The real problem at the "U"

[nel352]

If we all get together, form a circle, hold hands and sing a spiritual I really think that we can make a diference and....aww **** it. We'll never get a stadium.

 

[acento]

This could change if the community really wants the university to succeed it has to do its part and come together.

You mean like organize a 5K? An arts festival? How about a community softball league? Please provide some further details. You might be on to something here. Heck, this may the answer we've all been searching for!

 

[TreOFive]

 

[HurricaneU]

Miami will never have enough money to compete with public schools. It's that fact alone that settles this debate if we're searching for a definitive solution. Public schools pump out more alumni than private schools, therefore the alumni networks are much larger for public schools. When it comes to adding to campuses, making renovations and the like, alumni donations are key! Remember in "The U" documentary when they said buildings were popping up while they were winning, that's because the football team was raking cash from bowl games and successful seasons as well as alumni supporting their winning ways. So it's a combination of too small a network of alumni and our athletic programs haven't been experiencing much success. As for the Schwartz Center, that was mainly due to major alumni donations. My uncle, who's a big alumni, was asked to donate and he didn't because he thought his money would be better spent in something else. Not that he didn't want to help the U, but because he was already making donations in other areas. I did a package on how the Schwartz Center all came about. If you all want to see it lemme know I'll post it on the thread.

Even if the money was there, Coral Gables would never allow it and I can't think of where it would go on the existing campus footprint. If we look at downtown, we would need another $50 mil just to grease the wheels so to speak

 

[can4life]

Man there's no reason why we the U shouldn't have our own stadium schools like fau and fiu have stadium... I know people like to say were a privet school and we don't have the money that bull **** we got the money and we don't have to pay the money up front in order for Miami to make a jump we need that stadium... we are a privet school we need to use that as an advantage we need to really think about going independent and get some of thoese Tv contracts like ND... David bechemm is trying to build a stadium in Miami we need to team up with him and try to make that happend we only need it 6 times a year....

 

[Gatorhater]

All Miami ever needed was a good coach. Howard said that and proved it. We have one again. Nuf said.

 

[Ibis4life]

Like it or not, believe it or not, there are some programs from outside Miami that do flash cash to kids to reel them in. Nothing we do will prevent that kid who sees the dollars in his eyes from going wherever unless we are willing to do the same thing. I firmly do not believe that will ever happen while Golden is our coach and I hope it never does. We have to creae more buzz and excitement around Miami again. Win and win big and many of those kids will want to be Canes. The ones who are gold mining are not coming here no matter what we do.

 

[Chuckles]

Man there's no reason why we the U shouldn't have our own stadium schools like fau and fiu have stadium... I know people like to say were a privet school and we don't have the money that bull **** we got the money and we don't have to pay the money up front in order for Miami to make a jump we need that stadium... we are a privet school we need to use that as an advantage we need to really think about going independent and get some of thoese Tv contracts like ND... David bechemm is trying to build a stadium in Miami we need to team up with him and try to make that happend we only need it 6 times a year....

Okay, you take the point. I will follow. Let me know when you have the land, I got five dollits for you.