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Post by efg72 on Mar 20, 2024 17:49:22 GMT -5
I don't expect any surprises from HC. Cahalan has started contributing and has a clear path to solid playing time next year with Janelle and Callie graduating. Her height would make her attractive in the portal. I can't think of any other logical candidates. I'm thinking most PL level freshmen need to show decent production to get a scholarship offer. Otherwise a blank slate, non-disgruntled HS senior looks like a cleaner bet. Unless a program has turned into a bus station and doesn't want half the team to be freshmen. Why leave HC for that situation? Without film or a long term relationship prior to college it is unlikely they get an offer
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Post by efg72 on Mar 20, 2024 17:46:11 GMT -5
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Post by efg72 on Mar 20, 2024 12:28:18 GMT -5
Playing two sports in college today is a rarity. I don't know that it was ever very common In the mid 60s HC had John Wendelken,’65, Bud Knittel,’65, Tom Kelly,’67, Pete Kimener’67 and probably more. Also at Harvard John Dockery’66. In the mid 50s there was Ron Perry Sr ‘54 and more, no doubt. In the late 70s-early 80s there was Ronnie Perry Jr. Phil O'Neill and Pat Bourque class of 69 and possibly one or two more from that class- brain lock
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Post by efg72 on Mar 20, 2024 9:24:58 GMT -5
While you could very well be right, one of my kids, who is with St Jude's and active in the Memphis community, said Bo was offered an opportunity to return home.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 20, 2024 8:53:40 GMT -5
and pulled Bo back from the portal
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Post by efg72 on Mar 17, 2024 15:44:55 GMT -5
Gosh, I saw the thread, which was from years ago, but I feared there might be rumors about her departure
Thankfully, I was wrong
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Post by efg72 on Mar 17, 2024 15:41:54 GMT -5
Those who are more tuned into college hockey than me...should we be concerned that Riga might be poached by another school? Of course. That's why I was glad Kit hired Coach Curran, recently up from D-2 with no FCS hardware yet instead of a more expensive "name" coach that an insecure AD might feel compelled to do to replace star coach Chesney. I hope that leaves funds to extend Riga with a well deserved raise. Maybe the two aren't connected but Kit seems to have made good decisions so far. The money is only an issue because we underpay whenever possible. Pay these coaches what they have earned plus a slight bonus for working in a league that has barriers to success. I might be incorrect, but I believe the CAF was moved from a support fund paid by alumni to become an athletic budget line item. If true we should be very upset that the rules of the contribution game have changed, and we should demand they no longer be a line-item entry for the budget. The school should pay for a fully functioning athletic program, without alumni and parent/supporter CAF gifts. There should be a full accounting by TPTB of the dollars received by the CAF and how they are being implemented to grow programs the way we want them supported and developed. I want the CAF to grow and be successful, but I want it to represent the intent of the funds given. And while I am not a fan of the NIL concept, it is the new world we live in so as KY might say empty the pockets and give what you can and let the success of our programs SOAR. Soar is also Save Our Aging Religious so if you want to give there it is a worthy cause as well.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 17, 2024 8:07:12 GMT -5
I don't follow. He's getting a movie deal from another school if he goes there to play basketball? Or do you mean he may already have the deal and now is shopping for a nearby college to play basketball when he's not on the set? Will's is reaching the end of the strangest recruiting and playing cycle I can remember at HC. Leaving his past and future movie stardom aside he'll be a loss from a basketball perspective. I thought he was the best fit we had as a PG. I don't think Williams or Singleton are more than emergency PG options on a good team. I like Williams more as a defender off the bench and think Singleton could be more a Bo or Octave type for scoring (hopefully more consistent). Assuming Boston is the automatic PG I'm not crazy about the other two plus Batch behind him at PG. I was simply saying his decision to leave might not be a basketball only reason but perhaps he misses the screen
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Post by efg72 on Mar 17, 2024 8:00:12 GMT -5
Look for this to be a class with athleticism and demonstrated toughness Will be complementary of the class arriving this summer of which I see three to five freshmen starters by the Syracuse game 3 to 5 freshman starters? Wow! A stretch and likely overstatement I know, especially to say by Syracuse, but there are a couple of really talented youngsters coming in- So instead of starters let me say I believe they will be in the two deep at some point this season and ready to go
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Post by efg72 on Mar 16, 2024 18:58:09 GMT -5
And game 2?
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Post by efg72 on Mar 16, 2024 18:57:18 GMT -5
Getting old given the major investment and commitment fro families and friends of m lax
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Post by efg72 on Mar 16, 2024 16:32:08 GMT -5
Look for this to be a class with athleticism and demonstrated toughness
Will be complementary of the class arriving this summer of which I see three to five freshmen starters by the Syracuse game
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Post by efg72 on Mar 15, 2024 21:32:31 GMT -5
Speculation already on Dusty May, Brian Dutcher, Nate Oats, T.J. Otzelberger, Shaka Smart and…John Beilein (Round 2). Dusty May is a terrific coach and a great guy
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Post by efg72 on Mar 15, 2024 21:29:47 GMT -5
Wills didn't have the impact or stats of Luc. He'll get interest but maybe DP would keep the door ajar for him if Dave can't secure an improvement via the portal right away and Wills can't secure his ideal landing spot either. I can't imagine there is a wheelbarrow of NIL cash for him anywhere. Think movie deal
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Post by efg72 on Mar 15, 2024 8:05:30 GMT -5
Hard to tell from the video, but it sounded like Coach might have some concerns about the depth in roster he inherited. Like others have suggested the junior and senior classes recruited during those Covid years might have fallen short of addressing the needed depth in the roster. Again the youngsters will be seeing the field and getting PT, making the back to back recruiting years we just completed very important to the 2024 season
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Post by efg72 on Mar 14, 2024 21:57:32 GMT -5
This is not a school effort so I don't think any concerns you raise are relevant.
However, if you or former players of a women’s sport want to lead the effort for a specific team or two, then fans/supporters like many of us who post here can embrace such an effort by writing a check and pledge our support. A simple and straightforward process, and I for one would be happy to support a few of the programs, as I do with CAF donations.
Think of these contributions as individual investments, like your 401k / IRA, and remember this effort is a commercial enterprise and not connected to the school.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 14, 2024 19:57:12 GMT -5
Unlikely
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Post by efg72 on Mar 14, 2024 19:39:09 GMT -5
If Becker leaves Vermont this season what does his bride to be do ??
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Post by efg72 on Mar 14, 2024 9:00:29 GMT -5
Will we be able to differentiate the defections from those who were “allowed” to leave? In the world of the portal nothing surprises me and so much is disappointing. From the current roster, we have five seniors that will not be returning. Of the remaining seven players, the likelihood of losing one or two players to the portal would seem reasonable for any program. But given none of us know anything it is not a good use of time to speculate or post names as possible departures. Time will tell, but with some luck the probability of departures and the reality of the same do not intersect. Unfortunately, these departures are fast becoming the new normal for college sports in the post Covid era.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 13, 2024 20:24:01 GMT -5
Great for Colgate tonight
If Langel sticks around, which I think the chances are slim to none as slim already left the room, Colgate settles back into the pack
That happens even if he sticks around
A tremendous run for a special coach
Waiting to see if Navy has a retirement in the days ahead
Our NIL might make a big difference in 24 and 25
Thank you Mark, Roger, and Whitey for lifting up football and hoops
#GoCrossGo✝️✝️✝️✝️
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Post by efg72 on Mar 10, 2024 12:56:33 GMT -5
Rabs is the first to enter the portal. Bo and Joe can’t be far behind. It will be great for all three if they find a spot next year, and can get a graduate degree
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Post by efg72 on Mar 10, 2024 12:44:33 GMT -5
I think the best way to think of him is he is a winner that makes his teammates better—and reminds me of Tyler Boston
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Post by efg72 on Mar 9, 2024 18:04:21 GMT -5
Great starting pitching, solid hitting, but the bullpen today was at best weak and failed the team yet again
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Post by efg72 on Mar 8, 2024 16:56:21 GMT -5
Send anyone who's thinking of leaving the following info. Kyrell Luc hasn't played a full game's worth of minutes since the beginning of February. Martindale's on a team worse than HC's. Joe Pridgen's going for his fourth school. Etc. Only person that's done ok for himself is Drew Lowder, and that took a lot of work. In addition to Lowder, both Joey Reilly and RJ Johnson had good years. Reilly averaged 11.3 ppg and shot 51.6% from the floor overall, 40.6% on 3s and 80.4% on FTs on a Sacred Heart team that finished 3rd in the NEC, 16-16 overall and lost on Wednesday in the NEC quarterfinals. RJ led Charleston Southern in scoring (15.3 ppg) and assists (3.0 apg) while shooting 40.4 from the field overall 40% on 3s and 88% on FTs. Yet CS is 10-19 going into its Big South tournament game vs. UNCA tonight. I’ll venture a guess that Reilly and RJ both would have helped us significantly this yr. both with their experience and production. Nevertheless, it’s spilled milk, much of which we can lay at the feet of FHCBN. It’s onward to ‘24-‘25 where hopefully Mr. Boston will make us forget some of the guards from the immediate past who departed. Reilly would have played over Batch and RJ would have given us a PG Those two on the roster might have given us 5-8 more wins Not a knock on the others but a true PG would have made all players better, and Reilly is as good a shooter as Batch and a much better defender
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Post by efg72 on Mar 8, 2024 11:53:07 GMT -5
Will we be able to differentiate the defections from those who were “allowed” to leave? In the world of the portal nothing surprises me and so much is disappointing. From the current roster, we have five seniors that will not be returning. Of the remaining seven players, the likelihood of losing one or two players to the portal would seem reasonable for any program. But given none of us know anything it is not a good use of time to speculate or post names as possible departures. Time will tell, but with some luck the probability of departures and the reality of the same do not intersect.
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