I'm not suggesting that we need to become a perennial Top 20 team like Georgetown, or spend $7 million a year on hoops, like Marquette. But I would like to see us viewed as competitive and successful at our level, like Creighton, for instance. And I see no reason why we couldn't achieve a Creighton-like standing at current investment levels, with the right people to manage that investment.
Bottom line: Fr. McShane wants and needs to improve alumni giving, both in terms of dollars and participation percentage. Successful athletics are a way to do it, and it's an area where we are underperforming -- badly.
BINGO! Those are precisely the points I have been making on several threads. And I truly believe that getting rid of that puscule Grank would be the first move in the right direction.
