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Date Posted: 01/23/03 5:13pm
Author: Pelican
Author Host/IP: 66.215.56.204
Subject: Re: Has the men's basketball team outgrown Mott?
In reply to: Colt 's message, "Re: Has the men's basketball team outgrown Mott?" on 01/23/03 3:11pm

Sorry to say, but Colt is 90% correct. But do you really think it's been Baker selecting the coaches? Is Warren the "Al Davis" of the Big West? Don't think so.

The reason Mott wasn't expanded had to do with the asbestos ceiling tiles. You need a building permit to push out a wall, you don't need one to rearrange bleachers. You can thank our litigious society here in the U.S.A. for the space-suit team from HAZMAT.

Someone posted an old rendering of the enlarged Mott on a Poly site last year. That's what Baker and McCutcheon had approved...until the HAZMAT guys gave them an estimate. Thankgawd we don't have a law school on campus.

>Guys...you're living in a dream world. President
>Baker doesn't give a rip about sports let alone
>sponsporing the construction of a new arena for
>athletics. Especially in light of the fact that the
>Stangs are .500 in virtually every sport.
>
>The best evidence of this is the simple fact that
>since taking over as President at Cal Poly, the
>overall winning percentage for every sport is .500.
>Baker does not care and that is why alumni such as
>John Madden don't provide support. Madden has been
>quoted as saying he will not provide funding because
>he knows full well the university is not behind
>athletics.
>
>Since Baker walked through the doors of the
>President's Office in 1979, his sole mission has been
>to enhance the academic reputation of Cal Poly. He's
>accomplished this and as the data shows, Cal Poly is
>the most selective school in the Big West as well as
>boasting the highest aggregate SAT and GPAs for its
>students. This is a much more impressive legacy than
>being conference champion. For this I applaud him.
>
>I'm sure Baker would consider a new arena if people
>were knocking down the doors for tickets and the team
>was making a statement on the national scene but
>neither is happening (e.g. losing to last place
>Northridge and Sac State in basketball). Moreover,
>with looming state budget cuts, considering a new
>field house is the last thing on his mind.
>
>Poly students should focus on getting their degrees
>and the coaches should focus on winning and forget
>about sub-par basketball and football facilites. If
>the wins come, interest will grow and the
>administration will step-up.

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