2023 D3 Men's Soccer National Perspective

[Hopkins92]

Just say the school, it's good constructive feedback.

It's CMU, isn't.

[PaulNewman]

Tufts 0 - Babson 0.  I couldn't watch the game, but it looked remarkably even from a statistical perspective.

I'd call it a gentlemans' draw.  Neither team was playing with much urgency for the last 10 minutes - probably happy with a quality SOS outcome.
Can't remember a game with fewer highlight plays.  Plenty of skill, but little of note in the final 3rd of the pitch.  Tufts probably had the best chance denied at the 6.

The Babson announcer referred a few times to Tufts having the single best chance...but for the parts I watched I thought Babson was controlling the game or at least had a sizeable possession advantage (which for all I know Tufts wanted to do).  Btw, the announcer was very good...descriptive, stayed with the action but never got in the way.

[WUPHF]

Just say the school, it's good constructive feedback.

It's CMU, isn't.

I have not watched Carnegie Mellon yet this season.  I was referring to Washington University.

[SKUD]

I was surprised to see Tufts Coaches being gutless and playing for the tie.  They subbed at the 87:28 mark and the ref wasn't sharp enough to stop the clock and recognize the time wasting. Tufts had about 15 minutes late first half early 2nd where they were the better team and other than that Babson controlled.  I am always amazed at how different the view is of the same game Babonation.  2 high quality teams.

[stlawus]

Given the actions of the selection committee Tufts has incentive to go for the tie.  Committee valued SOS above everything else last year.  Even if they lost it wouldn't have mattered much.

[SimpleCoach]

I have to assume that the Flo Sports deal comes with a lot more advertising from major companies rather than say the local pizza chain so I am not sure that cutting out the middle-man moves the pay day needle, but I have not paid to watch a Landmark broadcast so I have no idea.

I will be providing some clarity on this shortly......

SC.

Well, I went for the midfield shot that I would have sworn would have gone wide right, but somehow it sailed over the Keeper and went in to the goal.  Sent an email to the Commissioner of the Pay Per View .... Landmark Conference, Katie Boldvich.  It was awesome.  I learned a ton about something I really had no knowledge of.  I was going to break into two episodes but it violates a cardinal rule of mine.... why edit twice when you can edit once.

Anyhow, hope you enjoy as much as I had talking.

SC.

A SimpleCoach to Coach Interview with Katie Boldvich, Commissioner of the Landmark Conference

[Recon]

Just say the school, it's good constructive feedback.

It's CMU, isn't.

I have not watched Carnegie Mellon yet this season.  I was referring to Washington University.

Referring to Chi games v. Calvin+UR. Wash v Emory was an A relative to those...

[BaboNation]

Tufts 0 - Babson 0.  I couldn't watch the game, but it looked remarkably even from a statistical perspective.

I'd call it a gentlemans' draw.  Neither team was playing with much urgency for the last 10 minutes - probably happy with a quality SOS outcome.
Can't remember a game with fewer highlight plays.  Plenty of skill, but little of note in the final 3rd of the pitch.  Tufts probably had the best chance denied at the 6.

The Babson announcer referred a few times to Tufts having the single best chance...but for the parts I watched I thought Babson was controlling the game or at least had a sizeable possession advantage (which for all I know Tufts wanted to do).  Btw, the announcer was very good...descriptive, stayed with the action but never got in the way.

I watched the whole game and Gerken's (Tufts) 1st half shot from about 8 yards that was turned away by a kick save was the best chance I saw.
And the ref must have had a postgame event he couldn't change because he kept the clock running even when guys were down and play was stopped.
Babson handled the Conn-Amherst-Tufts (1-1-1) as well as I could reasonably expect.  They could run the table on the remainder of the regular season.  As a group they are playing better than earlier in the season.  I like that they have Gazo moved to the back line where they were having trouble with high traps and turnovers.
The team is pulling me in again with hope.  If the postseason comes down to another PK battle, all I ask is to have 5 shots on frame.  Is that unreasonable?

[PaulNewman]

I would be feeling pretty good if I was a Babson fan.  The very ambitious early schedule, despite not going like one might hope, maybe is paying off.  2-0-0 versus Amherst and Tufts would have been sweet, especially with the first one in the bag, but 1-0-1 against two very top tier programs/brands, while playing straight up, is encouraging for sure.

Wesleyan's dip continues with a 3-1 loss at West Conn...the latter doing well but not nearly in same zone as last year.  Feels like there is a pattern of Wesleyan teasing most seasons only to fade...with the fade coming later in the season last year.

In the GNAC, not a good evening for the St Joseph's...Norwich knocked off St Joseph's (ME) in what seems like was a moderate upset, and J&W blitzed St Joseph's (CT) 4-0.

[Ejay]

I have to assume that the Flo Sports deal comes with a lot more advertising from major companies rather than say the local pizza chain so I am not sure that cutting out the middle-man moves the pay day needle, but I have not paid to watch a Landmark broadcast so I have no idea.

I will be providing some clarity on this shortly......

SC.

Well, I went for the midfield shot that I would have sworn would have gone wide right, but somehow it sailed over the Keeper and went in to the goal.  Sent an email to the Commissioner of the Pay Per View .... Landmark Conference, Katie Boldvich.  It was awesome.  I learned a ton about something I really had no knowledge of.  I was going to break into two episodes but it violates a cardinal rule of mine.... why edit twice when you can edit once.

Anyhow, hope you enjoy as much as I had talking.

SC.

A SimpleCoach to Coach Interview with Katie Boldvich, Commissioner of the Landmark Conference

So, it's a guaranteed minimum in excess of $100k to each Landmark school over the 3-year term.  My question used to be "how can the schools possibly make any money from this relationship", to "how can Flo possibly make money from this". Your next interview needs to be with Colby at Flo Sports. 

[camosfan]

Bobo
Babson has a good squad, going into the game I felt Tufts was the underdog, like Sam Morgan a lot , felt the coach underused him, but it was a mid-week out of conference game.

[SimpleCoach]

I have to assume that the Flo Sports deal comes with a lot more advertising from major companies rather than say the local pizza chain so I am not sure that cutting out the middle-man moves the pay day needle, but I have not paid to watch a Landmark broadcast so I have no idea.

I will be providing some clarity on this shortly......

SC.

Well, I went for the midfield shot that I would have sworn would have gone wide right, but somehow it sailed over the Keeper and went in to the goal.  Sent an email to the Commissioner of the Pay Per View .... Landmark Conference, Katie Boldvich.  It was awesome.  I learned a ton about something I really had no knowledge of.  I was going to break into two episodes but it violates a cardinal rule of mine.... why edit twice when you can edit once.

Anyhow, hope you enjoy as much as I had talking.

SC.

A SimpleCoach to Coach Interview with Katie Boldvich, Commissioner of the Landmark Conference

So, it's a guaranteed minimum in excess of $100k to each Landmark school over the 3-year term.  My question used to be "how can the schools possibly make any money from this relationship", to "how can Flo possibly make money from this". Your next interview needs to be with Colby at Flo Sports.

Yeah, not so sure.  I think its clear that they are making money on this, at least in this term, and significantly less if they are not first movers.  If Flo Sports wants to splash the cash, then so be it.  I am interested in doing another interview though ...

SC.

[maineman]

Middlebury's 2-2 tie yesterday with Vassar was disappointing.  The Panthers were up 1-0 and 2-1 and both time surrendered equalizers on corner kicks. 

[SierraFD3soccer]

I have to assume that the Flo Sports deal comes with a lot more advertising from major companies rather than say the local pizza chain so I am not sure that cutting out the middle-man moves the pay day needle, but I have not paid to watch a Landmark broadcast so I have no idea.

I will be providing some clarity on this shortly......

SC.

Well, I went for the midfield shot that I would have sworn would have gone wide right, but somehow it sailed over the Keeper and went in to the goal.  Sent an email to the Commissioner of the Pay Per View .... Landmark Conference, Katie Boldvich.  It was awesome.  I learned a ton about something I really had no knowledge of.  I was going to break into two episodes but it violates a cardinal rule of mine.... why edit twice when you can edit once.

Anyhow, hope you enjoy as much as I had talking.

SC.

A SimpleCoach to Coach Interview with Katie Boldvich, Commissioner of the Landmark Conference

It was a very interesting interview and, for a college admin, she seemed to be very straight forward and nice to talk to.

The compensation part does not make sense.  Maybe a billionaire owns Flosports and just wants to lose money for tax reasons??  I am a HS/college wrestling fan and Flowrestling is a big part of college and int'l wrestling. I am not willing to pay the extra to get its videos. 

Going to go way out there. All the talk with SC and the admin person made me think of how horrendous D1 sports actually is and having sports/education combined.

So, question is can students get NIL deals now?? If not, why not?  Sounds like Notre Dame and NBC or BigTen and CBS?? Obviously on a much smaller scale. Schools/conferences are profiting off of their athletes. But for these athletes, the Landmark Conf would not be compensated by FloSports. Its not FloPhysics or FloPathology or FloEnvironmentalStudies.

SC said it best, he, they, FloSports, Landmark, the schools themselves, everyone is a capitalist. FYI, I love capitalism. My mother almost lost her side of the family to communism. Why not include student athletes in this profit scheme? Or at least the opportunity for a student athlete to capitalize on his/her ability to generate funding for a incredibly expensive 4 year degree? Of all the student athletes they get way, way less than D1/II student athletes. 

So why not allow the Matt McDonald's of the world make some money on his amazing skills. I would probably be more interested in sponsoring Matt and his college career than paying for a subscription pay for view.

[Freddyfud]

So, it's a guaranteed minimum in excess of $100k to each Landmark school over the 3-year term.  My question used to be "how can the schools possibly make any money from this relationship", to "how can Flo possibly make money from this". Your next interview needs to be with Colby at Flo Sports.

Venture backed media content company actually making a profit.  Ha!  That's a good one.  $47M in private equity 4 years ago goes a long way...