Kolek planning to go pro
Do TV networks really have the ability to "pressure" individual teams to do better? What power do they have to do that?
To some degree, yes.The NFL wants nothing more than for the New York Giants to be annually relevant. Ditto for the Bears and the Rams. Can they force them to? No. But can there be backroom/backside pressure? Of course. Their ratings would be off the charts if all three were good simultaneously.Want to make DePaul good? Drop a hint to the powers that be that JLP's days need to be numbered.
Neither the Big East nor Fox Sports is going to pressure DePaul to fire it's athletic director.
No, but both DePaul fans might.
The problem is that DePaul (and JLP) can use the following "examples" of ways of attempting to boost DePaul's men's basketball program - 1.) Hiring a coach with previous success at DePaul, 2.) Moving away from Allstate Arena, which had poor attendance and was far away from campus, 3.) Moving into a brand new facility that will be mainly for DePaul Basketball near downtown Chicago.Now, for rebuttals, 1.) DePaul hired a coach that left them and failed miserably at an ACC school (and future national champion), after it balked at hiring the likes of several other young coaches (Bobby Hurley/Bryce Drew). That same coach has still yet to make a tournament, was involved in an off-court recruiting scandal and is now suspended three games this year. 2.) Yes, they moved away from Rosemont, but - no matter where you are - if you continue to lose, people do not show up. 3.) the new arena is still not close to to campus, and, as stated, still struggles with attendance.So, for perception appearances, DePaul can argue it has made necessary steps to "compete" in the Big East moving forward. Unfortunately, any one that follows an iota of college basketball can recognize that these steps were simply buffers attempting to cover larger deficits the program has had, and will continue to have.
All 800 are going to write strongly worded letters.
800 fans? Trying to be funny?No way all 800 fans would be motivated to write.
His father is sick right? They usually are pretty thorough about those cases.
They've been granting everyone. Donnie Tillman got an immediate waiver going from Utah to UNLV and he's from Michigan. Rylan Bergersen transferred further away from his Boise, Idaho home going from BYU to Central Arkansas and was granted immediate eligibility.At this point, honestly, I'd almost be more surprised if Joey Hauser was denied than if he was approved. There's seemingly no rhyme nor reason, they are just granting to anyone who asks.
Perhaps they are just sick of the constant bitching and unjust cries from people when they dare to make a decision they don’t agree with. Just throwing their hands up to say, ok...you want this mess...have at it.