where is Poser?
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Canisius
Dec 16, 2018 17:25:18 GMT -5
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Post by Garbage on Dec 16, 2018 17:25:18 GMT -5
I would like to see Matheny spend less time at Magerks and more time figuring his issues out after all these losses
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Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 16, 2018 17:32:22 GMT -5
They have now lost 8 in a row to D1 opponents and 15 of their last 16 to D1 teams.
Everyone on this board, except Matheny apologists and Dave Blank, saw this coming.
This is the worst team since the DI transition and probably worse than any team since the 3-24 team in 95.
Can't afford to keep a high-performing football coach and keep paying a crap load to a worthless basketball coach.
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Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 16, 2018 17:41:44 GMT -5
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Canisius
Dec 16, 2018 18:12:33 GMT -5
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Post by Angry Fan on Dec 16, 2018 18:12:33 GMT -5
I think the only way we can truly make our voices heard is to start going to the games and protesting. Staying home does nothing. We need to be there and be loud for the other team. Let matheny know that he isn’t good. Sit everywhere except the student section. They have to win to have students there supporting them. The whole thing. Especially in recent weeks Elon has shown a penchant for protesting, why not take it to something that truly matters like CAA college basketball. Enough with the union garbage. Let Connie focus on her football and basketball teams. Matheny needs to go
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Canisius
Dec 16, 2018 18:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by NAIA on Dec 16, 2018 18:37:46 GMT -5
Do we know how many years are left on his contract?
Have to say, it’s a pretty poor look so far from President Book. In her first year she allowed Matheny to stay on, and couldn’t find money to keep the first successful head coach we’ve had for football in years.
But of course, she’s going to play up the new facility and being an honorary head coach in the women’s first game as showing demonstrated support for our athletics.
Would Elon ever consider a mid season firing?
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Post by Angry Fan on Dec 16, 2018 18:43:58 GMT -5
Do we know how many years are left on his contract? Have to say, it’s a pretty poor look so far from President Book. In her first year she allowed Matheny to stay on, and couldn’t find money to keep the first successful head coach we’ve had for football in years. But of course, she’s going to play up the new facility and being an honorary head coach in the women’s first game as showing demonstrated support for our athletics. Would Elon ever consider a mid season firing? I couldn’t agree more. She should be ashamed of how she has handled our sports programs. I don’t need another business school, I need a CAA championship banner. I think we need a fan union to make sure she knows what we are feeling. Thoughts?
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Post by phoenix15 on Dec 16, 2018 18:52:50 GMT -5
This is the perfect time to fire Dave Blank. Give a new AD a chance to hire the new football coach, announce publicly that Matheny will be fired at the end of the season, and use the rest of the season to identify a replacement coach and staff. This team is absolutely terrible. Surprised we are only #296 in kenPom (FYI our one D1 win is against #322 Manhattan). Over half of the players are on our team are not D1 quality players, outside of Hannah I honestly don’t think we have a non-senior with D1 talent.
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Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 16, 2018 18:54:26 GMT -5
Do we know how many years are left on his contract? Have to say, it’s a pretty poor look so far from President Book. In her first year she allowed Matheny to stay on, and couldn’t find money to keep the first successful head coach we’ve had for football in years. But of course, she’s going to play up the new facility and being an honorary head coach in the women’s first game as showing demonstrated support for our athletics. Would Elon ever consider a mid season firing? Not impressed with her so far either. She comes across more as someone's doting aunt than a strong leader. Her apparent lack of knowledge and interest in sports scares me too, because that makes Dave Blank the smartest guy in the room. We see how that's working out. Not sure how much of this is on her or the trustees, but either way they all are doing a terrible job when it comes to Elon Athletics.
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Canisius
Dec 16, 2018 18:56:35 GMT -5
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Post by Sixth Man on Dec 16, 2018 18:56:35 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information regarding President Book’s commitment to athletics? Pretty early but I think the end of this basketball season will be telling..
Matheny’s best hope at keeping his job will be to join this growing union.
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Canisius
Dec 16, 2018 19:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by Angry Fan on Dec 16, 2018 19:02:22 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information regarding President Book’s commitment to athletics? Pretty early but I think the end of this basketball season will be telling.. Matheny’s best hope at keeping his job will be to join this growing union. I hear she’s anti-union and hates the Statue of Liberty. Nothing more American than sports and unions and she just spits on all of it. I think we need to take this fight to the national level and hopefully get admissions numbers down. Really hurt their wallets, Mr. Schar deserves better than to see his namesake be hurt like this.
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fc97
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Post by fc97 on Dec 17, 2018 7:06:03 GMT -5
Hates the Statue of Liberty?
What do unions have to do with this?
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Post by phoenixla on Dec 17, 2018 9:58:26 GMT -5
Hates the Statue of Liberty? What do unions have to do with this? Pretty sure he was being facetious. Connie Book could not have been a better hire. She’s one semester in to the job. Give her a break. Coming in and chopping heads would have done the opposite of all the reasons they had to hire her. Stability in moving the University forward was crucial and pulling the trigger to bring her back showed a steady hand by the board that will pay off in huge ways over the next decade. Having been one of her many students, she’s brilliant and any talk of her not being invested in Athletics or anti-Athletics is total BS. I can promise you she understands the importance of it. With the opening of the Schar Center and the transition to a new President I believe it gave Matheny one more year than Blank should have given him. But now Blank has a brand new beautiful facility that is complete to attract a top end coach. I’d be shocked to see Matheny last after this year.
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Post by euphoenix99 on Dec 17, 2018 11:47:37 GMT -5
Hates the Statue of Liberty? What do unions have to do with this? Pretty sure he was being facetious. Connie Book could not have been a better hire. She’s one semester in to the job. Give her a break. Coming in and chopping heads would have done the opposite of all the reasons they had to hire her. Stability in moving the University forward was crucial and pulling the trigger to bring her back showed a steady hand by the board that will pay off in huge ways over the next decade. Having been one of her many students, she’s brilliant and any talk of her not being invested in Athletics or anti-Athletics is total BS. I can promise you she understands the importance of it. With the opening of the Schar Center and the transition to a new President I believe it gave Matheny one more year than Blank should have given him. But now Blank has a brand new beautiful facility that is complete to attract a top end coach. I’d be shocked to see Matheny last after this year. I hope you're right. As Elon fans though it feels like we're being played for fools. Folks continue to invest their time and money in these programs and all I see is inaction across the board. It's not just about basketball...it's about Elon athletics as a whole. I don't need t-shirts shot at me out of a cannon, Bojangles gift cards or snacks at halftime. I just want leadership that is about fielding competitive teams and taking action when it's not happening. Coaches who have been here for a decade or more with losing records and zero accomplishments of note is simply inexcusable. Stability of a bad product is not a good thing. If we had a failing business school I'm sure that would have been #1 on her list of things to fix and showing a steady hand would have been silly. The school does a lot of things well and I recognize that. It makes it all the more frustrating when probably the single most important element to engage alumni and current/prospective students is neglected. It's not enough to just be in the room anymore.
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