2024 SMSU Mustangs: Year 3 of Underwood

[MrMustang]

Will be interesting with an interim president. I am sure the line will be"nothing can really happen for the next 2 years with an interim" so the funding will be the same and no projects will get done

then you add that the AD will be new with an "interim" president and it will really be gridlock.

[MrMustang]

Will be interesting with an interim president. I am sure the line will be"nothing can really happen for the next 2 years with an interim" so the funding will be the same and no projects will get done

[SW_Mustang]

Still waiting for the bubble that Hmielewski promised us....

Yeah... be nice if we could have one of those too.

[vikingfaithful]

This really is something. even after we didn't get it intially, you would think we could have gotten a capital expenditure to get in the last 20 years ...

Not 20 years, but same promise at Augustana.

[MrMustang]

Still waiting for the bubble that Hmielewski promised us....

This really is something. even after we didn't get it intially, you would think we could have gotten a capital expenditure to get in the last 20 years ...

[Stanger86]

Honestly, we're coming up on the 20 year anniversary of the REC and that needs some help in ways too.

Still waiting for the bubble that Hmielewski promised us....

[SW_Mustang]

I saw this as well. Always interesting. Amazing people are expected to donate to fund locker rooms. That should obviously be a responsibility of MnSCU and the state. Bonkers what a poorly run state we are. We have college compuses but don't keep the facilities in line.

Sad thing is - any money gained from M4L activities isn't even a bandaid on the problem. That part of campus needs a complete overhaul. Maybe they'll have enough to get a new whiteboard, some rugs, and a coat of paint for the closet they have to change clothes in.

What I want is an athletic building built on the old practice fields - move everyone out of the R/A that isn't basketball, then give basketball that space for a full locker rehab. One can dream, I guess.

Honestly, we're coming up on the 20 year anniversary of the REC and that needs some help in ways too.

[MrMustang]

Anyway - I was looking through the M4L Day options and saw some interesting projects:

-Football is looking to fund gold uniforms for next seneon
-Basketball is raising money to fund locker room upgrades
-Wrestling wants to fund new mats

I also thought it was interesting that the general fund wants to replace the banners in the R/A (and PE, I assume) with newer ones.

Also visited the softball field recently and the updates they made to that look wonderful - sounds like they want to do more. Hopefully a new scoreboard or something.

I saw this as well. Always interesting. Amazing people are expected to donate to fund locker rooms. That should obviously be a responsibility of MnSCU and the state. Bonkers what a poorly run state we are. We have college compuses but don't keep the facilities in line.

[Purple Mav Man]

It's really a shame to see all these administrators and coaches just jumping from school to school. I wish the NCAA could put some guardrails in place to keep them from moving so much.

I read ya ;)

[njmav1]

It's really a shame to see all these administrators and coaches just jumping from school to school. I wish the NCAA could put some guardrails in place to keep them from moving so much.

Does the NCAA really need to defend something like that in court? The courts haven't been kind to the NCAA.

[SW_Mustang]

It's really a shame to see all these administrators and coaches just jumping from school to school. I wish the NCAA could put some guardrails in place to keep them from moving so much.

I don't disagree - but I believe both her and her husband are Winona alums. I'd take that job at my alma mater if offered.

[Thunder]

Jennifer Flowers out as AD *sigh*

I hope that's not the end of the momentum our non-football teams have been building.

It's really a shame to see all these administrators and coaches just jumping from school to school. I wish the NCAA could put some guardrails in place to keep them from moving so much.

[SW_Mustang]

Jennifer Flowers out as AD *sigh*

I hope that's not the end of the momentum our non-football teams have been building.

[SW_Mustang]

Anyway - I was looking through the M4L Day options and saw some interesting projects:

-Football is looking to fund gold uniforms for next seneon
-Basketball is raising money to fund locker room upgrades
-Wrestling wants to fund new mats

I also thought it was interesting that the general fund wants to replace the banners in the R/A (and PE, I assume) with newer ones.

Also visited the softball field recently and the updates they made to that look wonderful - sounds like they want to do more. Hopefully a new scoreboard or something.

[SW_Mustang]

Sorry for dumping on Marshall so hard. I'll let it go - I gave it some thought and it's strange to let a town I don't live in anymore occupy that amount of mental space. People are free to enjoy living wherever they choose. I didn't like it so I did the sensible thing and moved. The tough part for me is watching SMSU exist in a place like that - for reasons best kept to myself at this point.

I don't know what I said that made anyone think I hate the NSIC. I may not agree with every decision they make, but I'm also allowed too. I love SMSU and MSU about equally and am very fortunate to spend the amount of time and money that I do on them - as well as Augustana and USF thanks to their proximity.

As for the Summit League - I don't understand what that has to do with anything, but correct. I don't enjoy the sports so I don't go. I live next to SDSU and I will pay for a ticket when an NSIC or P4 team comes to town, because that's what I enjoy watching and it's cheaper than driving elsewhere. I've tried to keep that opinion off the board as of late but it keeps getting brought up. I maintain no affiliations to SDSU beyond being appreciative for the education they gave me.