WBB: NESCAC

bbald eagle · May 30, 2007, 09:04:18 PM

Ah, monkey, you must be pulling balder's leg. He's quite the fisherman, I hear, but even he knows, alas, that Goucher and Catholic women will never win the CAC - never having won the crown, they have departed for a new conference in their quest for an elusive title.

Balder Eagle · May 30, 2007, 09:38:07 PM

Quote from: feces monkey on May 30, 2007, 08:22:43 PM

Needless to say, there is an open invitation to come up to God's country during striper season. Merrymeeting Bay should be teeming with bass this August, and, appropriately enough, it also has a large population of Bald Eagles.

Monkey Man, I will be off Phippsburg fly fishing for stripers next week, possibly over by Georgetown also. Then will head up country in July stalking brook trout and salmon. Just love the Western Mountain Area of Maine! I was considering putting a UMW Final Four T-Shirt on the statue of Joshua Chamberlain at campus but decided against it, too old for the college prank thing

Maybe we can cross paths at Little Dog Coffee Shop, after all it has big bite! I suspect I will be taking in several Bowdoin games this season before coming south for the CAC.

enjoy the cam http://www.briloon.org/watching-wildlife/eagle-cam.php

Pat Coleman · May 30, 2007, 10:28:04 PM

Is the CAC a league that hands out its "championship" in the tournament? Many leagues crown their champion based on the regular season and give the automatic bid to the tournament winner.

If the latter, then your statement is incorrect, I believe.

feces monkey · May 30, 2007, 11:38:39 PM

BE,

Excellent. If you wear your MWC Third Place t-shirt on Popham Beach i'll be able to find you. You seem to be a spinner-bait type of guy, so you should be easy to spot. Or perhaps a spear-fisherman?

I'm up in the Belgrade Lakes for the summer, but I'll make the trip down if you're up for a friendly competition. Fresh water is my game (my nine for an eight-weight accuracy is legendary around these parts) but I'll get salty if there's money on the line...

On a sidenote, my apologies for the CAC inaccuracies. Damn you, Landmark Conference.

Balder Eagle · May 31, 2007, 08:56:12 AM

Monkey-

At this point maybe you will be best served by inviting P C along for the competition. I actually prefer freshwater over salt, however the man at Kennebec Angler in Bath has been pressuring me to land a striper, so I figure I will have a go at it this year. I will use my 6 weight, more sporting and a lot of fun. With a nine weight I suspect you might be more accurate throwing a line with a basketball attached. There are a few things Popham Beach is good for, Sun tanning and bait fisherman are the most popular. I do not meet the criteria of either. Should you look for me I will be just off shore in a Boston Whaler throwing my 6 weight, I switch to a 4 weight when inland.

Those folks at LL Bean are too much for me, with Cabela's coming to Maine it will be good for the local consumer. You don't strike me as the typical Mainer going with the "LL Bean Look."

Belgrade Lakes eh, don't tell me you jet ski

Happy Fishing

bbald eagle · May 31, 2007, 02:58:56 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on May 30, 2007, 10:28:04 PM
Is the CAC a league that hands out its "championship" in the tournament? Many leagues crown their champion based on the regular season and give the automatic bid to the tournament winner.

If the latter, then your statement is incorrect, I believe.

It's been the former in the CAC. The tournament winner is the league champion and also gets the invite. And it remains that way with the league handbook update in light of the exodus of some teams and others joining the CAC.

I've seen a couple of banners though saying something like "regular season champions" where the team got knocked off in the CAC tournament (one's at Catholic).

feces monkey · June 04, 2007, 01:29:37 AM

BE,

There would be about two weeks a year calm enough for me to fish with a six-weight. And I like to fish outside of an arm's length, so I would use a screen-porch door instead of a four-weight. I hope your brook is bubbling.

I bought a set of snow-shoes from Bean's this winter and found the purchase to be much like the fleeces I've bought there: nothing terribly disappointing, but nothing to justify the substantial mark-up. I've already reverted back to the cat-gut shoes I used before. Plus, I'm becoming slightly agoraphobic in my old age so Freeport holds no attraction.

Jet-ski owners are the dregs of humanity. Period.

See you at Cook's Lobster House.

Quote from: Balder Eagle on May 31, 2007, 08:56:12 AM
Monkey-

At this point maybe you will be best served by inviting P C along for the competition. I actually prefer freshwater over salt, however the man at Kennebec Angler in Bath has been pressuring me to land a striper, so I figure I will have a go at it this year. I will use my 6 weight, more sporting and a lot of fun. With a nine weight I suspect you might be more accurate throwing a line with a basketball attached. There are a few things Popham Beach is good for, Sun tanning and bait fisherman are the most popular. I do not meet the criteria of either. Should you look for me I will be just off shore in a Boston Whaler throwing my 6 weight, I switch to a 4 weight when inland.

Those folks at LL Bean are too much for me, with Cabela's coming to Maine it will be good for the local consumer. You don't strike me as the typical Mainer going with the "LL Bean Look."

Belgrade Lakes eh, don't tell me you jet ski

Happy Fishing

nescac hoops · June 25, 2007, 02:27:52 PM

any thoughts about the new hire at amherst? as much as i hate to say it as a williams fan, i think gromacki is a great coach and amherst is lucky to get him. slightly surprised that amherst did not go with a female given the gerenal trend to hire female coaches for female sports teams, however, gender aside, i think he is one of the best out there. ill be interested to see what he can do over at amherst and how quickly he can do it...

feces monkey · June 27, 2007, 12:57:35 AM

Best out there? I know Ham Tech won the coveted Liberty League title (edging out Vassar, no doubt) but let's not get ahead of ourselves. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because he was hired by Suzanne Coffey -- the same AD who hired Jim Murphy.

With that said, I am also a little surprised that a progressive institution like Amherst would take this route. Unless the position was lowballed financially (unlikely considering Gromacki is clearly a mercenary), it really makes no sense.

nescac hoops · June 27, 2007, 08:07:24 AM

feces,

obviously the liberty league is not what the nescac is in terms of talent. however, ham tech did beat 2 out of the 3 nescac teams they played last year - they lost to williams and beat middlebury and amherst. they also gave scranton a run for their money in the ncaa tourny and only lost by six. i think a lot of my respect and admiration comes from what he did at st. lawrence where he made them a sweet sixteen or elite eight team (can't rememeber which) in 2 or 3 years. i don't think he is as good as pemper or murphy, but i think he was one of the best available coaches amherst could get. i think he'll do well at amherst.

fpc85 · June 27, 2007, 10:00:14 AM

Will he be a long term solution? Is this the type of situation he wants to be a part of for years to come?

nescac hoops · June 27, 2007, 10:33:11 AM

fcp85,

i can't speak for gromacki, however as i understand it, nescac coaching positions is every d3 coach's dream. i've heard that from a number of coaches given the benefits, job security, and the relatively easy task of recruiting players to a top notch institution (though actually getting players into schools is much harder). the UAA is obviously another great gig but many coaches don't like the travel that comes with the conference play. unless they move onto d1 programs, you really don't see a ton of coaching changes especially at the higher tier of nescac schools - amherst, williams, midd, etc. - that move around to too many different places.

atn alum · June 27, 2007, 11:15:18 AM

Actually, (in response to person who said he got SLU to elite 8/16) he got st. lawrence to the finals in 2002 (beating Bowdoin to get there), barely losing to wisconsin-stevens point.

nescac hoops · June 27, 2007, 12:55:57 PM

Quote from: atnwriter on June 27, 2007, 11:15:18 AM
Actually, (in response to person who said he got SLU to elite 8/16) he got st. lawrence to the finals in 2002 (beating Bowdoin to get there), barely losing to wisconsin-stevens point.

i stand corrected. yes, it was the title game. thanks for the info though - going to the title game improves my claim that gromacki is the real deal when it comes to coaching. it should be interesting to see how he does with an amherst time that really has been mediocre at best over the past 5 years or so.

Balder Eagle · July 11, 2007, 04:33:29 PM

Monkey,

Sorry I have been absent - life has kept me quite busy. I must confess I found a nice pool on the upper Kennebec that was a distance away, and had to break out my six weight in order to get to it- some big fish though. Most of my fishing is done on remote ponds.

A friend has me planning kayaking and fly-fishing from it for striped bass, stay tuned.

Trust you are well and enjoying the cool weather.