Countdown to the End of the Coach Hewitt Era

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

So what. Shocker--an Iranian broad married into money and then his family paid for everything, including a business.

Plus everyone knows she was kind of dumb until GW cleaned her up for her Masters.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari

Plus, does it really take any kind of talent to be shot into space? They literally shoot monkeys into space.

 

[wijg]

Plus, does it really take any kind of talent to be shot into space?

I guess, maybe, it is a slight step above being shot out of a canon at the circus. So, there is that.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

I guess, maybe, it is a slight step above being shot out of a canon at the circus. So, there is that.

I do have several Mason grad friends that went on to be circus freaks. A lot of them from my fraternity, in fact.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Not much money in carnie/circus work though.

 

[dr. gunnie]

A couple years back I had the grand idea to raise money for iPads that both the men's and women's teams could use. Each player would get one and use it for film study and playbooks - lots of big programs were doing it.

I talked with a few people in the Athletic Office including TOC about it. To make a long story short, they were very hesitant about doing it even though there was nothing against NCAA rules about it. After speaking with Paul Bowden - AD of Complience, it became clear that they were not the type of go getters I was hoping for - they would make every excuse not to do it. Here is someone willing to give them 30 iPads and they wanted no part of it... too much work. It was frustrating.

 

[GMUgemini]

The Bausch twins too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bausch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bausch

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

The Bausch twins too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bausch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bausch

Sounds like they make a living at least. Never heard of them.

Now if you had said the Winklevoss twins went here or those twins on "property Brothers," you'd have something.

 

[wijg]

A couple years back I had the grand idea to raise money for iPads that both the men's and women's teams could use. Each player would get one and use it for film study and playbooks - lots of big programs were doing it.

I talked with a few people in the Athletic Office including TOC about it. To make a long story short, they were very hesitant about doing it even though there was nothing against NCAA rules about it. After speaking with Paul Bowden - AD of Complience, it became clear that they were not the type of go getters I was hoping for - they would make every excuse not to do it. Here is someone willing to give them 30 iPads and they wanted no part of it... too much work. It was frustrating.

So sad, and yet it is a theme that has been repeated over and over. Hopefully, the new management has a different approach and too much damage has not been done to the donor base.

 

[GMUgemini]

Sounds like they make a living at least. Never heard of them.

Now if you had said the Winklevoss twins went here or those twins on "property Brothers," you'd have something.

Robert Bausch wrote Almighty Me, which was adapted into Bruce Almighty.

Richard Bausch is a literary writer, so it makes sense you wouldn't know who he is. But he's the editor of the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (the English Major bible), and sold his rough drafts to Northwestern for like $600,000 recently.

 

[KAOriginal]

I will say I worked with a Mason grad from the mid 80s.....he would be the "high roller" that Mason would have loved.

However.....when he decided to spend some bucks in the early 90s.....TOC and Mason were as someone pointed out, "luke warm." Plus game day atmosphere was so lacking. So the Terps, got his cash and they courted him like you would expect. Thats really all he wanted...was that "special treatment."

Right after the FF, he thought about rejoining Mason. Hoping they would up their game. But then Mason did not accept his son....(although Maryland and UR found him acceptable).....and so his money stayed with Maryland.

To be brutally honest....all he wanted was to feel like a big shot. Mason...just couldnt do it.

 

[gmujim92]

I will say I worked with a Mason grad from the mid 80s.....he would be the "high roller" that Mason would have loved.

However.....when he decided to spend some bucks in the early 90s.....TOC and Mason were as someone pointed out, "luke warm." Plus game day atmosphere was so lacking. So the Terps, got his cash and they courted him like you would expect. Thats really all he wanted...was that "special treatment."

Right after the FF, he thought about rejoining Mason. Hoping they would up their game. But then Mason did not accept his son....(although Maryland and UR found him acceptable).....and so his money stayed with Maryland.

To be brutally honest....all he wanted was to feel like a big shot. Mason...just couldnt do it.

Sounds like the first thing our athletic department needs is a crash course in kissing big donors' asses.

The good news is Edwards can't be any worse at it than TOC was. Prick.

 

[gmujim92]

Now if you had said the Winklevoss twins went here or those twins on "property Brothers," you'd have something.

Winklevoss twins got their asses kicked by Zuckerberg. We need to get into some of that Facebook money ... dolla dolla billz yo!

 

[GMUgemini]

Sounds like the first thing our athletic department needs is a crash course in kissing big donors' asses.

The good news is Edwards can't be any worse at it than TOC was. Prick.

I thought we hired someone from Georgetown in like 2006 or 2007 for this very job. What happened to her?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Robert Bausch wrote Almighty Me, which was adapted into Bruce Almighty.

Richard Bausch is a literary writer, so it makes sense you wouldn't know who he is. But he's the editor of the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (the English Major bible), and sold his rough drafts to Northwestern for like $600,000 recently.

Impressive. Okay there is one Mason grad who has done something with his life.

Probably will blow most of his money on heroin, though I imagine.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

We also have a Power Ranger.

 

[Pablo]

Penn will fire Jerome Allen after the season. With 2 years remaining on his contract, the buyout will be approximately $650,000 - see http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pretzel/Penn-to-fire-Jerome-Allen-after-season-ends.html.

 

[Sons of Mason]

Whew, look at all those 20 win teams with A10 loses and all those between the top and Mason. This league is too tough, everyone beats up on each other. Only make sense to give the top 13 At large bids.

#Hewittlogic

Dayton 13-4 -- 23-6
Davidson 13-4 -- 22-6
Rhode Island 13-5 .5 21-8
Virginia Commonwealth 11-6 2 21-9
Richmond 11-6 2 18-12
Massachusetts 10-7 3 17-13
George Washington 9-8 4 19-11
St. Bonaventure 9-8 4 16-12
La Salle 7-10 6 15-15
Saint Joseph's 7-11 6.5 13-17
Duquesne 6-11 7 11-17
Fordham 4-13 9 9-19
George Mason 4-13 9 9-20
Saint Louis 3-14 10 11-19

 

[polepino]

^Gotta love how Davidson came in to the league kicking a**. Was glad to hear they were joining the A10 and looks like they made a sound decision. More tourney appearances for them!

 

[Five Two]

I will say I worked with a Mason grad from the mid 80s.....he would be the "high roller" that Mason would have loved.

However.....when he decided to spend some bucks in the early 90s.....TOC and Mason were as someone pointed out, "luke warm." Plus game day atmosphere was so lacking. So the Terps, got his cash and they courted him like you would expect. Thats really all he wanted...was that "special treatment."

Right after the FF, he thought about rejoining Mason. Hoping they would up their game. But then Mason did not accept his son....(although Maryland and UR found him acceptable).....and so his money stayed with Maryland.

To be brutally honest....all he wanted was to feel like a big shot. Mason...just couldnt do it.

I've heard similar stories to this (although they did not include acceptance/non-acceptance into the university) as well as Dr. Gunnie's. I really thought Edwards would have come in and cleaned house like what the new AD at GW when he came in (within months of taking the job, all the fundraising, marketing and some PR folks were replaced). Maybe Edwards wanted to give everyone a chance to show him what they can do under his leadership. I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt to get his house in order. Changing a culture in an office is difficult.