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Post by timholycross on Jan 23, 2022 21:26:30 GMT -5
And they play at Steinbrenner Stadium, named after The Boss' dad, Class of '27
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 23, 2022 23:00:46 GMT -5
And they play at Steinbrenner Stadium, named after The Boss' dad, Class of '27 The boss went to Williams where he roomed with Kevin White, future Mayor of Boston.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 24, 2022 0:12:47 GMT -5
I remember attending a coffee and conversation lecture by Kevin White sponsored by the Hogan Campus Center Board of Directors in room 433 around 1970.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 24, 2022 5:03:01 GMT -5
Kevin White was George McGovern's choice for Vice President, but that was vetoed by Ted Kennedy and George then made the ill fated pick of Thomas Eagleton, who was replaced nineteen days after nomination by a future Holy Cross parent, Sargent Shriver who spoke in the Holy Cross Field House during the 1972 Presidential campaign.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 24, 2022 8:12:00 GMT -5
From the staff directory, Nick Perron is the head equipment manager for all sports.
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Post by hc6774 on Jan 24, 2022 9:14:54 GMT -5
According to Wiki, MIT played their first football game in 1881 and beat Exeter College. In 1901 the student body voted 119-117 to discontinue intercollegiate football. In 1978 a group of students started a club program without telling the administration and repurposed uniforms from Rochester Tech who had recently dropped football. An MIT athletic administrator Jack Barry (HC's Jack Barry or relation?) eventually gave them the go ahead and after a few years they became a varsity sport and won championships in 2014 and 2019. In the 80's I recall the son of a work collogue in Worcester playing for MIT... the family also had a connection to Clemson SC where they are now retired.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 24, 2022 11:13:21 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 24, 2022 12:04:49 GMT -5
With Georgetown and M.I.T. as associate members, the PL is inching closer to the aspirational but unattainable IL.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 24, 2022 12:18:49 GMT -5
Yes, inching closer but still 10,000 miles away
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 24, 2022 12:18:49 GMT -5
Not really - in fact they're further away than ever as IL teams are so far ahead of PL teams in most sports - two different worlds at this time
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 24, 2022 12:38:20 GMT -5
Let's get this thread back on track ! I want to keep the info coming regarding our 2022 coaching staff
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 2, 2022 18:07:52 GMT -5
today's article in the Telegram talks about the coaches yet to be hired (or announced) can someone recap how many assistants positions are still open and when we can expect announcements ?
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 3, 2022 10:33:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure on announcements.
Coaching Hires: I believe they promoted Della Jacono to DL Coach as I think Pucko retired. They need to hire a CB Coach; and an OC or QB Coach. If someone get promoted from within (e.g., Smith) they would have to hire a QB Coach. Or they go out and get a QB/OC. I believe they might be looking at one additional hire too.
So in total 3 - most important being either naming an OC from within or hiring one.
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Post by gks on Feb 3, 2022 10:59:31 GMT -5
Coach Pucko is a big loss. A great coach that had that Defensive Line dominating.
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Post by hc17 on Feb 3, 2022 14:07:44 GMT -5
Based on the article, it seems the OC will be named shortly. While I can see the merit of keeping it in-house, I'd like to get some one with play-calling experience. You're probably not getting a CAA coordinator, but I believe Coen came to us after being the OC at Maine.
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Post by fillfittonfield on Feb 3, 2022 16:41:55 GMT -5
Can someone post a link to the article? Can’t seem to find it. Much appreciated!
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Post by hc17 on Feb 4, 2022 10:28:22 GMT -5
Like other football fans, Holy Cross coach Bob Chesney watched the last two weekends of NFL playoff games in amazement as the divisional round featured four walk-off wins and the conference championships two come-from-behind victories, one in overtime.
In all the excitement, Chesney drew some lessons for his players, which the team talked about before a recent conditioning workout.
“They were just games with a lot of ups and downs and numerous lead changes, including in the final minute,” Chesney said, “so it’s understanding you’re never out of it, and you should never be comfortable when you’re in it. I think the whole mentality of ‘we want to play 60 minutes’ and if there’s an overtime we want to play that to completion as well, and we should never hang our heads, and we should never be too up. Until the final buzzer sounds, that game is still anybody’s.”
The Crusaders, who captured their third straight Patriot League championship in 2021, certainly played with that mindset in the first round of last season’s Football Championship Subdivision playoffs against Sacred Heart at Fitton Field. Quarterback Matthew Sluka threw the winning touchdown pass to Jalen Coker with 14 seconds left to lift HC to a thrilling 13-10 triumph, its first in the postseason. The next week at Villanova, Holy Cross nearly rallied for another late win before falling, 21-16.
Since the conclusion of HC’s historic 2021 season, in early December, Chesney and his staff moved on quickly and have been busy recruiting, assessing the roster, players’ strengths and weaknesses, and depth at each position, and building for the future.
“It’s just been a true deep dive into who we are and who we want to be,” Chesney said.
On National Signing Day Wednesday, Holy Cross added 10 players, including St. John’s High offensive lineman Cam Nolan of Oxford and Loomis Chaffee wide receiver Matt Brunelle of Paxton. HC signed eight players during the early signing period in December.
In addition to Nolan and Brunelle, defensive back Avery Powell, running back Sam Slade, tight ends George Bousum and Nathan Schillinger, quarterback Max Mosey, kicker Luis Palenzuela and defensive linemen Colin Reynolds and Daniel Santiago signed with Holy Cross Wednesday.
Linebacker Sam Boyer, offensive linemen Noah Eldridge and Joe Metzger, defensive ends Osahon Noruwa and Christian Ross, quarterback Mark Forcucci, wide receiver Blake Youngblood and all-purpose Tommy Bestpitch joined the Crusaders in December.
HC’s newcomers will join a talented 2022 roster that includes 13 fifth-year seniors, six that earned first-team All-Patriot League honors last season.
Holy Cross finished 10-3, its most wins since 1991.
In four years at HC, including the COVID-shortened spring season, Chesney is 25-16.
Holy Cross football coach Bob Chesney is faced with hiring a new offensive coordinator. Holy Cross is close to naming a new offensive coordinator to succeed Justin Roper, who departed HC last month to join the staff at Furman in the same capacity. Roper was with the Crusaders for two seasons. In 2021, HC averaged 32.2 points and had one of the most balanced attacks in the nation, averaging 203.8 rushing yards and 201.5 passing yards per game.
There will be a couple other changes to the staff as well, Chesney said.
“We lost some coaches after the first championship, after the second one and after the third,” Chesney said. “That’s the nature of the beast when you’re winning. It puts a little more pressure on me to get the next hirings right and there is a lot that we look into with each of those hires. The kids are always going to be ready; as coaches, we have to make sure we are.”
Since returning from Christmas break, Holy Cross players have been lifting four times a week and conditioning on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Holy Cross also won three straight PL championships from 1989-91. A four-peat would be a league first.
“The first thing we talked about moving forward,” Chesney said, “is it has to be a championship effort in every single thing we do. To go back-to-back-to-back is borderline impossible, but to do it a fourth time is the same. It’s very, very hard to do when the bull’s-eye is on your back.”
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 7, 2022 9:32:01 GMT -5
Looks like the QB's Coach was named. Dean Kennedy is a Coach who just posted.
Looks like he comes from the University of Florida as a Quality Control Assistant there.
This would leave me to believe they might promote from within regarding the OC position - possibly to Smith.
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Post by breezy on Feb 7, 2022 9:35:27 GMT -5
It appears Holy Cross has hired a new QB coach.
Have not had the chance to track down his record. Appears to be a Massachusetts native; played QB at Rochester, and was recently was in a "quality control" position at the University of Florida.
[Sorry, dharry13 -- looks like our posts overlapped.]
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Post by hc17 on Feb 7, 2022 9:39:41 GMT -5
Looks like he followed Dan Mullen from Miss. State to UF.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 7, 2022 9:42:15 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how he brings along the talented QB recruits/players we currently have on board and/or committed.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 7, 2022 10:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 7, 2022 11:09:19 GMT -5
QB coach is a key, key position as our starting QB has an outsized role and the other QBs almost have to have a different skill set as Sluka is so unique and special.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Feb 7, 2022 11:51:04 GMT -5
Looking at the UF coach roster, it's noteworthy that Sean Spencer (HC D-line coach in 2004) is now the D-line coach and Co-Defensive Coordinator at Florida as part of Billy Napier's new staff. Interesting as Spence had been a James Franklin assistant since 2011-2013 Vanderbilt then onto Penn St. Other 2004 HC coach to watch is Ricky Rahne who's starting his second year as the head coach at Old Dominion (after a successful 1st year) Rick was Defensive quality control specialist at HC and helped Spencer with D-ends in 2004. He was a record setting QB at Cornell. Both great guys!
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Post by inhocsigno on Feb 7, 2022 11:56:23 GMT -5
DeAndrade confirmed on twitter today he is not returning.
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