Empire 8

bombersquadron · October 28, 2008, 08:58:03 PM

Hello everyone. I have been reading the posts from time to time and then I got very busy in my football season, as a modified football coach. I also am out of Ithaca now and teaching in the New York City Metro Area. My school blocks the D3 Hoops website so it has been tough to get on and catch up. I have heard a lot about the Bombers this year from some close friends still in Ithaca and I have very big expectations. They return a talented group of core players and have added at least one piece in a freshman guard. The Bombers recently scrimmaged Cornell University (who made the NCAA Tourney) and won in the first half by 4 points. They lost the second half by 7. It is important to note that Cornell was without Louis Dale and Alex Tyler (Two Starters and Dale is an all-league player). Ithaca played at full strength in the first half but rested some players in the second half to prevent injury. I was told they rested the senior guards to prevent injury and wanted to get some younger guys experience.

I will hopefully cacth up to the post patterns and be ready to go as the season starts. It will be tough being out of Ithaca and I start coaching basketball in two weeks. However, I don't know how much being in Ithaca would help as the Bombers play all most all of the first semester on the road.

FROMAFAR · October 29, 2008, 10:34:49 AM

Welcome back Bomber...... good to hear from you. YEP your on the hot seat. Great expectations and any slips will be magnified... makes for fun posts..... Good luck coaching. You can get some great advise from all your post buddies.......

hey do what I do, catch some games at Stevens.. (if your not too busy) you can see many of the other teams. Your right the schedules are a little crazy... teams play blocks of home and blocks of away... 5 and 6 ata time??? Any way good to hear from you...

Hey Ethelred, that's ok.... doesn't matter who your allegiance is to, we can still comapre notes. One thing I noticed on this web site.....even those with allegiance Alumni etc. tell it like it is.... also give praise to others when deserving. But what do I know

Ethelred the Unready · October 29, 2008, 01:19:58 PM

Quote from: FROMAFAR on October 29, 2008, 10:34:49 AM
Welcome back Bomber...... good to hear from you. YEP your on the hot seat. Great expectations and any slips will be magnified... makes for fun posts..... Good luck coaching. You can get some great advise from all your post buddies....... hey do what I do, catch some games at Stevens.. (if your not too busy) you can see many of the other teams. Your right the schedules are a little crazy... teams play blocks of home and blocks of away... 5 and 6 ata time??? Any way good to hear from you...

Hey Ethelred, that's ok.... doesn't matter who your allegiance is to, we can still comapre notes. One thing I noticed on this web site.....even those with allegiance Alumni etc. tell it like it is.... also give praise to others when deserving. But what do I know

Man, I just want the season to start. I am sick to death of politics. And while I love football on Sat/Sun, the wait is too long between games. The NBA helps, but only marginally.

GPT · October 29, 2008, 02:58:31 PM

What politics? What Election?

FROMAFAR · October 30, 2008, 08:51:05 AM

GPT.... lets not even get close to that..... we are all very friendly right now, and that issue could spill over, unless we all agree........we might because most of you you sound as smart as me when it comes to politics ( just kidding)...seriously, lets stick to hoops doesn't get as messy.....I checked my schedule I will be in the city Nov. 15... I am going to make every effort to get to the Stevens tip off..... should have some some insight as to the new coach, and the style they play....... see how Grey ( or is it Gray

), Greco and Passalaqua look this year.......I'm counting on you northerners to get some Upsatae games in early... As I said I will see RIT in early Dec. as well as Naz. and U of R.........as Ethel said I just can't wait to get this paryy started...

sjfcards · November 02, 2008, 02:32:35 PM

Is there any big time recruits in the E8 this year? I hear this kid from Canandaigua looks good for Fisher, but other than that, I don't know.

GPT · November 02, 2008, 03:59:09 PM

His name is Conner Henderson he went to Canandaiqua Academy. They have him listed at 6'3" 190.
From what I heard, he is very athletic. If you go to any of the the Section V blogs some people say he was the the best athlete. He played Basketball, Lacrosse and Football and was captainI believe on all three teams. I did see a few pictures and he does look bigger then 190.

scooterman · November 03, 2008, 08:32:05 PM

Henderson was a "lights-out" shooter in HS and was not afraid to launch from anywhere.

JQV · November 04, 2008, 03:15:39 PM

Welcome back Bomber

From...a...Far go easy on the ellipses.

+k to both.

Edit:

The new post activity motivated me to check out IC's 2008-2009 schedule and it is quite a doozy.

The Bombers only have two non-conference home games and one of those comes after winter break so, until January, they are in the Bulb just once.

They also don't appear to be making a trip over the winter break. The last few years they have played in tournaments down here in Florida but that appears over.

Tough road.

sjfcards · November 04, 2008, 08:48:50 PM

Thanks for the info about henderson guys. Hopefully, he can be a big time shooter to pick up the slack when Baltz and Newman are off. When they are on, if he can shoot and Franklin gets going, they can score points. I still hate the idea that we don't have a real big man. Guard play is important, but sometimes you need to get easy buckets inside.

I am looking forward to the season almost as much as I am looking forward to the big Ithaca/Fisher soccer game this Friday.

sjfcards · November 09, 2008, 10:37:34 AM

Are there any teams playing a scrimmage this week? I haven't heard of any, but I haven't really looked into it all that much.

GPT · November 11, 2008, 02:12:37 PM

Does anyone know Fisher Big Announcement today for the Athletic Dept?

sjfcards · November 11, 2008, 02:26:52 PM

Phil Kahler, the Womens Basketball head coach and one of the winningest coaches in College Basketball, is announcing his retirement from what I have heard. It seems like a bit of a let down, but I think the man deserves a lot of credit. He has been a class act his entire career, and has brought a lot of notoriety and positive attention to Fisher as a school.

UCgrad45 · November 11, 2008, 10:34:49 PM

Quote from: sjfcards on November 02, 2008, 02:32:35 PM
Is there any big time recruits in the E8 this year? I hear this kid from Canandaigua looks good for Fisher, but other than that, I don't know.

Utica has a 36 year old former coach and member of the Angolan Olympic team in 1992. The guy can shoot the lights out and will average a double double. If he was in his prime, the guy would be good enough to transfer to Syracuse to play for Boeheim.

I'm kidding.

bamm · November 13, 2008, 08:11:45 AM

Really nice area college basketball preview in the Democrat and Chronicle today.

The online version isn't as pretty -- but here it is:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20081113/SPORTS09/811130367/1007/SPORTS

And the D&C is calling Naz the team to beat around town, with a couple of nice quotes from Ryan McAdam and Fisher's Kornaker:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20081113/SPORTS09/811130356/1007/SPORTS