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  1. Mark Belling - ever the diplomat.
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  2. Who actually cares what Mark Belling has to say?
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  3. Belling is a self proclaimed "expert" on everything when in reality he's a small, bitter man.
  4. i despise belling. but i agree with him on this.

    i'll try to give him a high five at victors next time i'm there (never) with my mom's friends (barf)
  5. I agree with him, there is no reason UWM or Milwaukee Panthers can't become a Butler or Gonzaga or even a Wichita State program or like St.Louis. Why hire a guy who is only going to be here 5min. Bad hire and I for one will not go see a game there at that gym. Move the games back downtown. Talk about taking a step backwards what is Geiger's next plan move back into D2? maybe D3 just think of all the games they would win then!
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    • I suspect his plan is to try and convince alumni and the University to build a suitable building on campus.
    • That's a mistake! If UWM was smart, instead of spending $100,000,000 on an on campus arena they'd be better off hiring a marketing person at $70,000 a year whose sole responsibility it is to grow attendance at their games. It was a mistake leaving the MECCA, In terms of a venue for watching basketball I think the MECCA is better than the Bradley Center. They should have never replaced that iconic floor either. Butler plays in Hinkle Fieldhouse and look what they've accomplished and it's much harder at Butler because it doesn't have the leverage of being a public university.
      It's funny, when Bruce Pearl was at UWM they were averaging somethign like 7,000 a game and you know why, because that guy went into the dorms and on campus to engage the student body.
      Truthfully I understand the apathy this season because the product on the floor isn't winning, but in general terms UWM should have way better attendance, they have 100,000 alumni that live in the immediate metro area and they 25,000 students , so out of a pool of 125,000 you mean to tell me you can't 10,000 of them to come to 14 games a year? There's no excuse for the student body, the tickets are free and they can travel on the bus for free to the MECCA. At a min. they should at least be able to 5,000 a game.
      The question should really be wether UWM should stay NCAA I?
    • I figure you're right, Mark - that it is a mistake. I don't think that enough alumni or others could be convinced to contribute to that, in this business climate.
  6. I agree with Mark Belling 100%

    Andy Geiger was a bad hire, fire him now PLEASE.

    As a UWM Alum, class of 86 , bring in a full time AD who is committed to Milwaukee
    long term.

    Thank you Mark for sticking up for UWM
  7. Fortunately, absolutely nobody with the capability of thinking for themselves cares about what Belling says. Only mindless automatons listen to his crazed ravings.
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  8. I've got a pretty good indication that Belling's mind is padded, too!
  9. Belling sounds like an idiot
  10. Belling knows nothing about sports other than horse racing.