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Yes he did. And when he saw what he had at UT he asked Cords if he could come back and Cords said no because of the press conference.The way Crean left wasn't supposed to happen the way it did. His brother in law leaked it on an Indianapolis radio show. There were already arrangements to take the team to his house in Mequon that night before it became public.
I hope you and others someday will find in their heart the ability to recognize maybe O'Neill and Crean changed. Maybe they didn't, but through my life experiences I have seen people make choices or decisions they thought were the right ones at a given time, perhaps through immaturity or conceit (over confidence), but later realized that the choices made were wrong. In O'Neill and Crean's case, I suspect neither has true regrets as they took on other opportunities, but that doesn't devalue their comments or current line of thinking on the MU job and their affinity for itnor the people that touched them when they were head coaches at MU. People can change.God bless them.
One new thing I learned at Hoopla:Dr. Lovell said that when he first became President, he commissioned a study to determine the economic impact of the basketball program to the university. He said that they found out that every dollar spent on Men's Basketball brings in six dollars in economic benefit to Marquette.I am going to find out if that study is published online somewhere so I can send it to people who bitch about how much money we spend on hoops.
One new thing I learned at Hoopla:Dr. Lovell said that when he first became President, he commissioned a study to determine the economic impact of the basketball program to the university. He said that they found out that every dollar spent on Men's Basketball brings in six dollars in economic benefit to Marquette.I am going to find out if that study is published online somewhere so I can send it to people who bitch about how much money we spend on hoops.When we start winnng again on a regular basis that number will be more impactful. 6:1 is pretty darn good considering we're we have been. Som good years in the study I'm sure 16/16/8 - but that is an impressive number.
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What "Our Kev" said was: 'I've taken Marquette as far as it could go (to the Sweet 16). Time for a new challenge at UT.'So when Marquette made the Final Four 9 years later in 2003, I wrote a letter to the Milwaukee Journal Sports Editor and it was published in the Sunday Edition the day after Final Four game. At that time Kevin was a vagabond coach and like today his greatest success was at Marquette. My letter said in so many words: 'Kevin you once said you had taken Marquette as far as it could go. In reality, it was Marquette that took you as far as you could go'.
In researching this, I looked up an old NYT article on the move and it contained this gem:"Athletic Director Doug Dickey said that O'Neill would have a five-year contract with a base salary of $115,000 a year, plus guaranteed radio and television income of $125,000 a year.Marquette had been paying him about $150,000 a year. His contract at Marquette was to run through the 1996-97 season and reportedly contained a $125,000 buyout clause."
One new thing I learned at Hoopla:Dr. Lovell said that when he first became President, he commissioned a study to determine the economic impact of the basketball program to the university. He said that they found out that every dollar spent on Men's Basketball brings in six dollars in economic benefit to Marquette.
So the Coach's salary has increased 10X or more in the last 25 years, astounding.
How far out of line is that with the rest of the professional world?
Kinda a weird request....I have a good friend and MU supporter who showed me a picture on his phone of the banners behind the stage at the Hoopla. My friend is prominently pictured in one of the banners, (maybe from last year's Villanova game)? Who do you think I'd contact to try to make a donation and receive the banner? I can't imagine MU is considering reusing the banners.
Those weren't actually banners. They were video screens.
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CHARLES P. PIERCE is obviously a Marquette grad with the McCormick References.Shouldn't Steve Rushin be writing this story for SI?
Pierce is a Marquette grad and interacts with Paint Touches on basketball stuff regularly.The fact that he is an unabashed, ornery liberal whose Esquire articles are a must-read makes him even better.