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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Hammertime Date: December 1, 2016, 7:03 am
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That area needs a serious makeover and should be considered a
priority... It would also be more attractive to future
university students who are not from the area..I envision a mini
Port Jeff village... Quaint shops, and like Stony Brook village.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: December 1, 2016, 7:50 am
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after a bit of googling I found that the site (Gustafson?) is
where the nursery is, to the left of the bench.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Hammertime Date: December 30, 2016, 2:55 pm
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In SH last weekly blog of 2016 he said some major changes will
be happening around SB, specifically with SB Basketball. Not
sure what he is talking about outside of what we already know
with recruits..
"The month of January will feature several exciting
announcements. For starters, we plan to introduce our new
volleyball coach very early in the new year and will also be
sharing some exciting news related to men's basketball. The
renovation of University Pool is in its final stages and is on
schedule for completion in January. It will be a busy – but
incredibly energizing – first month of 2017 for Stony Brook
Athletics."
SH also said that LaValle stadium expansion has begun and that
they are very close to starting with the indoor workout
facilities ..
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 18, 2017, 5:23 pm
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fans- purchase your brick for $150 by 2/20 and it will get
installed in the first wave! bought mine today:
HTML https://alumniandfriends.stonybrook.edu/administration/brick-personalization-donation-form<br
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Seawolf97 Date: February 18, 2017, 9:28 pm
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We bought a brick for our daughter Class of 1997
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 23, 2017, 8:59 am
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same here! thanks for contributing!
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: OldSeawolf Date: March 8, 2017, 9:21 am
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This is a re-post (I recently posted this in the Conference
Realignment thread, but is more appropriate to be here). It
pertains to the football program.
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There are ways to fill the stands, but it will not happen
overnight. Winning certainly breeds enthusiasm which will help
fill the stands. Look at what the signing of Warney did to the
basketball program. Getting that kind of marquis player can do
wonders for a team, and its ability to draw fans at the gate.
Is it easy to get that kind of marquis star to come to Stony
Brook.....no way! It takes work and perseverance on many
levels, and sometimes takes a bit of luck as well.
Regarding football, you have to start at home on Long Island,
IMO. 3MM people live out here and we're the only DI football
team on the Island. There are lots of kids who want to stay
home, play football at the D1 level, but know they aren't good
enough to play at Alabama or a marquis football program, but are
outstanding players. We need to recruit heavily from the area,
and establish a presence, that becomes a magnet for strong local
talent. And most of all, you need to attract a Long Island QB
that can be the fulcrum of the team. Coaching aside, it all
starts with the QB.
Here are some ideas on how to fill the stands, and how to obtain
the best talent on Long Island. It takes money to market the
team, so we need to budget for these items, but the payoff
(prestige and financial) will come down the road:
1) Offer a free full-year academic scholarship to one lucky
student every game. Advertise this in the campus newspapers and
with flyers around campus and especially, in the dorms. No
excuse for students not packing the stands every week;
2) SBU athletic staff needs to stay plugged in to the High
School football programs on Long Island, particularly the strong
ones. Provide free tickets to High School
Football Programs in the area, on a rotating basis, to help
promote the SBU brand. Do this for every game. Create a buzz
amongst Long Island High School players;
3) Create a free weekly digital magazine for the football team,
that is distributed to every Long Island High School football
program, and to local community members. You need the locals to
start identifying with the only game in town, and a digital
magazine adds credence and visibility to the program;
4) Establish weekly coaching media segments on News12, WFAN, and
on Newsday.com without fail;
5) Establish bonuses for coaching staffs and even the AD. Let
part of the compensation packages be contingent on performance
on the field. Winning attracts talent, not only athletically,
but academically as well. Winning fills seats, even if it's 35
degrees outside and raining.
Yes, we are doing some of this already, but we need to do it
better, if we want to grow the program, and take that next step.
It's a process, and it takes time. Attracting talent and
winning will result in more talent being acquired, more fan
interest, and will snowball as time moves on.
We've come a long way over the years for sure, but there's a
much longer and more fruitful journey ahead to get to the next
plateau.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 8, 2017, 1:42 pm
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thanks for posting here- great ideas and very constructive. i
like the idea about the magazine, the HS programs, etc.
getting the stands full is hard sometimes even when the weather
is good, the opponent is good, etc. why cant we get students to
the game?
because they are disaffected. lots of them didnt play football;
have no interest in sports. didnt go to schools with spirit.
football is taking a beating in the press these days as a
barbarian sport. rather play video games or go to the pub. or,
study.
but those arent the big issues. the biggest is- how do we even
get students to stay on campus? there's something like 11
thousand beds?!?!?!?
you need to give them a reason to stay. why cant we focus on
this issue and really attack it? every time it comes up we end
up talking about something else.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 8, 2017, 1:52 pm
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looks like chavez hall and tubman hall opened up, just south of
irving college in mendelsohn quad, north of the staller center
and wang center:
HTML http://www.stonybrook.edu/happenings/homespotlight/ribbon-cutting-marks-the-completion-of-chavez-and-tubman-residence-halls-and-east-side-dining/
thats 759 new beds, a rooftop garden, eclectic mix of cuisines,
the largest dining hall on campus, and now SB is the second
largest residential campus in NY (behind NYU).
HTML http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/res/news/chavez.html
students must have s 3.0 to get in.
HTML http://www.sbstatesman.com/2016/11/13/toll-drive-buildings-named-after-civil-rights-activists/
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 27, 2017, 8:16 am
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when are they going to do something about this. it is literally
hurting the entire university.
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/style/americas-ugliest-college-campuses-204542557.html<br
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