MBB: USA South Conference

[captj]

I see that my karma has taken another hit... undoubtedly from Pat for calling him on his truculent treatment of posters. 

I have a question for you Pat; are these websites your full-time profession, or do you run the sites for benevolent reasons?  The effort required to run them must be staggering, so that plus the existence of all of the pop-ups on the site makes me believe that this is what you do for a living.  Either way, thanks.  During basketball season (and beyond) it is my favorite website and I commend you for recognizing a business opportunity and filling the void.

[cnu85]

Pat does this for fun....he's into pain!!


Where's the inside news on the team.....any newbies...? Captj....if we don't hear anything tonight on this board...call CJ in his office tomorrow and demand to know - use the sponsor, alumni pull on him!! 


hey ....forget CMU...bring on Princeton!!

[cnufan]

Pat works for sports weekly, i think is the name of itand hes some sort of copy editor too i think.

[Ralph Turner]

Pat Coleman has permitted me to moderate the D3Baseball message boards.  We have had a good response from the NCAC and the ODAC conferences about setting up a basic board for those conferences.  I will moderate the ASC and West Region Independent boards for the time being.

Pat has explained some of the ground rules on the ASC board.  There will be no editorial content, just hyperlinks to the schools and conferences websites and message board space for scores, commentary and links to press reports.  There are other thoughts on the NCAC and ODAC boards.  We have added a board that will track the NABC Poll.

I sought other D3 veterans' advice and they suggested that I post here asking for a volunteer who would like to help maintain a USAC Baseball board.  From the several names that may contact me via my email, I will try to select a motivated, well-respected baseball fan who has a good track record on the various boards.

Thanks in advance to the volunteer and to the fans of USAC Baseball who will use the board.   

[Ralph Turner]

captj, I think that this is Pat's "hobby"! 

If it turns into a successful business venture, it will likely be one of those multi-decade "overnight" successes. 

These sites would be even more successful, if the SID's and the designated college personnel authorized to publicize D3 athletics would use the site for all it can provide.  In the new media, the web is the newsroom.

[captj]

Wow!  I had no idea.  Because of the obviously monumental level of effort required to run this site I thought that this was what Pat did for a living; that the site was a full fledged, ongoing business.

Pat; I take back any derisive comments I may have directed at you.  You've got to be the all-time greatest D3 basketball fan.  No more guff from me when you become irked at us mere mortals.  And thanks for the site.

[narch]

ralph - i think i sent you this via PM, but it did something funky, and i'm not sure it went through, so i'll post it here - exactly what is required of a moderator?  I'd be more than willing to start the USASAC baseball conversation, and I think the strongest baseball conference in the country deserves some space and it's own board, but if moderating takes more time than I already spend on this site, not sure my boss is into it

[narch]

ralph - i started a usasac baseball board, but don't know how to make a topic "sticky" as you asked - i'm cool with sharing moderating duties with goose, even though he is a cnu guy

for those interested, i've posted a poll and a discussion topic - this should be fun, especially after the monarchs wrap up their 4th straight usasac hoops title and make a run through the first few rounds of the ncaa's

[Pat Coleman]

I see that my karma has taken another hit... undoubtedly from Pat for calling him on his truculent treatment of posters. 

I have a question for you Pat; are these websites your full-time profession, or do you run the sites for benevolent reasons?  The effort required to run them must be staggering, so that plus the existence of all of the pop-ups on the site makes me believe that this is what you do for a living.  Either way, thanks.  During basketball season (and beyond) it is my favorite website and I commend you for recognizing a business opportunity and filling the void.

Thanks, but what pop-ups? We haven't run a pop-up ad on this site in three months.

[narch]

pat - thanks for the baseball boards...you're my hero!

[Pat Coleman]

pat - thanks for the baseball boards...you're my hero!

Thanks. What does that say about you, exactly?

[captj]

I see that my karma has taken another hit... undoubtedly from Pat for calling him on his truculent treatment of posters. 

I have a question for you Pat; are these websites your full-time profession, or do you run the sites for benevolent reasons?  The effort required to run them must be staggering, so that plus the existence of all of the pop-ups on the site makes me believe that this is what you do for a living.  Either way, thanks.  During basketball season (and beyond) it is my favorite website and I commend you for recognizing a business opportunity and filling the void.

Thanks, but what pop-ups? We haven't run a pop-up ad on this site in three months.

I assumed that my pop-up blocker was doing it job.  I don't know what all the ads are called on the home page on the right side; that was what I was referring to.

On the baseball moderator topic; I'm sure that you already know this, but if narch was willing and able to take it on you couldn't ask for anyone better for the job.

[Pat Coleman]

As long as you're not blocking those too. We need those.

[captj]

Goose and game -

Still nothing to report?  Or are you saving a big surprise for us?  I guess we'll find out Tuesday night.  Calibrate your calendar and watch, 85.

[narch]

pat - thanks for the baseball boards...you're my hero!

Thanks. What does that say about you, exactly?

my wife would tell you that it means i'm psychotic...she has a hard time believing that i'm up until midnight surfing d3 sports sites and not something most others use the 'net for