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Locker Rooms...

NavyBlue said:
BWahlberg said:
Wow, those are incredible. Roughly what was the cost?
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To be honest, I didn't know the cost so I went to the USU fan board and posed the question. According to them the total cost was 12.5 million, and construction cost was just under 11 million for a 70,000 square foot building.
http://www.usufans.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=31011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is more than a lockerroom, there is a sports training facility, team meeting areas, coaches offies, athletic hall of fame, academic center, and coaches offices.

http://www.utahstateaggies.com/school-bio/ust-laubcomplex.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.utahstateaggies.com/school-bio/ust-sportsmedicine.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here is a photo gallery of it: http://www.utahstateaggies.com/view.gal?id=35214" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We already have a football indoor practice facility and are building a basketball practice facilty that will be named after Montana native Wayne Estes. That building will also be where the women's volleyball and gymnastics teams compete.

We are also building a state of the art weight training facility.

I just have noticed the last five or six years that UM's momentum seems to have slowed and USU's has increased, since I follow both programs pretty closely. I think it is because UM isn't making facility improvements like they once were; and USU seems to be annoucing something all the time now after 40 year of doing almost nothing. I worry that other Big Sky schools will overtake the Griz if they don't get back to making improvements in their facilities. The Griz, IMHO, need to really improve thier backend facilties, that the fans don't see, like lockerrooms, coaches offices, and athletic and academic training facilities. I also think that Griz should be looking at building a football indoor practice facility in the not to distant future. This is the one USU built in 1998: http://www.utahstateaggies.com/school-bio/ust-stanlaub.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

When USU decided they finally wanted to win some football games they didn't start with the stadium and the things the fans experience and I think it has started to pay off. They took a strategy of building facilties that would attract and retain better coaches and players. The thinking was better players and coaches would lead to more wins and fan support and donations would follow.

UM in my opinion has a better looking stadium from what the fan would experience, and USU is just now thinking about improving seating, rest rooms, a press box and concessions. But from what coaches and players experience on a daily basis what USU has done far surpases what UM has. And they have only done that really, in the last 5 to 7 years.

I know that USU is FBS and UM is FCS, but I think UM could do just as well. Why? UM has more season ticket holders, has been winning longer, and only has some competition for support from MSU. While USU has been down a long time and has to compete with BYU (and a good share of the populations loyalties to that school whether or not they went there), Utah (Pac-12), the Jazz, Weber State and various other schools/ and teams. People in Montana also don't complain if big time opponents are visiting WA-Griz they are content with Big Sky and FCS competition so there is no need to pay visiting team big money to visit.

Sorry this is so long, and I hope I don't incur anyones internet wrath, just wanted to give my two cents. I care about the Griz and I don't want them to slide into mediocrity, but I fear they will if facilities improvements aren't made. Thank you.
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Good post. There definitely seems to be a trend between what investments are made & the success of a program.
 
Yes, good post Navy B. It's the old saying, if you are standing still you are getting behind. At least Montana now has a major plan for facility upgrades. The question now is raising funds.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Is it ironic that the ad at the bottom of the page is for Razoo, an on-line fundraising mechanism?
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The ad on the bottom of mine is a dating site for hot Latinas.
 
grizatwork said:
AZGrizFan said:
Is it ironic that the ad at the bottom of the page is for Razoo, an on-line fundraising mechanism?
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The ad on the bottom of mine is a dating site for hot Latinas.
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Damn! mine is for huge, ugly Russians.
 
GrizMusician said:
Does anyone have more photos of the locker room?
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They're had to find, in the original post I searched high and low for the two I found and none of the locker room.
 
http://m.montanakaimin.com/mobile/news/article_30ead8ec-2745-11e3-87e7-001a4bcf6878.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kinda one...
 
Found one, most are sectioned off like this.

PRecord_Athletics_05.jpg
 
reinell30 said:
That weight room is hideous! It is the fault of every Griz fan that we don't have the best...especially the Griz fans that post on EGriz...someone on this site is always complaining about our locker room and weight room. Like grizatwork wrote, lets put our money where your mouth is...I believe every griz fan could donate a minimum of $25 for a month to build a new facility. At 50,000 fans that would equal 15 million dollars in one year. How much does a facility like this cost?..Brint?
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Let me ask you, did the fan base pay for the facilities that you are comparing to what the Griz have ?

Did the other schools have scandals with credit card abuse, of administrative staff, and abusive travels for athletics by administration.

And money raised by booster such as Touchdown Club, and QB club and others organized to raise money to enhance facilities, be forced into turning money raise into the GAA for their disbursement in lieu of what the money was originally raise for.

The Griz training facilities are a disgrace, and will continued to be, and probably are contributing to a bad effect on recruiting and will continue to reduce the program that will take years to regain.

In closing, it all starts at the top, administrative leaders, something that is not in place at the University Of Montana.

Fans can't solve this problem, other than not supporting the athlete and the teams, the board of regents must, and a don't see that happing soon, after all it took an individual like Brit to get rid of a scumbag like Pat Williams.
 
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