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Mizzou planning some major facility improvements very soon.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:40 pm
On the heels of today's $10 million dollar donation from the Kansas City Sports Trust, Mizzou's new AD Jim Sterk outlined some facilities plans. Sterk is in just his 7th day on the job, but is hitting the ground running.
Our previous AD, Mack Rhoades, did very little to move Mizzou forward, and his biggest move was cancelling a desperately needed south endzone facility and renovation in our football stadium. That plan has now been revived by our new AD Jim Sterk, and former Coach Gary Pinkel will be a major part of its development (he was the one who originally envisioned the project).
Here's some highlights of the news:
-Phase 1 of the football facility will be attached to the south endzone of the stadium and include new scoreboards, new premium seating, football specific training facility, football specific weight rooms, football specific offices, and new "recruiting areas". This could be done by Spring 2018.
-Phase 2 of the football facility will be a 100 yard indoor practice facility, an upgrade over the current 80 yard indoor facility.
-Phase 3 will be to renovate the current athletic training facility for the other sports after the football team moves into their own new facility.
-The currently under construction softball stadium will hopefully be completed in time for the 2017 season.
-We will be converting our baseball infield and outfield to FieldTurf by the 2018 season. The cold weather in February and early March makes it difficult to maintain a nice grass field so this should fix those issues.
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Our previous AD, Mack Rhoades, did very little to move Mizzou forward, and his biggest move was cancelling a desperately needed south endzone facility and renovation in our football stadium. That plan has now been revived by our new AD Jim Sterk, and former Coach Gary Pinkel will be a major part of its development (he was the one who originally envisioned the project).
Here's some highlights of the news:
-Phase 1 of the football facility will be attached to the south endzone of the stadium and include new scoreboards, new premium seating, football specific training facility, football specific weight rooms, football specific offices, and new "recruiting areas". This could be done by Spring 2018.
-Phase 2 of the football facility will be a 100 yard indoor practice facility, an upgrade over the current 80 yard indoor facility.
-Phase 3 will be to renovate the current athletic training facility for the other sports after the football team moves into their own new facility.
-The currently under construction softball stadium will hopefully be completed in time for the 2017 season.
-We will be converting our baseball infield and outfield to FieldTurf by the 2018 season. The cold weather in February and early March makes it difficult to maintain a nice grass field so this should fix those issues.
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Sterk says biggest challenge is “rebuilding the brand back…this place is not what’s it’s been perceived to be in the last year."
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Sterk: "There's been a lot of construction and facility development in the SEC and we're getting behind that."
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Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:44 pm to KCM0Tiger
Who has the worst facilities in the SEC now? I'd have to go with Vanderbilt and then Georgia at this point. Mizzou is probably 3rd to last.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:45 pm to DingDongEddieStrong
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Mizzou is probably 3rd to last.
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DingDongEddieStrong
has probably never seen georgia,vandy or mizzou's "facilities."
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:47 pm to KCM0Tiger
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Sterk: "We need some muscle over here."
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:47 pm to KCM0Tiger
Will that donation make up for all the tuition lost from the SJW fallout?
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:49 pm to KCM0Tiger
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converting our baseball infield and outfield to FieldTurf by the 2018 season.
We'll turn you guys into baseball fans yet!
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:51 pm to KCM0Tiger
Worst facilities
Worst in state talent
Worst tradition (.550 all time)
Black Lives Matter
Poop Swastika
Worst in state talent
Worst tradition (.550 all time)
Black Lives Matter
Poop Swastika
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:52 pm to theGarnetWay
The AD has a separate budget but you knew that...
Will South Carolina's program remain back in its historical neighborhood with the vandy's of the world?
Will South Carolina's program remain back in its historical neighborhood with the vandy's of the world?
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:52 pm to Phat Phil
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Worst facilities
Worst in state talent
Worst tradition (.550 all time)
Black Lives Matter
Poop Swastika
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:53 pm to DingDongEddieStrong
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Who has the worst facilities in the SEC now? I'd have to go with Vanderbilt and then Georgia at this point.
lulz
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:54 pm to Phat Phil
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Worst facilities
Worst in state talent
Worst tradition (.550 all time)
Black Lives Matter
Poop Swastika
and still has more east division titles than tennessee has wins vs mizzou all time...
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:55 pm to kilo
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east division titles
don't really mean much
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:56 pm to VFL1800FPD
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east division titles
don't really mean much
Pretty easy to say when you dont win them
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:56 pm to Phat Phil
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Worst in state talent
Nope, I still think we have them beat
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:57 pm to Phat Phil
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Worst in state talent
Nope, I still think we have them beat
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:57 pm to VFL1800FPD
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don't really mean much
not as prestigious as your offseason championships but its a start
Posted on 9/8/16 at 3:58 pm to mizslu314
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Pretty easy to say when you dont win them
its easier to win the east than for tennessee to beat mizzou
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:03 pm to KCM0Tiger
Just call in an airstrike and start all over again.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:06 pm to Phat Phil
All those facilities at Tennessee aren't buying any wins.
Tennessee has worse in state talent than Missouri many years.
Keep living in the past.
Get out of my safe space.
Buttchugging.
Tennessee has worse in state talent than Missouri many years.
Keep living in the past.
Get out of my safe space.
Buttchugging.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 4:07 pm to mizslu314
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Pretty easy to say when you dont win them
No. Division titles are nice. But it doesn't really mean squat unless you win the big game. And I know we haven't won it recently. It is what it is.
This post was edited on 9/8/16 at 4:08 pm
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