Declan Walsh

sports reporter @insider_ct || past: @ncaa, @sinow, @pbpost || jane jacobs enthusiast

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@transkayla Baseball belongs in a neighborhood imo, and perhaps the arena too with NBA + NHL + future WNBA. The Linc is perfect where it is tho

[Blake DuDonis @BlakeDuDonis]

Appreciate @declanaw for the deep dive into what’s becoming my obsession in scheduling!

https://t.co/PPPFj6Ix8U

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@brauf33 People going to bat for the urban design of Houston or Phoenix -- hopeless

[Blake DuDonis @BlakeDuDonis]

Great look at our offense and program as a whole!

https://t.co/TTo1NwsbVl via @ConnPost

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@coleadamss You're not at all curious if Michigan can top this?

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@BoilerMuse “Why would CBB fans care about the atmosphere of a game they’re not at”

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@2ndChancePoints Maui, Atlantis, etc. all follow(ed) the same, pretty evident formula, and I get they are sorta annoying, infeasible destinations.

but why not like the Great Smoky Shootout in Gatlinburg, or the Gilmore Girls Jamboree in northern CT, or the Border Bash in Chula Vista?

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@GoodmanHoops The small, intimate venue in a far-flung destination was part of the appeal and the atmosphere it created was cultivated/intentional. Players Era isn’t categorically different, it’s just making a good thing worse.

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@CurryHicksSage The neutral site-ification of the biggest games in college sports is genuinely my No. 1 issue/concern atm. NCAA Tournament expansion is the same thing — no more great late February atmospheres at, say, the RAC/Nebby/W. Virginia

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@ryanhammer09 The European academy system makes it harder to draw a clear line — a lot of those guys start making apprentice $$ at 15, and it’s not fair to exclude them.

But overall it continues a trend of professionalizing CBB, which does suck imo

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

Right, I didn't mean that kind of thing would happen tomorrow, should've phrased that clearly. But there were also (overly punitive) rules that would have prohibited this and many of the European players coming over before.

I get this is a fallacious slippery slope argument, but it seems to be echoed by a lot of coaches who have no confidence in the NCAA to enforce future challenges to those rules.

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@alanthefisher https://t.co/4Mw6dq4Act

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@alanthefisher Maybe not quite <200k, but I feel like Lower Moyamensing has a good amount around 200-225k and has a lot of quintisential south philly attributes

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@conomarz @ridestheq46 @the_transit_guy Kudos to Seattle -- 300 events is awesome. The conferences, theatre events, etc, are particularly interesting imo. Graduated from UF where BHG is open to the public 9-5, and I'd always thought downtown stadiums could do more to activate the space more casually.

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@conomarz @the_transit_guy Football probably doesn’t get used enough for a true downtown stadium — I think Philly does it right

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@CBB_Central Harun Zrno heave from the logo to win it

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@ryanhammer09 Pauley looks really nice imo

[Declan Walsh @declanaw]

@PanasonicDX4500 Philadelphia QuakHers?