After 20 years, the system running the legacy mailing list has finally developed a software problem I can’t resolve, so I’m in the process of building a replacement for it.
I think I’m about half way done with the testing, and so far there hasn’t been much impact on the NU Sports List, but at some point I will need to shut both the new and old list servers down long enough to make the changeover when I think I’m ready.
Mike Nolan
Thanks for all your work! Congratulations to Michigan on showing B1G dominance in a revenue sports. Sounds like we’re losing a lot of our team to the portal, although at times it felt like we had only one player on the floor Martinneli.
It’s a new world, and each year every team has the opportunity to be reborn, as Indiana was in football and Michigan was in basketball.
Some coaches will succeed in this new world, others will not. It remains to be seen what coaches Northwestern has.
WSJ sports columnist Jason Gay wrote a great column about Michigan today, this free link ought to work:
The big question…
Is NU becoming a farm team for the bigger programs, or are the Frosh & Sophs chasing a bigger one and done style arrangement.
Wish you well writing your own chat board. It always seems like when you find a good software package, it goes out the window or gets to cumbersome to operate effectively.
Go B1GCats
rsl.
Echoing the thanks for all the work in updating the list-serv operations!
There is another big question re: NU men’s hoops - to what degree do the departures reflect a “back to the drawing board” approach in budget allotment/roster construction for Collins after a subpar season?
Neither coaches nor players generally say whether the latter entering the portal in specific cases is the result of a player’s desire to leave (for greener pastures, more playing time, geography, better chance to win, etc.), there was a push out the door by the coach (handwriting on the wall, or unsubtle discussion) or a combination.
That is always a concern, but I think if we find the right individuals we are good. We don’t recruit or even appeal to true NBA prospects. Even Martinelli our best player is a far fringe prospect. We should be recruiting and appealing to those who want to play B1G basketball and want an education that will help them out in life. If you are a sophomore likely from the midwest that will get playing time and has a positive experience with the coaching WHY would you transfer to Ole Miss for a few $100k? Your degree gets devalued, your family has a harder time seeing you play, and you have to hope your new coaching and teammates are as good. I think that is common scenario. Unless you are transferring closer to home or CC is the problem why would you leave an environment like Northwestern?
This might be pollyannish, but I think if we find a team of those players we can have enough success to make the tournament on a regular(every 3-4 year) basis as we have more NIL and money than 310 out of the 360 D1 basketball programs.
First, thanks Mike for all your hard work to sustain this lies over the years, and now.
Marc, I’d be curious to know where your NIL rankings come from. It’s true that our revenue sharing is very high. But, my impression is that our NIL is pretty low, relative to many P4 teams. And NIL, specifically aimed at the two revenue sports, is putting us at a pretty big disadvantage.
Regardless, we’ll soon know whether Collins can navigate this new world. Similarly to Willie, I’ve heard some of these transfers may have been encouraged by our staff (and I have mixed feelings about that.
Shawn
I have no stats and NIL is changing so I’m really relying on the House decision where revenue has to be shared and supposedly there is a reformation in regards to NIL has to be REAL. Even in a major market there is no way a football player can really be shown to earn millions in additional profit for the advertiser other than attractive female athletes with big social media following. NIL currently is the equivalent of a local car dealer giving cars or bags of cash to football players in the south during the 80s.
Hi folks.
I’m able to be back on the list with this new system. As Mike has told me the prior one were not good with an AOL address.
The only thing I will add is that I’m not sure even if NU can throw around NIL money, how much we want a player who has that as their top priority. ? Surely we realize it’s part of the equation, but how much will we be asking other key questions; such as will he/ she be one and done if they simply get offered more money ?
Harry
A few technical notes:
Discourse will remain the primary vehicle for the list, and I strongly encourage people to use the Discourse web-based system at https://nu-sports.tssi.com, which supports emails as well as a chat mode that could be used during games to discuss the game in real-time.
What’s being upgraded is the legacy email server at romaine.tssi.com, which is being rebuilt using Ubuntu and the upgraded Mailman 3 package. I think I’ve got it working for email; what I’m still working on is the web interface, which is used to administer Mailman3, among other things. The instructions are sub-par even for open-source packages.
Or a “no show” job as a “sports consultant.”
or the A&M QB in the 70’s that had a weekend job as a Oil Co. Service Rep, that paid high 5 figures and included a new Z Car so he could commute to work in Dallas from College Station.
Go B1GCats
rsl