MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[wwjjdd]

The kinesiologist ph.d who can coach pool must be pretty shallow.

That is probably true. In light of that I think it will be quite interesting to see who comes out of this whole process. If coach Neil comes out of this process as the head coach it will be hard not to ask why it took so long to make the hire that was always right in front of the committee. Thank goodness Hope only hires a coach every 30 years or so. I'm not sure if our anxiety levels or this board could handle this discussion on a yearly basis.

It's hard to tell without emoticons, so are you being facetious in that next-to-last sentence or do you actually believe that GVW's successor will be Hope's coach for the next thirty years?

If he does you can scarcely blame him.  Hope hires a new hoops coach about as often as Russ' changes its menu.

Why mess with perfection? A bowl of snet, a twinburger, coffee and carrot cake. That's good living.

"snet"  - Should be "snert: soep van groene spliterwten" aka "split pea soup."

As my personal idol Erm Schmigget says:

"If there is one thing I've learned from this board it's this: There's more than one way to split a hair."

[realist]

Sac;  You may very well be right about CU.  However, it probably didn't hurt their game that they spent some time the last few weeks down in Dominican Republic doing mission work, and playing some ball.

[ziggy]

the Tigers just drafted Jim Leyland's son, Patrick, in the eighth round.
http://motorcitybengals.com/2010/06/08/day-2-of-mlb-draft-is-underway-for-detroit-tigers/

[Gregory Sager]

To say that the final out of the ninth inning is the same as the final out in every other inning is simply not true.  The game ends after the 27th out, not just the inning unlike the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st or 24th out.

You missed the point I made to Chuck. The rulebook says that the third out of the ninth inning is the same as the third out of the other innings in terms of how the inning functions (i.e., there are no additional batters in the inning).

You missed the point CCIWFAN6 made to you. The third out of the ninth inning is not the same as the third out of the other innings in terms of how the game functions (i.e., there are no additional batters in the game).

No, I didn't. CCIWFAN6's response left out the key phrase, "in terms of how the inning functions," so he was accusing me of saying something that I didn't say.

[KnightSlappy]

You're fixating upon the 27th out as though it is of special significance in terms of the construction of the game. It isn't.

To say that the final out of the ninth inning is the same as the final out in every other inning is simply not true.  The game ends after the 27th out, not just the inning unlike the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st or 24th out.

The game is constructed so that it ends after the 27th out. I think that was his point. I don't think he was debating how an inning functions.

[Gregory Sager]

You're fixating upon the 27th out as though it is of special significance in terms of the construction of the game. It isn't.

To say that the final out of the ninth inning is the same as the final out in every other inning is simply not true.  The game ends after the 27th out, not just the inning unlike the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st or 24th out.

The game is constructed so that it ends after the 27th out. I think that was his point. I don't think he was debating how an inning functions.

In that case, he wasn't debating anyone at all, because by leaving out that phrase he was not debating me.

[ziggy]

You're fixating upon the 27th out as though it is of special significance in terms of the construction of the game. It isn't.

To say that the final out of the ninth inning is the same as the final out in every other inning is simply not true.  The game ends after the 27th out, not just the inning unlike the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st or 24th out.

The game is constructed so that it ends after the 27th out. I think that was his point. I don't think he was debating how an inning functions.

In that case, he wasn't debating anyone at all, because by leaving out that phrase he was not debating me.

Good discussion. Thanks.

[Gregory Sager]

You're fixating upon the 27th out as though it is of special significance in terms of the construction of the game. It isn't.

To say that the final out of the ninth inning is the same as the final out in every other inning is simply not true.  The game ends after the 27th out, not just the inning unlike the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st or 24th out.

The game is constructed so that it ends after the 27th out. I think that was his point. I don't think he was debating how an inning functions.

In that case, he wasn't debating anyone at all, because by leaving out that phrase he was not debating me.

Good discussion. Thanks.

I'd say that we're about one post, maybe two, from seeing the .gif of Lord Haughty taking the stick to the carcass of old Dobbin. That would make two consecutive days that that .gif appeared, which I believe would be an off-season record for the MIAA room.

[realist]

[Mr. Ypsi]

Aarrrggh - 'soft' censorship in the MIAA!

[section7]

Whispers from the Tulips say...............the next Hope basketball coach is..................Chad Carlson

The Tulips seem to be in the know!

[hoopdreams]

section 7, are you speculating?  By the way SAC, unless you were at the game Monday night and watched it firsthand, your  brief recap was...  Are you speculating that Cornerstone pulled away and that everyone was present other than Bowser?  Was that info told to you in confidence?  Some of us prefer to let nature run its course before jumping to conclusions that C-stone will be good. Summer league are not an accurate indicator of how strong a team will be during the regular season.  I seem to remember someone debating this in the past.  Can someone find that dialogue for me?

By the way, if it does come to fruition that Carlson is named Head Coach, how do you explain it?  You (SAC) confided in me via personal message about the 3 finalists Hope was interviewing, I believe before it became common knowledge to those on this board. And by know it is common knowledge who the initial 3 were.  What happened? Yes, I understand that these were "personal messages", just trying to make a point. Although I'm not even sure what the point is anymore. Suppose I could have PM'd you about this but then no one could see you calling me names.

Of course, section 7 could simply be making this up to stir the pot, maybe because I haven't made any "jerkish" statements in a few hours. Thought I was done with this but the "Holland grapevine" comment with the cute smily face was too much to pass on

[section7]

section 7, are you speculating?  By the way SAC, unless you were at the game Monday night and watched it firsthand, your  brief recap was...  Are you speculating that Cornerstone pulled away and that everyone was present other than Bowser?  Was that info told to you in confidence?  Some of us prefer to let nature run its course before jumping to conclusions that C-stone will be good. Summer league are not an accurate indicator of how strong a team will be during the regular season.  I seem to remember someone debating this in the past.  Can someone find that dialogue for me?

By the way, if it does come to fruition that Carlson is named Head Coach, how do you explain it?  You (SAC) confided in me via personal message about the 3 finalists Hope was interviewing, I believe before it became common knowledge to those on this board. And by know it is common knowledge who the initial 3 were.  What happened? Yes, I understand that these were "personal messages", just trying to make a point. Although I'm not even sure what the point is anymore. Suppose I could have PM'd you about this but then no one could see you calling me names.

Of course, section 7 could simply be making this up to stir the pot, maybe because I haven't made any "jerkish" statements in a few hours. Thought I was done with this but the "Holland grapevine" comment with the cute smily face was too much to pass on

Hoopdreams, give me some love, I think you are always spot on.

My info from tulips is not "official" but .................

Personally, I will be disappointed if the Tulips are accurate, but we shall see

[sac]

good grief man, what has happened to people on this forum.

[cmlundy]

My sources tell me that one person turned the job down and that it is down to 2 names.