PSU is tops in cost effectiveness
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terms like "cost effectiveness" are excellent in describing Penn State's commitment to Men's BB.
Penn State knows the model. In college athletics you get results with who you have as coach. In football they paid up and got a hot NFL assistant in Bill O'Brien and then a hot college candidate in Franklin and the program came out of the Sandusky mess with amazing speed and success. In Hockey they got a known name and within a few years went from Club Sport to a top 20 D1 program. In Wrestling they made Cal a $1 mil per year wrestling coach and have won 8 of 9 National Championships .... Lacrosse. ....
What's frustrating is that it is obvious Penn State knows the model to success in college sports. Brand name coach with a proven track record = good results.
But for Men's BB they have decided against this model. I am giving them benefit of doubt that they have done their "Cost Effectiveness" models and have made the conscious decision that it is not "cost effective" to pay $3.5 mill per year for a Men's BB Coach (Hoiberg is at $25 mill for 7 years).
Penn State knows the model. In college athletics you get results with who you have as coach. In football they paid up and got a hot NFL assistant in Bill O'Brien and then a hot college candidate in Franklin and the program came out of the Sandusky mess with amazing speed and success. In Hockey they got a known name and within a few years went from Club Sport to a top 20 D1 program. In Wrestling they made Cal a $1 mil per year wrestling coach and have won 8 of 9 National Championships .... Lacrosse. ....
What's frustrating is that it is obvious Penn State knows the model to success in college sports. Brand name coach with a proven track record = good results.
But for Men's BB they have decided against this model. I am giving them benefit of doubt that they have done their "Cost Effectiveness" models and have made the conscious decision that it is not "cost effective" to pay $3.5 mill per year for a Men's BB Coach (Hoiberg is at $25 mill for 7 years).
You're much too generous. I would not give them the benefit of the doubt.
Put Art in charge. He’s a financial genius, just ask him.
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Damn! I clicked!!!
So much of what David Jones has to say is right but his eagerness to put down all things Penn State when the opportunity arises is palpable. Yay Nebraska for your drive and foresight. Boo PSU for your lack of it. The looming question remains whether folks will show up if there’s a true PSU commitment to basketball and goes all-in.
He sorta addresses the arena question. Yay Nebraska for doing all right with Pinnacle and boo PSU for BJC. BJC isn’t great but, not surprisingly, DJ just skates over that BJC also wasn’t built in this new era of fantastic arenas.
So in the end, I just wasted time and I’m wishing I hadn’t clicked.
Jones says it all starts with the coach, but seems to ignore that the perfect arena, which led to filled sits, which led to 3X the profit of PSU hoops is actually what came first. Once they got revenue that high, THEN they could go get the coach. So his order is not correct, at least in Nebraska’s case, and that was supposed to be the comparison.
Also, how is Nebraska’s women’s volleyball? How about their wrestling program? Lacrosse? Why not write an article about Penn State is committed to those things but Nebraska isn’t? There isn’t unlimited money, Penn State has chosen to excel and spend on other sports that Nebraska has not.
Also, how is Nebraska’s women’s volleyball? How about their wrestling program? Lacrosse? Why not write an article about Penn State is committed to those things but Nebraska isn’t? There isn’t unlimited money, Penn State has chosen to excel and spend on other sports that Nebraska has not.
wbcinost: 4089832 said:
So you think that if someone plopped Pinnacle Bank Arena in the middle of State College it would draw capacity crowds just like it does in Lincoln, NE with six times the population? Mkay, maybe.
You actually missed the first step in kNU's progression, getting the City Of Lincoln to foot the bill for construction of the arena. No doubt there is some political entity in Pennsylvania chomping at the bit to do the same for PSU.
Nebraska women's volleyball? Two NCAA championships in the last four years, runner up last year, and semifinalist in 2016. Wrestling? Certainly nowhere near the standard of PSU, but it does have something that PSU doesn't, an Olympic gold medalist. Lacrosse? Nebraska doesn't have teams. Neither do nine other Big Ten schools on the men's side, eight on the women's.
