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Post by gpantera on Mar 18, 2007 12:08:38 GMT -5
Friends,
I want to address two items that have come up in our blog recently:
1 - The new view of our website 2 - FIU name change
Regarding the new view of our website, it appears that our administrator has an emotional attachment to this new set up. If you read the thread that addresses this topic, the administrator takes a defensive posture in response to anyone who voiced displeasure. Mr. Admin, you may have thought long and hard about the titles for all four sections and we all appreciate your effort. Nevertheless, your reaction to criticism lacked democrat diplomacy.
As for the name change, there was a thread regarding changing FIU to Miami State. Someone responded with stating that Miami is not a state. Miami is a state school. See San Diego State University and San Jose State University. Both San Diego and San Jose are California state schools therefore entitled to have "state university" in their name. I am not supporting a name change, just needed to address the flawed argument that "Miami is not a state."
gpantera
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Post by kevin on Mar 18, 2007 15:31:14 GMT -5
Changing the name of FIU to Miami State?! Did I miss something?!
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Post by gpantera on Mar 18, 2007 19:33:31 GMT -5
Yes Kevin, you missed something.
As disclosed in the post you responded to, my reference to Miami State was in response to a previous post a few weeks back on a different thread. There was some discussion regarding a name change. That shipped has sailed...no need to worry.
I hope this helps...gpantera
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Post by FIUFan on Mar 19, 2007 9:03:20 GMT -5
I still like University of Florida - Miami.
Like UC- LA, you get the state and the city in there.
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Post by FIUPantherFan on Mar 19, 2007 11:44:00 GMT -5
The concern with the names dealt with whether people would be able to posts on the correct board. Most of the people did not have a problem with the names. My response is that since the inception. All the football posts are in the football board, all the b-ball posts are in the b-ball board, and all the baseball posts are in the baseball boards. So it looks like people are able to adequately posts on the appropriate board and that no one is "confused". Even this post is in the correct board. If there is an issue with the name of a board simply because of a personal matter or belief, than that is a different story, no one expressed that concern and most felt it was appropriate to "honor" these people, even though they probably don't realize that they are being "honored".
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Post by Senor Anonymous on Mar 19, 2007 21:29:15 GMT -5
As a regular reader (but not someone who posts often), I like the way the new setup works. I'm a big fan of the names as well, but I do think there's one glaring omission. I know it's not a big sport in America, but Karl Kremser deserves to have his name on one of the forums.
Actually, I would've put his over everyone else's for one simple reason: he's the only coach at FIU who's ever won a national championship. Two, in fact. And that's not including the 1996 NC-double-A final. If that's not worthy of honor, what is? No other coach at FIU's ever done it.
I know it's not one of the main sports, but neither's women's basketball, yet Russo's on here. She's done a lot, don't get me wrong, but I, in my mind, can't justify her name being on a board if Kremser's isn't. I have no problem with Maidique or Price or Strock, and Weltlich I could understand because of his 1995 team being the only NC-double-A Tourney representative from FIU's history. But if you're going to have a generic board for all sports, then you need to represent it with the best coach ever at FIU, and that's Kremser. No doubt about it. Anyone who's ever seen the soccer program would probably agree.
Suggestion: Dump Weltlich, move Russo to basketball and put Kremser in the generic. Just my .02.
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Post by jdsippin on Mar 24, 2007 20:43:35 GMT -5
agree the names on the board are weird and only those close to FIU would understand them...if u want others visiting the board and posting you need to be more generic names for the team by team boards...If I was searching the web for a FIU board and saw Stocks name on the title..I would think it was not active or up to date...also seems the board has had less activity since the changes ..just my opinion.
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Post by FIUPantherFan on Mar 25, 2007 6:54:29 GMT -5
Actually, the board has had more activity since the change (I see the stats :-). The reason it looks like less is because the activity is spread out among each board, whereas before it was all concentrated in one spot (that was one of the reasons I did not want to make the change because I thought we did not have enough activity to warrant multiple boards). Also, the activity of people joining usually slows at this time because there is no football or basketball, however, this year we have been consistently getting new members. It's actually kind of weird, but it seems to be working out. And again, people seem to be able to figure out what board they should post on (also, if you read the purpose of each board, there is a nice description of what is for right under the name).
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Post by fiurulez on Mar 26, 2007 11:22:51 GMT -5
As a regular reader (but not someone who posts often), I like the way the new setup works. I'm a big fan of the names as well, but I do think there's one glaring omission. I know it's not a big sport in America, but Karl Kremser deserves to have his name on one of the forums. Actually, I would've put his over everyone else's for one simple reason: he's the only coach at FIU who's ever won a national championship. Two, in fact. And that's not including the 1996 NC-double-A final. If that's not worthy of honor, what is? No other coach at FIU's ever done it. I know it's not one of the main sports, but neither's women's basketball, yet Russo's on here. She's done a lot, don't get me wrong, but I, in my mind, can't justify her name being on a board if Kremser's isn't. I have no problem with Maidique or Price or Strock, and Weltlich I could understand because of his 1995 team being the only NC-double-A Tourney representative from FIU's history. But if you're going to have a generic board for all sports, then you need to represent it with the best coach ever at FIU, and that's Kremser. No doubt about it. Anyone who's ever seen the soccer program would probably agree. Suggestion: Dump Weltlich, move Russo to basketball and put Kremser in the generic. Just my .02. Sounds good to me.
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Post by Senor Anonymous on Mar 27, 2007 6:54:45 GMT -5
With all due respect, who cares what fans from other schools think? This is FIU's board, not theirs. If they wanna get on here so bad, let them figure out how it should be done.
There's not a d**n thing wrong with honoring the past and the people who've made FIU what it is today (even if you think it should be more than what it is). I like the name idea. I just think it's ridiculous that Bob Weltlich is on here and Karl Kremser isn't. That's just flat-out disrespectful to FIU's history, especially when there's already a good candidate for the basketball forum in Cindy Russo.
Allow me to demonstrate:
ALL-TIME RECORDS:
WELTLICH: 59-84 (.413 win %) - 5 years KREMSER: 337-210-39 (.616 win %) - 29 years (26 at FIU) RUSSO: 609-266 (.696 win %) - 30 years (28 at FIU)
POST-SEASON:
WELTLICH: 1 NCAA Tourney Appearance (in his final year, after he was already fired, when FIU was 7-18 and rolled off three straight wins in the TAAC tourney to get the automatic bid).
RUSSO: 14 Postseason Tournament Appearances (6 NCAA Division I Tournaments; 3 NCAA Division II Tournaments; 5 WNIT appearances)
KREMSER: Advanced to the postseason eight times since beginning competition in Division I soccer in 1987 and 15 times since FIU’s 1972 inaugural soccer season. The Golden Panthers have advanced to the NCAA title game five times, most recently reaching the NCAA Division I national championship game in 1996, and have won the national championship twice (in D-II).
Again... why is Bob freaking Weltlich honored for winning three games in a row and getting a March Madness bid when Kremser, who has won TWO NATIONAL TITLES, isn't?
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Post by Senor Anonymous on Mar 27, 2007 7:02:03 GMT -5
I should clarify... Kremser came to FIU in 1980. There was another guy before him who coached from 1972-80. So three of the 15 post-season appearances for Soccer isn't Kremser's. But the rest of it is.
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Post by FIUSportsFan on Mar 27, 2007 7:57:54 GMT -5
He was also the Dolphins kicker for a time. ;D
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