MBB: Northwest Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Sorry -- when I took Quoting 101 graf became journalistic shorthand for "paragraph." I'm at my day job and definitely in the journalist mind-set at the moment.

Pardon me, however, for trying to understand the Northwest Conference. I guess I could leave you alone and ignore your teams as well.

[Warren Thompson]

'Logs:

Had you attended a "Catholic bording [sic!] school," you would doubtless be a better speller than shown in your post above.   

[Warren Thompson]

I guess I could leave you alone and ignore your teams as well.

Good idea, Pat, and perhaps worth doing ....  8)

[UPSoundLogs]

"Pardon me, however, for trying to understand the Northwest Conference. I guess I could leave you alone and ignore your teams as well." -P Coleman

I appreciate you trying to understand the NWC, we are pretty confusing over here.  If you have any further questions I would be glad to help you out if I can.  However, I think I might take you a little more seriously, in your quest to understand the NWC, if you didn't start out by telling us we are sour grapes(or is it just me?)

We enjoy your company over here and it would be a shame to allow your frustrations with two Jr. Varsity posters to interfer with your participating on our board...or even more... turning your back on our entire conference; as you mentioned(bold statement ).    I think Gil would agree with me that we believed you to be a little more thick skinned and able to participate in a good old fashioned busting of the chops.  However, don't allow our antics to bring you down and certainly don't become too offended to come back and join us at any time of your choosing.  

Have a very Merry Xmas P-man!  I'll even throw +500 Lucky Charms in your stocking .

[UPSoundLogs]

Oh Hello Warren, you sure came in here with your guns ablazin!!!

  You must be the annoying side kick that tries to be funny but never is.  Thanks for the spelling comment, I've never heard that one before...I wish I could find original ways like that to make fun of people.  It always hurts to make fun of spelling errors, I'm just not sure how I can possibly get you back now. 

If we really were in a catholic boarding school I would probably give you a wedgie after lunch or something like that, but since you are a "Hale of fahmer" (I forgot how to spell that?) I'll just take it easy on you for your first visit to our board. 

Welcome, I hope you didn't bring any sour grapes with you they are frowned upon here in the NWC.

[Gilbert McFinnegan]

Sorry -- when I took Quoting 101 graf became journalistic shorthand for "paragraph." I'm at my day job and definitely in the journalist mind-set at the moment.

Pardon me, however, for trying to understand the Northwest Conference. I guess I could leave you alone and ignore your teams as well.

My concept of whats going on is not so misconstrued that I cannot take a step back and admit when I jumped the gun a little.  I was unaware of journalist shorthand as I have no journalism experience.  Point taken.  My bad on the "graf" comment.

Pat do you realize who you are? Let me repeat it for you:

You are Pat Coleman, the D3sports.com Guru Administrator All-American, Publisher of d3hoops.com, d3football.com (and that's it no other sports).  You have over 15,000+ posts, +250 Karma....and shoot your stars are even better looking than everyone elses.

Putting all sarcasm aside for one moment in my life, I am under the assumption that you are an important position in the d3hoops.com world, being a publisher and all, and with that comes the need for a certain level of professionalism.  For you to make as irrational a comment as "I guess I could ignore your teams as well," reminds me of the little kid who won't let everyone play with his basketball unless he gets to be captain. Come on Pat, you are better than that.  It is really dissapointing that someone responsible for national D3 hoops coverage would even threaten to let a PUBLIC DISCUSSION effect the way in which he does his job.  I hope that this is not a reflection of how the rest of D3hoops.com conducts business.  Either way I am not worried, as NWC play should speak for itself regardless of Pat Coleman coverage or not.

I am sorry that we did not just bow to your almighty comments when you came on our board and actually had responses to you when you came out calling us whiners and accusing us of having "sour grapes." So yes, actually commenting back is how we do things in the Northwest Conference.

As for Warren, well I am just dissapointed that UPSoundLogs even paid you any attention at all.  You come onto our board talking about spelling, and piggybacking Pat and that is it?  I just hope you guys are really good friends or you want a job at D3hoops.com or something, because otherwise, you presence here just does not make sense....But hey, who could resist a good wedgie comment.

[Gilbert McFinnegan]

Oh yeah....-15 Lucky Charms for both of you.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, shoot, I could judge anyone to be anything if I only read .03% of their 15,000 posts.

Don't make judgments about me. You have no idea. Thanks. You're wasting a lot of virtual breath talking about me for no real reason.

[pineconefan]

"So you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout!  I'm tellin' you why.  Santa Claus is coming to town!"

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas all.

Peace on Earth and Good Will toward everyone!

[fosheezie]

Is Pat threatening to go home with his ball and not let anyone play....dont worry NWC fans, I have posting in the SCIAC board for years and have realized that Pat is a big cry baby when anyone questions his posts.  Like you said earlier Pat, "take things on the posting board with a grain of salt!"  Be an athletic supporter not a cry baby!

Merry Christmas Pat!

Go Pacific Bulldogs!

[Greek Tragedy]

Pat-

Wait a minute....you are telling me the Top 25 poll estimates how good at basketball one D3 team is relative to all others because of the impossibility of every team playing one another in aims of truly defining a teams standing based on record alone? And in following your logic, with 1 being the best ranking in the Top 25, for Whitworth to be in the 8 position would suggest that they are good; since WW is in the NWC that would suggest that the NWC is good, and despite D3 tournament selections to be supposedly "objective," based on conference title, in region D3 competition, and other D3 competition, for the NWC conference to be suggested as "good" by the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll would weigh in heavily on the selection committees conscience in selecting at large bids, possibly giving the NWC a better shot at one of those bids (Even though in the end, dollars tend to dictate those type of decisions)........

(Read Reply #531; If you are going to read this board, please do it with at least some level of detail. There are no sour grapes about WW's ranking and are clearly overall happy with it...We just felt like DISCUSSING the mystical 10 spot jump)

Not that I care, since I'm only a WIACer who lurks around the NWC only when a fellow WIAC team plays a NWC team, usually in the NCAA tourney.

The criteria for selecting at-large bids is objective, such as in-region record, the old SOSI (strength of schedule index:  they use something similar to that now), records against ranked opponents (the NCAA ranking, not the d3hoops ranking) and other secondary critieria...while the actual selection is subjective.  I'm not going to insult your intelligence here, or any other NWCer here, but there is a "round table" selection process that determines who's selected and who isn't.  From what I gather, though dollars dictate WHERE a selected team plays, I don't believe dollars dictate WHO is selected.  They don't pick one team over another team because it's cheaper for the NCAA...however, they choose to fly one team to another team's place for cost purposes.  The NCAA does not look at the d3hoops poll to get an idea of who is good and who isn't.  They have their own poll for that.  The regular season conference title doesn't mean anything.  If you win the conference tourney, you get the AQ, unless a league doesn't have one (like the AAU, I believe).

[The Observation Deck]

You've been posting for years? With one post a month?

Not sure I would take you very seriously at 73 posts.

[Pat Coleman]

Is Pat threatening to go home with his ball and not let anyone play

I never said anything about shutting down the board. That would be the equivalent of taking the ball and going home. I am most definitely leaving them the ball.

[Greek Tragedy]

You've been posting for years? With one post a month?

Not sure I would take you very seriously at 73 posts.

In no one's defense at all, there are a good number of posters who are very knowledgeable that don't post very often..and on the other hand, there are a lot of posters who post a lot that don't know anything! 

[UPSoundLogs]

Geez I leave for a couple days and our board comes to life!  I like!

Old School-
I think you have more d3hoops knowledge than is healthy for any one human being to possess.  I'm slightly intimidated to ask you any questions, but if I ever think of a good one you are the first person I'm asking!  I appreciate the insight you bring to the table...its good stuff. 

Fosheezie-
So Pat has created trouble on your board as well huh?  Hmmmm...I'm beginning to get the feeling he is not the most liked poster around.  Being that I'm new to the d3board I don't want to create any judgement calls too early in the game.   With that said, 15,000 posts is a lot of whining!!!  Even if it is only..."Virtual breath(The Pman) "  Sorry i judged...oops!