FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Rhodes will get CRUSHED this weekend by Huntingdon.  It won't even be close.  Why, you ask?  Joe White Rhodes, that's why.  He is one of the worst coaches in DIII football, period.  The fact that he has been at Rhodes for so long only proves that Mike Clary, the Rhodes AD, is THE WORST DIII AD in the country.  Rhodes had a good win over Centre last weekend, but the magic ends this week. 

Huntingdon BIG over Rhodes this weekend, mark it down. 
Sorry HunterT, Lynx pride doesn't exist anymore.

Hmm, looking at the other names you tried to register with today, I wonder how the feds at your day job would feel about you posting from their computers with a name like ... well, it's not printable.

[lynxcat]

He is one of the worst coaches in DIII football, period.  The fact that he has been at Rhodes for so long only proves that Mike Clary, the Rhodes AD, is THE WORST DIII AD in the country.

Huntingdon BIG over Rhodes this weekend, mark it down. 
Sorry HunterT, Lynx pride doesn't exist anymore.

Hey Pacman,

Awesome Post.  My guess is that you are either a) a disgruntled X Rhodes football player that quit because he was too much of a bi@tch and blamed his failure on the coaches, or b) an upset father who is living through his underachieving son who is not getting any playing time because he sucks.  I can't quite pinpoint which one you are, however, since you are hiding behind your screen name. 

The facts are that Coach White is a very capable coach (he was the SCAC's coach of the year 3 years ago) that leads teams that are competitive almost every year with less talented players then the elite teams in the SCAC such as Trinity and Depauw.  Your comments are embarrassing, immature, and completely false.  I don't know if the Lynx will win this week or any other week this season, but I know they will be well prepared and well coached.  The Rhodes staff has made some great adjustments this year, including slowing down their offensive pace due to their superior defense and thin offensive line.  My point is that they do the very best they can with the talent they have every year. 

I assume that you are trying to gain happiness through Rhodes failures because you or your son could not cut it at Rhodes, this is very sad and I am sorry you have such a horrible attitude.  I played 4 years at Rhodes and could not of had a better experience.  I highly respect the coaches, not only for their work ethic and knowledge of the game, but also just because they are simply good people and genuinely care about x-players' success post their football careers.  Perhaps if you/your son would have sold out during practice and given a little more effort, then you too would have the same respect for them as I do.

Roll Lynx                   

[Pat Coleman]

Oh, and when you change your e-mail to something fake, go figure, it doesn't let you post. Sheesh, people.

[Josh Bowerman]

Somebody at the game please remember to give Spud a shout out for me!

[wabashcpa]

Lynxcat,

Were you playing in the late 90's when Wabash came down to Memphis to play Rhodes?  That was a fun game to watch - 41-34 good guys, as I recall.  I was living in Memphis (Bartlett, actually) at the time, so that was pretty cool to have that game scheduled.

I think Rhodes can take 'em this weekend, and maybe be an SCAC sleeper this year.

[lynxcat]

wabashcpa,

No, that game was a bit before my time . . . I think Rhodes does have a good chance this week, don't know if you can call them the sleeper of the conference, though.  I think they have a very good chance in being the 3rd best team in the conference, will probably have trouble with Depauw (although the game is in Memphis) and obviously down in San Antonio. . . This is the first time they have started 2-0 in quite sometime, '00 I believe (albeit they played Lagrange the first week, who just started their football program), so that is promising

[Pacman]

Wow, quite a response.  First off, to the admin: I'm sorry for the name I tried to get through with earlier.  I thought it would be funny; obviously it wasn't.  But that wasn't a fake email address.  It was real and I got two emails from D3: one was the initial email with my username and password and then a second that said it was not approved.  I'll take flak for what I deserve, but nothing more. 

Secondly, to lynxcat.  I am neither a former player or the parent of a former player.  I am a former Rhodes athlete, though.  And from everything I saw in my time at Rhodes, I absolutely stand by what I have posted.  The coach of the year honor should go to Dan Swanstrom because he CARRIED that team.  He was an outstanding player and leader.  That team was 7-3 and should have won atleast two of those three losses.  But here is my question:  Why 5-5 during Swanstrom's senior season?  That team was LOADED, but the staff couldn't take advantage.  Besides that '03 season, the Lynx have been mediocre to bad.  At some point, you have to blame the coaches. 

I don't know Coach White all too well.  My experience with him is limited to seeing him walking around the BCLC with a jackass scowl on his face, making no attempt to even acknowledge anyone who doesn't play football.  I know several players that didn't finish their college careers playing football and they all say the same thing: Once you quit the team, he treats you like ****.  In fact, they say he goes out of his way to treat you like ****.  Sure, some guys quit and it is hard to respect them, but other have legitimate reasons for quitting and there is no excuse for being downright mean to them. 

Also, not sure when you were at Rhodes, but I was there when former head baseball coach Bo' Reynolds resigned.  Reynolds was a good friend of White's and when the players laid out Reynolds behavior to the AD and administration he took it as a personal attack.  He singled out two football/baseball players and put pressure on them until they changed their position and took up for Reynolds.  That is manipulative, embarrassing behavior.  It is completely unethical.

Finally, the guy regularly tries to convince freshman football/baseball players to quit baseball and focus on football.  Many of these guys were recruited primarily by the baseball team, but never make out in the spring because they have chosen to play baseball.  Given how he tried to manipulate two aforementioned players, I definitely wonder about how gets some of these guys to give up baseball.  Threaten their standing on the football team perhaps....?

The guys career record at Rhodes isn't very good.  The program isn't in good shape.  And on top of that, I don't think he is that good of a person.

[Pacman]

Also, you give him credit for getting the most out of less talented teams.  This isn't highschool football.  The talent level reflects his ability as a recruiter.  And its not as if he was hired recently.  This is his 9th or 10th season.  All the players are his players.  You have to be kidding me.  Your take about him getting the most out of less talent is the single DUMBEST argument possible for that guy being a good coach. 

[Pat Coleman]

Wow, quite a response.  First off, to the admin: I'm sorry for the name I tried to get through with earlier.  I thought it would be funny; obviously it wasn't.  But that wasn't a fake email address.  It was real and I got two emails from D3: one was the initial email with my username and password and then a second that said it was not approved.  I'll take flak for what I deserve, but nothing more. 

I never said you were the one with the fake e-mail address. Perhaps if I had been referring to you I would have put it in the same post as my message to you.

[HunterT]

Pac,

apparenly you are just whining over your experience at Rhodes. Being a former athlete you should have a better standing on how things work at Rhodes, but apparently you had your head shoved so far up your a$$ that you can't see the sunshine. The coaches for the football team, including coach white, care very much about other sports, that's why they show their support. and as far as walking around the BCLC with a scowl on his face, that's just who coach white is, once you get to know him (which i'm sure you never made the effort to since you were too busy playing with yourself) you'd realize that he's a good coach who is totally devoted to the team and his players.

you wonder why he treats players who quit bad? let's think about that one. THEY QUIT!!!!! DID YOU MISS THAT FACT?? i don't know about you, but when you're trying to be the best you can, and people around you are quitting, it doesn't help. so screw them, it's not worth my time to give them the time of day. If they don't have the balls to do what's necessary or try their hardest to be the best, or if they don't have the heart or strength to care and devote themselves to a team, then they might as well never come around anymore, b/c nobody wants to see them. The players on that team are devoted to the team, and the ones that play for 4 years will be that way for life. I'm sure it's the same way at any other school and any other program. My cousin played for Rice, and god knows they suck, but he still cheers for them every saturday because he was devoted to the team. Maybe if you had some sort of devotion to anything other than bashing other people to make yourself feel better, you'd understand.

for dan's 5-5 senior season, you can ask dan himself, we didn't get the job done. I was there, I was on that team. It was my senior year too. It wasn't coach whites fault. It wasn't the assistant coaches' faults. it was ours, the players, and we'll own up to it. We know we didn't get the job done, even though we were "loaded." we all knew it was going to be an amazing season, and it just didn't come together. if you want to talk about that, we'll talk about that, you can get in touch with me personally. I'll be waiting.

otherwise, you need to shut up and figure out something else to bash, b/c there is too much that you have no idea about. You call yourself an athlete? apparently the only sport you're good at is one where you complain and think it's cool to try and sign in with names that probably were something like "F#ckRhodes" or some very highly intellegent alternative. grow up, admit that you have a grudge against Rhodes for being snubbed by somebody, and go away.

Rhodes wins today big, b.c they'll be fired up and pissed off and looking to prove a point. maybe to you.

GO RHODES!!! PRIDE LYNX PRIDE!!!

[lynxcat]

Pacman,

I actually do agree with you on a few points.  It looks like that I went to Rhodes around the same time you did because I am in fact aware of all the situations you speak of.

Things that I agree with you:
Coach White walks around the BCLC witha a scowl on his face - See HunterT's comments, also take into account that the Guys is from New York
Coach White hates x football players  - See HunterT's comments again: I'm not sure you could name a college football coach that doesn't hate football players that quit

I strongly disagree with your other statements in your post ,but most of them are not worth my time explaining and I'm sure the Trinity/Depauw posters do not want to read an entire page on Rhodes football, so I will keep them to myself.  I will defend my less talented players statement by saying that Rhodes has a bit higher academic standards then other schools that are not bent for football players.  And, in the event that the standards are bent, the player usually doesn't last past a semester because they fail out.  So Rhodes typically has to recruit from a smaller pool then most other teams in the SCAC. As far as your comment about Coach White getting football/baseball players to quit, from my experience that is not true.  One of my friends was a football/baseball player coming in, and after a couple weeks of baseball practice, he quit, and Coach White was extremely upset with him for a couple of months.

It is obvious that I am more of an insider to Rhodes football then you are, and, therefore, probably know a little bit more about what really goes on in the program.  I suggest you start a d3baseball.com website and start posting about Rhodes baseball, a sport that you are obviously more familiar with. I will not dog the baseball team like you do the football team, because a lot of my friends played baseball and i really did enjoy going to the games (hell, you might even be one of them).   

[DanSwan]

Coach White is a great coach, and a great man. 

[Ron Boerger]

Is there anything more painful than trying to get SCAC football updates on a Saturday afternoon?  Sure, some games aren't until later but many schools either don't have a broadcast available or charge you $5 for the privilege of listening to one. 

What this conference needs, especially given the lack of available broadcasts, are for the schools to step up and provide live stats.  If I'm not mistaken the live stat feed that Trinity and others provide piggybacks directly off the stats that the SID and his crew provide anyway.  It ain't rocket science, this is 2006, and if you don't have an internet connection available (wired or wireless) in the stadium it's way past time to provide one anyway.

This would also somewhat relive the "do you have a score update" phone calls to the stadium.

Who's with me on this ??

LIVE STATS FOR ALL !!!   

[HunterT]

Ron I totaly agree with you, there needs to be a big improvement. I'm having to listen to the Rhodes game on the Huntingdon radio statiion. It's painful.

at the half:
Huntingdon - 14
Rhodes        - 0

the weather is horrible, realll hard rain and wind.

[Ron Boerger]

According to a post on the ODAC board, W&L beats Centre 24-15.

Not shaping up to be a good week in the SCAC at this rate.  Go Rhodes !!