[NU Sports] Hallelujah

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

NU probably didn't want to spring for whatever the Sonic's GM wanted.  You get what you pay for.

John DeGroat
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From: "mlinhardt at netzero.net" <mlinhardt at netzero.net>
> Pat Ryan said we would be excited about the hire.
> 
> I am not excited about this hire.  His Chicagoland upbringing, UofIll degree and 
> the fact that he worked at Notre Shame are not that impressive and NIU...
> 
> NIU underachieves even though it should have MAC dominance based on its 
> geography.  NIU is the second largest state university in the largest state and 
> it has no MAC competition in IL.  Look at all the Michigan and Ohio MAC schools 
> and who they are competing against.  Michigan, tOSU, and even MSU are behemoths 
> compared to UofIll and yet NIU is not gained a foothold in illinois.
> 
> Maybe I am being negative, but I believe this guy is not comparable to Murphy -- 
> academic undergrad, law degree, pro football player, academic school ad, etc.
> 
> -- "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com> wrote:
> Regarding the AD, someone on the Rivals board pointed this out:
> 
> http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2008/02/27/sports/sports01.txt
> 
> Looks like NIU's Phillips will be headed to Evanston.  I am a little
> surprised how quickly the process went, although he was identified as a
> possibility early and if he impressed the NU administration I suppose that
> is why they jumped on it.  Hopefully NIU will find someone to continue his
> success.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:21 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Not much to brag about.  We still need AD and a basketball coach.
> >  Thompson strikes me as the only tough guy on the squad who is willing to go
> > after the ball.
> >
> > John DeGroat
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
> > > It took a school record eight three-pointers by Moore (four in the first
> > four
> > > minutes) and a game from Peljusic that even he might not have thought he
> > had in
> > > him, but the Cats are no longer winless in Big Ten play.  Great to watch
> > 'em
> > > bounce back after blowing a 19-point lead to end the longest conference
> > losing
> > > streak of any team in the country.  So the men's and women's teams both
> > have won
> > > one in a row.  Go Cats!
> > >
> > > W. Weinbaum
> > > N.Y. Bureau Producer
> > > 212-916-9864
> > >
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