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Quote from: Chairman of the Board on May 31, 2020, 07:13:06 pmhttps://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2020/5/31/general-amessage-to-the-stony-brook-athletics-family-from-ad-shawn-heilbron.aspxSH is a very smart man. Stony Brook should be honored to have him as their AD.
SH seems like a good guy, and overall I think he’s incrementally helped SBU athletics programs. Also, I think he’s added integrity to the athletics dept, which the last guy lacked.That said, don’t be surprised if he gets poached and/or is looking elsewhere. New President may very well want her own team on board, including the AD position.
Quote from: OldSeawolf on June 01, 2020, 12:59:45 pmSH seems like a good guy, and overall I think he’s incrementally helped SBU athletics programs. Also, I think he’s added integrity to the athletics dept, which the last guy lacked.That said, don’t be surprised if he gets poached and/or is looking elsewhere. New President may very well want her own team on board, including the AD position.And if she did that it would be her first big mistake as SB President. I could see SH bailing for a higher paying job elsewhere though.
Quote from: Hammertime on June 01, 2020, 02:59:11 pmQuote from: OldSeawolf on June 01, 2020, 12:59:45 pmSH seems like a good guy, and overall I think he’s incrementally helped SBU athletics programs. Also, I think he’s added integrity to the athletics dept, which the last guy lacked.That said, don’t be surprised if he gets poached and/or is looking elsewhere. New President may very well want her own team on board, including the AD position.And if she did that it would be her first big mistake as SB President. I could see SH bailing for a higher paying job elsewhere though.I agree. If she did that she'd be hella stupid, but I don't think that's what happens. I think instead of building SBU up from the level we're currently at athletically, Shawn sees an easier, better job at a stronger school and takes it. At least there he won't have to deal with stupid NYS bull**** state politics when it comes to funding. With all the shutdowns and the economic collapse, it'll be very hard to get SBU the money it needs earmarked for moving up. I wish we were able to take advantage of the situation 6-7 years ago and expand the stadium to 15k then.
Cuomo really should have approved the stadium expansion when he had the chance! ****! I’ll never forgive him.
We can talk about should haves and would haves all day long. Given the way things work in this state, if you get the chance to upgrade your stadium you have to take it. Who knows when the next time we'll get the chance to do that will be? FBS requires at least 15k, and ideally you want to have some room to grow beyond that. We're a long ways away from that 25k rendering from a few years back, but when you get the chance to do something you have to take advantage of it. UB and UA are scared we'll lap them completely if we get a bigger stadium and go FBS. We already have several advantages due to our location alone.