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SBU Men's Basketball / Re: Games 19/20: at Vermont 2/13 and 14
« on: February 12, 2021, 01:43:36 pm »
I haven't watched a single one of our basketball games this year and I don't think I'll start now.
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Long story short, SBU can't afford to fire Geno, not with three years left on the deal (outlined in the Stadium article below). For reference, Boals contract info is underneath.
https://watchstadium.com/stony-brook-coach-geno-ford-signs-five-year-contract-salary-buyout-incentives-10-08-2019/#:~:text=Stony%20Brook%20Coach%20Geno%20Ford%20signed%20a%20five%2Dyear%20contract,for%20Ohio%20in%20the%20offseason.
https://watchstadium.com/jeff-boals-signs-five-year-contract-with-ohio-salary-buyout-incentives-09-17-2019/#:~:text=Former%20Stony%20Brook%20Coach%20Jeff,Stony%20Brook%20a%20%2450%2C000%20buyout.
Well, there you go!!! Why in the world would Stony Brook lock in a 5-year contract to an assistant coach who doesn't have a proven winning track record. I could see 2 or 3-year contract max, out of the gate then reevaluate after year 2. But 5? This program deserves what it gets.
That’s not what they want. They want to be FBS. Which... with those teams? C’mon.
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/QuoteNewly-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/
JMU is also in an area that has a lot of talent that they can recruit from.
The 2021 New York HS Football Class lost over 40 of their Top Players to other states (especially to the NJ Catholic Schools) and once a player leaves the state they get more exposure that leads to more opportunities so schools like SBU are at a disadvantage when it comes to home grown talent. As an example the top 8th grade QB in the Country is from Cold Spring Harbor and he will attend IMG Academy as a 9th grader and with the success of the Freeport players other LI kids are thinking of doing the same.
Do you think if SB has the opportunity to go FBS would some of these players stay home and play for SB??
That’s the budget they need to operate that’s one of the reasons JMU hasn’t made the jump exactly what that entails but I know for sure it’s $5M
That and they feel as though they're "too good" for the FBS conference which has been floated as a possibility. They don't want to go Sun Belt or C-USA. Personally, Sun Belt is underrated and a fun conference to watch. JMU won't get a better offer, no matter how good they play. Success there could be parlayed into a move up in conference, but that would take time and more money.