going forward, Beach can't be everything to everyone

I love MBB, but realistically, the school could spend a lot of money chasing a pipe-dream and diminishing return.

the budgets and payrolls to compete with will be obscene for MBB & WBB.

Can Beach target some sports and simply compete for Big West competitiveness.

the way I see it

Volleyball has to be #1

overall, for almost 30 years, it's stood the test of time, hardly ever in a lower tier in conference (whether MVB, WVB, or Beach VB). all 3 with national titles



have shown can have decent attendance, even WVB Tyler brought it back up to 1500/year when Joy had killed it to less than 700/ year. even thru Joy, Beach was in the upper tier albeit having won a title since 2014

MVB is bringing prestige, so is Beach VB

WVB would need the biggest boost, a huge challenge with a coaching staff learning on teh job. It is realistic to keep attendance at 1500+, it would need NIL pretty clearly though. this year may be hanging on by a thread to not finish below 6th for like maybe the first time since 1987

MVB, in a precarious 2-3 year window before maybe Knipe retires to keep momentum from a decade of success that is up there with BG's 15 year run from '1988-2003, and Snow's decade of Baseball starting in 1989 ish.

#2) Baseball. difficult like WVB, will need NIL and schollie money increases. Still the program has shown it can put butts on seats and has the most community based appeal due to Blair uniqueness, but like WVB & the help Reagan needs to show results and some some resources next couple of years.

after that?

I don't know, H20 polo & golf have shown to put out quality teams, they are country club sports,


but priorties? and I'm biased - you can try to help MBB greatness, but can't get caught up in putting too many resources and having some miracle happen in today's NIL construct for MBB.

If I was AD, I would try to keep Volleyball and Baseball at the forefront - spectator sports, they have and can bring in prestige, they face challenges, but maybe the most 'doable' of the sports to excel in.

If you throw every available resource at MBB (& WBB) and starve the others, you'll end up with nothing.