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Date Posted: Friday, July 30, 04:01:49pm
Author: Always a Duke
Subject: REPORT FROM THE PALUMBO: Yesterday I was at the Palumbo to get a view of the progress on the building's renovations and speak to a few folks at the Athletic Dept. Here's a brief account of what I observed and discussed: 1.The steel framework for the the new seats in sections B-6 through B-9 was being installed. Sections A-6 through A-9 were folded up, thwarting my plans to actually sit in my new seats in A-8. Even though I didn't get to sit in any of the new premium seats, I was told they were quite comfortable. More...

Note that I brought my camera to take a few photos for posting here only to realize that the camera's memory card was full so unfortunately I have no pics to share at this time.

2. Some had suggested that the premium seats should have had built in beverage holders in the arm rests. I was told that this was considered during the planning stages but was rejected because seats equipped to accommodate the beverages would be a bit wider than the seats sans beverage holders; and, thus, this would have reduced the number of seats in each row.

3. Ticket office folks told me that the invoices for season tickets will probably not be sent out until mid-August because of delays in completing the schedule. No one knew for certain how many games would be at the Consol. The Dukes' non-conference schedule is still not complete. I was told that AD Amodio was still in conversation with Pitt over the venue for the Dukes' game against the Panthers. (In my opinion it seems that the length of discussions with Pitt over this matter is significantly impacted by Pitt's overwhelming self-interest and desire for total control. If Pitt has any sense of the Pittsburgh sporting community, one would think that playing the very first college game in a brand new sports arena against its traditional cross-town opponent would have some historic relevance that would outweigh its own vested interest.)

4. There will be at least three cameras used to provide video coverage of replays and fan antics on the new overhead video board and the smaller video boards in the four corners. Several members of the Athletic Dept. have met with the Cleveland Cavaliers & Pgh. Pens to get details on how those organizations run their video boards. Discussions are underway between the Athletics Dept. and the Journalism Dept., I believe, to involve faculty and students in some aspects of the video coverage.

5. Apparently there will be a new director of basketball operations for the women's B-ball team announced shortly.

6. I had a nice conversation with Bill Clark while I was in the Athletic Dept. offices. He was happy and proud to announce that after successfully completing 19 credits this summer (wow), he had finished all his course work for his degree - all in three years. He will be the only Duquesne men's B-ball player in graduate school this season. I believe he said that his likely grad program would be for a Master of Science in Leadership with a Concentration in Sports Leadership. He said that his graduate course load will not be as demanding of his time as if he were taking the regular undergrad workload, and this will allow him to devote far more time to conditioning and practice.

He was also excited about playing with the college all-star team along with Damian Saunders in Europe in August. When asked about his minimal participation in the Pro Am Summer B-ball League, he said that he wanted to give his injured knee a rest while he was getting therapy. Additionally the demands of his class work prevented full participation. Surprisingly he said that he found the league to be boring at times. He did say that his knee is feeling a bit better but is still not at 100% yet.

7. Both Coach McConnell and Coach Everhart were out of the office - hot on the recruiting trail I was told. Let's hope they were lining up some great prospects.

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