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John Brady

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:36:56 GMT

Reply from john, 01-05-2009, 14:36:

I will take this "baggage and embarrassment" for every coach at ASU. Either you have no idea how good he is or you just want to throw mud. Doesn't matter, he is ours and we're gonna keep.

John Brady

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:42:38 GMT

Reply from Arkstfan, 01-05-2009, 13:42:

� Serious allegations, though. Any documentation? Waters and his goons are
� surely looking into this? This is not the type of press that anybody
� in-conference needs. I thought Brady would be a boon to the conference. ASU
� fans, is that a fair assessment or has he not lived up to your expectations
� out there in Jonesboro?

Other than a couple posts, not found anything about it.

Season ticket sales are up. With only three players he recruited he's matched last year's win total with at least 16 games left. Currently has the second highest RPI in the league according to RealTimeRPI. As of now hasn't beaten anybody rated better than 140 but hasn't lost to anyone rated worse than 144.

I don't think anyone expected a miracle (and haven't gotten one) but he's winning the games he should and losing the games he should and that is a big improvement.

UALR already complies (nfm)

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:39:34 GMT

Reply from former_d1, 01-05-2009, 13:39:

� � � � Thanks guys, thanks George. I would hate to lose either UNO or
� UALR,
� � � they
� � � � are foundation schools of the conference and both have had strong
� � � � basketball before.... heck, UALR has strong basketball right now!
� � UNO
� � � will
� � � � be back, they are still recovering for Katrina.
� � �
� � � IMO they are holding the rest of us back. I'd be just fine with a
� � � ten-member 1-A football schools Sun Belt.
� �
� � Just curious: how are they holding us back?
�
� First of all, we beat the Trojans by about 30 points, and what signature
� wins have any of the three schools in question brought to the conference?
� Secondly, you're right, I think we should keep "The University of Arkansas
� at Little Rock" and "The University of New Orleans of The Louisiana State
� University and A&M System". Maybe we should add Alcorn State, Texas A&M
� Corpus Christi or some other schools that no one's ever heard of and would
� hurt public perception- and it's not like we're a league to fear right now.
� I'm not saying abandon them; They don't sponsor 1-A football so we could
� easily find a 1-AA conference that would be the right fit for them- like
� the OVC or the SWAC. Conferences change, and ours should be no different. I
� know UNO helped found it, but the Sunbelt has evolved and so has the
� college landscape. I am in no way biased against these three schools, I
� just think it's best for everybody if Waters reevaluated how the conference
� is set up, because I don't think there's equal footing amongst all members
� of the conference. Some of the people on this board sound like nothing's
� changed in 25 years. What happened to the Metro? The Southwest Conference?
� The BE, C-USA, ACC, WAC, us, and the MWC in just the past 10 years!!!?!????
� Conferences and conference affiliation are not static, people! Sorry for
� being opinionated, I'm just pissed my Colts lost, that's probably it :-(

Well, I guess I answer this.

I am a UALR season ticket holder and have been for about 6 years. In that time SBC football has improved greatly. The SBC has yet to leverage that with basketball to get the league on TV by moving from ESPN to someone like CSTV etc....

Kicking out the non-football schools at this point does not help the football schools. What do the non-football schools ad to the conference?

UNO adds a lot of history and will win again in the conference. They are sitting on a goldmine of talent in the N.O. area.

Denver has a new coach that is installing a system that will win there too.

UALR adds a great AD and vastly upgraded facilities that put us in position to win in the conference. In basketball we have added several signature wins over the last 5 years: Minn, SIU, and Creighton (this year) to name a few. The road to winning the Western side of the SBC men's basketball runs throw Little Rock this year and the past 5 years (Steve has won it 3 out of the last 5 years).

The schools in the conference need to stick together. No team is bigger than the conference at this point. We all need each other and the SBC needs to work on getting the conference on TV in some form. The money is still in Basketball and ever team in the conference needs to improve their OOC schedule to the point that we have a chance for two teams in the NCAA every year with one team winning a game or two.

John Brady

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:13:28 GMT

Reply from TopPHIper, 01-05-2009, 12:13:

� Man...first he tried to "loot" Bo McCalebb after Katrina and now he tries
� to film a UNO practice at ASU this weekend. He must have really hated his
� short time here at UNO...

Serious allegations, though. Any documentation? Waters and his goons are surely looking into this? This is not the type of press that anybody in-conference needs. I thought Brady would be a boon to the conference. ASU fans, is that a fair assessment or has he not lived up to your expectations out there in Jonesboro?

UALR already complies (nfm)

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:06:50 GMT

Reply from TopPHIper, 01-05-2009, 12:06:

� � � Thanks guys, thanks George. I would hate to lose either UNO or UALR,
� � they
� � � are foundation schools of the conference and both have had strong
� � � basketball before.... heck, UALR has strong basketball right now!
� UNO
� � will
� � � be back, they are still recovering for Katrina.
� �
� � IMO they are holding the rest of us back. I'd be just fine with a
� � ten-member 1-A football schools Sun Belt.
�
� Just curious: how are they holding us back?

First of all, we beat the Trojans by about 30 points, and what signature wins have any of the three schools in question brought to the conference? Secondly, you're right, I think we should keep "The University of Arkansas at Little Rock" and "The University of New Orleans of The Louisiana State University and A&M System". Maybe we should add Alcorn State, Texas A&M Corpus Christi or some other schools that no one's ever heard of and would hurt public perception- and it's not like we're a league to fear right now. I'm not saying abandon them; They don't sponsor 1-A football so we could easily find a 1-AA conference that would be the right fit for them- like the OVC or the SWAC. Conferences change, and ours should be no different. I know UNO helped found it, but the Sunbelt has evolved and so has the college landscape. I am in no way biased against these three schools, I just think it's best for everybody if Waters reevaluated how the conference is set up, because I don't think there's equal footing amongst all members of the conference. Some of the people on this board sound like nothing's changed in 25 years. What happened to the Metro? The Southwest Conference? The BE, C-USA, ACC, WAC, us, and the MWC in just the past 10 years!!!?!???? Conferences and conference affiliation are not static, people! Sorry for being opinionated, I'm just pissed my Colts lost, that's probably it :-(

asu qb

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:32:03 GMT

Reply from Lee Richardson, 01-05-2009, 11:32:

� � QB Andre Smith will lead ASI to the promise land.
� � All Florida kids....GO HOME
� � ONE HAS LEFT THE SCHOOL (SOME PUNTER) ONE CAN'T PLAY (QB) AND ONE CAN
� NOT
� � KICK OFF (SEE YOU)
�
� Who is ASI?
The "I" is next to the "U" in the keyboard. It has happened to me. :-)

Final: MT 82 @ South Alabama 67

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:19:27 GMT

Reply from algopher, 01-05-2009, 11:19:

Your team came ready to play, that's for sure. We really looked horrible. I'd like to blame it on the Miami trip in that the team didn't get back until late Friday and no preparation. Those Thursday/Saturday games are rough on all teams. If they can't go back to Wed/Sat, maybe they should consider Sat/Tue games. Not sour grapes as we have other problems I think. No production except from Tilford.

John Brady

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:02:38 GMT

Reply from BigD, 01-05-2009, 08:02:

� Man...first he tried to "loot" Bo McCalebb after Katrina and now he tries
� to film a UNO practice at ASU this weekend. He must have really hated his
� short time here at UNO...

Sounds like someone with sour grapes.

Repercussions ?

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:51:27 GMT

Reply from BigD, 01-04-2009, 21:51:

� Isn't that against the rules ? Or is there a rule?
�
� And......is there proof that Brady did this?

First I heard of it.

asu qb

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:49:37 GMT

Reply from BigD, 01-04-2009, 21:49:

� QB Andre Smith will lead ASI to the promise land.
� All Florida kids....GO HOME
� ONE HAS LEFT THE SCHOOL (SOME PUNTER) ONE CAN'T PLAY (QB) AND ONE CAN NOT
� KICK OFF (SEE YOU)

Who is ASI?

Repercussions ?

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:41:27 GMT

Reply from KAjunRaider, 01-04-2009, 21:41:

Isn't that against the rules ? Or is there a rule?

And......is there proof that Brady did this?

John Brady

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:04:49 GMT

Reply from Reduno, 01-04-2009, 21:04:

bbd,

you guys will learn in time. Take it from some who know brady, there's baggage and then embarrassment. Hopefully he'll be gone from Jonesboro before you see both.

� settle down Bo's dad.
�
� � Man...first he tried to "loot" Bo McCalebb after Katrina and now he
� tries
� � to film a UNO practice at ASU this weekend. He must have really hated
� his
� � short time here at UNO...

asu qb

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:45:14 GMT

Post by bigbadwolf, 01-04-2009, 20:45:

QB Andre Smith will lead ASI to the promise land.
All Florida kids....GO HOME
ONE HAS LEFT THE SCHOOL (SOME PUNTER) ONE CAN'T PLAY (QB) AND ONE CAN NOT KICK OFF (SEE YOU)

John Brady

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:42:22 GMT

Reply from bigbadwolf, 01-04-2009, 20:42:

settle down Bo's dad.

� Man...first he tried to "loot" Bo McCalebb after Katrina and now he tries
� to film a UNO practice at ASU this weekend. He must have really hated his
� short time here at UNO...

John Brady

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:51:14 GMT

Post by UNOPrivatr, 01-04-2009, 16:51:

Man...first he tried to "loot" Bo McCalebb after Katrina and now he tries to film a UNO practice at ASU this weekend. He must have really hated his short time here at UNO...