I refuse to believe that FF spent $ 51 million on a building to play Merrimack and Sacred Heart in.
Same here, however what league options are there? The CAA is only a notch or two above the MAAC for basketball and the travel would be insane and it's a big football conference that we don't have. Would the Big East be an option?
I find it to be a shame that the portal opened up the day after Selection Sunday. Can't even celebrate one week of the best time of the year for college basketball and have to worry about guys leaving already, teams declining tournaments, etc. It takes away a lot of attention from the tournament. They should change this rule it's pretty ridiculous to have it while basketball is still being played.
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Unfortunately, there is absolutely no dice this would happen. Even the A-10 is a pipe dream.
Why the pipe dream for the A10? St Bonaventure, from an overall sports perspective, is a pretty low performing school. They don't have football there, girls and boys bball very poor performance this year. Lasalle, Drexel, Fordham, etc are good academic schools, but not stud schools for athletics.
Unfortunately, there is absolutely no dice this would happen. Even the A-10 is a pipe dream.
Why the pipe dream for the A10? St Bonaventure, from an overall sports perspective, is a pretty low performing school. They don't have football there, girls and boys bball very poor performance this year. Lasalle, Drexel, Fordham, etc are good academic schools, but not stud schools for athletics.
Believe me, I want FF to jump to the A-10 even more than the next guy. Hell, I would even take the CAA... I even would prefer the AE although we don't align with those conferences very well. But given Fairfield's track record over the last 40+ years in the MAAC, I am not anticipating us getting dragged out of the trenches any time soon.
IMO, if there's additional movement in the A-10, FF could be a possibility. UMASS is gone after next season and there could be more departures. Keep in mind that the A-10 is looking to build a Lacrosse league and I'm sure that after being shut out by the CAA and their expansion, there's no FF loyalty there. This will all happen pretty quickly and FF is finally in a good spot, with the success of Women's and Men's Basketball, the continues success of women's sports in general, the new facilities, record applications and acceptance rates, and an endowment worth nearly 6 times that of some existing A-10 institutions. Adding the existing Jesuit institutions already in the A-10 makes me believe that Fairfield is well placed to make a move up. If not now, when?
IMO, if there's additional movement in the A-10, FF could be a possibility. UMASS is gone after next season and there could be more departures. Keep in mind that the A-10 is looking to build a Lacrosse league and I'm sure that after being shut out by the CAA and their expansion, there's no FF loyalty there. This will all happen pretty quickly and FF is finally in a good spot, with the success of Women's and Men's Basketball, the continues success of women's sports in general, the new facilities, record applications and acceptance rates, and an endowment worth nearly 6 times that of some existing A-10 institutions. Adding the existing Jesuit institutions already in the A-10 makes me believe that Fairfield is well placed to make a move up. If not now, when?
Completely agree. Not as much of a long shot as once was with Ffld rise in sports and academics and schools leaving leagues. Personally think we sit in MAAC until A-10 invite develops.
Saddened that JJ Jr probably won’t fulfill his promise here. He came out of HS a year early and then the coaching staff issues to deal with. This is a kid who, imo, badly needs a red shirt year/ fresh start.
I agree JJJ needs a fresh start. Good luck to him! I was never enamored by JJJ. Honestly, I cringed when he was sub in generally for Bleechmore. . IMO Young/Casey were patient with him hoping his game would come together . I appreciate that it was a very tough situation for him to return to the FF team after the indiscretions over the summer.
Saddened that JJ Jr probably won’t fulfill his promise here. He came out of HS a year early and then the coaching staff issues to deal with. This is a kid who, imo, badly needs a red shirt year/ fresh start.
Good assessment. Still think a ton of potential here. Sorry to see him look elsewhere. Maybe a fresh start needed. Wonder what kind of move he is looking for? Down? Lateral? Think up will be tough.
Saddened that JJ Jr probably won’t fulfill his promise here. He came out of HS a year early and then the coaching staff issues to deal with. This is a kid who, imo, badly needs a red shirt year/ fresh start.
Good assessment. Still think a ton of potential here. Sorry to see him look elsewhere. Maybe a fresh start needed. Wonder what kind of move he is looking for? Down? Lateral? Think up will be tough.
I feel like a lateral move would make the most sense. Perhaps he could follow Maidoh to SB?