Here at Rhode Island, in light of our tough record, Coach Inglese is always asking "what can we do that other programs are not?". That's a great question.
I watched the movie "Moneyball" last night...GREAT film! I highly recommend it. Without giving away much of the movie, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) realizes that his team's salary cap ($39 million) cannot compete against his opponents (Yankees: $129 million). In essence, Beane is playing in an unfair game so he resorts to an entirely new method of drafting players...which upsets a lot of people in the process because they feel he is disrespecting the tradition of baseball.
See how this line of thinking has influenced and brought great success for the women's basketball program at St. Bonaventure.
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7479925/coach-jim-crowley-moneyball-approach-lifts-st-bonaventure
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