Not sure what affect this has...

http://www.emerson.edu/news-events/emerson-college-today/parnell-steps-down-director-athletics

The comments on that article are very touching. Coach Smith should be proud of that.

Word around the league is that Coach Smith was forced out (which if true...is ridiculous). From the grumblings I've heard and been told i there may have been some tension within the Athletic Department. Also to be noted that word was that Emersons AD (who has been there maybe 3-5 years...not sure when she took over) has a terrible reputation and has fired or "forced out" a good handful of coaches from other departments since she took over. Hopefully the story will break soon...your previous posts' and the newspaper definitely make you think something else is going on

Anyone know what happened to Anthony Griffin from Westfield State who didn't come back for 2nd semester?

Looks like a 3 legged race between Albertus, Emerson and St. Joe's should be an interesting playoff

Thanks for clarifying.

Can someone explain how Wash U's Sean Wallis is still in school. It seems like he's been there for 6 or 7 years now...I remember he was hurt one year...

Man the Salem State faithful must be angry. 2nd year for this coach who will record one of the worst seasons in SSC history...a year after they go deep into the NCAA tournament!!!

I have found it interesting to see how things have changed in the GNAC. Lasell and Emmanuel are at the bottom of the pack. There doesn't seem to be any dominant teams this year.

Also find it interesting to see Pre-Season all american Shannon only averaging 12 or 13ppg compared to his #'s last year (he had a couple 30 point games last year).

Will also be interesting to see how good Askew ends up being after 4 years.

They lost to Emerson. Don't know how much retooling they will be doing. On another note...Emerson beat Albertus Magnus (a surprise) ans has now won 5 in a row...looks like it may be St. Joes and Emerson holding the reigns to the league.

Also watch out for Norwich possibly being a sleeper.

In honor of 2010 why don't people put out their thoughts on a GNAC all decade team..or something similar. I started watching GNAC play for about 6-7 years now...so would maybe be missing a couple years but there have been some players over the years some that jump out are...

-Rob Hennigan (Emerson)
-Jose Guitan (Lasell)
-Doug Hammond (Southern Vermont)
-Jeremy Shannon (Emerson)
-Jaime Crawford (Lasell)
-John Mcmahon (Rivier)
-Tim Russell (Albertus Magnus)
-Rob Williams-Hinton (Emmanuel)
-Will Dawkins (Emerson)
-Rene Cheatham (Norwich)
-Jeff Carpenter (Rivier)
-John Murphy (Suffolk)
-Jon Godbout (WNEC)

I agree. MIT is a good/solid team. Teams like Salem State who I believe will not finish with a horrible record..but is obviously not as good as previous years teams and do play a very tough early season schedule and Emerson who has been a good/tough opponent over the years (but has been missing their pre-season All-American Shannon) do not have good records early but will most likely finish off stronger.

This problem however is always the case in D3. A team can be top 25 the previous year and can loose players, or have injuries to cause them to not be the same the following year.

MIT should be very good for years to come, Kates and Hollingsworth should be studs. It will be interesting to see how they handle teams with quicker guards because that is their one weakness.

Lasell's in that mix with a 3-5 record?

Shannon returns to have 22pts, 10 rbs, 6asst in 38 min. Guess he's healthy now. But emerson's Rouse did not play in the game.

Quote from: thatdude 30 on November 30, 2009, 09:33:47 PM

Quote from: nescac1 on November 25, 2009, 07:32:15 AM

Only thing is that UMD has had there all-american every game except the 1st game. The problem is he is still recovering from off season surgery so he is not in his all american status just yet. Once he gets healthy UMD will prob be the best in the northeast hands down. I also think that East Conn has a chance to move up to that 8 or 9 lot if they keep playing the way they have been playing

Who is UMD's all american--I don't recall them having one?