MBB: Centennial Conference

Pat Coleman · February 09, 2011, 04:36:38 PM

Quote from: cocoh2oDad on February 09, 2011, 04:00:20 PM
To the commish or whomever edits this biased forum. A forum by definition is an exchange of opinions and views and I think that includes those that oppose undeserved ass kissing. Evidently., no one seems to want to allow an honest opinion of Mr Robinson as seen from outside the world of F&M. Many, many "fans" of basketball in private seem to have the same view I posted earlier today. If you can honestly watch an F&M game and not see evidence of this then shame on all of you rose colored glasses wearing Mr. Robinson "fans". No foul language or verbal abuse was posted just an honest assessment from an outside party. Shame on all of you involved with this farce of a forum.

I edit this forum. I did not remove any post of yours today.

I see you are relatively new to the forum. Perhaps you didn't finish your post. Is your account set to preview posts for you before you finalize them? Perhaps you forgot the final step.

Perhaps you should consider your posts before you make them. I have no evidence your post was here. Our moderator log shows NO posts have been deleted from ANY forum on this site sine Jan. 30.

Swat Fan #1 · February 09, 2011, 07:28:21 PM

Please do not take this the wrong way but I want F&M to lose tonight so he will get his #800 at Swarthmore. I think that would be great and pretty special to be a part of! Anytime history is made, it is fun to be there and witness it!

LustyLarryintheToilet · February 09, 2011, 08:11:45 PM

Anyone know where to get a feed of the fandm game? every site links me to the gettysburg site where they expect me to pay 6 bucks for a feed that, last week during fandm's broadcast, was advertised for free.

Now obviously i am a man of considerable wealth, but i didnt get to where i am by paying money for stuff i should be getting for free. Any help out there to the fandm feed? thanks, much obliged

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 09, 2011, 09:08:12 PM

Lusty - I ran into the same problem - just following on live stats. :-/

LustyLarryintheToilet · February 09, 2011, 09:15:44 PM

yeah Dave i settled for listenting to the f+m broadcast (through godiplomats.com), more of surprise disapoointment than anything else.

Pat Coleman · February 09, 2011, 10:57:06 PM

I was mobile so I guess the lack of free video didn't bother me.

It could be worse. Williams charges FIFTEEN DOLLARS for its live video.

ronk · February 09, 2011, 11:04:48 PM

Pat,
Maybe u could distinguish between pay(PV) and free(FV) video on the scoreboard schedule.

Pat Coleman · February 09, 2011, 11:21:51 PM

Maybe someday -- it would take starting over and all the schools would have to agree to do it, since they put the info in the schedule.

F@M · February 10, 2011, 03:15:20 AM

I'm sure F@M's parents and recruits will enjoy to know that it is FREE to view the games live for F@M games and will cost at many schools like Williams and Gettysburg. Congrats to coach Robinson and Kathy for all the memories. 800 is an amazing number. That's an average of 20 wins a year for 40 years straight. It's not about the wins, but rather the people that have been apart of those wins. The amazing web of talented alum on and off the court speaks for itself. Pretty incredible.

Hopefully the regional rankings will fix themselves by the end of the season. How can a game for a team from Delaware count as a game in Maine but not in Virginia? The regional ranking system needs to be fixed, changed, or tossed.

Robinson Earns National Media Attention

Franklin & Marshall men's basketball coach Glenn Robinson has been all over the national media scene this week. Robinson is one game shy of reaching 800 career wins and the country's top media outlets took notice. Below is a "Glenn Guide" to help you follow the coverage.

RADIO

Coach Robinson was interviewed live Tuesday night on the by Brian Kenny on ESPN radio. You can listen to the entire interview by clicking here.

TELEVISION

Coach Robinson was interviewed on ESPN's First Take Wednesday morning. You can watch the interview by clicking here.

Robinson talked with Jason Bristol from CBS 21 in Harrisburg. That segment was aired last night (Tuesday) at 11:00 p.m. You can watch the interview by clicking here.

Bristol followed on the interview with post game coverage. Click here to view it.

NEWSPAPER

The New York Times Sports Writer Adam Himmelsbach's story here

Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Mike Jensen's story here.

pizzashop · February 10, 2011, 08:04:29 AM

Congratulations to Glenn for number 800

Additional congratulations to Andrew Powers for becoming Gettysburg's all-time leading scorer!

More coverage of Coach Robinson, including yesterday's interview on ESPN 2. Looking for video from SportsCenter and College Hoops Final (from a source that isn't my DVR).

ESPN 2's First Take - Wednesday morning: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6104614

Lancaster Intelligencer: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/350121
CBS 21: http://www.whptv.com/content/localsports/story/F-Ms-Glenn-Robinson-wins-800th-career-game/jBDZ5zirQkCwbCJbf7wErg.cspx
Fox 43: http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-robinson-wins-800th-020911,0,4289614.story
Gettysburg Times: http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/sports/article_0995716c-34d6-11e0-9d54-001cc4c002e0.html

My edit was adding a direct link for the ESPN 2 video.

Pat Coleman · February 10, 2011, 10:59:11 AM

Quote from: F@M on February 10, 2011, 03:15:20 AM
I'm sure F@M's parents and recruits will enjoy to know that it is FREE to view the games live for F@M games and will cost at many schools like Williams and Gettysburg. Congrats to coach Robinson and Kathy for all the memories. 800 is an amazing number. That's an average of 20 wins a year for 40 years straight. It's not about the wins, but rather the people that have been apart of those wins. The amazing web of talented alum on and off the court speaks for itself. Pretty incredible.

Hopefully the regional rankings will fix themselves by the end of the season. How can a game for a team from Delaware count as a game in Maine but not in Virginia? The regional ranking system needs to be fixed, changed, or tossed.

Actually, this is an improvement. It used to be neither of those games would count. Isn't it better if more games count?

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 10, 2011, 11:24:45 AM

First off - we hope to have Glenn Robinson on Hoopsville tonight (7-9 PM EST - www.d3hoopsville.com) and we all know that is the most important place to be interviewed in Division III!

Yeah... agree with Pat about regional games... they will never go to every-game-counts, but the improvements are well worth it. And by the way... the game for the Delaware team against the Virginia team does count if it is inside 200 miles and there are some that do fit inside this range.

F@M · February 10, 2011, 11:37:10 AM

It is an improvement that more games count, but why not count all division 3 games. If you look closely at the criteria for what counts as a regional game it make absolutely no sense at all. Games 201 miles away in neighboring states do not count and games up to 3000 miles away can count. The way the numbers work to determine the strength of schedule even make less sense. If it made any sense at all to use the numbers the first place team in our region would not be the second place team in their own league with the first place team in that league not even ranked. This happened in the first week of rankings.

Why not count all division 3 games?

F@M · February 10, 2011, 11:47:30 AM

Pat,

d3hoops seems to have a better grasp on who the better teams, leagues and players are throughout the country and within each region. Would d3 hoops be interested in posting their own regional rankings based on their knowledge of basketball and looking at National rankings and overall schedules?

I think everyone would be interested in comparing the two.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 10, 2011, 11:49:56 AM

F&M - you are either brand new to this... or more knowledgeable and been around to already know most of these answers... I can't figure it out since your posts are so new. Your question makes me think you already know the answer to this or at least are around people who know the answer.

First off... Division III as a whole does not want to go to a national scope when comparing games. It comes from the presidents down. They have expanded what ranks as regional games and it isn't perfect... but it is FAR better then hardly any game actually counting as regional. Maybe they will add "neighboring states"... but that is a decision for the off-season.

Just don't bet on all games count... isn't going to happen.