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Post by HCFC45 on Feb 26, 2019 20:26:46 GMT -5
Back in the 70's when I was coaching JV's at Algonquin, Hudson High had a similar hard rubber basketball floor in their field house.
Behind one end of the basket, the wall was not too far from the end of the court. On the other end the back of the basket was wide open and leading to another court. With the whole field house lit, there was little depth perception to be had by the visiting team shooting at that end. After our game and at the end of the first half of the varsity game, I noticed that the Hudson home team turned off the lights behind the open end leading to the other wide open court, thus giving Hudson, the home team, a better perspective and depth perception during the second half! I brought it up to the game officials who immediately mandated that these lights be turned back on so that the second half be played under the same conditions as the first half! Being the kind of lights that they were it took about 10 to 15 minute to come to full brightness, the start of the second half was delayed and the Hudson head coach was not very happy! Bottom line, we won the game!
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 27, 2019 17:51:18 GMT -5
Great effort for a JayVee coach. Hudson's gimmick reminds of the (myth?) of Red Auerbach and the broken air conditioning in the old Boston Garden in June when the Celts were playing the elderly Kareem in the playoffs. Or perhaps when Mark Henderson drove a small plow on the field to clear the way for a Patriots FG against the Shula coached Dolphins in a snow storm at Sullivan Stadium.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 28, 2019 5:51:44 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Mar 1, 2019 9:26:23 GMT -5
Obviously since it was to Simmons it was an older Red making those statements. When he was active with the team, he never would have admitted any of it. Even if nothing was true, the perception that Red was playing these games meant Red was in their heads before tip off. Why give that up.
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Post by hc87 on Mar 1, 2019 10:03:02 GMT -5
Thr rubbah floors live on in a few gyms in SEMass...Durfee, Taunton and Dartmouth still have them....amongst others. Hate them...may have cost a state title in the 00s as our big man twisted/injured his knee...we ended up losing to CM in the South Finals without him.
Has anybody compiled a list of notables who have appeared/played etc in the Fieldhouse? Would be quite a list.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 1, 2019 11:50:39 GMT -5
dave Bing, Boeheim all the HC greats after it was built (year ?) and before the Hart Cooz?, Kaftan?, Togo,Foley, Siudut, Hochstein, Wendelken, Doyle, Schnurr, Blaney, Shea,
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Post by hc87 on Mar 1, 2019 11:53:19 GMT -5
MLK Jr, the Who(?), the J Geils Band, Squeeze...sure there are countless other notable speakahs, musical acts...
Robert Montgomery Knight with his Army team...
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Post by hchoops on Mar 1, 2019 11:57:50 GMT -5
i thought you were referring to hoopsters and their possible injuries due to the floor The Supremes, inc Diana Ross, Chicago, Clarence Thomas, Ted Wells,Joe Califano, Gary US Bonds,
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Post by hc87 on Mar 1, 2019 12:19:44 GMT -5
it would be quite a list of people from many segments of society/culture 1947-2018...hope the school does something to commemorate that.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 1, 2019 13:20:06 GMT -5
The field house will be demolished next week, while the students are on break. Demolition was delayed by contamination that needed to be remediated before demolition could occur. Very likely the major contamination was asbestos.
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Post by CHC8485 on Mar 6, 2019 10:26:35 GMT -5
Sir Charles Bare weighs in a couple days ago on the construction.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 6, 2019 11:15:22 GMT -5
My roommate got the parking space right at the end of that wall one year. So easy to walk up the stairs from Wheeler and head to Breen's!!
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 6, 2019 18:37:26 GMT -5
The new student recreation center has been semi-officially named ;The Jo' For certain, FADNP must have insisted on the golf simulator
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 6, 2019 20:29:37 GMT -5
Sargent Shriver also appeared at the fieldhouse during the 1972 Presidential election cycle, introduced by US Congressman Harold Donohue, D-Worcester.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 6, 2019 21:25:10 GMT -5
Sargent Shriver also appeared at the fieldhouse during the 1972 Presidential election cycle, introduced by US Congressman Harold Donohue, D-Worcester. Sargent Shriver came to HC when the biggest news at the school was the arrival of coeducation in the form of 250 women living in Mulledy dorm. His advance people had learned that, but, apparently, did not give him the right pronunciation as he mentioned not "Muh-Lady" but, rather, "Mulla-Dee". He probably did not understand the laughter.
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Post by HCFC45 on Mar 6, 2019 23:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2019 23:27:50 GMT -5
Impressive look
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Post by hc87 on Mar 7, 2019 9:09:26 GMT -5
Sargeant probably got most of the buildings names down when his son Mark attended HC in the 1980s
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2019 13:13:29 GMT -5
I remember being excited I would be getting a taste of "Camelot" and then being underwhelmed by Sarge. I remember him being an upbeat "Happy Warrior," just without the gravitas of Jack or Bobby, or even Ted who wasn't there.
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Post by alum on Mar 7, 2019 16:08:19 GMT -5
I remember being excited I would be getting a taste of "Camelot" and then being underwhelmed by Sarge. I remember him being an upbeat "Happy Warrior," just without the gravitas of Jack or Bobby, or even Ted who wasn't there. Of course, the best Shriver story is about him campaigning in 1972. From an obit in the Post. "Despite his people skills, Mr. Shriver made a huge gaffe on the campaign trail while visiting a bar near a steel mill in Youngstown, Ohio. Locals ordered Pabsts, Schlitzes or Buds. Mr. Shriver called out, "Make mine a Courvoisier!""
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2019 16:37:15 GMT -5
The Bud Light Knight would not be pleased. BTW, if we make it to the PLT Finals would the Knight be available for mascot duty? Free samples? 😜
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 7, 2019 17:22:31 GMT -5
Maybe this was covered elsewhere, but I was not aware that these wonderful benefactors had increased their donation--what generosity!!
Construction of The Jo is made possible by a $40 million donation — the largest in College history — from John Luth ’74 and his wife, Joanne Chouinard-Luth. A significant part of the donation, $25 million, is allocated toward the renovation and expansion of the Hart Center, now the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex, which was dedicated in 2018. The balance of the donation, which was recently increased by an additional $7.5 million to total $15 million, is being used to fund The Jo.
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Post by tom89 on Mar 7, 2019 18:03:07 GMT -5
Park B. Smith donated millions from the sale of some of his fine wines towards the new wellness center. The Luths deserve certainly deserve the recognition, but I’m surprised at the lack of a mention of Smith’s generous contribution years ago. Were the Park B. Smith funds directed elsewhere?
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Post by Crucis#1 on Mar 7, 2019 21:02:37 GMT -5
There will probably be a plaque that notes the major benefactors to the building.
Just like in the LAC, the various rooms will have benefactors names.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 7, 2019 21:47:53 GMT -5
Park B. Smith donated millions from the sale of some of his fine wines towards the new wellness center. The Luths deserve certainly deserve the recognition, but I’m surprised at the lack of a mention of Smith’s generous contribution years ago. Were the Park B. Smith funds directed elsewhere? I was only half joking when saying that if there was not already a Smith College, HC ought consider renaming itself. There are two major buildings, the sports performance center, and the soccer field named for the Smiths. The proceeds from the wine sale (back when Fr. McF was President) never became part of the endowment, from what I can tell. Rather the monies became part of net assets, of which the endowment is a part. if the money was actually transferred it was pooled with other monies as cash or short-term investments. If Park Smith did not actually send a check post-auction, the promised monies were pooled other donor 'promises' as contributions receivable. As of June 30, 2018, the net amount of contributions receivable was $79 million. ^^^^ This is the long way of saying that the proceeds from the sale might, with Park Smith's okay, be used for another capital project, e.g., the Creative Arts Center. Pure speculation, but IMO, the naming opportunities for one of the performance venues at the Creative Arts Center are a lot more attractive than naming the jogging track or the golf simulator, or a yoga room.
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