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BJWilliams wrote:Good luck to Coach Sherard if indeed true Sly, and best wishes to him (although now he will get to lose to LU at least twice a year)Youre assuming we stay in the BSC
Sly Fox wrote:I was thinking the same thing, Haize. Glad to see you are moving over to the Bright Side.Ha. My Domain is pure awesomeness, why would I leave?
Coach Sherard has been an amazing asset to LU and I suspect he will be to CCU as well. We'll let the Chants have him for awhile until we need him to come back down the road.
Kalel wrote:Why wouldn't he...going Sun Belt soon, why go to another BS school when things are so imminent.Coastal wont be in the BS much longer either.
olldflame wrote:Coach Sherod chose to essentially change careers and become a women´s coach almost exclusively because he and his entire family love LU and Lynchburg and didn´t want to leave. I would think the same thing applies here.Yes
To be head coach at CCU certainly would have been a great opportunity, but it seems an assumption is being made here that he turned the job down. Do we really even know if he was offered?
Purple Haize wrote:Kalel wrote:Why wouldn't he...going Sun Belt soon, why go to another BS school when things are so imminent.Newer facility??? on par with UNCA's but < Vines
Lots of reasons, but facility isn't one
rogers3 wrote:I have to say that the Vines is not a good facility for WBB at this level. Less than 1000 fans in an 8000 seat arena is not conducive to a good game atmosphere, and the facility is far from new. I´m sure upcoming renovations will correct some issues, but it will still be too big.Purple Haize wrote:Kalel wrote:Why wouldn't he...going Sun Belt soon, why go to another BS school when things are so imminent.Newer facility??? on par with UNCA's but < Vines
Lots of reasons, but facility isn't one
olldflame wrote:
I have to say that the Vines is not a good facility for WBB at this level. Less than 1000 fans in an 8000 seat arena is not conducive to a good game atmosphere, and the facility is far from new. I´m sure upcoming renovations will correct some issues, but it will still be too big.
CCU´s facility is Brand new, beautiful, and a more realistic size.
rogers3 wrote:There is a bit of revisionist history going on regarding the crowds our WBB team used to draw. We had ONE game when we drew about 5000, and a few others in the 3000 to 4000 range. The best year we had we averaged a Little over 2000. I would say in the highly successful history of our WBB program you could count on your fingers the number of times you couldn´t have put the crowd in CCU´s arena. Might not even need the second hand.olldflame wrote:
I have to say that the Vines is not a good facility for WBB at this level. Less than 1000 fans in an 8000 seat arena is not conducive to a good game atmosphere, and the facility is far from new. I´m sure upcoming renovations will correct some issues, but it will still be too big.
CCU´s facility is Brand new, beautiful, and a more realistic size.
It wasn't so long ago that crowds for women's home games could only be accomodated by the Vines... and Winthrop's court.
olldflame wrote:Too bad they tore down Schilling. Much more appropriate seating capacity. I wouldn't trade any other teams facilities for what we have. Just think, when we get into the ACC, we will be selling out our women's games, even.rogers3 wrote:There is a bit of revisionist history going on regarding the crowds our WBB team used to draw. We had ONE game when we drew about 5000, and a few others in the 3000 to 4000 range. The best year we had we averaged a Little over 2000. I would say in the highly successful history of our WBB program you could count on your fingers the number of times you couldn´t have put the crowd in CCU´s arena. Might not even need the second hand.olldflame wrote:
I have to say that the Vines is not a good facility for WBB at this level. Less than 1000 fans in an 8000 seat arena is not conducive to a good game atmosphere, and the facility is far from new. I´m sure upcoming renovations will correct some issues, but it will still be too big.
CCU´s facility is Brand new, beautiful, and a more realistic size.
It wasn't so long ago that crowds for women's home games could only be accomodated by the Vines... and Winthrop's court.
For each of those games there a dozen when we had 500 or less in the cavernous Vines. The atmosphere for all of those games would have been much better in a smaller venue.
bballfan84 wrote:both men and womens should be playing in an arena with seating for 3-4kAbsolutely! Because that just screams Big Time!
rogers3 wrote:Too bad they tore down Schilling.Not really--we traded it for a four-story LIBRARY!
Cider Jim wrote:Not really--we traded it for a four-story LIBRARY!Just imagine how many Kindles they can fit into that place!