📡 JoxRoundtable: Ryan Brown reporting Byrne has secured a donation large enough that it will allow him to arrange the additional financing needed to...

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[UAgrad93]

Ryan Brown said that he has learned that AD Greg Byrne has secured a donation large enough that it will allow him to arrange additional financing needed to build a NEW on campus arena, not just remodel Coleman. @TerryP , you heard anything about this? @Brandon Van de Graaff ?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I had to replay it in my truck this am to make sure I heard him right. I hope it's true (and probably is as Ryan is very credible). I came around on the proposed "rebuild" but always wanted a ground up build from the beginning. Said years ago that a corporate sponsor like Mercedes was the way to go (but that was before they threw their name on the Super Dome and the new Atlanta stadium). I don't care if it's the Hoo's Q Arena. I just want an awesome new area. Would imagine Greg Byrne will respond to the "nugget" soon. Hopefully he confirms it instead of giving the, "let's wait and see, but we have options" answer.

 

[TerryP]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

That's a bummer. Will say it would be very unlike Brown to throw that out there without good reason.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Its the only way to go if bama basketball ball is going to move through this decade into the next....

the refurbishment of the Coleman was a ridiculous idea....

the new one...should be built...and named after MalMoore

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Ryan Brown said that he has learned that AD Greg Byrne has secured a donation large enough that it will allow him to arrange additional financing needed to build a NEW on campus arena, not just remodel Coleman. @TerryP , you heard anything about this? @Brandon Van de Graaff ?

Tried to post this on your thread but it got moved so it wouldn't post....

Ryan wouldn't put that out there if he wasn't confident in his sources. I hadn't heard that, and am a bit surprised to be honest. But I know they've been working hard on fundraising and haven't stopped with the COVID problems. They've made a lot of donors mad these last few months, but if they've secured this funding, that is a major get. Especially right now. I will add that Byrne is extremely impressed with Oats and the job he is doing. He knows that if things stay on track, keeping him will be a fight at some point. We can pay him with the best, but this new or remodeled arena deal needed to be settled sooner rather than later for a number of reasons. I really thought with the hit the department was taking that the rebuild would would be sidelined for now. Glad that apparently isn't the case.

 

[planomateo]

Ryan is doing alot of clarifying on twitter now.

 

[UAgrad93]

@TerryP I saw Byrne’s tweet and was coming back to post. @Brandon Van de Graaff I agree that Ryan doesn’t normally just throw anything out there without having a good source or grasp of what is going on. @planomateo I haven’t looked for his clarification yet but I wonder if it might be that “some” of his information is correct.

 

[TerryP]

That's a bummer. Will say it would be very unlike Brown to throw that out there without good reason.

"Trust, but verify" doesn't seem to fit half of the time with Jox.

He has posted since:

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

"Trust, but verify" doesn't seem to fit half of the time with Jox.

He has posted since:

No clue who his source(s) were, but it's not often that he steps out on a limb like that and misses. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on it for now because I wouldn't expect Byrne to confirm it anyway, especially if it's a corporate donor or a private donor that has given strict stipulations. There are some at Jox who you can't really pay much attention to (including some who are no longer there)... but guys like Brown, Cole, and Pat Smith have a pretty good track record overall.

 

[BamaFan334]

So does this mean The Crimson Standard additions to Coleman won't happen?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

So does this mean The Crimson Standard additions to Coleman won't happen?

Hopefully

 

[TerryP]

No clue who his source(s) were, but it's not often that he steps out on a limb like that and misses. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on it for now because I wouldn't expect Byrne to confirm it anyway, especially if it's a corporate donor or a private donor that has given strict stipulations. There are some at Jox who you can't really pay much attention to (including some who are no longer there)... but guys like Brown, Cole, and Pat Smith have a pretty good track record overall.

The reference earlier was a blanket: Jox in general.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The reference earlier was a blanket: Jox in general.

Well then that sorta covers Finebaum too, so there's no way to dispute that stance!

 

[TerryP]

Well then that sorta covers Finebaum too, so there's no way to dispute that stance!

There's the thing. Pat's good friends with Paul outside of their working together. I know Paul gets info from Pat.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

There's the thing. Pat's good friends with Paul outside of their working together. I know Paul gets info from Pat.

No doubt. I didn't know how tight they were until about a year ago when Pat started telling some stories when he was filling in on 3 Man Front. He's been around a long time and while he doesn't make the most entertaining radio, he will sort of drop nuggets sometimes in passing that nobody else has reported. I guess with me, if I heard Pat say it, I'd take it seriously. If I heard Paul say it, I wouldn't. But, I'll never hear Paul say it anyway. I even avoid his weekly 15 minute Monday morning appearances on The Roundtable. Just have no use for the bitch.

 

[TerryP]

No doubt. I didn't know how tight they were until about a year ago when Pat started telling some stories when he was filling in on 3 Man Front. He's been around a long time and while he doesn't make the most entertaining radio, he will sort of drop nuggets sometimes in passing that nobody else has reported. I guess with me, if I heard Pat say it, I'd take it seriously. If I heard Paul say it, I wouldn't. But, I'll never hear Paul say it anyway. I even avoid his weekly 15 minute Monday morning appearances on The Roundtable. Just have no use for the bitch.

Do you remember a member Bocephus then Bo7? He introduced me years ago. It's greatly shaped my opinion of Paul and I've voiced my respect for what he's built. Not how, but what.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Do you remember a member Bocephus then Bo7? He introduced me years ago. It's greatly shaped my opinion of Paul and I've voiced my respect for what he's built. Not how, but what.

That username rings a bit of a bell, but once upon a time I lurked on a Hank Jr. message board that Doemasters ran, so I could be getting my wires crossed. I too have respect for what he's built though, I just never wanted to contribute to it. Dude has just never been my style, even back in the 80's and 90's before he "made it".

 

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