winwave wrote:mbawavefan12 wrote:winwave wrote:tpstulane wrote:Some of Scott Kushner on 4th Down on Four discussing the tuition/ financial issue our new coach faces. Said Vandy and Rice different than Tulane on that. Said both Jones and Pierce were frustrated by it.
I watched it in its entirety last night. It was a lazy interview by him. He was just repeating old stuff and wasn't even aware of TD's recent blunt statement on the subject. The issue exist at all schools public and private across the country which was clearly shown by the recent link posted on this site. Like TD said in that interview it's a tired excuse and he's moved on.
Win you are killing me on this....TD said he wanted to do a more. Yes Tulane has it better than most but we also strive to be much better than most as we invested heavily in baseball and used up precious space on campus. We want to be Vandy and Rice, each of whom have won national championships and neither has missed the tourney for the last ten years.....Tulane has not made a super regional in a decade!!!!!! This isn't a discussion on TU not dedicating $ to baseball, it's whether it is enough to be a consistent threat for the College World Series. TD isn't going to come out and make excuses publicly, it's not his thing, but at the same time we have a few insiders who have said we are not equal to Rice and Vandy etc. I don't really understand your POV in all this, the results speak for themselves both on the field in in our recruiting rankings.
Pep- he spoke very directly and bluntly on the so called stacking issue and said those talking about it don't know what they are talking about and that the issue was addressed w/the rule changes of 2-3 years ago. He did add that he would look into minority aid as that is something that Tulane as a university could benefit from. He wasn't dancing around the issue. He made it clear it's not an issue as far as he is concerned. As for insiders I'm sorry but we have a lot of people that think they are but they aren't. The Miss. St. coach said we have it better than Alabama on the scholarship issue. I'll trust him to know more than the so called insiders. As for us not making a SR in a decade that has a lot more to do w/other issues that have been discussed in many threads over many years. As that recent article that was linked here said it is an issue for every single school in D1. The program is well supported by the school . It really is time to move on.
I'll add this. If Jewett was offered the Rice and Tulane jobs at the same time he would take the Tulane job.
WinWave, did you even listen to his interview you keep referring too? Stacking schlarships is not the issue, we know that, we dont have the Aid because of our endowment is small.
You are wrong, everyone says you are wrong,our last coaches say you are wrong, and people in the know including parents say you are wrong.....why, because you are wrong! You keep referring to TDs interview, and I really dont think you even listened to it, because TD clearly states that we are not on the same playing field as vanderbilt and rice. He clearly states in the interview if you would've listened to it, that we do not have the endowment Rice does and Vanderbilt does to be on even playing field with Aid, but there are a couple things we might be able to do to get a little closer...ie minority scholarships and hes working hard on it for us.
What we have currently in place can make us a top 25 team, yes, thats what we are currently(ranked top 25 by all polls). With what we have can we perennial Omaha team like UT,LSU,Vandy etc.... no, but that doesnt mean we cant go to omaha every once in a while. Thats the problem, people want to be the best and we need a couple tweaks to aid to get there.
I'm asking nicely to please go back and listen to TD interview again before you call anyone else out on the subject.