Clearly this guy has an axe to grind. I like his logic at the end of the article. How exactly does he propose that the Owls' will get ahead of the conference realignment curve.....instead of being afterthoughts? Did I miss the ACC or Big 10 invite?

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/brea...07993.html


The worst thing Temple could do is jump at the chance to join a Big East that just doesn't exist anymore. This is the Owls' chance to get ahead of the conference realignment curve instead of being afterthoughts.

Phil Sheridan needs to shut the hell up lol

(02-28-2012 11:16 PM)The Brown Bull Wrote:  The worst thing Temple could do is jump at the chance to join a Big East that just doesn't exist anymore.

Really? Someone should tell that to Notre Dame, Georgetown, Louisville, and the rest of the crew...

Like the A10 wouldn't take them back if the Big East fell apart?

Too bad they won't. Writing is on the wall dude... they are gone.

now lets try this again.

the other posts are here; http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=557908

This has got to be the dumbest artice I have read in a long time. Soooo. Let's see what Temple's other options are. ACC....nope. Well, then, Big 10.....nope. Stay in MAC....YES, That's the ticket!

Meatball is gonna love this lol

worst article ever. guy is a joke who has a nova agenda, please dont think the majority of ppl in philly think this way. even with that "revenge factor" the increased competition, and mainly millions of dollars the move would bring in is enough to make you accept an offer 100% of the time.

Right, pitching the MAC to recruits will be a big sell. Don't get me wrong I'm not going to knock the MAC, but let's say no to a better tv deal, better bowl tie-ins and keep playing those Wednesday night games, go 8-4 and not get a bowl invite. Plus what's going to get more people to the Linc, a Saturday afternoon game against Rutgers or Wednesday night iMAC game in November.

His final premise is kind of like saying:

Just say no to work....and become a Millionaire.

Um....okay.

(02-29-2012 12:22 AM)cttu Wrote:  worst article ever. guy is a joke who has a nova agenda, please dont think the majority of ppl in philly think this way. even with that "revenge factor" the increased competition, and mainly millions of dollars the move would bring in is enough to make you accept an offer 100% of the time.

Does he?

He is a 1985 TEMPLE Grad....he just seems butthurt over the fact that Temple was once kicked out of the "old" Big East.

For him to question that the MAC might be a better option for Temple than the new Big East...that's all one needed to know that he wrote the article just to get a reaction.

If Temple receives a Big East invite (for a 2nd time), he will probably pop up a bottle of Champagne at home to celebrate...then jump online and write about what a mistake it was for Temple to say yes.

That's Journalism 101 in 2012...as his column will be the counter to the other 2-3 POSITIVE articles written by others at the paper if Temple joins the Big East.

Long ago...writers would generally write stories on what they thinking at the time...now...its whatever generates the most hits/attracts most viewers.

(02-29-2012 12:22 AM)cttu Wrote:  worst article ever. guy is a joke who has a nova agenda...

Since Nova has been a member of the Big East in good standing for more than 30 years, i don't have any problem with anyone having a "Nova agenda".

Not that Temple would or should turn down the BE invite, but it is the height of irony that the BE is forced to turn to the program they kicked out unceremoniously not too long ago in order to save their bacon. Temple was never good enough for the BE, and now all of a sudden the BE finds itself in a tight spot, Temple is desirable. Not surprised there are bruised feelings about the situation.

(02-29-2012 09:13 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Not that Temple would or should turn down the BE invite, but it is the height of irony that the BE is forced to turn to the program they kicked out unceremoniously not too long ago in order to save their bacon. Temple was never good enough for the BE, and now all of a sudden the BE finds itself in a tight spot, Temple is desirable. Not surprised there are bruised feelings about the situation.

Not really...because the Temple Athletic Program in 2012 is NOT the same Athletic Program (especially in Football) that Temple had from 1991-2004. when they were members of Big East Football Conf.

Now if Temple had done nothing to improve their football program over the last 8 years, then your above statement would be true...but Temple Football has done almost a 180 degree turn since 2004 (i.e. invested in on-campus facilities, increased their budget, made better coaching hires, etc...).

(02-28-2012 11:16 PM)The Brown Bull Wrote:  Clearly this guy has an axe to grind. I like his logic at the end of the article. How exactly does he propose that the Owls' will get ahead of the conference realignment curve.....instead of being afterthoughts? Did I miss the ACC or Big 10 invite?

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/brea...07993.html


The worst thing Temple could do is jump at the chance to join a Big East that just doesn't exist anymore. This is the Owls' chance to get ahead of the conference realignment curve instead of being afterthoughts.

Contrarian views always attract readers and evoke emotion. Of the 100 articles written about Temple joining the Big East 99 have been positive, but this is the one people are talking about.

It’s nothing but an opinion piece, he’s entitled to his opinion, and its my feeling that the purpose was to attract eyes to the story, differentiate his story from the other 10 out there today, nothing more.

(02-29-2012 09:19 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(02-28-2012 11:16 PM)The Brown Bull Wrote:  Clearly this guy has an axe to grind. I like his logic at the end of the article. How exactly does he propose that the Owls' will get ahead of the conference realignment curve.....instead of being afterthoughts? Did I miss the ACC or Big 10 invite?

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/brea...07993.html


The worst thing Temple could do is jump at the chance to join a Big East that just doesn't exist anymore. This is the Owls' chance to get ahead of the conference realignment curve instead of being afterthoughts.

Contrarian views always attract readers and evoke emotion. Of the 100 articles written about Temple joining the Big East 99 have been positive, but this is the one people are talking about.

It’s nothing but an opinion piece, he’s entitled to his opinion, and its my feeling that the purpose was to attract eyes to the story, differentiate his story from the other 10 out there today, nothing more.

+1

As long as it's an all-sports invite, Temple should jump at it. But anyone at Temple considering a partial membership is committing suicide...

(02-29-2012 09:13 AM)wvucrazed Wrote:  Not that Temple would or should turn down the BE invite, but it is the height of irony that the BE is forced to turn to the program they kicked out unceremoniously not too long ago in order to save their bacon. Temple was never good enough for the BE, and now all of a sudden the BE finds itself in a tight spot, Temple is desirable. Not surprised there are bruised feelings about the situation.

Is the BE really reaching out to Temple to save them? The BE is already "saved." At this point the expansion is on insurance and just finally building up membership numbers past the 8 FBS schools.

And Temple was good enough for the BE - they were an original FB playing member. Temple just decided to neglect the FB, though and the BE wasn't having it. Now that they have things back in order - why not look at them? Plus they have a chance to gain their good BB program too.

Temple is needed to "save" next year's football schedules and keep basketball at 16 teams. It would be a complete disaster if the seven continuing Big East schools had to play two FCS games because of the late exit by WVU, or do mirror games against conference opponents, something Syracuse and Rutgers have already publicly said "no" to anyway.

Temple makes sense and the invitation for all sports is already chugging down the tracks. I don't even think Villanova's dirtiest private investigators can find enough skeletons in anyone's closets to blackmail the league out of doing the right thing now. This fall's Big East will feature 5 of the 2004 squads plus the 2005 trio in the final year of 8 members.