Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on January 26, 2007, 05:04:10 PM

Quote from: wizardry on January 25, 2007, 05:21:10 PM
Very classy job last night by coach John Ross.  Not only did he refuse to let them go for the century mark (a lesson for GVW), but he also noticed early on that the opponent was inferior and managed the game accordingly.  The starting five players averaged on 10 minutes of playing time while all of the reserveds played and averaged 21 minutes of playing time.  Very classy!

Of course - everything Calvin is always so much more classy than anything Hope.  Give me a break.  You're talking about one game that the Lady Knights have had this kind of a blow out.  Hope's men have had 5 or 6 in their last 7 games.  At some point you have to not just be concerned about the feelings of the other team - you have to keep your team ready to play the tough games. 

The other thing you'll find is that in most cases, the team on the losing end of a blowout is less embarrased by everyone just playing out the game, than they are by being "protected".  There are of course exceptions, and I think every coach in the MIAA handles that well.

Have to agree with Flying Dutch -- when the third string is in for the last 8 minutes of every game, they should really try not to score. 

Quote from: sac on January 11, 2007, 03:58:44 PM

I highly, highly doubt he'll play for Hope this season.  I would assume since he's played 1 semester he'd be considered a Freshman this year.

I am pretty sure he was sitting behind the bench at last night's game in shirt and tie.

I have to agree with the Green Hornet on all accounts.  Coaches and parents need to set an example for young people, period.

Partridge/Cramer '08.

A couple thoughts on Hope v. Olivet:

-- Vanderheide came to play today; he is a tempo-maker and leader for Hope, set an early tone for the game

-- Good to see Partridge getting some quality minutes (and quite a few fouls...oh my)

-- Anyone see Olivet's coach take a swipe at the scorer's table?  Thought we'd see an immediate technical for that, but there was no ref to be found

-- 99 points just feels good (but not as good as 100)

-- Second question:  Anyone know about GVW and Olivet coach's conversation at the end of the game?

DVS coming up huge for Hope tonight -- how about Vanderheide as well?  Awesome (knock on wood).

so strange for them (Calvin and Hope) to meet pre-season!  wish I could be there -- should be a doozy!

Quote from: hope1 on November 17, 2006, 10:32:38 PM
the hope girls won  tonight    the line up looked really good they are going to be really tough this year  1-0

With two solid starters graduating this past year, I was interested to see what would happen in terms of starters and such.  This women's team is deep -- that was pretty apparent last year as well.  Everyone got off the bench last night against a pretty decent Davenport team (28-5 regular season last year).  The box score says it all: http://www.miaa.org/wbb/stats/0607/1117hodv.htm.  Strong scoring across the board, and no Hope player over 30 minutes of play.

Should be a terrific year...

Well, it was a bittersweet weekend for many of us!  Great to see the Lady Dutch come out on top, but of course sad to see the season end for the men.  Also great to meet some fellow D3Hoopers at Witt on Friday.  Thanks everybody for an excellent season of conversation and speculation!  Best wishes to the Hope women for success this weekend!

Quote from: sac on March 06, 2006, 09:49:07 PM
Hope did not play Grace Bible this year, but did play Andrews.  In my opinion much worse

From my understanding, that was a favor from GVW to Andrews based on a request from their coach.

If Hope is getting only 500 tickets, I hope I will be able to get some.  Any of the Dutch faithful have some insight into when you might get to the Devos on Wednesday?

Quote from: Shareef23 on March 06, 2006, 08:02:27 PM

Don't you find it rather odd that both Calvin and Hope took Cornerstone off their schedule the same year. Yes, they play them at the VA tourney, but no longer in regular season games. Yet they still schedule Grace Bible College.

I don't think Hope played Grace Bible this year.

Quote from: TigerFan_1973 on March 05, 2006, 05:56:03 PM
Do Hope students have to promise to be Amway distributors?

Yes, and pretty much anybody who works or plays in a building in West Michigan 

Quote from: veragrace on February 27, 2006, 02:46:12 PM
Tickets for season ticket holders on sale at 10 am Thursday morning at the DeVos.  There are 800 tix available total for Hope...so get there early!

Do you mean 800 for season-ticket holders or for all of Hope?  Are you sure you don't mean 1700 (50% of the total venue)?

p.s.  real tired of "WWKVSD?"

Quote from: big_yellow_hat on February 27, 2006, 01:52:21 PM
meanwhile gaining a little more comfort and confidence in that horribly outdated gym in Holland.

Exactly what gym are you referring to?  Maybe that was sarcastic.  I couldn't tell.  For horribly outdated gyms, you should look elsewhere.