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DawgsUP Junior Offline Posts: 125 Missouri City, TX	Moniaci 02/01/10 at 5:32pm No more interim tag.
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HBUhuskyfan Moderator Offline Posts: 1310 Houston, TX	Re: Moniaci Reply #1 - 02/01/10 at 7:07pm http://hbuhuskies.com/article.asp?articleID=1123 Good for him. I would have been very suprised if he was not named.
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E.C. Coleman Moderator Offline Posts: 210	Re: Moniaci Reply #2 - 02/01/10 at 9:31pm Good for him. I think he is the right man for the job.
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Micks Graduate Offline Posts: 790 Husky Village	Re: Moniaci Reply #3 - 02/02/10 at 9:48am Meh. He seems like an alright guy from the few conversations I've had with him. He has been the interim for a few improvements/moves for HBU, but hasn't done anything that great. He also hasn't screwed anything up or done anything stupid. Idk, I guess I just have apathetic feelings about him. He's no DeLoss Dodds...
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Reply #4 - 02/02/10 at 9:24pm

Micks wrote on 02/02/10 at 9:48am:

Meh. He seems like an alright guy from the few conversations I've had with him. He has been the interim for a few improvements/moves for HBU, but hasn't done anything that great. He also hasn't screwed anything up or done anything stupid. Idk, I guess I just have apathetic feelings about him.

He's no DeLoss Dodds...

Lol, I like DeLoss Dodds, but he also has millions to work with and the best athletes, coaches, and facilities in the country. WE have bad facilities and no money.

I like Moniaci. He hasn't done anything negative, we have joined a conference, and he has only been AD for what, one year? He needs time.

He hasn't made me go "Wow, this is a great guy" when I have met him, but that doesn't matter if he gets the job done. He has the credentials from his time at Rice, and I think he can do good things here.

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Reply #5 - 02/03/10 at 9:44am

haha yeah, that was obviously a joke with the Dodds comment.

You make a good point that he has only been here a year. Has it only been a year? It seems like longer, maybe a year and a half. Didn't he start the fall of 08? Yeah he was there then cause that's when I joined HAF. So, yeah either way 1-1/2 max and we are in a conference, soccer and baseball field improvements, still scheduling big schools and getting a few some decent-sized (and Duke women) schools to come here whether it was his doing or not.

If he puts lights on the baseball field and builds a new gym, I say give him a lifetime contract... Wink

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Reply #6 - 02/03/10 at 7:57pm

Micks wrote on 02/03/10 at 9:44am:

haha yeah, that was obviously a joke with the Dodds comment.

You make a good point that he has only been here a year. Has it only been a year? It seems like longer, maybe a year and a half. Didn't he start the fall of 08? Yeah he was there then cause that's when I joined HAF. So, yeah either way 1-1/2 max and we are in a conference, soccer and baseball field improvements, still scheduling big schools and getting a few some decent-sized (and Duke women) schools to come here whether it was his doing or not.

If he puts lights on the baseball field and builds a new gym, I say give him a lifetime contract... Wink

Outside of graduating student-athletes and developing winning programs (which could be tied in to what I am about to post), I think these are some big things that Moniaci can accomplish over the next 5-10 years.

- Get lights on the baseball field
- Build new gym/athletic complex
- Get into a more geographically friendly conference.

Those are THE three biggest that Moniaci can accomplish. Financially, the lights would not be a big deal; I think 100-150k is a fair estimate..heck bump it up to 200k and it can be done without question.

Now, the athletic complex is another story. Our newest large building is the Morris Center. It cost 28 million dollars to build. There are obviously differences between that and an athletic center, but I think 30 million is a fine estimate for an athletic complex/gym. Tudor Fieldhouse recently underwent an extensive renovation for 22 million (AND Moniaci had to have been involved in the planning of that). I think our donating alumni base may be more inclined to give to something like the Morris Center, but there is also a strong contingent of alumni and non-alumni in the Houston area that would give money towards a new complex. Plus, if it is adjacent to 59, you could get a lot of money for naming rights to the gym.

Improving facilities in general is a must for Moniaci, and this coud help us get into another conference eventually, and draw more players/students to the school. Steve has a lot of work ahead but also a lot of room for growth and improvement.

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Reply #7 - 02/04/10 at 12:25pm

I think he has the perfect setup. HBU is used to having nobody really care about our athletics, not the best facilities, most of our alumni are used to NAIA, we have no NCAA record or win total to match (unless you count last year...not hard), so how can he really "screw up?" HBU is basically starting over with no bar or standards set.

I agree Huskyfan. Regarding lights on the fields, if we don've have lights by the start of the 2012 season, then I would be disappointed (more than I already am for not having them.)

The gym is a difficult monster to understand, but not really when you think about it. I have no idea what the total cost would be, but the 22 mil for Tudor field is a good benchmark and we were able to raise a lot for Morris (which was actually built before the new learning center if you count that as a large building, which I think it is)

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