Thursday Links
by Ben Broman on Mar 12, 2009 4:28 PM EDT
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PrintSome light reading before the big game tonight.
- The Baltimore Sun has a big story on the state of Gary Williams - it's a good read, and is a bit more balanced than Prisbell's exposes (how do you make that weird e with the line above it?).
- Looks like Kansas is going hard after Lance Stephenson: they've sent in their big guns, specifically Danny Manning. Where's Juan?
- Wondering how big of an impact Gary has on boosters? Owner of the Ravens, Steve Bisciotti, seems to be best friends with GW. Will his donations drop after Gary's gone: "Bisciotti said his connection to the school - he has donated more than $1million even though he attended what was then Salisbury State - won't be the same after Williams retires. 'I won't be flying home from Florida on a Tuesday for a game. I do that to support my friend,' said Bisciotti." Even worse, in the first link, he mentions he's a "great supporter of Gary Williams rather than a great supporter of Maryland basketball." I'm not going to turn him away, but he doesn't sound as enthused about the university as I'd like a booster to be.
- Maryland had their Pro Day yesterday, and word is that Darius Heyward-Bey really impressed. He "runs extremely smoothly and is adept at catching the ball." He seems to be a lock for a top 20 pick.
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I say we send Stevie Franchise to see Lance
A little more flashy then Juan, and he also stayed for one year at UMD, then was the #2 pick.
Lance,
That could be you!
Aye
1) Turn “Num Lock” on, hold alt and then type “0130” on the numeric keypad (thing on the right)
2) They certainly puked up a shot at a 1 seed today, let’s not throw up a shot at a tournament appearance tonight.
3) That is not very encouraging.
4) DHB is not getting past 18, I’m telling you. He’d better not.
5) Holy bejesus what a finish between Marquette and Villanova
Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Thank you, good to know
That helps me out half the time. I was so intrigued, I googled how to do it on a mac. é
Cool
Gary and Boosters
Could you clarify your position on the booster thing I’m not sure I understand.
Either way doesn’t it help that gary has a great relationship with the boosters? Doesn’t it only hurt if you are in the crowd who thinks gary should go?
Gary will eventually retire
It’s good that Gary has a big affect on them right now, but he can’t coach forever. When he goes, whatever the circumstances, I’d say it’s 90% odds that Bisciotti will either scale back contributions or stop them altogether. There are dozens like him, too. It’s scary that so many are friends of Gary instead of friends of Maryland. Unless Gary becomes AD (which I would love) I see a significant drop in booster money right after he retires.
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