WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

PRF2007 · January 31, 2008, 01:48:55 PM

St. Bens looked good against Carleton last night. Hot shooting kept them in the game during the first half. Carleton was executing their offense flawlessly in the first half. I think they scored 10-16 points on back door cuts in the first half. Lincoln and Okenberg are a very good duo and work very well with eachother. When one or the other was out of the game they tended to struggle due to a lack of perimiter game.

The 2nd half was a different story with Okenberg getting very frustrated going against Frank and a slew of other Bennie posts. Also, St. Bens played much better D and Carleton got a little lazy and tenative on offense.

On a neutral court I think that Carleton is a better team right now due to their size and experience. Okenberg and Lincoln are not only skilled, but they are very smart players and do not make many mistakes.

Ghost of MIAC Past · January 31, 2008, 02:19:01 PM

PRF, how do you know anything about what was going on at SMU last year? How could you possibly know if he was or wasn't going to class?

I think you have no idea what you're talking about, and maybe you should be in the situation before you try to state facts about what was going on.

Even if he was forced into coaching golf and didn't do a good job, how does that have anything to do with coaching basketball, the job he was there to do? If he did such a bad job, then why were all his players unhappy when he left?

gottaluvhoops · January 31, 2008, 04:41:45 PM

east coast miac--weren't you the assistant coach at SMU last year?

PRF2007 · January 31, 2008, 06:57:11 PM

Quote from: east coast miac fan on January 31, 2008, 02:19:01 PM
PRF, how do you know anything about what was going on at SMU last year? How could you possibly know if he was or wasn't going to class?

I think you have no idea what you're talking about, and maybe you should be in the situation before you try to state facts about what was going on.

Even if he was forced into coaching golf and didn't do a good job, how does that have anything to do with coaching basketball, the job he was there to do? If he did such a bad job, then why were all his players unhappy when he left?

There's no need to slam coaches if it's going to offend anyone. Let's leave with... in my OPINION St. Mary's is MUCH better off with the new coaching staff. Hopefully this coach will be able to stick around for a while. It would definitely help a lot. I know one girl on the team that has had a different coach 7 out of the last 8 years since 8th grade. She will be a Senior next year.

As for "not knowing the facts". I know the entire golf team, 5 players from the baketball team(who weren't as dissapointed as you say), numerous staff members at St. Marys, and 3 players that were being recruited hard by St. Mary's and are college freshmen this year playing at other colleges. If that's not enough information to come up with a solid and definitely defendible opinion... what is?

Once again, this is my opinion.... Get over it.

LA RAMS · February 01, 2008, 08:41:58 AM

ECMF,
Trust me, SMU is WAYYYYY better off with the new regime that's in place now. I think bolting after just one season says a lot, doesn't it?

(message edited by Dale "Chip" Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez)

Ghost of MIAC Past · February 01, 2008, 09:28:38 AM

Yeah I guess taking a job that's closer to your family and hometown is a real bad thing isn't it?

gottaluvhoops · February 01, 2008, 11:13:33 AM

east coast miac--weren't you the assistant coach last year at smu?

gacbacker · February 01, 2008, 11:42:59 AM

I've had enought St. Mary's talk to last me about a year or so...

mnbball4 · February 01, 2008, 06:55:23 PM

gacbacker,
so sorry one of the past 4 posts were not about jess vadnais, or the wonders of her 'game'.
they'll try to stay more on topic for your sake next time.

Willy Wonka · February 01, 2008, 07:31:26 PM

Ha! I was just about to say...

90% of this board could prolly say the same thing about the Gusties, gacbacker, especially with the Bennie posters hibernating this winter.

gacbacker · February 01, 2008, 08:21:05 PM

Hey I have no problem if you want to talk about what St. Mary's is doing on the court this year, but I don't really see the worth in two people arguing over the one year tenure of a departed coach. Especially when one side appears to be biased due to a personal relationship with the coach and the other seems biased due to relationships with players.

And if you are going to argue this ridiculously boring topic, at least give some facts to back up your points instead of going back and forth with "you don't know what you're talking about" "yes I do know what I'm talking about" "You don't know the whole situation" "yes I do know the whole situation"

And by the way mnbball4, or should I say Jamie? great way to start your posting career. A little jealous of the Gusties record perhaps over there in Northfield? Or just jealous of Vadnais' skills?

buf · February 02, 2008, 04:52:28 PM

St Thomas won at Carleton today

LA RAMS · February 02, 2008, 07:53:16 PM

Was able to catch Concordia's win over Mac earlier this afternoon. The game was close for the most part throughout the first half, then the Cobbers took adantage of some Mac miscues and the resulting flurry of points extended the Cobber lead to 7 at the half. Melanie Hageman was nails today and it's easy to see why she's one of the front-runners for MVP.

Was also able to catch most of CSB's systematic destruction of (now) suddenly slumping Bethel. Bad enough for the Royals who were without two of their normal starters - one out for the year with mono and the other deciding to hop down to Guatemala for the semester. Even worse was the Blazers FY post Danielle Frank who was simply unstoppable today. That, plus some exceptional perimeter sharpshooting by the likes of Falvey and O'Neil sealed Bethel's fate early.

Also, I see the Gusties snared a somewhat predictable win today.....and UST beat Carleton down in N'field.

This sets the stage then for (presumably) another classic GAC-CSB clash up in St. Joe Monday night. While Vadnais will obviously have to be on top of her game, the bigger problem I see for the Gusties right now is dealing with Frank who has my vote for Newcomer of the Year. Hopefully GAC will have an answer.

mnbball4 · February 02, 2008, 10:24:32 PM

I respect Jess' skills, she picked me at least 3 times in our game at Gustavus. She also became the school's all time leading scorer during our game too - very cool.
But why can't you just let the posts flow normally... just because someone from st mary's isn't in the running for MVP doesn't mean you have to try and force the conversation away from some coach chat, and back to your beloved Gusties. You can knock our record, or my 'skill set' - but I'm quite alright with starting my 'posting career' with that last comment, and ending it with this one. Thanks.

PRF2007 · February 03, 2008, 12:08:44 AM

Quote from: gacbacker on February 01, 2008, 08:21:05 PM

And by the way mnbball4, or should I say Jamie? great way to start your posting career. A little jealous of the Gusties record perhaps over there in Northfield? Or just jealous of Vadnais' skills?

Way to go GAC, you called out someone by their real name. I bet you slept well after that comment.

In other news to get back on track for GAC's sake.... GAC is the great and I bet if all 5 starters score in double figures they will win every game.... Way to go out on a limb there.