Heard F Mc Laughlin on WFUV last night during halftime of hoop game.. he commented on ftbl team & upgrade of facilities field turf, night lights & scoreboard... He said work has already started..My comment is why hasnt FU asked for alumni input regarding these changes.. I understand can't please everyone but why didnt FU ask for recommendations.. Will new turf have a Ram head insignina at midfield? will endzones be maroon? landscaping near endzones? scoreboard for ftbl only (bring it closer & perpendicular to field)? If all this is scheduled where can alumni view a rendering? -- FORDHAM RAMS FOOTBALL FORUM

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Subject: Heard F Mc Laughlin on WFUV last night during halftime of hoop game.. he commented on ftbl team & upgrade of facilities field turf, night lights & scoreboard... He said work has already started..My comment is why hasnt FU asked for alumni input regarding these changes.. I understand can't please everyone but why didnt FU ask for recommendations.. Will new turf have a Ram head insignina at midfield? will endzones be maroon? landscaping near endzones? scoreboard for ftbl only (bring it closer & perpendicular to field)? If all this is scheduled where can alumni view a rendering?

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Good point but it doesn't surprise me at all. Even if they don't want our opinions you would think they'd create some sketches or a scale model of the new Coffey Field for use as a fundraising tool at games and alumni events this season. They spend several million dollars and don't even create a web page to help build the anticipation? Another example of Fordham missing several opportunities to portray itself favorably. (NT) DamnRam 09:50:50 12/03/04 Fri

Don't know if alumni input is especially important or appropriate. A major donor isn't paying for the renovation. I think Fordham has done a pretty good job on construction projects over the past few years and I don't think Fr. McShane is going to let them build a several million dollar eyesore or something impractical. (NT) Ramadama 10:15:44 12/03/04 Fri

For projects like this alumni input is ALWAYS important and appropriate, even if no one alumnus the sponsor. Alumni are constantly barraged for requests for money, to attend events, to hire recent students, refer potential students, etc. - it's foolish to think we shouldn't at least be asked for our ideas. To imply the Administration couldn't benefit from the experience and input of alumni is simply naive and arrogant. It's also one reason the alumni giving rate is so low. Ignoring the alumni produces apathy, getting us involved in planning stages produces emotional commitment. (NT) -- DamnRam, 10:51:13 12/03/04 Fri

Not my point. It isn't always practical to get input. Which alums would you ask for input and how much detail do you ask for? You hire professionals to do a job. You have to let them do it. If there is a structure in place to solicit this kind of advice, like am athletic committee, I'd agree. I don't think you just solicit feedback without structure. (NT) -- Ramadama, 12:23:07 12/03/04 Fri

Since the upgrade plan IS in place. Can anyone tell me where I can get a look. I dont care how formal a drawing or if its just a sketch. Want to see where lights and scoreboard will be placed. As well as colors and insignia at midfield. (NT) -- classof93, 12:35:28 12/03/04 Fri
There is a structure in place (Gridiron Club), and the Administration could send emails to the student body and known athletics contributors, put a notice on the website and this board, etc. with a message as simple as "Here's something we'd like to get your thoughts on. How can we make it even better? Send all ideas to Dr. Byrne's office by X date using Y email address or Z phone number". Fordham knows how to find us for fundraising purposes, they certainly could show respect for our opinions. Sometimes the best ideas come from your customers. (NT) -- DamnRam, 14:08:29 12/03/04 Fri
Were "the professionals" right about the way they handled the radio tower? The Athletic Department? PR for the school? (NT) -- Tesla, 16:11:13 12/03/04 Fri

The point is FU misses an opportunity to include alumni. FU sends 10 -15 mail solitications for $ each year.. Ideas and suggestions from alum could be useful (whether ideas were taken from other ftbl venues or experience) ... regardless FU could have generated positive fundraising momentum by displaying a rendering. Even if FU didn't include 1 suggestion ...it is poor practice to not include your alumni whatsoever...Lets hope next fall Coffey Field looks more like a collegiate stadium ..rather than a H.S. field.. (NT) sean#57 12:27:26 12/03/04 Fri

The reason they did not ask for opinions re. the reconfiguration is that they did not want them or believe they would cause more trouble than they are worth. For example, thank you very much for your suggestion that we buy pink turf with a zebra skin pattern in the end zones, however, we are going in another direction i.e. chartreuse turf with a leopard skin end zone. (NT) Jimbo65 15:01:19 12/03/04 Fri

How about disco balls hanging from sequin-covered goalposts? (NT) -- The Hustle, 15:33:39 12/03/04 Fri

No sequins, they would clah with the leopard skin. (NT) Jimbo65 15:44:18 12/03/04 Fri

HOW ABOUT A REALLY UGLY POORLY PLACED RADIO TOWER??? OH,FU ADMIN DID THAT ON THEIR OWN TOO!!!!!!!! (NT) -- xxx, 15:27:10 12/06/04 Mon

I�d like to see �FORDHAM� in large block letters in one end zone and �RAMS� in the other. Hundreds of planes fly over campus each week on approach to LaGuardia. It�d be free advertising for the school and football program. BTW, my brother heard the WFUV interview with Frank. He said Frank referred to Fordham alum and Iona radio announcer Gary Stanley as �Gary Shandling�. Anyone else hear it? Having never heard Frank interviewed before, my bro said he couldn�t believe he was listening to the athletic director of a major-conference school. (NT) ramMan 19:46:07 12/04/04 Sat

Could have been worse, could have called him Larry Sanders. Hey now! (NT) -- J. Tambor, 17:17:54 12/07/04 Tue

Re: Along with the stadium improvements, how about going back to the Red over White home uniforms and all white on the road, with the present helmets? Lafayette has it and it looks great. (NT) -- Go...'gate, 21:37:20 12/08/04 Wed

Stadium? What stadium? (NT) -- Rambacker, 23:31:45 12/08/04 Wed