MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[devossed]

Here's a link to the afore mentioned article

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/x223000708/Hope-men-s-basketball-team-will-host-three-tournaments-at-DeVos

I know I should not go down this path again but since I didn't want to register on the Holland Sentinel site to make these comments here goes... 

Could the author of the previously referenced article refrain from using "pumped" and "fired" up, unless he is directly quoting someone with quotation marks?  I know this isn't the Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post but some decorum in a serious newspaper seems in order.

hehe...decorum?   leo?    hehe...

[bball223234]

Josh Engelsma will NOT be playing for Calvin next season and probably the rest of his time there.  How will the Knights be without him??

[GoKnights68]

Josh Engelsma will NOT be playing for Calvin next season and probably the rest of his time there.  How will the Knights be without him??

You got to be kidding me....


There is also another player from last year that is not going to be playing next season that hasn't been said here yet.  I'm not sure if I am suppose to say it, but I will before the end of this week I guess.  That should be late enough.

[arena]

Josh Engelsma will NOT be playing for Calvin next season and probably the rest of his time there.  How will the Knights be without him??

Why not?

[bball223234]

Josh Engelsma will NOT be playing for Calvin next season and probably the rest of his time there.  How will the Knights be without him??

You got to be kidding me....


There is also another player from last year that is not going to be playing next season that hasn't been said here yet.  I'm not sure if I am suppose to say it, but I will before the end of this week I guess.  That should be late enough.

I wish I were kidding, but I'm not.  I'm disappointed.  I think he has a lot of talent and would have been very good by his senior year.  I think I may know who the other player is, which is a surprise to me that he isn't playing.

[bball223234]

Josh Engelsma will NOT be playing for Calvin next season and probably the rest of his time there.  How will the Knights be without him??

Why not?

He's getting married in August and is going into seminary and he said it'd just be too much for him.

[scottiedawg]

Mixed feelings here.  As a Hope fan, not facing Engelsma will be great, especially the way he ended last year.  But you hate to see teams lost key players.  It definitely sounds as though he's making a conscious and smart decision for his life.  Good for him. 

[devossed]

Mixed feelings here.  As a Hope fan, not facing Engelsma will be great, especially the way he ended last year.  But you hate to see teams lost key players.  It definitely sounds as though he's making a conscious and smart decision for his life.  Good for him. 

agreed: if that is the case, kudos to Josh for standing up and being proactive. it's a lot harder to do than trying to get out of something later when there's a dozen different things on your plate.

may his decision bring him a sense of peace and confidence, no matter what it may be...

[scottiedawg]

When will the info on the other non-returning Calvin player be deemed valid and public info and posted here? 

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Any chance that the name not being mentioned is Bryan VanHarn?  If so, pages back it was discussed that he would be spending a semester out of the country.

[bball223234]

Any chance that the name not being mentioned is Bryan VanHarn?  If so, pages back it was discussed that he would be spending a semester out of the country.

That's who I think/hope it is.  I mean I would love for him to play, but I'd rather have him not play than one of the other guys who played more often last season.

[GoKnights68]

Any chance that the name not being mentioned is Bryan VanHarn?  If so, pages back it was discussed that he would be spending a semester out of the country.

Oops, that was the player I was talking about.  I try to keep up on the board as much as possible and thought I read all the pages, but I must have missed the page where it was mentioned.

I didn't mean to try to be all secret about it for no reason.  I just didn't know how many people knew about it yet, but it looks like it's fine.

That's too bad no Van Harn anymore.  He would have gotten a lot of playing-time once Smith and Veldhouse graduate after next season.

[Gregory Sager]

That's too bad no Van Harn anymore.  He would have gotten a lot of playing-time once Smith and Veldhouse graduate after next season.

Why? Does his semester abroad preclude him from rejoining the team for the 2009-10 season?

[GoKnights68]

That's too bad no Van Harn anymore.  He would have gotten a lot of playing-time once Smith and Veldhouse graduate after next season.

Why? Does his semester abroad preclude him from rejoining the team for the 2009-10 season?

I thought he was done with basketball at Calvin for good, but I guess I may have heard wrong.   

[Gregory Sager]

That's too bad no Van Harn anymore.  He would have gotten a lot of playing-time once Smith and Veldhouse graduate after next season.

Why? Does his semester abroad preclude him from rejoining the team for the 2009-10 season?

I thought he was done with basketball at Calvin for good, but I guess I may have heard wrong.   

You know more than I do, goknights. I just asked the question out of idle curiosity.