Majerus goes off on A10 (again)

[KillerB]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/slu/story/30AC2E60652BDCA6862576C60017DED5?OpenDocument

[DeltaBrave03]

Maybe he'll be looking for a job this off season

[BradleyBrave]

Maybe he'll be looking for a job this off season

Why? It looks like he's getting things turned around at SLU. If Evansville wants out, I am more than happy to welcome in SLU with open arms. It would make our league that much stronger.

[TheAsianSensation]

To be honest, I'm rooting hard for the MVC just to come out and say "we're not interested in you" at Majerus and St Louis, just to see the reactions.

[SFP]

To be honest, I'm rooting hard for the MVC just to come out and say "we're not interested in you" at Majerus and St Louis, just to see the reactions.

That would never happen! SLU would be good for the Valley!

[DeltaBrave03]

Why? It looks like he's getting things turned around at SLU. If Evansville wants out, I am more than happy to welcome in SLU with open arms. It would make our league that much stronger.

Majerus and the higher ups of SLU have not gotten along since day one. Probably won't happen, but this guy is time bomb IMO he eventually is going to say/do the right thing and they'll cut ties with him.

[tornado]

this is bull...many teams in many conferences make 3 day, 2 game road trips....
Wichita and Creighton do it often when they come to Illinois and play BU & ISU and they do it in Indiana...
This guy is a real whiner, he'll feel right at home in Central Illinois.

[chitown fanatic]

anyone with half a brain realizes two things:

1) SLU does not fit in a-10 geographically in any stretch of the imagination with the nearest school more than 300 miles away in Xavier
2)Slu would be a great addition for the valley

[BradleyBrave]

this is bull...many teams in many conferences make 3 day, 2 game road trips....
Wichita and Creighton do it often when they come to Illinois and play BU & ISU and they do it in Indiana...
This guy is a real whiner, he'll feel right at home in Central Illinois.

Aren't you from Central Illinois? That's pretty condescending don't you think?

[rodney21]

St. Louis would be a great fit for the MVC..

[tornado]

Aren't you from Central Illinois? That's pretty condescending don't you think?

yes I do live here, but can't help but note a lot of people who express a lot of dissatisfaction pretty often - Coach Mo spoke often of the same observation...

[Da Coach]

I've said this before- some schools in the MVC have long memories. Recall that it was SLU that dumped the MVC and thought they could do better. I have heard that it might be difficult to get a majority vote to let them back into the MVC even if they did apply.
And then they have to resolve the other issue- currently the MVC tournament in played in St. Louis, though no longer on SLU's home floor. However, SLU would, no doubt, have a big "home court" advantage nonetheless with huge numbers of fans locally. The whole reason the tournament was put in St. Louis initially was to have a neutral site city, which would no longer be the case. This issue alone may be enough reason for a couple of the other MVC schools to vote against SLU joining the MVC.

[TheAsianSensation]

I personally don't think the conference tournament can be the overriding reason to deny or approve a school. While it is the most important sporting event of the conference, I don't think it's big enough to be the swing factor in adding or denying a school.

That said, does St Louis stack up in other Valley sports?

[SFP]

yes I do live here, but can't help but note a lot of people who express a lot of dissatisfaction pretty often - Coach Mo spoke often of the same observation...

There are a lot of whiners everywhere, central Illinois is not the different then most places when it comes to that. Yes, there are teams that go out and do the 2-3 day road trip but doing it on a continuous basis with no breaks within the season except when you are home would be a drag on the players. If others do it more that does not make it right. I'm really not sure how Gonzaga does it because Spokane is far from everywhere.

[DeltaBrave03]

I've said this before- some schools in the MVC have long memories. Recall that it was SLU that dumped the MVC and thought they could do better. I have heard that it might be difficult to get a majority vote to let them back into the MVC even if they did apply.
And then they have to resolve the other issue- currently the MVC tournament in played in St. Louis, though no longer on SLU's home floor. However, SLU would, no doubt, have a big "home court" advantage nonetheless with huge numbers of fans locally. The whole reason the tournament was put in St. Louis initially was to have a neutral site city, which would no longer be the case. This issue alone may be enough reason for a couple of the other MVC schools to vote against SLU joining the MVC.

I would be surprised to see more SLU fans at the tourney than WSU, CU, SIU, and possibly BU and isu. SLU does not have a huge following in the St. Louis area, mostly because they have three professional sports teams people choose over SLU basketball. I also think most schools would realize that SLU brings a lot more to the valley than what evansville does, and the addition of SLU could move the valley one step closer to MWC/A10 levels of basketball.