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well i do want to be ahead of bingo... but deep down, i pull for SUNY*. 

*except ualbaNy

some interesting stats: https://www.stonybrook.edu/far-beyond/story.php?slug=rising-up-to-meet-the-moment

President McInnis Makes Long Island Power 100 List
https://news.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-matters/alumni/president-mcinnis-makes-long-island-power-100-list/

Jim Simons is on there too.  also Robert Catell (Chair, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center) and Lynda Perdomo-Ayala
(Chair, Suffolk County Human Rights Commission, Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University Medical Center)

Does she like sports? I am getting the impression she has zero interest in advancing SBU athletics. I only say that because I haven't seen or heard her say anything about SB athletics since her hiring. If I am wrong, please try and post a link.

havent seen much.  then again she's in a new role and has to deal with a pandemic first.

this is rather... sanitized: https://www.sbstatesman.com/2020/04/16/stony-brook-ad-shawn-heilbron-holds-virtual-town-hall/

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Newly-appointed president, Maurie McInnis, looks to be a key figure in raising Stony Brook’s athletic prominence, according to Heilbron. “With the new president, how do we position ourselves for great things in the future? Just being content is not the way we operate here. That’s the way our athletes are too. I’m excited with all our supporters to figure out what it looks like and how we take that next step. We’re going to get there.”

on the other side- this hints at a $2m cut which we all knew: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/tag/maurie-mcinnis/

All talk from Heilbron again. If we don't get into the A10, or don't go FBS, it's all bulls***. Getting things past Cuomo (no term limits in NY? VA is one and done by comparison) and navigating the Covid situation as far as budgets are concerned is certainly going to be a huge challenge, but that's why we put these people in the positions that we do. Get it done. Going FBS I admit would need some help and some luck from other likeminded schools, but upgrading SBU into the A10 isn't out of reach at all. The exposure is much greater while travel isn't much worse.

Quote from: Chairman of the Board on January 26, 2021, 08:27:08 am

havent seen much.  then again she's in a new role and has to deal with a pandemic first.

this is rather... sanitized: https://www.sbstatesman.com/2020/04/16/stony-brook-ad-shawn-heilbron-holds-virtual-town-hall/

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Newly-appointed president, Maurie McInnis, looks to be a key figure in raising Stony Brook’s athletic prominence, according to Heilbron. “With the new president, how do we position ourselves for great things in the future? Just being content is not the way we operate here. That’s the way our athletes are too. I’m excited with all our supporters to figure out what it looks like and how we take that next step. We’re going to get there.”

on the other side- this hints at a $2m cut which we all knew: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/tag/maurie-mcinnis/

All talk from Heilbron again. If we don't get into the A10, or don't go FBS, it's all bulls***. Getting things past Cuomo (no term limits in NY? VA is one and done by comparison) and navigating the Covid situation as far as budgets are concerned is certainly going to be a huge challenge, but that's why we put these people in the positions that we do. Get it done. Going FBS I admit would need some help and some luck from other likeminded schools, but upgrading SBU into the A10 isn't out of reach at all. The exposure is much greater while travel isn't much worse.

Heilbron is really fighting an uphill battle. He has to deal with King Cuomo and his lack of support for SUNY sports because of mismanagement by him and his economic experts. Heilbron dealing with Covid-19 uncertainties. If NYS doesn't know how to handle Covid, then Heilbron has his hands tied. Heilbron dealing with conference shutdowns, schools concealing games all over the conference. the reshuffling of schedules. Sucks being an AD right now. At least his son gets to play High School football as a senior this spring, with my younger son who is a junior and also a starter at the wide receiver position. Curious to see who wins that battle. My son or SH son, lol...

Quote from: Green Opaque on January 27, 2021, 04:41:22 am

I think it’s about time that the fanbase starts turning on Heilbron. That first quote is a complete non-answer about the new president. He’s just spouting useless babble at this point.

Not going to happen. Look at football. Little Chucky should have been fired yrs ago, but he is still here and will be until he is ready to retire. Heilbron stays at SB until a better, higher-paying position comes along. I see dark days ahead for this program for many years to come, and I mean that sincerely. The University will do find Academically, but Athletically, they are toast and will fall years behind other private programs. UA will be in the same sinking boat as SBU. One man to blame. CUOMO!!!!

UA has a semi-competent HC in Greg Gattuso and one of the best QB's in all of FCS, Jeff Undercuffler. As long as Undercuffler is there, flight risk when grad ready, they'll be in the mix for a playoff spot.

Stony Brook University Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best, Again
https://news.stonybrook.edu/sb_medicine/stony-brook-university-hospital-named-one-of-americas-100-best-again/

Stony Brook University Hospital has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2021 by Healthgrades – the only hospital on Long Island to receive this distinction for the past three consecutive years.

The honor places Stony Brook University Hospital in the top two percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. Only five hospitals in New York State were named among America’s 100 Best Hospitals this year.