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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 15, 2023 9:12:00 GMT -5
You guys are old.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 12, 2023 16:42:23 GMT -5
WCHC’s Bama comments above reminded me that Trey Gowdy mentioned us on his show the other night. He was talking about the CFP and who the best teams in the country are. He was talking about Georgia, and said something like, “They were #1 all year and they lost one close game . It’s not like they lost to Holy Cross. They lost to Bama.” Now, he was talking to ND’s Brady Quinn so it’s possible he meant Rudy’s HC in Indiana. Not sure if that makes me feel better or worse. As the legend goes, supposedly Alabama reached out to HC in the early '80s for a 2 game home and home series...our home game in Foxboro presumably....not sure who squashed it....BC ended up picking those games up and actually beat Bama twice. We are also 3-0 lifetime versus Georgia There's a joke in here somewhere that [small European kingdom] is 3-0 in major medieval conflicts against [large European kingdom], except when as--constituted back in the thirteenth century, said countries looked nothing like they do now. I'm sure can be said about the HC and Georgia and 'Bama profiles.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 12, 2023 10:54:36 GMT -5
I don't like how everyone seems to bury Foley at every turn, but this comment did strike a chord with me. Yes, we're playing in the lower division of college football. I myself have said we should pour the resources into Hockey and Basketball, where we have a better chance (for a great number of reasons) to be the "real" national champion, or at least compete at that level, versus bifurcated football. And now football is seeing even further division and chopping-up, and losing amateur status...
With all that said, JMU isn't the highest anything. Big time college football is Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State, Florida State... I would rattle off maybe two dozen or three dozen names before JMU crosses my mind. Nothing against FHCBC, or JMU, their fans, whatever. I don't care about them, and they're not in the national consciousness [yet? maybe...]
Are you suggesting we could invest more in basketball and compete for a national championship??? That's just crazy. Also, I am really sad to see Chesney leave, but this is the perfect next step for him. JMU is showing serious support for their athletic department and the results are showing. They are a top 25 (FBS) program and a top 25 basketball program now. If Chesney wins there over the next couple years, he will again be one of the most sought after head coaches and likely get a top P4 job. It's a brilliant move for him. In reverse order, nothing against Bob making the move. They have potential. My comment to Foley was that they're not there yet.
And it's not crazy, only you seem to think so. Holy Cross can merely got hot during "3 games in March" and automatically qualify for the same championship tournament that Duke, North Carolina, Oregon, Louisville, Villanova, and everybody else all compete in. There's no second tier (I am seriously discounting NIT and CIT here). And HC doesn't even have to be particularly good to do so. Bucknell won an NCAA tourney game. Lehigh won an NCAA tourney game. That's basketball, particularly neutral site basketball. We're not doing it with this team, but it's far more likely to happen in basketball (or hockey) than it would be for Holy Cross to fly down to Alabama and beat them on their home field. Alabama wouldn't even schedule the game. HC could potentially play the top dogs in basketball or hockey in a meaningful, playoff game. That's my point. A Cinderella run could happen, and the stakes would be the same in basketball or hockey. In football, you're not even in the same sport.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 12, 2023 10:31:35 GMT -5
Nice Try Troll...You can't get a HC degree at JMU. You cannot be a Crusader. Your jealously is delicious. And you can't get play in a bowl game, be a Duke, or play in the highest division of College Football instead of playing small time College Football. I don't like how everyone seems to bury Foley at every turn, but this comment did strike a chord with me. Yes, we're playing in the lower division of college football. I myself have said we should pour the resources into Hockey and Basketball, where we have a better chance (for a great number of reasons) to be the "real" national champion, or at least compete at that level, versus bifurcated football. And now football is seeing even further division and chopping-up, and losing amateur status...
With all that said, JMU isn't the highest anything. Big time college football is Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State, Florida State... I would rattle off maybe two dozen or three dozen names before JMU crosses my mind. Nothing against FHCBC, or JMU, their fans, whatever. I don't care about them, and they're not in the national consciousness [yet? maybe...]
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Ohtani
Dec 12, 2023 9:33:27 GMT -5
Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 12, 2023 9:33:27 GMT -5
68 of the 70 million will be deferred every year so the Dodgers can avoid the luxury tax hit - I think MLB should do something about that Clearly not good for the game......He'll be making more than 8 individual teams next year.....no other professional sports league would allow that.......( not sure about European soccer ). The commissioner needs to be the commissioner No, he's making about $2M next year (money-wise). For luxury tax calculation purposes, his salary (if my almost-photographic memory still serves me) is closer to $28M for the books. The deferred years have to count for something while he's on the roster/team. This means that the team will have an incredible amount of flexibility to pay current and future players and have Ohtani cost as much as a backup catcher. It also nearly cleaves in half the luxury tax penalty. Ohtani takes the classical financial risk of money later versus money now without interest. That, and theoretically, a meteor can strike the Dodgers and eliminate the franchise, or any other number of Acts of God that can prevent the franchise from following through with their commitment; the deferred payments do not begin until his new ten year agreement is up.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 11, 2023 12:26:56 GMT -5
OK, " LET'S BRING BACK BRETT!" Who's with me? Anyone? Anyone at all . . . . . besides Foley? You can coach for all I care. Who is going to win? Who is going to get D1 ball players in here?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 11, 2023 11:17:31 GMT -5
We certainly earned it.
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Ohtani
Dec 11, 2023 10:37:19 GMT -5
Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 11, 2023 10:37:19 GMT -5
So much for getting a little bit of a discount because you'd only have to pay one player, instead of two. Now the Dodgers are getting two players in one, but paying him two players' salaries. The issue is obviously injured. Your star DH normally doesn't have to risk a chance of injury while pitching. Your star pitcher normally doesn't have to risk a chance of injury while batting, or running the bases. Ohtani is subject to both. I hope the Dodgers have good insurance (actually, I don't care if they go out of business).
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 7, 2023 14:28:19 GMT -5
Who cares what JMU will pay HC. If it's $10M, we still need to A) get a good coach in here to keep the momentum going, and B) keep the existing players we need to, and C) go out and get more/better players each year moving forward. A affects B and C, but I'm not sure money impacts anything except for POSSIBLY (A) in the very short term.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 7, 2023 12:15:29 GMT -5
Is JMU the big time? Seems like the medium-time, at best.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 6, 2023 16:29:46 GMT -5
SNIP SNAP SNIP SNAP SNIP SNAP
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 5, 2023 16:29:03 GMT -5
This is a solution that the athletic programs with tons of money don't need the NCAA to introduce problems for.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 5, 2023 12:02:08 GMT -5
Their star quarterback is injured and out for the year. They can't score points with him injured and out, and would probably get blown out in a non-competitive matchup in the playoffs. There is a provision in the guidance for the selection committee to omit teams based on player/coach availability as part of the decision-making process. It's unfair, but the whole damn sport is unfair at that level. Why start now?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 4, 2023 9:57:59 GMT -5
Kalif was rarely used today, underutilized. 1 rush for 9 yards. 2 punt returns for 13 yards with a long of 11. 0 receptions, 9 targets. 1 fumble, 1 recovery. baffling to me! Play him more! You'd think he'd be valuable out of the slot and with backfield motion like Deebo Samuel. LaPorta's emergence and Amon-Ra's stature as the true #1 will always limit Raymond's upside. You also have Reynolds and Jameson ahead of him.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 1, 2023 13:40:49 GMT -5
Take him with a high 3rd round pick ?? Maybe Belichick can apply his love of Rutgers players to HC. Got a strong family connection. Pats suck. I hope he goes to the Chiefs or Cowboys.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 1, 2023 11:49:01 GMT -5
How many games did the team did last year? I think as stated above, it's as much about the Xs and Os as it is his acceptance of the current college football landscape. Loyalty is not important. Dollars are important. Perform and stay, make money and even better. If you don't put good performance on tape, you'll be replaced with somebody-- anyone-- across the country, that can come in and start playing in a heartbeat.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Dec 1, 2023 9:08:25 GMT -5
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 30, 2023 14:29:55 GMT -5
I'm not saying that Holy Cross administration did anything to the detriment of basketball in order to make the football program successful. I'm not giving them that much credit I'm just saying that it seems that we can't have both succeeding at the same time. Whether it's just bad dumb luck or something else, I cannot say.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 30, 2023 11:33:04 GMT -5
Losing at home isn't "sustainable" for a basketball program. "Look at what they did to my boy!..." Nobody is showing up because we're not winning in front of our fans. To be fair, the team hasn't discriminated over the last 15 years-- they're not really winning anywhere.
We sold our basketball souls for our football program. We just stay getting trounced.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 21, 2023 11:57:18 GMT -5
Is Sluka 100% done at HC?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 20, 2023 8:55:01 GMT -5
The PL didn't have us fumble at BC, turn in zero offense at Army... the only thing the PL had us do this year was lose to the PL opponent that it was virtually necessary to beat. HC has been relevant in football for five years out of basically the last 25. The second there's even an inkling of respectability, we have to drop all the PL dead weight and run. Are any of the schools that are in these brackets similar to our school in size, reputation, history, academic profile? You think the bleachers of Fitton Field will be filled when Furman comes to town? Or ever again?
I want to win. The PL is not the problem. I say this ad nauseam in the basketball forum: if we won every single game by 40, it would be time to leave. We don't. Plain and simple. It's not our peers. It's us.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 15, 2023 9:45:39 GMT -5
Did SHU take 25 free throws on the road? That's pretty damn high, and a 2.5x discrepancy against the home team. I wonder if attacking just isn't our game-- usually you'll put the ball on the floor if shots aren't falling. If we're shooting near 40% + it's not as urgent, but few teams are going to win with that big of a charity stripe discrepancy.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 15, 2023 9:43:13 GMT -5
Are those who were so worried about Batch feeling any better? Didn't see him play, and the team lost. If you feel better then I won't have a nit to pick.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 13, 2023 13:45:53 GMT -5
If you say so. Nobody's career is made or lost by a single game... but this was his audition for me, and he wasn't getting the part if I were the director.
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 13, 2023 12:17:24 GMT -5
I kind of hate to call out an individual player, but Batch didn't belong in that game. I'm not sure what he did last year (and the team was terrible last year so does it really matter?), Not a commentary about his play Saturday, but answering the question about last year, he is the team's leading returning scorer from last year I could be the leading scorer in a lot of hypothetical situations... they wouldn't be ones we'd ever want to see a team you're rooting for be in. If we've got nothing better for crunch time minutes, yikes.
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