ExcitedOwl18
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
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Owl1998
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
Good question. Maybe we need to consult with Annise Parker and see what she says....
Sorry. I apologize.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
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Viejobuho
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
I am secretly pulling for a great 1st year from Bragga
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 09:30 PM)Viejobuho Wrote: I am secretly pulling for a great 1st year from Bragga
I'm not so secretly pulling for a great first year.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
Example of heads up baseball. Florida lead off batter walks. Goes to second on a wild pitch. Next batter grounds to third, so runner stays put. Next batter walks while the runner steals third. Runner on third scores on a balk. Next two batters strike out, so it was only the pitcher screwing up and some aggressive play that got Fla the run. Good things happen when you get to third base.
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Intellectual_Brutality
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 07:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
Why is JK going to Omaha?
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06-17-2018 10:10 PM |
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waltgreenberg
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 10:10 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote: (06-17-2018 07:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
Why is JK going to Omaha?
Part of his NCAA Committee duties.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 10:12 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 10:10 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote: (06-17-2018 07:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
Why is JK going to Omaha?
Part of his NCAA Committee duties.
He will be here Wednesday
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 10:14 PM)mysticman Wrote: (06-17-2018 10:12 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 10:10 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote: (06-17-2018 07:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
Why is JK going to Omaha?
Part of his NCAA Committee duties.
He will be here Wednesday
He meaning Bragga
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Intellectual_Brutality
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-17-2018 10:12 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 10:10 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote: (06-17-2018 07:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: (06-17-2018 06:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: Again, is there a plan for a formal introduction/press conference?
At this point it would have to be tomorrow morning, before JK heads to Omaha. Otherwise, it waits until after the CWS.
Why is JK going to Omaha?
Part of his NCAA Committee duties.
Thanks
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
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06-18-2018 01:58 PM |
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Hopefully the rain is over by then...
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
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Owl1998
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 03:16 PM)Owl1998 Wrote: (06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
Every athletic building at Rice (Roost, EZF, Track/Soccer "facility") is downsized due mostly to the "Rice Tax." This is the doing of the administration.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 03:16 PM)Owl1998 Wrote: (06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
For the size of “crowds” we have drawn the last few years a couple of phone booths would have sufficed.
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 03:16 PM)Owl1998 Wrote: (06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
It struck me as the classic Rice mistaking motion for action. Instead of addressing core issues, you make a slew of noise on non-core issues to buy you time. The Roost was never a problem.. so even in the original designs or thoughts, it wasn't action - it was motion.
Not different from Air India - Revenue per Seat Mile is falling, Cost is rising, overall fleet utilization is one of the lowest in the world.... so solution is lets order 100+ new aircraft. never mind that the cost savings due to more efficient aircraft are DWARFED by the lease payments and gain you near zero when your aircraft sit on the ground for 18 hours a day.
But, the roost much like the EZF and much like Air India's order - bought the powers that be more time. And that seems to have been the goal.
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06-18-2018 03:42 PM |
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 03:31 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote: (06-18-2018 03:16 PM)Owl1998 Wrote: (06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
Every athletic building at Rice (Roost, EZF, Track/Soccer "facility") is downsized due mostly to the "Rice Tax." This is the doing of the administration.
I’ve always heard that but I really don’t understand the point of the current roost. The idea is fine, but the current space is an empty room where you can get $6 hot dogs. The tent was good enough for that. The original idea was a museum to showcase all of our trophies, all Americans and mlb players plus a full bar with outside space. At least that’s how I understood it. If you couldn’t afford that then just leave the tent until you can. Not it’d be more of a pain to expand than it would’ve been to just wait.
Do we have a recruiting space? I saw Illinois was adding a large recruiting space, and if a team that far down in the Big 10 is then I pretty much expect all p5 teams to have one.
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06-18-2018 03:42 PM |
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cr11owl
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RE: Rice hires Matt Bragga (Tennessee Tech) to replace Wayne Graham
(06-18-2018 03:42 PM)Antarius Wrote: (06-18-2018 03:16 PM)Owl1998 Wrote: (06-18-2018 02:26 PM)cr11owl Wrote: (06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: Press conference scheduled for Thurs., 6/21, at 4 pm at the Roost at Reckling.
Showing off our low budget Roost? You think we’d use a more professional looking location for a media event like the Patterson center auditorium. If we had built the Roost to its original scope I’d understand but it’s just an empty concession hut...
No kidding....I don’t really understand the logistics of The Roost. Basically just a square, empty building with a couple small bathrooms. Such a weird, disappointing use of money.
It struck me as the classic Rice mistaking motion for action. Instead of addressing core issues, you make a slew of noise on non-core issues to buy you time. The Roost was never a problem.. so even in the original designs or thoughts, it wasn't action - it was motion.
Not different from Air India - Revenue per Seat Mile is falling, Cost is rising, overall fleet utilization is one of the lowest in the world.... so solution is lets order 100+ new aircraft. never mind that the cost savings due to more efficient aircraft are DWARFED by the lease payments and gain you near zero when your aircraft sit on the ground for 18 hours a day.
But, the roost much like the EZF and much like Air India's order - bought the powers that be more time. And that seems to have been the goal.
Here you go attacking the EZF again... I’m sure you’d really enjoy taking daily showers in cold water and spending time in a moldy building. The EZF was required. Stop beating that dead horse, it’s not even close to the Roost situation.
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