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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #175 on: August 19, 2017, 11:18:31 AM »
No--conversation was you saying "we will NEVER go back to the arena......but we might." That's it. Pretty simple.
You covering both sides. That's it.

I am done with this topic.

No. This was the start of the conversation.

More importantly the old fridge is our leverage to scare the sheet out of these NYC bullies!

The idea of us never going back didn't come up until later. And again, I think we are never going back because the Bucks also need us but the fact that we could go back and would if the Bucks refused to drop the price will help us get a better price in the future. So while I don't think the Old Fridge will "scare the sheet" of the Bucks, it is a form of leverage.
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Re: wonder what this will be...
« Reply #176 on: August 19, 2017, 11:46:58 AM »
Mecca had its time and place. If you believe the University is commited to its basketball program and wants to be "big league," the thought of returning isn't worth the keyboard its typed on.
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Re: wonder what this will be...
« Reply #177 on: August 19, 2017, 02:22:45 PM »
Mecca had its time and place. If you believe the University is commited to its basketball program and wants to be "big league," the thought of returning isn't worth the keyboard its typed on.

Amen.  That is, was, and never will be an option, and everyone knows it.
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #178 on: August 19, 2017, 02:46:26 PM »
If MU goes back to the Arena, that means the program is going backwards.

Absolutely. That's why it would never happen.

If we go back, we have bigger problems than where to play.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #179 on: August 19, 2017, 03:00:35 PM »
Odds:

Staying at new arena beyond 7 years:  85%
Building new arena near campus: 10%
Going back to Arena:  5%

And the only reason the 5% happens is if something catastrophic happens on a Dukietian level to the Marquette program.

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Re: wonder what this will be...
« Reply #180 on: August 19, 2017, 03:21:14 PM »
Amen.  That is, was, and never will be an option, and everyone knows it.

It's absolutely an option. Its a bad one, but because it is there it keeps the Bucks from charging whatever they want.
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #181 on: August 19, 2017, 04:35:16 PM »
Odds:

Staying at new arena beyond 7 years:  85%
Building new arena near campus: 10%
Going back to Arena:  5%

And the only reason the 5% happens is if something catastrophic happens on a Dukietian level to the Marquette program.
Nit picking here.  Those are not odds.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #182 on: August 19, 2017, 05:12:06 PM »

I agree that we will never go back to the Fridge.


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Re: wonder what this will be...
« Reply #183 on: August 19, 2017, 05:17:43 PM »
It's absolutely an option. Its a bad one, but because it is there it keeps the Bucks from charging whatever they want.



Ya got dis all wrong, just sayin'. Let da next 7 years play out. It'll become much clearer as we go forward, hey?
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #184 on: August 19, 2017, 05:30:48 PM »


I am done with this topic.

I think we are never going back because I don't believe the Bucks will let us walk. They would rather lower the asking price (assuming their first price was unreasonably high) than see us take our business to the Mecca. But because the option exists it keeps the Bucks from charging a price that is so high that it would be more beneficial for Marquette to play basketball at the Mecca.

This really isn't that hard.
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #185 on: August 19, 2017, 05:40:47 PM »
Sorry couldn't let you get away with both sides of the argument..again.

Please answer one question. Then I will be done with you on this one.

As you have told us...we are NEVER going back to the MECCA.
If we are NEVER going back to the MECCA how can going back to the MECCA be a viable option?

That is where I'm stuck.
Please answer that one for me.



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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #186 on: August 19, 2017, 06:51:42 PM »
We won't go back to the Mecca because a solution will come before that. If the Bucks go crazy and the lease offer makes the Mecca more feasible, we will go there. The odds of the Bucks and MU negotiating in the window that makes the Mecca feasible is nill.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #187 on: August 19, 2017, 07:54:33 PM »
Nuthin evr changs in 7 yrs. let us figure it all out naow!
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #188 on: August 19, 2017, 08:00:03 PM »
Respect da process, man, ai na?
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #189 on: August 19, 2017, 08:02:36 PM »
Nuthin evr changs in 7 yrs. let us figure it all out naow!

In today's business world, 7 years is an eternity.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #190 on: August 19, 2017, 09:46:05 PM »
Sorry couldn't let you get away with both sides of the argument..again.

Please answer one question. Then I will be done with you on this one.

As you have told us...we are NEVER going back to the MECCA.
If we are NEVER going back to the MECCA how can going back to the MECCA be a viable option?

That is where I'm stuck.
Please answer that one for me.

I've answered this 8 times at this point. Been the same answer every time.

I think we are never going back to the Mecca because the Bucks also need us to fill those dates and will negotiate with us until a deal is met that is acceptable to both sides. In addition, I know that because the Mecca (or building an on campus arena) is there, the Bucks can't set the price at a point that is so high that it would actually be better for Marquette to go with a different option. Because if they did and refused to negotiate down, Marquette would walk. Now again, because the Bucks also need us to fill those dates more than they need to squeeze every last dollar out of his (at least I think that's true) it is my belief that the Bucks and Marquette will always be able to find a deal where the price at the new stadium doesn't exceed whatever the magic number is that would make it better for Marquette to go with a different option.....which is called leverage. Which is what this conversation was about when you scoffed at the idea of the Mecca being used as leverage.

To put it in shorter terms, I think we are never going back because I don't think the Bucks are stupid. But if the Bucks end up being stupid Marquette would go back. I can't imagine a world where the Bucks are that stupid. (Cue the jokes about trading Dirk Nowitzki or whatever just went on with their GM search)
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #191 on: August 19, 2017, 10:10:24 PM »
Dodged it again.

If you say we are never ever playing at the MECCA ever again........how is playing at the MECCA an absolute viable option??

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #192 on: August 19, 2017, 11:07:35 PM »
Dodged it again.

If you say we are never ever playing at the MECCA ever again........how is playing at the MECCA an absolute viable option??

I dodged nothing. It's all right there in the post above.

The Mecca is a viable option. Not a good one, but a viable one. It is a basketball arena close to campus that can hold enough people. I don't think we ever end up back there because both Marquette and the Bucks want Marquette to play in the new arena. In the end, the Bucks will always offer a deal that makes playing at the new stadium the best option for Marquette. That means offering a price that isn't so high that Marquette is forced to take its second choice.
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #193 on: August 19, 2017, 11:15:49 PM »
If it's a viable option, we could play there.
If we are never, ever going to play there, it's not a viable option. Ainner?

In this thread, you have sided with both of these distinct opinions.


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« Reply #194 on: August 19, 2017, 11:24:37 PM »
If it's a viable option, we could play there.
If we are never, ever going to play there, it's not a viable option. Ainner?

In this thread, you have sided with both of these distinct opinions.

They are not distinct opinions. Why would you think they are?

I think the Mecca is a viable option.

I don't think it is an option we will ever have to use.

These are two opinions that don't contradict each other in the slightest.

Is it your belief that I can only call an option viable if I think it is the option that is going to happen?
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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #195 on: August 20, 2017, 08:41:36 AM »
This is a weird internet fight.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #196 on: August 20, 2017, 09:11:50 AM »
They are not distinct opinions. Why would you think they are?

I think the Mecca is a viable option.

I don't think it is an option we will ever have to use.

These are two opinions that don't contradict each other in the slightest.

Is it your belief that I can only call an option viable if I think it is the option that is going to happen?

Never=non-viable.

"I don't think"is quite different from "never" and you certainly know that.
But, you can keep trying to redefine viability.


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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #197 on: August 20, 2017, 09:49:19 AM »
This is a weird internet fight.

I agree with this analysis.

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #198 on: August 20, 2017, 09:54:43 AM »
Question .. this discussion is all about the negotiations between the Bucks and MU.

When looking at the ownership section (admittedly, of Wikipedia) .. the owner is the Wisconsin Center District.

Why weren't the lease negotiations with WCD?   Or are the presuppositions here incorrect..

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Re: wonder what this will be....
« Reply #199 on: August 20, 2017, 10:12:44 AM »
Question .. this discussion is all about the negotiations between the Bucks and MU.

When looking at the ownership section (admittedly, of Wikipedia) .. the owner is the Wisconsin Center District.

Why weren't the lease negotiations with WCD?   Or are the presuppositions here incorrect..


The Bucks manage the facility.

 

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