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Post by aggieblackie on Mar 8, 2012 21:29:16 GMT -5
I am not a supporter of Eaves and have not been for 90% of his tenure here. However, we should show him some respect for his service to the university. Wait until Monday to "Can" him.
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 8, 2012 21:30:26 GMT -5
I sent Hilton a second email today. You are a real trooper.....not because you and I feel the same way about Eaves. You are a real trooper....because you are going directly to the people who make the decisions. You don't just talk about it...you be about it. Much love and respect------AGGIE PRIDE
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Post by aggierattler on Mar 8, 2012 23:46:24 GMT -5
He's been with us for nine years and deserves to be treated with respect. No harm in waiting until after the tournament is completed to make any announcements. Agreed!
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 9, 2012 0:19:26 GMT -5
He's been with us for nine years and deserves to be treated with respect. No harm in waiting until after the tournament is completed to make any announcements. Agreed! First thing after the championship game Saturday nite.....He's a big boy. He don't have to go home but he's gotta go away from here. Maybe he will be successful as a head coach in high school like "Wide Legs" Hunter.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 9, 2012 8:25:43 GMT -5
It's now Day #3, and Eaves is still the coach. Even the genius Dennis Thomas has begun to realize that A&T hasn't delivered fans (or anything else) in helping to prop the MEAC tourny. I'm done with being patient and letting this respectfully "take its course." He needs to go. You can thank him for his 9 years of service - he tried hard. However we need to make this public immediately - Aggie Nation is wounded (it ain't just me). Aggie Nation needs a jolt in the arm from Hilton and Martin; they need to speak out to all of us, and let us know they understand our frustrations with our Aggie basketball failures and that they are doing whatever possible to turn our fortunes around. Even though I have talked to them on NUMEROUS OCCASIONS PERSONALLY, I still don't know how they truly feel about things currently. Aggie faithful are hurting for another year.
For those who actually go to the games at Corbett, you shoud see us when we leave Corbett after yet another Aggie loss. We are fed up, angry, dejected, defeated. Hilton and Martin have given me NOTHING in telling us they they feel the same dejection.
I really need some reassurance right now that they are on the job. This last month of asswhippings took ALL THE WIND OUT THE SAIL. The time of being quiet and "behind the scenes" is over.
Hilton and Martin need to write letters or emails to Aggie faithful, letting us know they truly care about the future prosperity of Aggie basketball. We are a dejected bunch right now.....
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 9:24:06 GMT -5
We can only blame former A&T leadership. The same administration(s) that fought to have the MEAC Tourney in NC should have had a vision for success for our program. A&T should have won the MEAC every year it has been in NC. We failed to capitalize on a strategy that could have set us up for truly being a D1 powerhouse.
Eaves is not to blame, he has performed poorly because he has been allowed to.
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Post by The Professor on Mar 9, 2012 9:25:09 GMT -5
Is it A&T's job to prop up the MEAC? I'm confused
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 9, 2012 9:30:38 GMT -5
Is it A&T's job to prop up the MEAC? I'm confused It's not.
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Post by ohsixrain on Mar 9, 2012 9:34:20 GMT -5
A&T basketball failures might have had an impact on tourney attendance, but to blame A&T for the MEAC tourney failures is not fair...it's apples and oranges. If the tourney was elsewhere, and our basketball program still in its current state...then who do you blame. A&T shouldn't have that responsibility...I agree we have to get our house in order, but we have enough issues of our own...we can't take on anymore issues, especially the conference issues. That's a MEAC issue, not A&T issue...understand that.
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 9:37:17 GMT -5
Im not blaming A&T for the MEACs failure, but I am blaming A&T for not taking advantage of the MEAC Tourney being in NC.
Universities work with municipalities to create bids for tourneys to come to their city. The expectation is that the area including the universities in close proximity can help to make the tournament better and in return the schools located close to the tourney benefit from the hype.
It is A&T's job to prop up the MEAC. Thats the point of being a high profile institution. Are you suggesting the MEAC props up A&T? Come on fellas.
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Post by The Professor on Mar 9, 2012 9:51:39 GMT -5
So if, The expectation is that the area including the universities in close proximity can help to make the tournament better and in return the schools located close to the tourney benefit from the hype.
Why do i hear no comments about WSSU leaving the MEAC high and dry and none about NCCU
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 9, 2012 10:34:25 GMT -5
Let's not deflect the issue - the MEAC tournament has been a virtual bust wherever it has been. A complete overhaul is needed. One school doesn't make a tournament......
However, the one school I'm concerned about (A&T) has a coach who cannot win a game in a tournament {numerous times}, cannot win or even come close to winning a regular season title, and instills no hope in anyone that he truly understands how to make Aggie basketball a success.
I'm not going to let the MEAC tournament's turnout failures detract from the main idea of this thread, which is......
EAVES NEEDS TO GO
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 10:39:54 GMT -5
Professor, put down the pipe....
A&T is a corner stone in the MEAC conference. We were the CIAA Champions coming into the MEAC and the first MEAC Champions. WSSU and NCCU came into the conference to raise their profiles to the level we and other schools are at and both are contenders in their own right.
A&T is/was the standard setter. We should have taken better advantage of our position. To expect smaller schools to carry the same responsibility as the 2nd largest HBCU in the nation is ignorant.
A&T was one of the biggest advocates for becoming a division 1 conference. We have forgotten that over the last 10 years. We failed to have a plan, we expected our name and history to carry us. When we should have been meeting and planning a 10 year athletics strategy we were playing the classics in NC State & Charlotte. They set the bar and then stood aside.
A&T needs a better coach, but we got what we asked for. No coach will turn around a program single handed. Why destroy Eaves for being nothing more than what he has always been. We should be placing the blame where it belongs and hold future administration to a higher standard.
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Post by aggiedog on Mar 9, 2012 10:59:26 GMT -5
Dennis Thomas is a joke. Promoting has always been a big weakness for the MEAC. Unless this changes the results will be the same where ever the tourny goes. Did any of you see or hear promotions on TV, radio or new media ?
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Post by The Professor on Mar 9, 2012 11:06:49 GMT -5
Professor, put down the pipe.... A&T is a corner stone in the MEAC conference. We were the CIAA Champions coming into the MEAC and the first MEAC Champions. WSSU and NCCU came into the conference to raise their profiles to the level we and other schools are at and both are contenders in their own right. A&T is/was the standard setter. We should have taken better advantage of our position. To expect smaller schools to carry the same responsibility as the 2nd largest HBCU in the nation is ignorant. A&T was one of the biggest advocates for becoming a division 1 conference. We have forgotten that over the last 10 years. We failed to have a plan, we expected our name and history to carry us. When we should have been meeting and planning a 10 year athletics strategy we were playing the classics in NC State & Charlotte. They set the bar and then stood aside. A&T needs a better coach, but we got what we asked for. No coach will turn around a program single handed. Why destroy Eaves for being nothing more than what he has always been. We should be placing the blame where it belongs and hold future administration to a higher standard. I agree with your comments towards the A&T adminerstration however , the MEAC comments are a reach. Although we may have guided and help mold the conference, we haven't been a major player in winning championships across the board.
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