oleschoolaggie
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Mar 9, 2012 11:10:24 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. aggiebred, i totally agree with you. no, its not a&t's responsibility to prop up the meac. but its a role that a&t should've been proud to accept and should've taken full advantage of. clearly our "traditional" fan support was a factor for moving the tourney back to north carolina. the meac is our conference and we ain't going nowhere. whatever we contribute to making the meac a better conference in turn helps a&t as an meac school. its in our own "self interests" for the meac to prosper. so we should be proud and willing to take on the role of boosting attendance at the meac tourney. yes, it benefits the conference. but it also benefits a&t too...
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 9, 2012 11:15:44 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 ? I dont live in the Triad, but when it was in Raleigh you barely heard a peep. When you did it was basketball related only. "Come see some good hoops action at the RBC Center". Then they would name all the schools. That's all I ever heard. They have serious promotion problems. Maybe they should start promotions with current students and hope it builds from there by retaining the young alumni fan base. Thats how the CIAA did it. Started with the young crowd and kept them. Same people that started the 90s CIAA "revolution" are a lot of the same ones STILL attending today.
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 11:17:34 GMT -5
The Alumni Association should do an audit of the university and its effectiveness. I think we are very misguiding in our ability to asses the state of our Alma Mater.
Im not saying we dictate anything to A&T but we keep asking the same questions and getting the same results. We need to use the "how to think" motto that Dr. Gibbs is famously known for refereeing to. We could better leverage the influence we have. We need a vision more than we need a coach.
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Post by The Professor on Mar 9, 2012 11:57:16 GMT -5
The Alumni Association should do an audit of the university and its effectiveness. I think we are very misguiding in our ability to asses the state of our Alma Mater. Im not saying we dictate anything to A&T but we keep asking the same questions and getting the same results. We need to use the "how to think" motto that Dr. Gibbs is famously known for refereeing to. We could better leverage the influence we have. We need a vision more than we need a coach. Noooooo, Now who has been saying that for months ... Hmmm
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 11:59:55 GMT -5
Noooooo, Now who has been saying that for months ... Hmmm Well im with you on forming a team, facebook group, meeting or whatever. There is a greater good that can be accomplished and we are too caught up in titles and tyranny to realize the ship is still sinking.
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Post by The Professor on Mar 9, 2012 12:02:31 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. aggiebred, i totally agree with you. no, its not a&t's responsibility to prop up the meac. but its a role that a&t should've been proud to accept and should've taken full advantage of. clearly our "traditional" fan support was a factor for moving the tourney back to north carolina. the meac is our conference and we ain't going nowhere. whatever we contribute to making the meac a better conference in turn helps a&t as an meac school. its in our own "self interests" for the meac to prosper. so we should be proud and willing to take on the role of boosting attendance at the meac tourney. yes, it benefits the conference. but it also benefits a&t too... So i guess the Raleigh failure was our fault too. I wouldn't be so sure about us always being in the MEAC? How do we benefit by helping the MEAC make money? Payouts will be the same. Remember the football championship where the MEAC office was to make 750 K a year on it. What were the school getting
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 9, 2012 12:38:29 GMT -5
The Alumni Association should do an audit of the university and its effectiveness. I think we are very misguiding in our ability to asses the state of our Alma Mater. Im not saying we dictate anything to A&T but we keep asking the same questions and getting the same results. We need to use the "how to think" motto that Dr. Gibbs is famously known for refereeing to. We could better leverage the influence we have. We need a vision more than we need a coach. Disagree....We need vision AND a coach. What good is it having on point vision when the man can't coach. They go hand-in-hand. This whole concept has been off base for a loooong time. It's almost like everybody are bumbling buffons. It's really disgraceful and makes you wonder are we (and the rest of the MEAC) ready for DI sports? Think about that! Insanity and incompetence is doing the same thing over and over again. Now, back to subject.......Call, write, e-mail Martin/Hilton immediately to get rid of Eaves! Eaves gots to go! Eaves gots to go! Down goes Eaves! Down goes Eaves! Eaves will be alright.....he knows he can't produce!
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 9, 2012 12:59:40 GMT -5
Aggie2ru i never said we didnt need a coach.... We need a coach, but we need a plan/strategy before we bring in the next head coach of anything.
Dont be so use to arguing your point that you neglect reason.
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 9, 2012 13:20:32 GMT -5
Aggie2ru i never said we didnt need a coach.... We need a coach, but we need a plan/strategy before we bring in the next head coach of anything. Dont be so used to arguing your point that you neglect reason. As I mentioned we need vision and a coach. What should be fairly obvious by now that means a good coach, not just a coach. Having vision and choosing a bad coach (Eaves) will get you negative results. I understand your premise but in this case they should go hand-in-hand.
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Post by aggielaw on Mar 9, 2012 18:44:59 GMT -5
I remember when we played the Univ. of St. Louis and they are/were coached by Rick Majeras. His players stated that they felt like the were A&T players because they new all of our plays. We need a smarter coach.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 10, 2012 10:39:47 GMT -5
Day #4 - no word from nobody...........it's sad. I'm going to the MEAC championship game today. I'm going to watch one team (BCU) who has a first-year coach taking them to the finals. BCU lost their best player in CJ Reed and their head coach last year (y'all remember that bull).....yet their first-year coach has them in the championship game. WOW! Did I mention he's a FIRST-YEAR (not 9-year) coach? ? Even with his limited experience, he was smart enough to trick Eaves at Corbett 2 months ago - BCU was down by 6 points with 30 seconds left, only to beat us....in regulation. THE HORROR THAT IS AGGIE BASKETBALL!!!! DAY 4 Aggie Nation - coaches are getting fired right and left in college basketball, while we still have a coach who cannot even win 40% of his games, stay .500 in the MEAC or even get out of the "play-in" round of the MEAC tournament. Like Keith Sweat said back in the day - Something Just Ain't Right..........
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 10, 2012 12:13:13 GMT -5
Has anybody seen BCU's BB facilities? If you have you will see that what they have done this year is even more impressive.......with a first year coach.
******Extremely Important***** Attention All Aggies! Call, write, e-mail Martin/Hilton! We need help!
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 10, 2012 15:22:07 GMT -5
Has anybody seen BCU's BB facilities? If you have you will see that what they have done this year is even more impressive.......with a first year coach. ******Extremely Important***** Attention All Aggies! Call, write, e-mail Martin/Hilton! We need help! You do realize he was the assistant head coach at BCC last year right? Just saying. He didn't walk off the street and pull this out his butt.
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Post by aggie2ru on Mar 10, 2012 18:01:28 GMT -5
Has anybody seen BCU's BB facilities? If you have you will see that what they have done this year is even more impressive.......with a first year coach. ******Extremely Important***** Attention All Aggies! Call, write, e-mail Martin/Hilton! We need help! You do realize he was the assistant head coach at BCC last year right? Just saying. He didn't walk off the street and pull this out his butt. I know but pretty impressive to me with all the troubles BCU had last year and to be playing in that little bandbox they play in. They had a decent season, finished above us in the regular season and made it to the championship game in the tourney. We gots to give props to them....we certainly can't give it to ourselves cause Eaves ain't been able to pull nuthin out HIS butt!
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 11, 2012 12:37:13 GMT -5
It's now Day #5 - I went to church today and asked rev to pray for Aggie Basketball. I asked him to give Hilton and Martin a triple dose of common sense, to show them how crazy it would be to have Eaves as our coach......FOR A TENTH YEAR. It looks as if it will take a higher power in order for the necessary to happen at A&T. I don't know what Hilton is waiting for - I don't know if he's expecting us to be in the play-in game, the NIT or the CBI. I just hope by this time tomorrow that Eaves won't still be our coach. Higher power - please help Aggie basketball, before it reaches the depths of purgatory. Let the congregation say AMEN......
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