MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[coachwgh]

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It is not illegal for prospective recruits to play ball with current players and for those players to report to coaches on how it went.  How else can a recruit judge how he/she fits/stacks up before deciding where to play?   

Partly correct: It is not illegal for recruits to play in an open gym setting while on a campus visit.  It would however be illegal if a decision was made on the acceptance of that young man into a program on the basis of how a representative of that institution said he played on his campus visit.  I don't really care.  I just wanted to clarify.  I can remember the good old days of being an assistant at the NAIA level.  I was running drills for recruits and playing pick up with the whole team.  I used to be in much better shape in those days.  Now there is no competition for me in LaGrange.  Simply because my level of competition has slipped below the pee wee league level. 

Two more horses in the stable or should I say Panthers in the zoo??  This class is shaping up into a solid group that could really solidify a top four spot in the conference!

BTW: Ralph you have been penalized 1 brownie point for excessive use of smiley face icon thingies.   You used six on one post.  That is almost enough for them to form a tribe of their own and eat their own young. 

[Ralph Turner]

Good morning, coachwgh!

There is only one explanation, and many readers of these boards will understand completely.  It is the sheer joy and Peace that comes from the chance to live each and everyday in my Lord.

[wilburt]

I second that emotion Dr. Ralph.

Also, in answer to a question that you have previously asked Dr. Ralph.  From my sources, I am 90% certain Fisk will make a move to D2 and rejoin the SIAC.  The timetable for the move is uncertain.  There has to Board approval, NCAA reclassification etc. etc.   

[old_lion]

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It is not illegal for prospective recruits to play ball with current players and for those players to report to coaches on how it went.  How else can a recruit judge how he/she fits/stacks up before deciding where to play?   

Partly correct: It is not illegal for recruits to play in an open gym setting while on a campus visit.  It would however be illegal if a decision was made on the acceptance of that young man into a program on the basis of how a representative of that institution said he played on his campus visit.  I don't really care.  I just wanted to clarify.  I can remember the good old days of being an assistant at the NAIA level.  I was running drills for recruits and playing pick up with the whole team.  I used to be in much better shape in those days.  Now there is no competition for me in LaGrange.  Simply because my level of competition has slipped below the pee wee league level. 

Two more horses in the stable or should I say Panthers in the zoo??  This class is shaping up into a solid group that could really solidify a top four spot in the conference!
BTW: Ralph you have been penalized 1 brownie point for excessive use of smiley face icon thingies.   You used six on one post.  That is almost enough for them to form a tribe of their own and eat their own young. 

(1) I appreciate the clarification ... and I'm sure you are just quoting the rule. But, with all due respect to the NCAA (which when it comes to this sort of thing, is not much) that phraseology just sounds like pure, unadulterated BS.

(2) You feel like you've got a lock on a top four finish, huh? I always appreciate a sense of humor ... How about a synopsis of that recruiting class ... names, positions, sizes, etc.? Inquiring minds want to know ...

[old_lion]

Good morning, coachwgh!

There is only one explanation, and many readers of these boards will understand completely.  It is the sheer joy and Peace that comes from the chance to live each and everyday in my Lord.

Ralph,

I am aware of religious fervor being blamed/given credit for a lot of things throughout history ... including, but not limited to ... The Crusades, The Spanish Inquisition, the founding of America, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, 911, and that Clusterf*&k that is the Middle East.

But excessive use of smiley face icon thingies??? Just when you thought you'd heard it all ... 

But whatever ... At least the good news is, in this country, you won't be beheaded on the internet for expressing your opinion. Not yet, anyway ...

No disrespect intended, Ralph ... just some observations. Or, as you said, just some bored off-season ramblings... 

[ohyeah]

I second that emotion Dr. Ralph.

Also, in answer to a question that you have previously asked Dr. Ralph.  From my sources, I am 90% certain Fisk will make a move to D2 and rejoin the SIAC.  The timetable for the move is uncertain.  There has to Board approval, NCAA reclassification etc. etc.   

Wilburt,

I am just not as knowledgable about the move to d2 as others, but where will the money come from for the scholarships.  I know that was part of the reason they left the GSAC was b/c their budget was much lower then everyone elses.  I am just wondering, not bashing Fisk, just trying to get educated on the matter.

[wilburt]

Valid questions, oh yeah.

My responses:

1. It doesn't take as much money as you may think from the school's operating budget.  You just have to be a little creative and think outside of the box with the financing. 

2. Stillman did the same thing when they left the D3 GSAC to join the D2 SIAC.  Fisk will be basically (I imagine) following their model - except for adding football.

[wilburt]

Also, for you oldtimers out there.  Do any of you remember the Old WIAC?  It was the athletic conference for women's sports during the 1980s and possibly early 1990s.  They disbanded sometime in the 1990s.  Does anyone have records (or know where to obtain) for the all-conference teams and the conference team champions?

I believe the schools that were members of the WIAC were - Fisk, Maryville, Berea, Sewanee and Rhodes.  There may have been others.  I don't know.   Anybody got any information out there?     

[scottiedoug]

Since I may have opened this jar, I want to reiterate what I wrote, which was:
It is not illegal for prospective recruits to play ball with current players and for those players to report to coaches on how it went.  How else can a recruit judge how he/she fits/stacks up before deciding where to play?   

Coach WGH replied:
Partly correct: It is not illegal for recruits to play in an open gym setting while on a campus visit.  It would however be illegal if a decision was made on the acceptance of that young man into a program on the basis of how a representative of that institution said he played on his campus visit.

I am not sure about the "partly" part. My point was that such open gym games help the recruit decide where to go, not that the institution (Murvul in the case at hand) would accept or reject a player into the program based on open gym. 

I do not know what homeland security enforcers are trolling this discussion but it is my understanding that the way RDL runs his program is as I suggested.

Old-Lion says in response to Ralph's explanation of excessive smileythingys:
But whatever ... At least the good news is, in this country, you won't be beheaded on the internet for expressing your opinion. Not yet, anyway ...

I agree about the beheading part but suggest that any person wanting to be elected to anything in this country cannot openly offer a view fundamentally at odds with Ralph's and not be called at best UnAmerican.

[scottiedoug]

Murvul recruiting news:
http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=1967

[coachwgh]

Just to clarify I don't care and I am not accusing anyone of anything.  I am not trying to get in anybody's gym 'cause I don't want them in mine. 

Have a great weekend! 

"If you see me on a golf course stay to the left and you should be safe."

[coachwgh]

BTW: Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

AND: I heard Billy Donovan had a phone interview today with Huntingdon.....

[mattgrubb]

His was right after Dale Lomax's phone interview

[GSAC Killer]

I heard Tom Robinson was making a comeback in coaching and has applied for the Huntingdon position..

[Ralph Turner]

Good morning, coachwgh!

There is only one explanation, and many readers of these boards will understand completely.  It is the sheer joy and Peace that comes from the chance to live each and everyday in my Lord.

Ralph,

I am aware of religious fervor being blamed/given credit for a lot of things throughout history ... including, but not limited to ... The Crusades, The Spanish Inquisition, the founding of America, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, 911, and that Clusterf*&k that is the Middle East.

But excessive use of smiley face icon thingies??? Just when you thought you'd heard it all ... 

But whatever ... At least the good news is, in this country, you won't be beheaded on the internet for expressing your opinion. Not yet, anyway ...

No disrespect intended, Ralph ... just some observations. Or, as you said, just some bored off-season ramblings... 

Have a good week,  old lion!