MBB: MAC Freedom League

[cold_case]

Professional journalists get professional responses. Cranks on message boards get crank responses.

Think about how you present yourself when you e-mail someone. I know you're a sportswriter but even sportswriters should manage some profssionalism. Please don't live down to the public's perception of us. Thanks.

Right, show professionalism instead of taking it public.
By the way, what is the public's perception?

[Pat Coleman]

Pat "Morita" Coleman, I sent you an important e-mail. I'd appreciate a response.

Right, show professionalism instead of taking it public.

[Coach C]

Pat -

You mean the perception that sportswriters are wannabes with substance abuse problems, poor hygiene and clothing issues who manage to have more substantial mental issues than coaches?  That perception???

C

[kingjames]

Wow, sorry but this forum is a joke.  It reflects it's admin. 

[Pat Coleman]

Sorry, man. Guess we should go back to the days where we had players' parents grinding their personal axes against coaches, where fans talked more about the fights after the games than the games themselves, where both coaches AND sports information people from the same school got onto the board to combat other posters.

I, for one, am glad those days are gone.

Perhaps if you had more to contribute than complaints about the site and your inability to use the tools it provides, things might be better.

Let me get this off my chest.  Who's running this site?  Why can't users start a new thread so we don't have to dig through 16 pages of posts?

[Leo The Lion]

First time poster, long time lurker. 

Just want to know why this board has become so hostile over the past few days.  Why so mad everybody?

As for my loyalties, I guess its pretty evident by name.  Speaking of which, the North Main Street Crew seems to have turned things around a bit, huge game this Wednesday

-Leo

[ColonelJohn4Life]

I can attest to being a D3 basketball fan both before (pre-99 or so) and during the D3hoops.com era.  Before, there were rankings, but no one knew what they counted as, or where to find them.  The only information you could get on a team was from the school's website, and anyone who tried finding school's sites, let alone a basketball page ON said site... lemme tell ya, easier said than done.

For those who think they can do a better job, heh heh, go for it.  Ask Pat how easy the job is.  Hey Pat, how many hours do you put in during tournament week?  For how much an hour?  And people here give him crap for bringing us closer to the game.  Crticism?  We should nominate the guy for sainthood.

Standings of EVERY conference (and non-conference), links to every team's page on here and every school's site, message boards for each conference, national message boards, live audio of games, the most complete D-3 Top 25 rankings... by the way, all of that for men AND WOMEN.

It's a thankless job.  That said, thanks, Pat.

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks, John.

I try not to track my hours, because since I haven't drawn a paycheck since the tech crash in ... what, 2000? ... it's just disheartening to think about the site in those terms.

[Section J Guy]

That is all very well and nice...


but Wilkes is still not getting an at-large bid!

[fanfromafar]

This is the most comprehensive college basketball web-site in America, at any division, period.  The fact that you can access every team, male and female, in every region is simply outstanding.

What a tremendous resource we have here, and Pat provides not only accurate and up to the minute information, but sensible, intelligent commentary.  I wish such a site were also available for D I and D II.

Thank you, Pat Coleman!

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Sure, there's a chance of a Wilkes at-large bid.  Those 3 straight losses are what the selection committee refers to as "character builders".  Other than that streak, Wilkes is 8-1 (4-0).  Nobody's perfect - the key is seeing how a team reacts to adversity, and Wilkes has responded.

And Pat, I pour my heart out in a post extolling all the benefits of your fair site, and I don't get one lousy karma point?  Y'know what, screw you, the site sucks anyway.  

[Pat Coleman]

I did but someone else must have smited you. I'll try again.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Pat, all has once again been forgiven.

In the meantime, there's a showdown of 3-1 teams in conference tomorrow.  Leo the Lion, where's the King's speech about having a dream of beating Scranton? (Y'mean, yesterday wasn't in rememberance of King's, or that dream?)  Guy, SJ - step up, talk some junk.  Saratoga, where are you?

As a quick aside, just imagine the wreckage that, say, Matt Cusano (or, for that matter, a 1988 JP Andrejko) would unleash on this year's King's low-posts.  Somewhere the ghost of Stephen Loud cries, "Where were these chances when I had eligiblity?!"

[Coach C]

CJ4L -

I dropped one of my very infrequent karma points on ya.

At large bid?  Please tell me you had been enjoying a few adult beverages before you posted that.  Marywood???

C

[Leo The Lion]

CJ4L-

A dream indeed, but hopefully made reality tomorrow night.  I'm really looking forward to drive up 81 tomorrow night.  The winner of this game by default becomes the biggest threat to Wilkes's conference supremacy.  After the heartbreaking loss to Wilkes and the embarassing lose to BBC, things looked bleak.  But the recent win streak has the Monarch faithful and the Senuna's Regulars believing again. 

Bottom line: A win tomorrow proves the team is for a real and will be a threat for the MAC Crown once again.