NAC

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeah, a lot of the considerations had to do with baseball, if my mind serves me right.  I think I heard that they were looking for schools willing to add baseball.  There was also talk about consolidating the NE teams that had men's volleyball, which both Lasell and Mt Ida.  Then there is the geography of getting two more schools in the suburbs.  I think if the GNAC does anything, it will be to kick out the schools farther away and try to consolidate around the metro area.

As far as Emerson, I've always wondered why they were in the GNAC, but it may have had something to do with not having their own facilities.  As that becomes a reality in the near future, they may try and squeeze Gordon out of the NEWMAC.

[Pat Coleman]

New Lasell men's coach:

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables.php?item=594

[hoop fan]

Congrats to Coach Galletta. The whole situation at Lasell is terrible though. He is walking into a mess. From what I hear the athletic director has no clue as to what she is doing. I alos hear there is a number of guys transferring. It is lousy what they did to Coach Desantis he is a good coach but never given a chance.
Not pretty!!

[gohuskies]

Lasell---3 coaches in three years, what's going on there?  It's alarming, but let's wait and see if anybody does actually transfer before we say that it's going to be a mess over there.  There was obviously something going on there with administration and the former coach, but being an outsider, it's tough to say that the AD doesn't have a clue.  They had a lot of success in the past few years and the same AD was there.

[Clark Basketball]

what happened to coach desantis?

[hoop fan]

word has it he resigned b/c the AD made a whole bunch of wild charges.  the guys were shocked by everything b/c they had a lot of respect for coach d.

clearly, there success in the past has nothing to do with AD. as the admission standards have tightened the success has gone down. everyone knows the school for what it is. A SECOND CHOICE!!  the school is a joke, the AD an even bigger joke and the team will struggle with all the defections.

[CCCalum2]

Some harsh words towards Lasell.  You really can't sit their and say that there will be all these defections when you don't know.  You can guess or even hope that there will be, but until the season starts, you shouldn't be posting rumors.  You have no facts to back up your claims.  This is a forum to talk about basketball, not to bash schools, keep your bitterness to yourself. 

[Clark Basketball]

Thats too bad.  I thought coach d. did a nice job and he worked hard for that school.  I thought Coach Harvey was terrific as well... and Tufts has made major strides since he went to Medford.

[CCCalum2]

Do you really think that harvey was the reason for Tufts success last year?  C'mon.  Maybe it had to do with the fact that Coach Sheldon has been working hard recruiting over the last few years and it's finally starting to pay off.  I think it's just a coincidence that harvey happened to be there for it.

[fanatique]

i have been reading and never had the urge to respond...
but cmon...ya, 3 coaches in 3 years, the guy before desantis was there for a while, started the program, he left to move on, not the ad's fault, they made the job full-time for him, and he still left, the last guy was there for a year, he resigned, check out their website, the rest of the coaches have been there for a while with mixed success in the NAC, the ad cant be messing up all the time...the new guy has been in the program for the last 2 years as an asst., so he must have some idea of the school and program...desantis had a losing season, again not the ADs fault...let the new guy prove himself

[hoop fan]

gimmie a break fanatique. mixed success?? half there teams barely had winning records. only two teams made it to the conference finals in one of the worst leagues in the country. two ecacs teams are you kidding me!! you cant judge the desantis' win loss record by one year. he was never given the chance to develop the program. not for nothing the ad should have let the old guy prove himself.   

[fanatique]

wow, why do you think desantis would want to prove himself in the "worst league in the country", sounds like according to you desantis got out when the getting was good...did desantis make the conference finals?  sounds like he didnt need a chance to develop a program, from what i see, that was the first losing record in a while for the men's team, and according to you, in that league he just needed to show up...

[CCCalum2]

Well if the teams are getting to the playoffs, or making the ECAC tournament, isn't that mixed success??  Bottom line is that the hoop team had a losing record.  Now whatever went on between the AD and the coach is between them.  But you said it yourself, the AD should have let him stay and work through it, but wasn't it you that said the coach resigned??  Sounds like to me he could have stayed, but it was his choice to resign, or was it the AD's choice.  Please pick one, you can't have it both ways.

[hoop fan]

their schedule was murderous and they played with six freshman.  the conference is top heavy...certainly they did not have the success they had in the past. mixed success...that is little or no success.  they were lucky to have team's with winning records. clearly there on a downward slope.

[fanatique]

you must be a good friend to coach desantis and he is lucky to have you...but your argument about lasell college having "little or no success", it just seems too harsh, half the teams, your friend coach d's team included, had under .500 records, the other half were over .500, that seems pretty fairly mixed to me...2 of the school's coaches got Coach of the year honors in their leagues...again not coach d...leave lasell alone your friend resigned...if he stuck it out then maybe you would have an argument