MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[cardinalfanrochelle]

I just wanted to thank all the people who posted on this site for the last 2 years,I really enjoyed reading your opinions and jokes and basically just reading what you had to say. My main reason for following this conference is moving to another D3 or possibly D2 or D1,just have to wait and see what happens.From posting on LMC to NAC I have enjoyed it.

[WLCALUM83]

Final Top 25 poll is out--Aurora takes a drop but still stays in Top 25.

[WLCALUM83]

Props to Aurora's Larry Welton on being named an All-American!    8) 8) 8)

[fishguy]

Another Lakeland coach(football) sees the light and moves on, what gives at Lakeland? how many coaches have moved on in the last 2 years in the sports program ? how does that affect the players who commit there for 4 years ?

An interesting comment considering the poster. Hopefully the facts about decisions that a certain player made this past season won't be shared on this board. Now that you are out the door, why throw mud at the place??? Just be happy and move on.

[WLCALUM83]

IMHO, Lakeland's men's basketball coach Brumett still had a respectable showing last year, and the Muskies' new women's basketball coach is a former Lakeland player who figures to have a good chance of carrying on the winning tradition there as well.

[Muskurbator]

Muskiefanillinois,

First of all if you are going to dog Lakeland College then change your dang name.  Second of all your reason for leaving the college and this board is not going to a division 2 or division 1 college.  Face it he was an all-conference player at Lakeland and he is not going to go play big time he wasn't even a division 3 all-american.  I am sure that Lakeland is happy to rid themselves of the off court issues such as reported drug use and a dui.  Sounds to me he was treated very well and should have no gripes about Lakeland where most programs would have dropped him like a bad habit.  As for the football coach, well it's a no brainer going to one of the top state schools in wisconsin as well as one of the best division 3 football teams in the country.  Who in the hell wouldn't take that job?  So don't dog the school for people moving on to better positions Homer.

[cardinalfanrochelle]

Muskurbator:
                     You are missing the point of my posting the focus was on coaches leaving not the football coach or "dogging Lakeland", when you recruit a kid who buys into the program you are getting a 4 year commitment from him, when the coach tells him he will be there all the way with him that kind of seals the deal. When the coach leaves after one year what happens to the kid? How does he handle that ? some do well others don't ,doesn't matter the level of talent the kid has all that matters is he feels betrayed and the trust is gone. I am a fan of Muskie sports and I will follow Muskie sports (I even went to see Nick play with the Rock River Raptors) ,I met the players on the basketball team and they are good guys.As far as Coach Brumett I feel he will have sucess with the team and his style of play. I have never wrote or said anything bad about the players, coaches or ths school unlike you. In posting 94 you mention a player by name( I have met the player and he is nothing like what you posted) and then write a posting like that, put yourself in his place see how you feel, your creditability and judgement is poor at best and then you reply to my posting by attacking another player showing you don't know even half of the story or the facts ,everything has two sides to it.Use better judgement before posting
               

[Greek Tragedy]

Lakeland, like a lot of smaller D3 schools, is not a destination, but part of the journey.  In a basketball sense right off the top of my head, Paul Combs made a name for himself at Lakeland and moved on, as did Grzesk.  Many coaches have come to appreciate the opportunity that Lakeland offered them as "wet-behind-the-ears" coaches and moved on to bigger and better things.  When those coaches are here, they make the programs better during that time and I don't think they can complain when something better comes along and can't blame them for moving on.  It's going to happen at any level (for example, a mid-major coach jumping ship to go to a Big 10 school or an SEC school or whatever).  I think the advantage of D3, when it comes to the student, is that there is only a verbal committment and he/she can pack their bags at anytime.  It's not like they are on scholarship (athletic).  Yes, there are inconveniences when it comes to committing to a school because of the coach and then the coach leaves.  I was recruited by one coach and played for another coach...the coach that recruited me stepped down before I even got there.

[AndOne]

Muskiefanillinois,

First of all if you are going to dog Lakeland College then change your dang name.  Second of all your reason for leaving the college and this board is not going to a division 2 or division 1 college.  Face it he was an all-conference player at Lakeland and he is not going to go play big time he wasn't even a division 3 all-american.  I am sure that Lakeland is happy to rid themselves of the off court issues such as reported drug use..............   

Muskur-----

Your post using "reported" is irresponsible at best. If you have an axe to grind with a parent, you don't go after his kid----under ANY circumstances. Especially, when you stoop so low as to use "reported" or "alleged" in connection with such activity. If there is a conviction, then it is what it is. If you have an OPINION, then state your opinion making sure you state that its your opinion and why you think its so rather than holding it out to be fact or, worse yet, attempting to smear someone by inserting "reported" or "alleged" before your unfounded accusation.

MY opinion is that someone who intentionally tries to connect a kid with an illegal activity, even though he knows such activity was not proven, should more aptly be referred to as MASTERbator, rather than Muskurbator.  Of course, thats just my OPINION. I realize not everyone will agree with me---but I can live with that.    

[mifflin]

Recruiting in athletics is about trust,personalities and building relationships. If the student is happy and in the right place cornfields, skyscrapers, beaches or whatever else doesn't mean very much.A wise man wrote this and I enjoyed reading it, something like this holds water. Take away any of the elements and you have confusion in a young mans mind, commitments are black and white not grey.

[The Roop]

I think the point that (Mr. Doebler) is making is that you commit to the school at the D3 level more than you do at higher levels. There will always be a percentage of student athletes that  leave when a coach moves on but more often than not it doesn't happen.

I personally know of someone that was highly sought by Lakeland and a few other D3s. In the end he decided that playing ball wasn't that important so he has opted for the University of Minnesota next year. Because they are a big school they simply have better facilities for is field of academic study.

[Greek Tragedy]

From the NathCon

Lakeland schedule is up

Benedictine

Concordia U. of Illinois

Concordia U. of Wisconsin

Dominican

Maranatha Baptist

Marian College of Fond du Lac

Rockford


Aurora
Edgewood
MSOE
Wisconsin Lutheran

[from downtown]

http://msoe.edu/athletics/?mbask/2007-2008/schedule

[AndOne]

A note on DOMINICAN from a regular poster in the CCIW room:

Saw Dominican play in the Deerfield summer league tonight. Great athleticism, speed, and especially jumping ability. They have several guys who can really sky. Additionally,  they appear to be very good shooters. I don't know how well they shot last year, but I bet they improve their FG% this season, no matter what they shot last year. They must have hit 75 % of their shots in the 1st half tonight. Fell off some in the 2nd half, but still impressive overall. Many of their shots fell due to great ball movement. They often passed up a good shot for a better shot. They wound up losing to North central by one on a last second shot. The loss was due mostly to getting away from the ball movement and softer defense in the 2nd half. Also, North Central probably doubled its FG% in the 2nd half.

As far as NAC conference play this year-----if your team doesn't get back on defense, or can't rebound, you are gonna be in trouble. This is a team that will run fast, jump high, and pass well. If they continue to hit their shots, and tighten up their defense, particularly on the perimeter, they could very well be in the hunt for the conference championship.

[mifflin]

That was a fun game to watch, they can fly. All through warmups they were dunkin and having fun. AndOne look out the STARS ARE RISING and starting to come out