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Calhoun press conference and the future

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ucfpengbuck:
Three keys from the presser were transfer portal,new arena or upgrade,and NIL.

1.  NIL is essential if you want to compete in our league but the whole thing makes me ill so I'll leave it at that.

2. Upgrade Beeghly or build a new arena.  Our basketball facility should be as good as the others in the league and I would put Beeghly near the bottom.  This is another topic I find annoying although I understand YSU needs to keep up in the arms war to stay competitive.

3. Transfer portal to me is the key.  Coach said "we did it last year and will do it again".  All five starters were from the portal and it gave YSU their first conference crown ever so that's the way it's going  if you want to win NOW.

Looking at the current 13 man roster(on scholarship) six have used up their eligibility and I would say possibly four  more might hit the portal.  Four more are coming in as verbal recruits or signees but if you noticed in the past some recruits never actually arrive.
I'm thinking coach C and staff might be bringing in a boat load of transfers if not another frosh or so.

goodnews:
The NIL will be a challenge moving forward for YSU.  The AD was ok as long as the loges in Stambaugh were at capacity.  The dead weight in the athletic department will now be exposed.

ytownchief22:
Need to renovate that sh*t hole of an arena called Beeghly. It's 2023, you cannot have high school bleachers from 1970 anymore. Hopefully a donor can step up and put up the money. It has to be the #1 priority. It is probably the worst arena in the league. GET IT DONE.

Wick250:
The need for NIL funds and for improvements to Beeghly are obvious, but the timing is absolutely terrible. As I mentioned previously, the university had just completed an amazingly successful fund-raising drive that yielded over 100 million. And the main fund-raising effort now is for renovations to Kilcawley Center. The fireworks guy recently gave a million to that project. As painful as it is for us to accept, athletic facilities are not the top priority for the administration or the trustees. We need another Mickey Monus (a non-criminal model) but such an entity no longer resides in our community. Don't bother mentioning the DeBartolo family. They love Notre Dame not YSU.

YsuPride:
What about the owner of Southwoods?  I'm sure he can donate millions.  He was named Penguin of the year.

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