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Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 2:13 pm
by Pbdutch
bean-pie wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 10:23 am
HUSID74 wrote:Well its not a stock> It's your Alma Mater's sprots program and you get back what you put in...lots of whining here but now action.
Agree theprogram should be more transparent and communicative, but our fan base should not sit on its hands and do nothing.
Here’s the sad thing. Each regular member of this group could contribute 10k each, and it wouldn’t move the needle.


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You’re right…it would take probably $100K from each regular member on this board to even sniff something

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 2:14 pm
by Pbdutch
Mikey77 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 10:35 am And it wouldn't even be acknowledged. In my view Cole has got to go. He's a nothingburger.
You’re right. The sad thing is I don’t even know who we could get to replace him that would do better. Maybe he’s handcuffed because he doesn’t get money he needs? IDK

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 5:16 pm
by triplec2195
Rick is being paid over half a mil here so I would say he has a major responsibility/accountability to our sports department. The problem may be that Dr Poser(salary over a million) may not be setting the bar high enough or just has a passing interest in sports. At the end of the day this is an institution so the priority is and should be academics. We can dance around this subject till the end of time but it seems at the heart of this problem is $$$$. Until we can get more info. it's pure conjecture.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 8:01 pm
by stuball888
PD Dutch to answer your question if Rick Cole where to leave the person who could replace him is Bill Smith of Bryant University
Look at his bio and his accomplishments at Bryant University guiding them from division two to division one going to the America East conference, and becoming one of the better programs there in such a short period of time
If you think that it's only about athletics, take a look at what the student athletes at Bryant University have accomplished in the classroom
Unfortunately, I think if he comes here, he will be neutered by the president of the university much like what happened to Jack Hayes when Rabinowitz was president

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 8:10 pm
by Pbdutch
stuball888 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 8:01 pm PD Dutch to answer your question if Rick Cole where to leave the person who could replace him is Bill Smith of Bryant University
Look at his bio and his accomplishments at Bryant University guiding them from division two to division one going to the America East conference, and becoming one of the better programs there in such a short period of time
If you think that it's only about athletics, take a look at what the student athletes at Bryant University have accomplished in the classroom
Unfortunately, I think if he comes here, he will be neutered by the president of the university much like what happened to Jack Hayes when Rabinowitz was president
Did Jack Hayes do much for Hofstra? I know he left to go to brown. But when he was at Hofstra did he do well for us?

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 10:00 pm
by The Shadow
Jack Hayes has not been the Brown AD since 2021. He is now the AD at Nichols College in Massachusetts since March of 2022. In my family, he will always be remembered as part of the assassins of our beloved football program in December of 2009.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 10:57 am
by Pbdutch
The Shadow wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 10:00 pm Jack Hayes has not been the Brown AD since 2021. He is now the AD at Nichols College in Massachusetts since March of 2022. In my family, he will always be remembered as part of the assassins of our beloved football program in December of 2009.
Totally forgot he was the AD during that time. NVM, he did nothing and thankful he’s gone

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 11:01 am
by Pbdutch
triplec2195 wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:16 pm Rick is being paid over half a mil here so I would say he has a major responsibility/accountability to our sports department. The problem may be that Dr Poser(salary over a million) may not be setting the bar high enough or just has a passing interest in sports. At the end of the day this is an institution so the priority is and should be academics. We can dance around this subject till the end of time but it seems at the heart of this problem is $$$$. Until we can get more info. it's pure conjecture.
Yup-just looked it up and he’s making $533K a year. I’m sure we could get someone better for a lot less expensive. I recall the AD at Wofford (better basketball than Hofstra last couple years in terms of at least getting to the tourney and even going deep in the tourney) didn’t even make half of that. I think the AD at UNCW makes around $250K. Maybe it’s time to fire Cole and go elsewhere

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 6:05 pm
by HUSID74
Cost of living in BF North Carolina is a lot less than on Long Island...

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 8:34 pm
by Pbdutch
HUSID74 wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 6:05 pm Cost of living in BF North Carolina is a lot less than on Long Island...
Agreed-but he’s still being overpaid for what’s he’s delivering to us and the school.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 12:45 am
by joeg1
If you think you're going to hire a D1 AD in the metro NY area for about what an LIRR conductor makes (with OT, look it up!), good luck.

PS I'd be willing to bet Cole has a contract that would need to be bought out were he sacked.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 3:50 am
by stuball888
Let me say this again it's not Rick Cole that is holding back Hofstra athletics. It's the president of the university and the BOT that controls the purse strings.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 4:35 pm
by garyg
Polito for president

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 6:06 pm
by joeg1
Fun fact...though athletics may be facing hard times, US News & World Report ranks Hofstra's Zucker medical school as a Tier 1 (top 16 nationally!) research school. Check out some of our peers on that list.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 9:02 pm
by stuball888
It remarkable considering Hofstra's medical school is fairly new

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 5:07 am
by triplec2195
joeg1 wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 6:06 pm Fun fact...though athletics may be facing hard times, US News & World Report ranks Hofstra's Zucker medical school as a Tier 1 (top 16 nationally!) research school. Check out some of our peers on that list.
From what I read and heard our medical school overall is a tier 3 school but our research part of the school is in fact a tier 1 and is 1 of two rated that high in the state of NY along with the University of Rochester.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 8:46 am
by HUSID74
Wow this thread is meandering all over the place due to lack of information/action with the basketball program!

Come on SPEEDY, give us some GOOD NEWS!

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 9:53 am
by Cards
Could not find the post, but I thought I recall someone (maybe HUSID) said we had another signing but had not been officially announced yet? Is that still true??

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 am
by HUSID74
Cards wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 9:53 am Could not find the post, but I thought I recall someone (maybe HUSID) said we had another signing but had not been officially announced yet? Is that still true??
That's what I hear but there is nothing official that I know...6-7 kid with some pretty good D1 stats.

Re: NCAA 2024 MBB Transfer Portal

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 3:23 pm
by Cards
HUSID74 wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 am
Cards wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 9:53 am Could not find the post, but I thought I recall someone (maybe HUSID) said we had another signing but had not been officially announced yet? Is that still true??
That's what I hear but there is nothing official that I know...6-7 kid with some pretty good D1 stats.
Thanks for the update HUSid