Re: (1) Wednesday BE Game - uic at DePaul...
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:20 am
DePaul will never be competitive again until they get rid of their doofus AD and incompetent leadership. They couldn't even get a crowd to their women's facility in Lincoln Park against an in-town team, which had more fans there than DePaul did.
I'm sorry, but the consistent failures from the men's basketball program at DePaul - which began over 10-years ago - is something this league cannot afford. Every team needs to carry its weight, and the only thing DePaul has carried is a lack of attendance at games and a truly awful product on the court. We have nine programs that all have made the tournament, and has experienced high-level success during that time.
And Demon, I am not spewing nonsensical garbage. I grew up in Lincoln Park and around DePaul Athletics for my entire life. Jerry Wainwright, both while at DePaul and Marquette, even had harsh things to say to me about the lack of leadership and direction in the program. How DePaul survived for so long playing home games almost an hour away from campus is a bad joke. The fact is DePaul's leadership is content with collecting Fox checks and not caring about the product on the court - the results over the past 10-years prove that. And giving a huge contract to a mediocre coach with no ties to Chicago is proof of that. Awful, awful direction and leadership.
I truly hope DePaul has a lightbulb go off and realize that their current leadership does not know what it takes to build a successful Big East program. Since that leadership is ingrained via political and family stature, I highly doubt a change is ever made - so on that front, I am sorry die hard DePaul fans have to watch the downfall of their program. I guess that just means the other nine programs will have to carry the weight for the foreseeable future.
I'm sorry, but the consistent failures from the men's basketball program at DePaul - which began over 10-years ago - is something this league cannot afford. Every team needs to carry its weight, and the only thing DePaul has carried is a lack of attendance at games and a truly awful product on the court. We have nine programs that all have made the tournament, and has experienced high-level success during that time.
And Demon, I am not spewing nonsensical garbage. I grew up in Lincoln Park and around DePaul Athletics for my entire life. Jerry Wainwright, both while at DePaul and Marquette, even had harsh things to say to me about the lack of leadership and direction in the program. How DePaul survived for so long playing home games almost an hour away from campus is a bad joke. The fact is DePaul's leadership is content with collecting Fox checks and not caring about the product on the court - the results over the past 10-years prove that. And giving a huge contract to a mediocre coach with no ties to Chicago is proof of that. Awful, awful direction and leadership.
I truly hope DePaul has a lightbulb go off and realize that their current leadership does not know what it takes to build a successful Big East program. Since that leadership is ingrained via political and family stature, I highly doubt a change is ever made - so on that front, I am sorry die hard DePaul fans have to watch the downfall of their program. I guess that just means the other nine programs will have to carry the weight for the foreseeable future.