Shane Marinelli OC40 said

NJOWL said

Shane Marinelli OC40 said

jgf2017 said

How do you let this guy stay on here? I'm personally insulted this guy hasn't been banned.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:44 PM #387038

You have personally attacked players beyond what is reasonable on this forum, make countless baseless posts on this forum and like FIUjules said your digs at Miami with "Universidad"  and "dump" comments it's pretty obvious what you're putting down.
  
I have lived in all three counties in my life and I loved my time in Boca, but I rather live in Miami or Ft.Lauderdale as a post-grad.

Palm Beach County is nice, but outside of a couple of areas, there is not much to do.

The median age of Miami Dade is a full 5.5 years younger.

There is not much to do in Sweetwater, but Boca doesn't do anything for its University.  It has been almost 4 years since 20th street development was supposed to start and nothing.
I was told by someone at FAU that the city balked when it came time to start some of the construction projects on 20th.  The city is worried about a few of its homeowners who live in that neighborhood who have to call the cops in parties on the street and now will not move on development.
 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 7:13 PM #387044

 

Have you been over there? I would say the shopping center on 20th is a pretty big improvement. Put 4-5 restaurant/bar/pub crossovers and it’ll be just like UF’s midtown. 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 8:13 PM #387052

That shopping plaza is not what was envisioned when the 20th plans were being put out. They wanted to brings the businesses right to the street, have bike lanes, more college businesses. That shopping plaza has nothing to do with the city.

Again I talked to someone who would know about this and I sensed obvious frustration on how the city has done nothing to advance 20th.  

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:27 PM #387063

Shane Marinelli OC40 said

d-owl said

As an alum of FAU and UM, I can tell you firsthand FAU's outreach (and I'm assuming FIU's) is downright sad in comparison. Hopiping that changes to some degree; I've given to FAU and really there's not a whole lot in return in comparison to UM. Granted I am in NY, but the difference is night and day.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:21 PM #387061

I remember talking to someone in athletics and being told how much information was missing when it came to simply having contact information for alum.

I see a lot of alum complaining about outreach, but how many have reached out to someone like Kris Wall who has been running the Plam Beach alumni association (doing a great job BTW) and asked how they can help.

How many people here are either in management or own a company and when they need a position filled reach out to the FAU career center an let them know you want to hire Owls?

Imagine how much it would mean to a young alum if they were hired partly because they were an Owl?

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:39 PM #387064

JulesFIU07 said

NJOWL said

JulesFIU07 said

GeorgiaOwl said

On a rival teams board? Ya think??  

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 2:31 PM #387032

Haha, it isn’t even like I trashed PBC, all I really said is that Miami is doing really well; and I certainly didn’t trash FAU, but I guess it is hard for some people to hear that FIU is doing ok too?  

I don’t know, if it makes people feel better to think of FIU as an institution on the precipice of collapse; and Miami as some Syria-like war zone that people are fleeing from and avoiding, despite the better than 10% population growth rate and rising property values, so be it.

I just wanted to set the record straight.

Anyway, I don’t know what the AAC has planned.  I am sure ESPN can renegotiate their contract, which might force them to add a school, but how they go about doing that, I have no idea.

If all they care about is available eyes on screens, the only two big markets they don’t hit are Atlanta and Miami.  If they care about gaps in the map they are probably looking at ODU, UAB, or MTSU.  If they care about sustained success and a strong following then App State is probably your best bet.

Really it is a crap shoot.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:16 PM #387037

No one said fiu is not doing well. Your statements regarding the surround area not mattering, however, are a bit ridiculous. We have gotten multiple recruits over you just because of the area surrounding fiu (according to those recruit's parents (Ocie Rose and an offensive lineman whose name escapes me to name just two).

As for your statements re: Miami doing better than Palm Beach County in terms of growth and/or welath, I direct you to this article: In Miami, There Are Too Many Condos and Not Enough Foreign Buyers - WSJ.

Also this one regarding Palm Beach: Palm Beach Notches Big-Ticket Home Sales - WSJ.

Regarding Boca specifically from two years ago: Shedding Seinfeld Stereotypes, Boca Property Developers Court Younger Crowd - WSJ

And perhaps the best one from CNBC regarding Boca as the next Miami: Behind Florida real estate

I think most at this point know that Miami is not what it used to be. And the fact that you mention Downtown Miami as a redeeming quality is mind boggling. I used to work in Downtown Miami and there could not have been more homeless people. No socialite or person of wealth would be there past 6 or 7 pm leaving work.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:48 PM #387040

Oy…

…1Q - 2019 Palm Beach Sales Market Report | Douglas Elliman

http://www.miamidda.com/wp-content/uploads/MDDA_DemoPopReport_05072018.pdf

Hope actual reports provide greater insight for those that are actually interested in keeping up to date on the data.

But hey, you talked to a guy in an airport…

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 8:13 PM #387051

d-owl said

As an alum of FAU and UM, I can tell you firsthand FAU's outreach (and I'm assuming FIU's) is downright sad in comparison. Hopiping that changes to some degree; I've given to FAU and really there's not a whole lot in return in comparison to UM. Granted I am in NY, but the difference is night and day.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:21 PM #387061

NJOWL said

JulesFIU07 said

NJOWL said

JulesFIU07 said

GeorgiaOwl said

On a rival teams board? Ya think??  

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 2:31 PM #387032

Haha, it isn’t even like I trashed PBC, all I really said is that Miami is doing really well; and I certainly didn’t trash FAU, but I guess it is hard for some people to hear that FIU is doing ok too?  

I don’t know, if it makes people feel better to think of FIU as an institution on the precipice of collapse; and Miami as some Syria-like war zone that people are fleeing from and avoiding, despite the better than 10% population growth rate and rising property values, so be it.

I just wanted to set the record straight.

Anyway, I don’t know what the AAC has planned.  I am sure ESPN can renegotiate their contract, which might force them to add a school, but how they go about doing that, I have no idea.

If all they care about is available eyes on screens, the only two big markets they don’t hit are Atlanta and Miami.  If they care about gaps in the map they are probably looking at ODU, UAB, or MTSU.  If they care about sustained success and a strong following then App State is probably your best bet.

Really it is a crap shoot.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:16 PM #387037

No one said fiu is not doing well. Your statements regarding the surround area not mattering, however, are a bit ridiculous. We have gotten multiple recruits over you just because of the area surrounding fiu (according to those recruit's parents (Ocie Rose and an offensive lineman whose name escapes me to name just two).

As for your statements re: Miami doing better than Palm Beach County in terms of growth and/or welath, I direct you to this article: In Miami, There Are Too Many Condos and Not Enough Foreign Buyers - WSJ.

Also this one regarding Palm Beach: Palm Beach Notches Big-Ticket Home Sales - WSJ.

Regarding Boca specifically from two years ago: Shedding Seinfeld Stereotypes, Boca Property Developers Court Younger Crowd - WSJ

And perhaps the best one from CNBC regarding Boca as the next Miami: Behind Florida real estate

I think most at this point know that Miami is not what it used to be. And the fact that you mention Downtown Miami as a redeeming quality is mind boggling. I used to work in Downtown Miami and there could not have been more homeless people. No socialite or person of wealth would be there past 6 or 7 pm leaving work.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:48 PM #387040

Oy…

…1Q - 2019 Palm Beach Sales Market Report | Douglas Elliman

http://www.miamidda.com/wp-content/uploads/MDDA_DemoPopReport_05072018.pdf

Hope actual reports provide greater insight for those that are actually interested in keeping up to date on the data.

But hey, you talked to a guy in an airport…

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 8:13 PM #387051

You didn’t read my post at all. The airport examples were anecdotal of the other articles referenced.

Your palm beach article has sales up 6%.

Your downtown Miami article includes the greater Miami article rather than just downtown Miami. 

The point remains: the vibrance and viability of Miami as a city is 30-40 minutes away from fiu and wants nothing to do with you. FAU has had multiple million dollar donations in the past year from people in the local community that just like FAU. 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 10:48 PM #387066

USMCOWL said

So getting back on track. No one is probably going to move up for the time being. Both schools have a lot of work to do now and in the future before we can even think about moving conferences. 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 11:29 PM #387069

USMCOWL said

Shane Marinelli OC40 said

NJOWL said

Shane Marinelli OC40 said

jgf2017 said

How do you let this guy stay on here? I'm personally insulted this guy hasn't been banned.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 5:44 PM #387038

You have personally attacked players beyond what is reasonable on this forum, make countless baseless posts on this forum and like FIUjules said your digs at Miami with "Universidad"  and "dump" comments it's pretty obvious what you're putting down.
  
I have lived in all three counties in my life and I loved my time in Boca, but I rather live in Miami or Ft.Lauderdale as a post-grad.

Palm Beach County is nice, but outside of a couple of areas, there is not much to do.

The median age of Miami Dade is a full 5.5 years younger.

There is not much to do in Sweetwater, but Boca doesn't do anything for its University.  It has been almost 4 years since 20th street development was supposed to start and nothing.
I was told by someone at FAU that the city balked when it came time to start some of the construction projects on 20th.  The city is worried about a few of its homeowners who live in that neighborhood who have to call the cops in parties on the street and now will not move on development.
 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 7:13 PM #387044

 

Have you been over there? I would say the shopping center on 20th is a pretty big improvement. Put 4-5 restaurant/bar/pub crossovers and it’ll be just like UF’s midtown. 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 8:13 PM #387052

That shopping plaza is not what was envisioned when the 20th plans were being put out. They wanted to brings the businesses right to the street, have bike lanes, more college businesses. That shopping plaza has nothing to do with the city.

Again I talked to someone who would know about this and I sensed obvious frustration on how the city has done nothing to advance 20th.  

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:27 PM #387063

I don’t think that project will ever get off the ground. It was ambitious but the neighborhoods near the project were never really on board. The only way that project will get going is if the city and university buy people out and turn it into part of the project which will never happen. 

Shane Marinelli OC40 said

d-owl said

As an alum of FAU and UM, I can tell you firsthand FAU's outreach (and I'm assuming FIU's) is downright sad in comparison. Hopiping that changes to some degree; I've given to FAU and really there's not a whole lot in return in comparison to UM. Granted I am in NY, but the difference is night and day.

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:21 PM #387061

I remember talking to someone in athletics and being told how much information was missing when it came to simply having contact information for alum.

I see a lot of alum complaining about outreach, but how many have reached out to someone like Kris Wall who has been running the Plam Beach alumni association (doing a great job BTW) and asked how they can help.

How many people here are either in management or own a company and when they need a position filled reach out to the FAU career center an let them know you want to hire Owls?

Imagine how much it would mean to a young alum if they were hired partly because they were an Owl?

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:39 PM #387064

I never had a problem with the university reaching out to me. I mean I give when and what I can even if it’s ten dollars. As far as the Palm Beach County Alumni Association I haven’t signed up for it yet. I was waiting for an announcement that it was up and running. Must have missed that announcement. My point was in the past the alumni center was just give me give me with no real outreach but that had been changing in thanks to President Kelly making those changes. 

Posted On: Jun 30th 2019, 9:55 PM #387065

fauowl said

2018 Annual Fund Unrestricted Contributions (funding of athletic scholarships, etc):

UCF $5M
ODU $4.5M
USF $2.7M
UTSA $2.6M
WKU $2.5M
Charlotte $2.3M
Rice $2.2M
UTEP $2.1M
So. Miss $1.88M
Marshall $1.8M
La Tech $1.5M
MTSU $1.48M
UAB $1.38M
N. Texas $1.17M
FAU $390,000

FIU did not report.
Source: FAU Paradise Club.

Posted On: Jul 1st 2019, 7:43 AM #387073