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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 21:23:57 GMT -5
Oh, he is talking about the 2006-2007 overtime game which was reffed by Tim Kelly, Frank Scagliotta, Jose Carrion. godeacs.com/news/2006/11/14/Demon_Deacons_Outlast_Bison_In_Overtime_86_83Carrion still works games in the Northeast and I have seen him at Holy Cross in the last five years and several Ivy League areas. Interesting enough, Carrion is still on the FIBA roster for Puerto Rico and worked the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympic games.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 21:14:30 GMT -5
Coaches rate the referees after each game and the big time program coaches will black ball the referees that do not favor the home team versus the visiting small time program. Accordingly referees will give the home town big program the benefit of the doubt every time So all the power conference coaches who make millions per year, all the conference executives who have highly paid positions and all the refs who have upstanding careers as teachers, lawyers, accountants, postal workers are all in the grand crooked conspiracy together, coaches and executives risking their high salaries and careers, refs risking their reputations and freedom to throw games in the hope nobody who is harmed will ever make a spreadsheet, a video showing a pattern and go to the FBI, get fitted with a wire and blow the whole criminal scheme up? I think the conspiracy of crooked refs is an urban myth. In general I don't think either elections or college basketball games are rigged, certainly not with every ref in every power conference in on the criminal conspiracy. When an attempt was made to show that the 2020 election was rigged, seventy plus courts threw it out yet the belief that that election was rigged and stolen will outlive us all. When put under a microscope it showed the million or so U.S. election workers were honest. Aren't refs the husbands, wives, brothers and sisters of those election workers? Here is the game I am assuming he is referring to. I have never heard of these refs but a quick google search of each of them shows images of each of them doing NC State and Duke games. s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/wakeforestsports.com/documents/2018/7/30/3392__m_baskbl_2015_16_box_score__stats_20151115aaa.pdf?timestamp=20180730060516
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 21:06:27 GMT -5
The old rules were you have five years to play four. If you were enrolled, the clock was ticking.... Yes, but under those rules a player could petition the NCAA for a 6th year. There were a number of players who succesfully got a 6th year. As I mentioned above, with the new rules a player still must petition for a 6th year but it has been easier to get permission. As for a 7th year, that would be very unusual. I haven't followed her situation much, but if she didn't play the last two years voluntarily, as opposed to serious injury or serious illness etc, then I don't think a 7th year is happening. Exactly but if she was enrolled at HC, the clock was ticking
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 16:40:08 GMT -5
A grad transfer from Holy Cross University. I guess the other leading Catholic schools didn't read Vince's pronouncement that Holy Cross is the "Preeminent small Catholic liberal arts COLLEGE in America," (the footnotes for the independent source verification didn't come through on my screen) but this is fabulous news for Kerry. She should have two years of eligibility with the Covid year and at least one red shirt year. I'll look forward to following her progress next year. She is a dagger from three point land and Catholic University is a fine institution. Well executed plan! Not completely sure how the new rules work, but she could have 3 years of eligibilty as she was not on the roster the last 2 years plus the COVID year. The old rules were you have five years to play four. If you were enrolled, the clock was ticking....
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 15:55:25 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 14:25:32 GMT -5
Almost all OOC games against teams from higher rated conferences. Kind of hard not to be but still a good way to improve. The oft panned Hart rink isn't preventing home games against stronger foes with better attended home facilities. Congratulations to Coach Riga. When HC hired him we got a respected veteran coach from the region which helps in many subtle ways. FADMB learned lessons as he progressed through his three major hires. The last two, Magarity and Riga had both coached in New England for the last 10 and 13 years. Marcus had worked in Athletic Administration in the region over that time period. He trusted his contacts and knowledge of the region while making his last two hires and they didn't let him down. Like the title of HC alum Edward P. Jones' Pulitzer Prize winning novel, he stayed within his and Holy Cross' "Known World" and it paid off. The PWR rewards road wins more than a home a win so teams are happy to go on the road.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 11:41:54 GMT -5
I would think the ROI on that sponsorship never worked out for them...
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 22, 2023 10:29:27 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 21, 2023 22:34:02 GMT -5
What you mean phony turf field? They have always been turf at Nickerson and Parsons in the last 40 years or so Substitute "artificial" for "phony"? Geez, get a life. You are the one that called it phony. Holy Cross is the massive outlier as I have documented multiple times in having a grass football field in New England.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 20, 2023 9:44:51 GMT -5
Meade has cozy confines like Fitton, no track, no additional lines indicating multipurpose use. A dilemma for both fine institutions is the field is only used five times a year or so. This could have been a factor in BU, Northeastern, UVM, Fairfield and others dropping football. BU and NU used, and still use, their fields to death. Both replaced their phony turf fields right after football got dropped. NU's was small to begin with, several high schools in Mass., have larger venues. A lot easier to maintain when you don't have much to fix. What you mean phony turf field? They have always been turf at Nickerson and Parsons in the last 40 years or so
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 20, 2023 9:03:58 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 19, 2023 21:43:13 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 18:18:45 GMT -5
The corporate money we were paid for the US Open last year was insane.... Wait til you hear what the good photographers got paid!! If you even knew my client list...
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 15:47:02 GMT -5
Just looked at tickets for the Tour event formerly known as, inter alia, the Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. Grounds passes for Friday are $83 plus Ticketmaster fees. Yowza. The corporate money we were paid for the US Open last year was insane....
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 15:28:59 GMT -5
They just reupped Gambino
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College and head baseball coach Mike Gambino have agreed to a five-year contract extension following the Eagles’ 37-20 campaign. Gambino’s team matched the program’s best single-season record and ended the year with a trip to the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional final.
“We are excited that Mike has committed to Boston College for the foreseeable future and he has clearly earned this extension,” said William V. Campbell Director of Athletics Blake James. “He has developed a strong Birdball culture built on character, toughness and class and we all look forward to the continued growth and success of BC baseball under his leadership. I am confident that even greater achievements lie ahead.”
Gambino, a 1999 graduate of BC, has been at the helm of the Eagles since the 2011 season. He guided Boston College to just its second NCAA Tournament appearance since 1967 in 2016 and the program’s first Super Regional.
The 2023 Eagles returned to the postseason after recording their best ACC season since joining the league. BC was ranked for 12 consecutive weeks and peaked at a program-best No. 9 in the polls.
“Thank you to Father Leahy, Blake James and our entire university leadership,” said Gambino. “I came here to help build a program and one day get to Omaha. We are constantly making progress and working toward both, but our work is not done. With the continued support of the BC community and dedication and hard work of our players, staff and the Birdball family I believe we can take our thing to Omaha.”
Through 2022, Gambino has overseen the development of 33 MLB draft picks. The Eagles have had three first-round picks since 2015 and six players taken in the top five rounds over that stretch. Since 2018, six former BC players have earned their big league call-up.
In year six of his tenure as head coach, Gambino and the Eagles made the program’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament in seven years and were one win away from the College World Series. BC went to three ACC Championships in four years, beginning in 2016, for the first time in program history, and reached the ACC Semifinals in 2019; another first for the Eagles.
Following the success of the 2016 season, Boston College built the Harrington Athletics Village, which opened in 2018, to replace Shea Field; the longtime home of BC baseball and softball. The Eagles then moved into the Pete Frates Center, a 31,000-square foot indoor hitting facility with player lounges and locker rooms, for the 2021 season. The building was named and dedicated in honor of Pete Frates, a former BC baseball captain, director of operations and champion for ALS, who lost his battle with the disease in 2019.
Gambino, who was an All-Big East second baseman at BC, earned his degree in English and theology. He initially returned to the Heights as an assistant coach under Pete Hughes from 2005-06. Gambino’s wife Jill is an assistant field hockey coach at BC. They have two children; Sonny and Callahan.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 8:08:20 GMT -5
It strikes me that the entire HS recruiting program for low/mid majors is built around the AAU circuit. Most HS girls basketball play is simply, terrible (mediocre coaching, limited talent). Most teams can dominate their league with one or 2 decent to very good players. Generally, the only place a kid can test their abilities against better or similar talent is on the circuit. I say the same is true with NCAA WBB outside the top 35 or so teams...
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 16, 2023 8:06:00 GMT -5
I suppose I should have been clearer — at the all star level, which is very competitive, this rule will compromise things. Kids who are 12 and 13 years old are way past tee-ball and coach pitch. They’re competitive and want to win. This is insulting to kids who are largely mature enough to recognize who the best kids on the team are and that those kids should be playing in order to win. Plus, even with that, at the all star level there is still a requirement for every kid to play either three outs in the field or get an at bat. That’s enough in an 18 out game. Kids are playing better baseball in travel now every weekend than at these Little League All-Star events
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2023 15:41:18 GMT -5
PILOT programs are voluntary. In Boston, where there is an annual formulaic assessment, BC never pays the assessed amount, and there is no consequence. A difficulty in 'enforcing' PILOT payments is that from an equitable standpoint, the Commonwealth should also pay for the indirect services it receives from the city. For example, UMass Medical Center and the medical school, and Worcester State University receive indirect services from the city similar to those provided to Clark, WPI, HC (The Commonwealth doesn't make PILOT payments based on the principle that lesser entities cannot 'tax' the sovereign,) The Commonwealth does pay for direct services, e.g., water and sewer fees, electricity if it is provided by a municipally-owned utility. The Federal government will make PILOT payments to certain jurisdictions to offset costs incurred by those jurisdictions, e.g., schooling of dependents of government personnel living on government land. The Federal government also pays water and sewage fees to the utility providers. It also pays states and county governments for housing inmates and detainees in Federal custody in their prisons and detention centers. The largest taxpayer in the city of Cambridge is MIT, Attached is a link to the pdf file for MIT's 2022 Town and Gown report to the city. ogcr.mit.edu/towngownP. 57 has a table summarizing the $100+ million in payments to the city by MIT, --about 75 percent of which are real estate taxes. IMO, the op ed by the presidents of private higher ed institutions is a very rudimentary version of the Town and Gown reports prepared by Harvard, MIT for the city of Cambridge. MIT's report is a promotional and marketing publication, capturing and highlighting all the wonderful things that MIT does for Cambridge. The MIT report also includes what could be viewed as an annually updated campus master plan, describing buildings recently completed, under construction, and planned. UMass Memorial Medical Center is PRIVATE.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2023 14:41:41 GMT -5
When HC changes men's soccer coaches again, I expect you to make a post and say Julianne Sitch deserves an interview. I'd be thrilled to see more diversity in hiring and if Ms. Sitch is the best candidate for an opening as head coach for men's soccer then absolutely she should be hired. Why wouldn't a college hire the best available candidate? My point, if it wasn't clear, is that wbb found a successful formula for its staff and has had an incredible last couple of seasons. My wish was for the staff to maintain that dynamic and hopefully its success because I believe that the diversity played a role in it. I don't follow soccer very much so I am not sure I could meet your expectation about making a post when we're in a future hiring process. But if you'll remind me if and when the College finds itself searching for a new coach, I'd be glad to advocate for the best choice regardless of gender. Sitch just won the D-3 Men's Championship this past season with U Chicago. She was named the Denver women's coach last week, I just discovered.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2023 12:44:37 GMT -5
Green interviewed for Bucknell's open asst spot too. Wish they had added a male coach to the mix here in one of the spots though. When HC changes men's soccer coaches again, I expect you to make a post and say Julianne Sitch deserves an interview.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2023 12:34:58 GMT -5
Did some of the hijackers enter the system in Boston or did they all start in Portland early that morning? I remember at least some started in Portland that day....
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 15, 2023 8:24:09 GMT -5
Phil Kessell commenting on winning another Stanley Cup. Too bad he couldn't get out of the first round of the 2006 NCAA tournament. Got to love Kessel talking trash when he hasn't played in a game since April 24th
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 14, 2023 7:33:47 GMT -5
We always hear about "growing the game." I looked at the USA Hockey website to see state by state registrations. In Florida, they have 18,725 total registrations but more than 10,000 are for adults 19 and over. Only about 1600 9 and 10 year olds play. Nevada has a total of 5342, of whom 2300 are adults and 687 are 9 and 10. Compare this to Massachusetts where there are almost 47000 registrants of whom only 4700 are adults and where there are 6600 9 and 10 year olds playing. Populations are 21 million for FL, 3.1million for NV and 7 million for MA. I understand that FL and NV probably skew older. These teams have succeeded but they aren't growing the game (which obviously would require building rinks.) www.usahockey.com/membershipstatsAustin Matthews is from Arizona
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 13, 2023 13:03:08 GMT -5
Wonder what's happening with the BC budget for baseball - from BC Interruption: Boston College baseball program will be losing of its top two assistant coaches this offseason: Kevin Vance (pitching coach and recruiting coordinator) is headed to Arizona, while Tyler Holt (hitting coach) is leaving due to budgetary constraints.Wow, that's surprising and bad, if true. BC can't shell out a bit more money to keep what I assume is a solid staff in place? Gambino must be pissed seeing millions of dollars go down the toilet with the football program, and he's losing assistants because he can't offer them a more competitive salary. The Holt loss is more the problem than the Vance one. Arizona is likely paying much more.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 13, 2023 10:59:46 GMT -5
The Twins attorney Darren Heitner is a scumbag...just look him up.
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