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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: iBOsbu Date: December 7, 2017, 5:27 pm
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New Thursday blog post from SH
HTML http://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2017/12/7/together-we-transform-blog-together-we-transform-thursday-dec-7-2017.aspx
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: Seawolf97 Date: December 7, 2017, 8:29 pm
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The potential is there it takes time , money and fan support at
games. Still think he is doing great job and believes we can
become a Virginia or Cal
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: ecasadoSBU Date: December 7, 2017, 8:49 pm
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Great read!
Lets keep growing!
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: NoVA_Seawolf Date: December 7, 2017, 8:59 pm
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[quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=602.msg20484#msg20484
date=1512689237]
New Thursday blog post from SH
HTML http://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2017/12/7/together-we-transform-blog-together-we-transform-thursday-dec-7-2017.aspx
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I'm glad he mentioned out AAU membership status and highlighted
it. I'm also glad he pointed out where we could wind up someday.
I think it's a stretch to say we're literal peers to Cal and
UVA, but the potential is there to be there one day.
Fun fact: Out of all the public universities in the AAU with
football, only two of them have the sport at the FCS level. UC
Davis, and us. Everyone else is FBS with most of them being in
Power 5 conferences.
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 22, 2018, 8:27 am
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anyone know where we are with the haskell cup? of course, our
success in football is ineligible (due to being in the CAA) so
no help there.
HTML https://www.americaeast.com/news/2017/11/29/commishcupfall17-18.aspx?path=athletics<br
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 31, 2018, 8:02 pm
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all the right messages:
HTML https://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2018/5/31/Together_We_Transform_March_31.aspx?path=blog<br
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really good marketing of our program and successes. ;D
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: Seawolf97 Date: June 28, 2018, 8:41 pm
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I just read Shawns latest blog posted today . He has
accomplished quite abit nd has plans or a lot more. These
could be exciting times on the horizon . Have to give him for
getting things done. Considering money is tight at the Brook
now he is ambitious.
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: NoVA_Seawolf Date: June 30, 2018, 12:51 am
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[quote author=Seawolf97 link=topic=602.msg22728#msg22728
date=1530236502]
I just read Shawns latest blog posted today . He has
accomplished quite abit nd has plans or a lot more. These
could be exciting times on the horizon . Have to give him for
getting things done. Considering money is tight at the Brook
now he is ambitious.
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I read this and then went to read the blog. Extremely ambitious.
A few things jump out to me.
[quote]Expand the seating capacity of Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
to a minimum of 15,000 and add fan amenities, including new
restrooms and points of sale for concessions, merchandise and
tickets.[/quote]
15K is the magic number for FBS football, so that's not a shock.
The new concession stand is already in on the north side of the
stadium and is a great addition.
[quote]Provide appropriate facilities for new women's program(s)
to be added in the future.[/quote]
As per Title IX, if you're going to add scholarships for FBS
football, you'll need to match that with 22 additional women's
scholarships. Which sports he has in mind is anyone's guess, but
comments like this are consistent with going FBS in football.
[quote]Develop a soccer-specific venue for training and
competition.[/quote]
Now this is where we start going off the rails here. I know
soccer is gaining popularity in the US, but I was previously of
the opinion that if we were going to go FBS, we'd need to cut
men's soccer in order to make the scholarship increase easier to
stomach. Doubling down on soccer with a dedicated facility is
going the opposite direction. Obviously the women's team could
use it, but with words like this, Shawn has no intention of
cutting anything anywhere. I'm curious how this will ultimately
shake out as if we're going to go FBS, the move will have to be
made in the next 5-7 years to align with the next College
Football Playoff contract. How we're going to pay for 22 more
football scholarships, more women's sports, the stadium
expansion, and staffing costs associated with those moves is of
great interest to me. We're already paying Coach P FBS money
(seriously, look it up), but if we're going to be a respectable
FBS program, we'll need to at least double the current allotment
to coaching salaries for football.
Not saying we can't pull it off because we clearly can, but
something is going to have to give somewhere. College Football
Playoff distributions, FBS conference distributions, TV revenue,
NCAA tournament credits (thank you UMBC) can offset many of
these costs, but I'd rather be cautiously optimistic than be
super bullish.
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: ry1nik Date: June 30, 2018, 5:58 am
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Agree on doubt about the wisdom of putting money into soccer.
Having a winning soccer program does little to enhance the
stature of the university.
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Re: Shawn Heilbron
By: OldSeawolf Date: June 30, 2018, 9:05 am
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Agreed. Soccer is not a winner at all. Not to mention that
soccer took a huge hit in this country with us not making the
World Cup.
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