Sir Brot - I've got nothing but the highest respect for Fr. G. I'd never celebrate a negative having to do with him.

Fr G is the best thing to happen to Loyola in years. I hope it stays that way--Still lots to do.

My guesses:

- Loyola is leaving the MVC and accepts an invitation to join the New Big East?
- Some alum is donating a lot of money? (You guys hear about the $10 million donation for the business school?)

[b]Swella your deductive reasoning is brilliant. If I had to take a guess I would say that Dr. Calhoun and Dr. Kelly may be gone tomorrow. How they choose to phrase it is their prerogative. I hope this is true because it will show Fr. G. is a big enough man to admit to mistakes he has made.
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Putting it on a Monday instead of announcing during the weekend makes me think it's something they want known and want to get the most press of it they can. I would think this would be something positive instead of a firing, but who knows

Thanks Zeke.

Applying my "brilliant" deductive reasoning to your post, I conclude that you have some inside information on what's happening.

Interesting that Dr.Kelly is also in the mix.

If this comes to pass, I am going to have a field day!

I would agree that Dr. Kelly has been largely unsuccessful in his role as VP of Student Development. But, I don't think 08 would consider the firing of two people as a "great day to be a rambler" type of day.

I thought about the timing too. I understood that if you wanted to bury news during the era of newspaper hegemony you would announce it on a Friday afternoon. This might no longer be the case with the internet 24/7 news cycle.

However, I can think of nothing more "positive" for Loyola athletics than the firing of Grace Calhoun...

Less of a burying effect these days, but putting it on a day where sports news isn't completely dominated by NCAA tournament scores probably helps a little

Verbal Commits has Jones with interest from Texas A&M, Colorado St., Missouri, Baylor, and Purdue. It's kind of a pie-in-the-sky notion that he commits tomorrow, especially considering that we might not have a scholarship for him and signing day isn't for another month.

If somebody was fired, then they'd probably announce it by now instead of waiting until Monday. A coaching change would also take place quickly.

My guess is either something big with the volleyball tournament (maybe announcing a sell out?) or we're adding a new sport, probably lacrosse but maybe baseball? My third unrealistic guess but really wish this was the case is that we have some sort of agreement to play a few out-of-conference games at the UC. This would go a long way in bringing in some really good names.