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Date Posted: 08:41:28am 01/07/06 Sat,
Author: JoeStag
Subject: Re: Interesting column - Providence at crossroads?
In reply to: Alumina 's message, "Re: Interesting column - Providence at crossroads?" on 07:56:20am 01/07/06 Sat,

We had opportunities to align with the Big East Catholic Universities in 1980, and and did not go after it.

We also had a good base of A-10 type Catholic Universities right in the MAAC with Lasalles, Holy Cross and Fordham that could have been parlayed into an A-10 Catholic league and we stood pat.

Now we seems that we want to move up , but its not that easy. But the first step would be for Fr von Arx to announce our intentions publically.... if that is out intentions.

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[> [> [> Re: Interesting column - Providence at crossroads? -- Stagophile, 08:49:02am 01/07/06 Sat, [1]

We had a chance to join ECAC Hockey, so we dropped hockey...

We had a chance to join Patriot League Football, so we dropped football...

Meanwhile our men's soccer team is nationally ranked and wins 12 games in a row, but does not receive an at large bid because we are in the MAAC. Plus our women's field hockey team is dumped by the Patriot League and now plays in the NEC because the Associate Members are not allowed.

The list goes on and on...men's lacrosse is the only thing that give us hope!

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[> [> [> [> Re: Interesting column - Providence at crossroads? -- Running Man, 10:02:11am 01/07/06 Sat, [1]

I read this piece with a certain degree of sadness. What made it especially poignant is that I am one of those guys who remembers the great pre-1980s teams. And of course the implication of the article is, despite Providence's difficulty competing with its fellow Big East members, moving to the Big East was the right thing to do and remaining there should never be an issue. Moreover,it accentuates the futility of playing at these lower levels and implies that once you find yourself there, it is difficult,if not impossible, to extricate your team from those circumstances.

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[> [> [> Re: Interesting column - Providence at crossroads? -- FU73, 01:24:14pm 01/07/06 Sat, [1]

Plans to renovate AH then AHY, lack of an effective plan to promote Stags basketball at AHY, chance to join Patriot Football then drop football, chance to join ECAC Hockey then drop hockey, watching Quinnipiac move forward with an agressive plan, the list goes on and on. We alumni should be dissapointed at the lack of leadership in an Athletic Department that seems to be moving forward without a plan or any strategy.

I agree that Fr. von Arx needs to address the issue of Fairfield athletics and soon. If it is all about money, then let's get another capital campaign going just for athletics this time. Get corporate sponsors to help. Look at Quinnipiac's website, their new basketball and hockey arena already has corporate sponsorship and half the "named" items are pre-sold already. Fairfield's last $150 million dollar campaign had money allocated for AH renovations that was not done. If we need hardware to get a game feed back to campus from AHY for internet broadcast, then let's have somebody do it now. If on campus sports can be broadcast, then do it. Have the administration find out what the alumni would want Fairfield athletics to be and do something before Fairfield falls farther behind UConn and Quinnipiac.

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