Redlands with another win to advance to the final 8. Dream season under Coach Bridgeland.

And the announcers were a rough listen. It's Redlands not "The Red-LANDS"

Good comments about the treatment of Mike Maynard. He was and still is beloved by his former players, myself included. The man dedicated his life to the university for 30+ years and was treated like dog **** on his way out.

Dr. Appleton would have never allowed him to be treated this way if he was still leading the university, but then again he provided real leadership that has been missing since his retirement.

Quote from: stlawus on March 08, 2025, 07:51:26 PMDeafening silence on the NESCAC board right now, well done Redlands!  One of the best comebacks I've seen in the NCAAT.

A lot of bitter fans on that board in response to the loss. Redlands outplayed Tufts in the second half and made the plays when they mattered. The pressure basketball Redlands utilizes is tough on any opponent.

Quote from: 10Freeway on March 07, 2025, 10:12:34 AMAgain, secondhand info.  Heard she did not want the position.  Financially she doesn't need it and she didn't want the headache. 

If true, that's a damning indictment of the position and current state of the athletics department.

Quote from: 10Freeway on March 06, 2025, 02:09:58 PMIt would have been great to hire an AD that has a track record of big fundraising.  UR is in desperate need of some facility upgrades and it doesn't seem, I can't find anywhere, that she has ran some large capital campaigns.  We all know UR, they took the easy hire.  She was at Claremont, so our current administration knows her.  They weren't going to bring in an agent of change that would disrupt the current system. 

Pat, I have heard that the pool of candidates was not very strong at all.  Board of Trustee members are dumbfounded as they thought they would be able to lure some of the bigger names in D3 college athletic administration to at least apply. 

If they wanted to keep the status quo, wouldn't they have just promoted Rachel Roche?

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Quote from: RFBredux on March 06, 2025, 11:35:58 AM

Quote from: 10Freeway on March 06, 2025, 10:15:34 AMThe only sports that have had any success lately are Men's and Women's Volleyball.  The athletic  department as a whole has been very bad.  Maybe she knew she couldn't be successful there and wanted out.

Juniata Conference Champions

Or did a **** job and left before she was fired. Who knows really, but would have liked to seen who the other candidates were as the job is certainly attractive.

There was a lot of advertising in the D-III college athletics world for this position so I'm guessing they got a good pool.

I would hope so. The location and weather alone should be attractive, but maybe not.

Quote from: 10Freeway on March 06, 2025, 10:15:34 AMThe only sports that have had any success lately are Men's and Women's Volleyball.  The athletic  department as a whole has been very bad.  Maybe she knew she couldn't be successful there and wanted out.

Juniata Conference Champions

Or did a **** job and left before she was fired. Who knows really, but would have liked to seen who the other candidates were as the job is certainly attractive.

Quote from: olddog on March 05, 2025, 01:11:58 PMJuanita College FB record

2022 - 0-10
2023 - 1-9
2024 - 2-8

The new AD led the search and hired the existing coach who has been in charge since the 2023 season.

Redlands has a new Athletic Director from Juniata College in Pennsylvania. I was hoping they would hire someone from a university with a strong football program, but sadly that's not the case.

https://goredlands.com/news/2025/3/4/general-university-of-redlands-names-nikki-ayers-as-new-vice-president-for-intercollegiate-athletics.aspx

Quote from: olddog on February 11, 2025, 04:29:59 PMRBF where you there when D1 teams would stop at Redlands and have a tune up game before heading to Hawaii...
UR hung in there pretty well.

Redlands was not good at basketball when I was there. They are good now though, finally hired a strong coach.

Quote from: 10Freeway on February 11, 2025, 11:56:42 AMOlddog, that's how a lot of alumni football players feel at UR.  The campaign for athletics raised a lot of money, where did it go?  There is no new football locker room or football offices, like they said would be built.  They need football for male enrollment numbers, but they don't want any accountability when it comes to donations and money.

Hearing UR is in some trouble with their aging athletic facilities.  Currier Gym is coming up on 100 years old and is showing its age badly, the field house has not had an overhaul 23 years, the football stadium is coming up on 60 years of use, the track is 20 years old.  That's a lot of money UR does not have to build new or reinvigorate their facilities.  High schools are outpacing UR facilities and that is not a good thing when looking to recruit.  When I got to UR, the facilities were much better than any high school, not so much any more.

I've seen better middle school gyms than Currier. That gym was outdated when I was at Redlands in the 90'sz

Quote from: 10Freeway on February 10, 2025, 01:58:26 PMWhittier is getting serious with their Head Coach hire.  Cory White from the FBS ranks.  He coached and graduated from Whittier, 2004- 2007.  It will be interesting to see what his hires look like.

Agree. Good hire and glad to see Whittier will be back playing ball. Would like to see rational minds back at Oxy too.

Quote from: 10Freeway on February 10, 2025, 10:35:31 AMUR is 81k all in to live on campus.  RFB it used to be a great investment, now it's very lacking as the current and past administrations have made feelings of the students/employees more important than actual education.  Chapman has surpassed UR in every aspect.  The city of Redlands has changed for the worst over the past 30 years while the city of Orange is a great place to go to college.

Top D3 schools total cost:
North Central- 59k
MT Union- 49k
Mary Hardin Baylor- 48K
Linfield- 66K

That's the sticker price, not what you pay after financial aid and grants. Maximum cost per year would need to be roughly 15,000-30,000 or less to compete and get good to great athletes in the door, and that's for all programs at Redlands.

Quote from: olddog on February 06, 2025, 11:51:21 AMGuy

You are right but at the end of the Jimmy and Joes get you the wins, and given the direction the school gone makes it harder to recruit. The schools wants to be more of commuter school than the past, see their pricing to steer kids (a lot of financial programs built around this goal).
Getting the upper middle class kid is a lot tougher due to cost and aid, this eliminates kids in the past that have really helped the program, most of their very best players fall into this category. Easy examples OC, SD, and Ventura County kids ...it made sense, far enough from home, good school, great program and reputation, and parents could see them play. When I look at the roster I see a different group of kids, and are the lack of wins coaching or talent. Chapman is still getting these kids, their skill players have been better and O line. These kids have been exposed to training since they were young. What amazes me is how small Chapman defense has been the last few years.

Redlands has always been expensive, so don't buy it. It's all about financial aid and bringing the cost down as always. Other schools with successful programs are expensive too and are finding ways to get kids to their programs.

Quote from: that guy 31 on February 04, 2025, 11:36:14 AMWhite smoke at Redlands! Sounds like Acciani has some socal HS ties. Also, if my math is correct, sounds like Redlands is his 5th different job since 2020.

Hopefully he's a creative coordinator and works with what he has already instead of trying to fit a system. If they try to roll out a spread system again, same results will apply.