LW getting some play in Providence

[brewcity77]

Fixed for you.

+1000

They'll be crumbling as soon as the ink dries on the invitations we're sending out to their best programs. And they still won't have football.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

LW is on a bit of a positive roll for me. Thought his email to the students/fans struck the right chord and I like him going public with a "no matter how this shakes out Marquette will continue to be a significant player in college basketball" attitude. He could have been more diplomatic rearding the A10, though I agree that joining would be a setback. Only real disagreement was with him floating the "big dog (?) small pond" possibility. Trying to be the Gonzaga of the Horizon League would be worse than joining the A10 IMHO.

+1.

The only thing that I'll add is that I don't think he was "floating" any ideas out there strategically. His interview with Homer is pretty conversational, and they discuss a lot of aspects of the conference realignment. If Larry was strategically floating ideas out there in that 15min., then he's a fantastic actor and a far better PR man than I ever gave him credit for.

[Otule's Glass Eye]

"When you think about the A-10, I don't even really view the remnants of the Big East in the same light as I do the A-10. There's no Georgetown in the A-10. Georgetown has won a national championship. There's no Marquette in the A-10. They've not won a national championship in their history. They have a couple of good schools and they have some nice quality across the board, but I certainly, and I know I'm being sort of a homer here, but I certainly think the Big East basketball schools present a profile that is superior to what the depth of the A-10 is."

???

[Skatastrophy]

"When you think about the A-10, I don't even really view the remnants of the Big East in the same light as I do the A-10. There's no Georgetown in the A-10. Georgetown has won a national championship. There's no Marquette in the A-10. They've (The A10 has) not won a national championship in their history. They have a couple of good schools and they have some nice quality across the board, but I certainly, and I know I'm being sort of a homer here, but I certainly think the Big East basketball schools present a profile that is superior to what the depth of the A-10 is."

???

Fixed.  Separate thoughts that were tied together in the text of the article.

Larry will need to get better at speaking more clearly if he's going to get quoted this often.

[ChicosBailBonds]

This is the same guy that called out Buzz last year for potentially "irrecovably" offending someone in the future.  Keep that in mind when he says things like this.

Not this again.....

[ChicosBailBonds]

Video about Larry's comments down in New Orleans


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[Avenue Commons]

Wow - more foot in the mouth idiocy from Larry.  The guy's ego is out of control...headline to story:

Marquette AD opens up on Big East future, disses A-10


You don't diss anyone...his comments on the A-10 and MU reeked of arrogance.  Would be comical if the other Big East Catholic schools take up the A-10 and join, and the A-10 says you know what - F*ck you Marquette....

An honest assessment is not a "diss." None of the Catholic 7 schools are going to the A-10. The only reason that move is even discussed is because the A-10 wants it. It's no more likely than us joining the Missouri Valley Conference.

[Dawson Rental]

THE AUDACITY OF THIS MAN, TO APPEAR IN PRINT, RADIO, AND TELEVISED MEDIA, AND SAY WORDS ORGANIZED INTO COMPLETE SENTENCES TO OTHER PEOPLE! 

I'M SO ANGRY!!

Come on, didn't you say that you were going to start laying off LW?  No wait, that was Ners.