Re: Time Warner is not the problem

[Murphyflorist1]

address@hidden (mailto:address@hidden)  writes: The point is  
this, you have to remember now we compete with all the other Big East teams for 
 recruiting, before we only really competed with the CUSA teams for the Non 
All  Americans 
LL - Saying we only  competed with C-USA teams back then and only compete 
with Big East teams now is  like saying 5/3rd only competes with US Bank for your 
business. There  are 10 other banks out there always competing for that one 
prospect just as  there has always been a plethora of schools competing for  
recruits, regardless of what league you are in.   

I don't know how  someone can think that a first year coach with a Small 
arena and limited nat TV  coverage can compete with Syracuse, UCONN, Louisville, 
et al. It doesn't  make sense to say that we have an advantage... Before we had 
the advantage of  being at the top of our league, the mid to bottom of the 
league will not get  better recruits than the top of the CUSA... All the good 
ones will choose a Big  East team that offers more. 
LL- True, when choosing  a school many of these guys want to go to successful 
programs but many more of  these guys have a me-first attitude and what 
matters the most is PLAYING  TIME.  If they can be a sub off the  bench for 
UConn/Syracuse or come in and get immediate minutes playing for UC is  a very strong 
factor. There is no comparison between trying to recruit to C-USA  and Big 
East, apples and oranges. A Big East school will ALWAYS have the  advantage, even 
the BE bottom feeders.  

Also what "New 'physincilities'  (I assume you mean facilities) Do we have
for Basketball? It's the same  13,000+ Multi purpose arena.
LL- Sorry, forgot to  spell check. As others already replied, UC has 
tremendous, brand new facilities.  You need to take a tour if you don’t think so, I’m 
sure Dr. Breiner would  happily take you on one.   

What's tiresome is  blind optimism, I'm interested in a solution as well, but 
blind, ignore the  facts optimism will not get us to a solution 
LL – Blind optimist, I  don’t know that I’ve ever been called that before 
but I am definitely an  optimist. I have known the Cronin’s for a long time. I 
played Bball in the early  80’s in Mick’s father’s high school program. A 
harder working and experienced  basketball coach would be hard to find and Mick 
definitely followed in his dad’s  footsteps. Mick has proven he can recruit, 
wherever he has been. Opinionated  yes, blind hardly. I guarantee to you (as Mr. 
Ryan could also) that Mick and his  staff have already put a ton of time into 
some big time recruits for the future.  They all can’t be Carmelo’s but UC 
will get their share, you can take that to  the bank (whichever one you choose). 
 
Logan, Bearcat fan since  mid 70’s, not as long as Mr. Gray, but pretty long.