MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

Thanks for beating a dead horse and hijacking my question.

[cold_case]

What question?

[NEPAFAN]

This one:


By the way, why do i get a red X where everyone's Avatars used to be?

[lefty2]

By the way, why do i get a red X where everyone's Avatars used to be?

Better yet, why did I lose karma? Pat has to boot out the children on this board...

I'd think you'd be more worried about your Orioles getting to 90 wins than you would about your karma.

[cold_case]

By the way, why do i get a red X where everyone's Avatars used to be?

Better yet, why did I lose karma? Pat has to boot out the children on this board...

I'd think you'd be more worried about your Orioles getting to 90 wins than you would about your karma.

Thanks for reminding me. Remember when I posted they would win 90 and everyone laughed. Heck, one guy joked, "Ninety wins total in two years."
They've exceeded, don't you think?

[augie]

Well all the kids are on campus what the hell is the secret about the recruits give them up!The U is pretty pathetic when it comes to this.There PR is pretty pathetic that is the reason why you have 200 people at a game instead of 2000.Back in the day you would have easily 2500 on a night the A.D. at the U is a disgrace and i mean a disgrace to this institution.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

You do realize that unless they are in a uniform and on the court or bench for the first game... touting you have a recruit is basically worthless in Division III? What if that recruit decides he/she is no longer interested in playing the sport?

[TheGrove]

Seriously. Even returning players are no guarantee til gameday.

[NEPAFAN]

Well all the kids are on campus what the hell is the secret about the recruits give them up!The U is pretty pathetic when it comes to this.There PR is pretty pathetic that is the reason why you have 200 people at a game instead of 2000.Back in the day you would have easily 2500 on a night the A.D. at the U is a disgrace and i mean a disgrace to this institution.

I agree and disagree. For one, with Twitter and Facebook and everything else you might as well release the information because it is already out there on the internet.

At the same time Augie, one of the recruits coming in this year bascially said that he is coming to the U because of the large crowds and good atmosphere. You can PM me for his name and the story hahaha.

[augie]

Dave remeber last year our thought and i proved you wrong Middlebury are you still living the dream dave well wake up.Last year Scranton had the recruits by june so stop trying to be a D3 hoops guru cause you got shot down last year when Scranton beat Your super team MIDDLEBURY just relax and let people talk.Maybe you and coleman will give more credit

[onetinsoldier]

Dave remeber last year our thought and i proved you wrong Middlebury are you still living the dream dave well wake up.Last year Scranton had the recruits by june so stop trying to be a D3 hoops guru cause you got shot down last year when Scranton beat Your super team MIDDLEBURY just relax and let people talk.Maybe you and coleman will give more credit

Great point augie, and its games like that which is why i'm in favor of the new NCAA format.  After such an emotional win in a sweet 16 game, there was no way Scranton could refocus the next night.  Its called a let down, which occurs way too often in sports.  Same thing has happened to F&M on numerous occasions over the past couple of seasons. 

[gordonmann]

Well all the kids are on campus what the hell is the secret about the recruits give them up!The U is pretty pathetic when it comes to this. There PR is pretty pathetic that is the reason why you have 200 people at a game instead of 2000.Back in the day you would have easily 2500 on a night the A.D. at the U is a disgrace and i mean a disgrace to this institution.

I don't know whether Scranton could or should release its name of recruits before practice starts.  Those kinds of releases usually come in the spring when schools stage press events or closer to the season starting.  But Scranton's sports information department is one of the best I've ever dealt with.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Dave remeber last year our thought and i proved you wrong Middlebury are you still living the dream dave well wake up.Last year Scranton had the recruits by june so stop trying to be a D3 hoops guru cause you got shot down last year when Scranton beat Your super team MIDDLEBURY just relax and let people talk.Maybe you and coleman will give more credit

What in the world is your point?! I am not saying schools don't get recruits... I am just saying that in my opinion sending out press releases and touting recruits isn't always the best practice. This is D3... not D1... you can tout D1 and even D2 recruits because they sign letters of intent and scholarship paperwork... there is nothing like that in D3 and there is nothing that says a student HAS to end up playing a sport for a school even if they were recruited. That's all... nothing more... it is something I have said for years on boards throughout the country and on the air... nothing new!

As for your spouting off about Scranton... I guess you missed my comments about giving Scranton their just due... I congratulated them here and on air for beating Middlebury (though, I did disagree with how high they ended up ranked in the final Top 25)... I gave them a ton of credit for slowing the game down, keeping Middlebury from having more possessions by using as much of the shot clock as possible... it came down to a last second shot that if they don't make their season is over... and they made it.

Furthermore... these boards are all about letting people talk... but at the same time you need to do the same... I am entitled to talk as much as anyone else. You don't have to agree with me, that is fine... but don't tell me to let people talk by basically saying I shouldn't.

Great point augie, and its games like that which is why i'm in favor of the new NCAA format.  After such an emotional win in a sweet 16 game, there was no way Scranton could refocus the next night.  Its called a let down, which occurs way too often in sports.  Same thing has happened to F&M on numerous occasions over the past couple of seasons. 

While I can see why you agree with the new format... don't get used to it... this is a one-and-done format... it is around simply to get the D3 tournament all the way to Atlanta with as little down time as possible (though, there is still a TON of down time). While I understand your point about refocusing after a big win... that is what tournaments are built on in not only Division III but pretty much all sports (except football and pro soccer). The best team is prepared to play two games in two nights... this format could make things very interesting and actually may favor the best teams in the country more than teams like Scranton who pull off a tremendous win but their next opponent now gets a week to prepare for them (though, Middlebury certainly did get that amount of time and Scranton certainly had a better scheme).

And I echo Gordon's point... Scranton and many of the Landmark and Mid-Atlantic, Atlantic region SID departments are top notch.

[NEPAFAN]

I think Augie hit the bottle a little hard last night, but two things:



-How does a Elite 8 team not deserve to be in the Top 25?

-Scranton misses that shot and they go to overtime ( where they probably do lose) but if he missed it would not have sent them home.

[kate]

Posting recruits might not be so bad - what really hurts me (as a fan) is when a player leaves abruptly mid-season.  Of course, there probably always are circumstances that might warrant their departure, but ouch!  Does anyone think it will come down to a specific "retention" person to make sure the players are reasonably "happy"?  Also to make sure grades are up to snuff.   With everything rather hyped (even in our D3 world), a coach, as good as they are, can't do everything.