MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

Are there a few rinks in Wilkes Barre tied to the Baby Pens?

[saratoga]

Wilkes & Kings skate at Coal St. rink.
Pretty much an off campus joint located in a strip mall.
No thanks.

[saratoga]

Well, in hindsight, Ryan's move from PSU-Abington to Cabrini looked good on paper.
Unfortunately, it seems the school has been bleeding financially for 10 years.

Maybe Danzig just does 1 more year & then Ryan can head back up the Northeast Extension.

Looks like when the AD & hiring committee ask the coach's being interviewed if you have any questions for us...the new first one to ask will revolve around the financial solvency of the respective institution.

Regarding the women's program...I can see Kate landing at either Swarthmore or Ursinus as both those programs continue to under-achieve.
Additionally, I believe the new AD at Swat came from Cabrini.

Sad times for a little school that did pretty darn well in all sports offered.

[lefty2]

King's uses the Revolution Ice Rink in Pittston.

Wilkes and Misericordia (2024) use the Toyota Sportsplex on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre.  It is the same facility that houses the AHL Penguins.

[NEPAFAN]

Well, in hindsight, Ryan's move from PSU-Abington to Cabrini looked good on paper.
Unfortunately, it seems the school has been bleeding financially for 10 years.

Maybe Danzig just does 1 more year & then Ryan can head back up the Northeast Extension.

Looks like when the AD & hiring committee ask the coach's being interviewed if you have any questions for us...the new first one to ask will revolve around the financial solvency of the respective institution.

Regarding the women's program...I can see Kate landing at either Swarthmore or Ursinus as both those programs continue to under-achieve.
Additionally, I believe the new AD at Swat came from Cabrini.

Sad times for a little school that did pretty darn well in all sports offered.

Their lacrosse program is also very succesful and is led by a Royal alum.

[jmcozenlaw]

Wilkes & Kings skate at Coal St. rink.
Pretty much an off campus joint located in a strip mall.
No thanks.

Hey Saratoga, look at it this way. The Landmark now has a hockey rink located in a strip mall (better than a strip joint, depending on your religion) and welcomes Keystone for football. Clarks Summit and Lackawanna might not be far behind in the future Landmark landscape!!

[jmcozenlaw]

King's uses the Revolution Ice Rink in Pittston.

Wilkes and Misericordia (2024) use the Toyota Sportsplex on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre.  It is the same facility that houses the AHL Penguins.

I thought Saratoga said that Wilkes plays on an ice sheet in a strip mall. That must be one nice strip mall to house an AHL team!! Wilkes Barre has gone glam!!

[NJRoyal137]

This Cabrini news is wild - I wonder if we'll see more mergers and buyouts in the future?

Does this mean past Cabrini alum are now part of the Villanova alumni database?

[saratoga]

JM:
That's where the Pens practice...Not the arena in which they play.
No glam. 

[NEPAFAN]

Cabrini lacrosse coach has stepped down to take a job at local philly high school, let's see what happens with the rest of the coaches.

[Greek Tragedy]

Stepped down? Was there even a position for him to retain?

[saratoga]

My understanding is Cabrini will sponsor athletic obligations through the final 2023/24' season.
Therefore, I'm sure he could have stayed this upcoming final LAX season (24'), but decided to take an opportunity that currently presented itself.

[jmcozenlaw]

This Cabrini news is wild - I wonder if we'll see more mergers and buyouts in the future?

Does this mean past Cabrini alum are now part of the Villanova alumni database?

We ain't seen nothing yet!! While some of the obvious issues have been taken care of over the last few years, there is a lot more to come. Some smaller schools are proactively reaching out to larger schools with close proximity or with shared values (religion). Also, larger schools are doing their own due diligence and making phone calls to smaller schools.

St. Joseph's swallowing up Philadelphia Pharmacy and Sciences made too much sense for St. Joe's........as does this move by Villanova. Some of the schools in trouble would surprise you and I'm not just talking about D3 schools. A bunch of D2's are in trouble and some smaller D1's (LaSalle to name a local one) are as well.

7-10 years out.........we might see 400-500 less traditional colleges and universities. Southern New Hampshire perfected the model. Build a massive online University and then plow some of the profits back into the traditional University. They have a stud baseball team, an improving hoops team and word is that they are seriously looking at football.

Grand Canyon copied the SNHU model to a great degree. Now, look at how many "legit" brick and mortar colleges and universities are offering the online model. Arizona State is growing like a weed as is Purdue.

For anybody who thinks things have been crazy up to this point.........this has been child's play and we are in the top of the first inning, with maybe an out, maybe two. Things are going to get ugly over the next several years.

The Alumni Development/Alumni Relations/Fundraising departments are going to be banging on the doors like never before........and we are going to see a level of "professional fundraiser" the likes of which most colleges and universities have never employed.

I'm just hoping Johns Hopkins can stick it out until Bloomberg opens up his checkbook again!

[NJRoyal137]

This Cabrini news is wild - I wonder if we'll see more mergers and buyouts in the future?

Does this mean past Cabrini alum are now part of the Villanova alumni database?

We ain't seen nothing yet!! While some of the obvious issues have been taken care of over the last few years, there is a lot more to come. Some smaller schools are proactively reaching out to larger schools with close proximity or with shared values (religion). Also, larger schools are doing their own due diligence and making phone calls to smaller schools.

St. Joseph's swallowing up Philadelphia Pharmacy and Sciences made too much sense for St. Joe's........as does this move by Villanova. Some of the schools in trouble would surprise you and I'm not just talking about D3 schools. A bunch of D2's are in trouble and some smaller D1's (LaSalle to name a local one) are as well.

7-10 years out.........we might see 400-500 less traditional colleges and universities. Southern New Hampshire perfected the model. Build a massive online University and then plow some of the profits back into the traditional University. They have a stud baseball team, an improving hoops team and word is that they are seriously looking at football.

Grand Canyon copied the SNHU model to a great degree. Now, look at how many "legit" brick and mortar colleges and universities are offering the online model. Arizona State is growing like a weed as is Purdue.

For anybody who thinks things have been crazy up to this point.........this has been child's play and we are in the top of the first inning, with maybe an out, maybe two. Things are going to get ugly over the next several years.

The Alumni Development/Alumni Relations/Fundraising departments are going to be banging on the doors like never before........and we are going to see a level of "professional fundraiser" the likes of which most colleges and universities have never employed.

I'm just hoping Johns Hopkins can stick it out until Bloomberg opens up his checkbook again!

I wonder how my University of Scranton will fare - perhaps they merge with Lackawanna College + Marywood down the line and create a super school in the Electric City. They seem to be doing well financially, but who really knows? Maybe Lafayette College - Scranton or Lehigh University - Scranton could be in our future given their endowments that are north of a billion 

[jmcozenlaw]

This Cabrini news is wild - I wonder if we'll see more mergers and buyouts in the future?

Does this mean past Cabrini alum are now part of the Villanova alumni database?

We ain't seen nothing yet!! While some of the obvious issues have been taken care of over the last few years, there is a lot more to come. Some smaller schools are proactively reaching out to larger schools with close proximity or with shared values (religion). Also, larger schools are doing their own due diligence and making phone calls to smaller schools.

St. Joseph's swallowing up Philadelphia Pharmacy and Sciences made too much sense for St. Joe's........as does this move by Villanova. Some of the schools in trouble would surprise you and I'm not just talking about D3 schools. A bunch of D2's are in trouble and some smaller D1's (LaSalle to name a local one) are as well.

7-10 years out.........we might see 400-500 less traditional colleges and universities. Southern New Hampshire perfected the model. Build a massive online University and then plow some of the profits back into the traditional University. They have a stud baseball team, an improving hoops team and word is that they are seriously looking at football.

Grand Canyon copied the SNHU model to a great degree. Now, look at how many "legit" brick and mortar colleges and universities are offering the online model. Arizona State is growing like a weed as is Purdue.

For anybody who thinks things have been crazy up to this point.........this has been child's play and we are in the top of the first inning, with maybe an out, maybe two. Things are going to get ugly over the next several years.

The Alumni Development/Alumni Relations/Fundraising departments are going to be banging on the doors like never before........and we are going to see a level of "professional fundraiser" the likes of which most colleges and universities have never employed.

I'm just hoping Johns Hopkins can stick it out until Bloomberg opens up his checkbook again!

I wonder how my University of Scranton will fare - perhaps they merge with Lackawanna College + Marywood down the line and create a super school in the Electric City. They seem to be doing well financially, but who really knows? Maybe Lafayette College - Scranton or Lehigh University - Scranton could be in our future given their endowments that are north of a billion 

Scranton should be in great shape.

Great school = Successful Alums

Successful Alums = $$$$$$$

Catholic Values of Giving of $$$$$$ = Great Shape

We're not talking Ivy, NESCAC and others types of giving..........but we can't talk about great schools and not giving back to the school that gave us our start.

Again, not Bloomberg and Hopkins type of giving, but there are many successful Scranton alums who need to dig even deeper, if they are able, as the numbers look daunting for many schools in the years to come.

It's like shedding tears during a St. Jude's Children's Hospital commercial (the most recent one is touching like I've never seen).........but not picking up the phone and giving.

Talk is great, feelings and emotions are beautiful, but without action it means nothing.