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Re: Quinnipiac Bobcats 2015-16 - The post-season journey...
Some of the resentment of Q right now is just plain sour grapes. People only started hating us in the 60s when we started winning.
Before that they thought we were cute.
Part of it is the perception that Q, like UVM before them, is an outlier from the conference academic model. Q responds that their push for pub is another step in building the school which in turn will allow them to raise standards over time. That may well be the case: everybody has to start somewhere.
The Ivies, or at least HYP, have a dim view of that type of electioneering... but then again, they would, wouldn't they? Their rice bowl is the exact opposite end of the street. So if that were the extent of their influence I would not worry about it that much if I were Q.
But it isn't: the Ivies control where the ECAC goes, which is why HE broke off in the first place, and because Ivy cache is 100% academics 0% athletics they have no problem cutting off their sporting nose. c.f., Dartmouth 1980, who didn't even wait for the Ivies to do it -- they did it themselves!
The Q prez may feel it is worth it, and I don't get the impression that the ECAC fans' irritation with Q is shared by the ECAC members administrations, so Q may well stay. My advice is if you ever want to bolt, do it now, because this period of dominance will pass. Merrimack is only in HE because Jim Hrivnak got hot at the right time.
Some of the resentment of Q right now is just plain sour grapes. People only started hating us in the 60s when we started winning.
Before that they thought we were cute.Part of it is the perception that Q, like UVM before them, is an outlier from the conference academic model. Q responds that their push for pub is another step in building the school which in turn will allow them to raise standards over time. That may well be the case: everybody has to start somewhere.
The Ivies, or at least HYP, have a dim view of that type of electioneering... but then again, they would, wouldn't they? Their rice bowl is the exact opposite end of the street. So if that were the extent of their influence I would not worry about it that much if I were Q.
But it isn't: the Ivies control where the ECAC goes, which is why HE broke off in the first place, and because Ivy cache is 100% academics 0% athletics they have no problem cutting off their sporting nose. c.f., Dartmouth 1980, who didn't even wait for the Ivies to do it -- they did it themselves!
The Q prez may feel it is worth it, and I don't get the impression that the ECAC fans' irritation with Q is shared by the ECAC members administrations, so Q may well stay. My advice is if you ever want to bolt, do it now, because this period of dominance will pass. Merrimack is only in HE because Jim Hrivnak got hot at the right time.
