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Date Posted: 15:48:18 02/18/03 Tue
Author: caller
Subject: Hooked on Phonics worked for me
In reply to: jenningsbeach 's message, "Re: USAToday scores." on 15:08:13 02/18/03 Tue

Now I definitely deserve to torch you. But I have also come to realize why you are so far off base. You don't appear to read very well. Being a graduate of Marist, I know very WELL where Poughkeepsie is. So perhaps you should go back and read what it is that I ACTUALLY wrote. MARIST has to go on THEIR western NY trip that weekend. They have a game AT Niagara at 2pm Sunday March 2. Therefore they WILL be driving late on Sunday. Get it now? As for the length of the train ride - it's actually an 1:45+..., and the bus is minimum 1:30. I didn't look at SPC's schedule which is why I only said that MARIST would not agree to changing the date.
As for yesterday being a triple header - I remember very well that it was supposed to be one. However, it was only cancelled because the SPC women's coach said he didn't want to bring the team up on Sunday night as he was asked to do by the AD. As a result, they were unable to get up there on Monday. Had the SPC coach decided to come up Sunday, there without question, would have been a third game. But it's also easier for FFD to move that women's game to Alumni hall than it would be for a men's game.
As for the attendance, I know very well that the number in the box score is the sold tickets. But I'm counting the number of people actually there as viewed by someone I know who was there. There were about 55 people who came to see the FFD/RU game. Not all that bad on roads you are saying were so treacherous, and obviously not impossible (one of the beauties of 4WD). I'm not disagreeing that the roads were bad, but if 55 people had the desire to make the trip to see a game, I'm sure it wasn't that bad for people who were getting paid to be there, especially since they were getting holiday pay. Additionally, I was on the UConn Rivals site, and there were at least three posters who posted yesterday at about 12 about how pleased they were with the plowing job of the DOT - saying that while there was only typically one lane clear, the roads were "in typically good shape."
As for you getting screwed - that is up to you, and that is something you can take up with the school... but they have a legitimate case in saying "other people got here. You chose to not come."
As for the signal, the end of the second game was on too (I didn't get to see the first half of it as I was out shovelling.)
As for the NBA 1) they can handle a postponement a lot easier 2)the owners have a union to be concerned about 3) more people need to come in for an NBA game 4)rain check policy is a lot easier for an NBA team to handle and eat.
While entire athletic department budgets are over $1,000,000, free amounts are nowhere NEAR that amount. Most athletic departments don't have that much free cash to pay what they ended up paying this weekend PLUS more travel costs. Since the teams were already there on Monday, they would have incurred the additional expenses anyway, having to stay monday night before coming home tuesday. And this way, they now don't have to pay an EXTRA amount for an additional game to travel to. (and I wouldn't be surprised if the hotels worked out deals since they were probably losing out on business for people coming in to town)
I think what it really boils down to is that you are sore that the game was able to go on without you. Well, I know the feeling, and I think you are overreacting. Just my personal opinion.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Hooked on Phonics worked for me -- jenningsbeach, 16:49:58 02/18/03 Tue

Touché. I did read the beginning of your original post incorrectly.

Fifty-five people? That doesn't make the argument that the roads were passable and that fans could attend. I'd say it proves the opposite.

Anyway, this is obviously an agree-to-disagree deal.

I enjoyed the exchange.

Good luck to the Foxes the rest of the way.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> It's all good -- caller, 16:59:29 02/18/03 Tue

I was just about to post the exact same thing - was certainly a lot of fun. And seeing as I don't expect Marist to make it in the tourney, my cheering is going to FFD and Canisius - two of the three classiest programs in the conference.


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