08-23-2012, 12:50 PM | #51 |
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Lyons was shown the door because he refused to play shooting guard. The program has had a rough year, but to say the program should be eliminated by the NCAA is foolish.
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08-23-2012, 12:53 PM | #52 |
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FWIW, IMO:
I hate the attention that crap like this gets from the media and all outlets. I fully realize that this is regarding UC's most bitter rival in basketball- or any sport for that matter. However, it is slightly disturbing to me that I post relevant, constructive and informative posts in multiple threads this morning about the upcoming UC football season and those continue to sit, barely touched while this thread balloons in size. I'm not sure if it's simply the Xavier thing- or a basketball thing... or maybe a microcosm of society and why we see mostly negative, disturbing stories on the six O' Clock news; Because people like to watch train wrecks. It's frustrating that a forum with this tight knit a community of members it appears would rather sit around and banter about how corrupt/ethically challenged another school's athletic program has become rather than discuss aspects of it's own program's upcoming season. I understand message boards are meant for speculation, but I don't understand how news like this is worthy of 5 pages in two days while half a dozen threads about the upcoming football season have equated to less than that combined. I apologize if this offends anyone, but frankly I'd come to expect better substance from this site in the past. |
08-23-2012, 12:58 PM | #53 |
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I really wish this one was just a dumb recruiting violation or conduct that was detrimental, without any victims but the people who committed the act, that we could all make fun of X for that rather than what has allegedly transpired.
I don't see this and the current title IX investigation as an XU basketball problem, this is a larger systemic Xavier University problem. As a UC fan, I root against X all the time. There's no joy in this one. If there has been a coverup of other misconduct of this nature and they let victims suffer to save face, then I'll be rooting for the FBI to expose and punish all those who tolerated and supported this culture. I would say this about any school. |
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2. I'm a huge college basketball fan. Diehard UC fan all the way back to before the Roger McClendon days. 3. I think Dave nailed it on this thread. When UC suffered through the Huggs/Zimpher decimation of the b-ball program, there was ZERO sympathy, much less any reasonable understanding from Xavier fans. They reminded us yearly how our program was sucking, while ignoring the why it was. 4. Because of item #3 that I listed, I have no sympathy for what they are going through. Train wreck? Sure. It's like Osama Bin Laden in a train wreck. UC's most bitter, arrogant, and childish rival is finally have the chickens come home to roost, and I see nothing wrong with enjoying watching their demise. That is all. |
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08-23-2012, 03:32 PM | #59 | |
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Apparently you missed all the conference switching by schools, 100% about football and cash from TV contracts, basketball given zilch consideration. None of the teams added to the Big East were added for their basketball programs. College football is the number 2 watched sport behind the NFL, (granted a distant second as nothing can match the NFL's numbers). College basketball is a far distant 6th. It is a new world TLL, football is king, sorry that you slept through the change. |
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