Final 3 and a New Name -- Canisius University Golden Griffins

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[> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Griff72, Wed, April 03 2024, 16:33:16

Like Curran as well but if Billy donlan is affordable might be hard to pass up.

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[> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Griffine, Wed, April 03 2024, 16:46:17

Billy Donlon has great experience as a DI head coach at Wright st. And UKC. He had winning records and coaches intense defense: And he is a good recruiter. He may be our top choice

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[> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Buffalo Super Fan, Wed, April 03 2024, 17:35:56

What you are missing is the Bonnies are offering NIL money deals. Look I follow and am a fan of all four Big 4 programs. KAC and the Purple Eagles basketball facilities are terrible as they are not. Reilly Center it isn’t just the Reilly Center is better it’s everything that St Bonaventure University presents college basketball. The banners on television it’s like you are playing in the old Boston Garden with the banners. Just the whole presentation of Bonnies basketball. Why aren’t the Griffs hanging there retired players numbers at KAC. It is just the KAC holds 2,000 fans. Canisius presents KAC like a high school gym would. It’s really that hard to hang Johnny McCarthy number 15 and Ray Halls number 32 along with the great coaches like John Beilein number of Griffs win while at Canisius? I am sorry I will always root for the Griffs basketball team but Canisius is there own worst enemy. I don’t understand why Canisius University can’t take $500 and go to Walmart or Best Buy and buy a Smart HD television set call it Griffins vision to hang on the KAC wall so Griffs fans can finally see replays at the KAC. When I see stuff like that it makes me wonder what is Canisius athletics doing? Canisius alums are quick to say the Griffs will come up with NIL? Forget NIL come up with $500 for a big screen television set for the wall of KAC like Buffalo fans have at their own homes. And we wonder why Buffalo fans won’t go to Griffs basketball games anymore? Things like that doesn’t help or get many to believe in Griffs basketball anymore. I would be surprised and proud of Canisius athletics just doing that hanging a television set on the KAC wall for replays. Because it would show there is still a pulse with Division I basketball at Canisius University in my opinion. Go Griffs! Let’s Go Buffalo

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[> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Griff, Wed, April 03 2024, 18:25:20

Canisius NIL is set and ready to go. They want to pair it with the naming of a new coach. I don't think a few $500 tv's would have much of a positive impact. Probably the opposite. Ray Hall wore #30.

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[> [> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Buffalo Super Fan, Thu, April 04 2024, 14:20:44

You are right Ray Hall wore #30 I should know that he works at the same company Ingram Micro as my brother in law. Ray Hall would stop by practice when he wasn’t playing professionally some where basketball once in a while. Just too many Buffalo teams that I follow over the years the last 49 years that I have been a Buffalo fan the names and numbers just blend together. I follow everything Buffalo when I mean everything I talking Buffalo Stalllions, Buffalo Storm, Buffalo Blizzard, Buffalo Stampede and Buffalo Wings roller hockey, Buffalo Destroyers plus multiple Buffalo minor league basketball teams Buffalo Rapids, Buffalo Silverbacks, Buffalo Stampedeand Buffalo Xtreme owned by Darren Fenn a former Griffs player. So the players and names come and go sorry about that in my opinion. Go Griffs! Let’s Go Buffalo

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[> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- BSF, Thu, April 04 2024, 2:40:21

We don’t retire numbers.

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[> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Cager, Thu, April 04 2024, 10:17:07

I agree, the TV screen would be one thing that would help make the KAC more attractive, and I'm sure there are other improvement that would make sense. I still maintain that Canisius however must also do some marketing. I would love to see a local radio station do a weekly talk show like WBEN did with John Murphy as host. Let's face it, the local media has almost completely dropped college basketball. The only thing presently is Buffalo Bills/Sabers talk. College basketball at the D1 level is the best game in town. Go Griffs!!!!!

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[> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- BSF Vision..., Wed, April 03 2024, 18:47:40

Video boards cost about $200-$400,000 and you need a control room in the KAC as well as additional staffing to operate them. Giving Day is 4/10. I bet if you donated a mere $150,000+, maybe Canisius could install them and you could get your name on them...

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[> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- GoldenGriff32, Thu, April 04 2024, 2:06:04

Let me look under my sofa cushions and let me see if I can find 150,000 in loose change.

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[> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- GoldenGriff32 Vision also sounds fine..., Thu, April 04 2024, 4:34:23

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[> [> [> [> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- TV, Thu, April 04 2024, 15:05:39

Can we get Kiss Cam?

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[> Re: Final 3 and a New Name -- Linwood Larry, Thu, April 04 2024, 15:04:10

BSF, before you go holding up the Reilly Center as some sort of high standard - the place is an outdated dump. When's the last time you were there? Mine last time was maybe a month ago. Yes, they did a decent job prettying up the blue (more expensive) seats and the scoreboard, but the reds (most of the seats) have cried out for upgrading for at least the past 20 years. The seats are torn and stained, and some of them actually stink. The bathrooms are horrible, there is no large area to walk out into during halftime - it's more like walking around a high school hallway.

What the Reilly Center does have going for it is 5000 seats and the scoreboard, and maybe the Hall of Fame Room, although most fans have no access to it. Other than that, it's outdated, the upholstered seats are ripped, and the place literally smells. Not exactly the Gold Standard.