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Post by sader1970 on Jun 9, 2017 9:48:08 GMT -5
Yep. As soon as he throws a no-hitter in baseball at any level, chucks a javelin 90% as far as Butler and finds the 3 point range that Butler has, I will be happy to bestow that moniker on him as well. Taking nothing away from the "original" AB and wishing him all the best, the upside of the new "AB" is a lot higher. Whether he fulfills that potential remains to be seen but it would seem he has all the tools.
BTW, in case anyone had any doubts, I purposely threw the "AB" gopher ball for someone to hit out of the park.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 24, 2017 22:04:50 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 25, 2017 5:20:51 GMT -5
I wonder what made Austin make basketball his number one sport and when he made that decision?
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Post by ncaam on Jun 25, 2017 11:23:56 GMT -5
Wonder if coach DiC will give him a look. Basketball season end early March. 😂
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Post by hchoops on Jun 25, 2017 12:10:16 GMT -5
Basketball season is 365
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 25, 2017 16:29:25 GMT -5
I would think he might see a track meet or three, joining some football players.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 25, 2017 17:01:42 GMT -5
Highly unlikely
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Post by bison137 on Jun 25, 2017 17:53:53 GMT -5
I would think he might see a track meet or three, joining some football players. Fwiw, Bucknell's Cory Starkey competed in the high jump for a couple of years as well as playing basketball. The Bison women also had a player run the 800M after hoops season ended. The one issue for someone throwing the javelin, however, is that there is some risk of tearing the UCL and needing Tommy John surgery. As you say, the PL has had many fall sport athletes who also competed in track. For example, Andrew Powell, who was All-PL twice in soccer, also was All-PL multiple times in the decathlon, heptathlon, and the high jump.
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 25, 2017 18:56:10 GMT -5
I'll be happy if he sticks with and excels in the sport that is giving him the scholarship.
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 26, 2017 6:00:38 GMT -5
I thought it was the college giving him the scholarship...no?
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 26, 2017 6:44:06 GMT -5
You scamp! Of course the College is giving him the scholarship but to play a specific sport and the College wouldn't be giving him a scholarship if the coach in that specific sport was not recommending him for one. But, you knew that!
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 26, 2017 8:06:05 GMT -5
Of course I did. But, there are many scholarship athletes who have played multiple sports over the years...many in hoops and baseball. Would that really be impossible today?
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 26, 2017 8:44:39 GMT -5
About as likely as a football player playing both offense and defense.
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Post by rgs318 on Jun 26, 2017 8:46:43 GMT -5
Simultaneously? It is not frequent for one player to play both ways..but it does happen today (and has happened, as we know, at Holy Cross).
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Post by Tom on Jun 26, 2017 9:42:56 GMT -5
Of course I did. But, there are many scholarship athletes who have played multiple sports over the years...many in hoops and baseball. Would that really be impossible today? Ronnie Perry and Brian Reale are two of the more recent names I can think of that were key parts of both teams and that was quite a while ago. A year ago a kid named Derek Mountain played football and basketball, but from a practical standpoint saw very limited action in either sport I question whether or not a coach in today's big business landscape would let a key scholarship player participate in another sport. I don't think there are any soccer or track scholarships out there, so that corssover isn't as big a deal
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Post by bison137 on Jun 26, 2017 9:57:37 GMT -5
. I don't think there are any soccer or track scholarships out there, so that corssover isn't as big a deal HC has soccer scholarships and also women's track scholarships. Not nearly as many as basketball of course.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 26, 2017 10:00:02 GMT -5
Of course we recently had Khalif Raymond and some other football players who ran track.
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 26, 2017 10:05:45 GMT -5
Bottom line: I would be shocked, shocked! if Carmody allows AB to play any other sport but basketball. Besides the possibility of injury in another sport, you have the issue of a kid making an adjustment to an academically demanding school. Focusing on academics and one sport is challenging enough.
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Post by dadominate on Jun 26, 2017 10:38:28 GMT -5
Bottom line: I would be shocked, shocked! if Carmody allows AB to play any other sport but basketball. Besides the possibility of injury in another sport, you have the issue of a kid making an adjustment to an academically demanding school. Focusing on academics and one sport is challenging enough. in light of his four-sport high school career, if anyone would be capable of playing two varsity sports at hc, it would probably be ab. that said, i hope and expect that he will only play basketball at hc. as hchoops noted, basketball is a 365 day a year commitment and i would personally hope that he invest that time into excellence in the sport that brought him to hc where he will likely be an immediate contributor (basketball). p.s. - brian hopkins was a meaningful contributor to both the football and basketball programs.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jun 26, 2017 17:26:09 GMT -5
Thought Mayor Ted Bettencourt played baseball (2nd base) as well as basketball.
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Post by Tom on Jun 27, 2017 7:58:01 GMT -5
I remember Hopkins as a two sport athlete. I did not know that Bettencourt played baseball.
It is worth remembering that neither of them were scholarship athletes in either sport. It's one thing for a coach to say he/she doesn't want you playing another sport so you can focus on his/her sport. The coach can bench you or kick you off the team if you dare to be a two sport athlete, but the coach can't force you not to try out. It's another thing for the coach to say it when you're getting a free education to play that sport.
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Post by ncaam on Jun 27, 2017 8:11:05 GMT -5
The P.O. is a full time job and then some. It can take more than a year to learn it. All the extra time should be spent learning it and getting used to the new 3 point line.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jun 27, 2017 8:49:54 GMT -5
The P.O. is a full time job and then some. It can take more than a year to learn it. All the extra time should be spent learning it and getting used to the new 3 point line. Please stop. A new three-point line is news to me, since it wasn't one of the NCAA's proposed rule changes.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 27, 2017 8:59:56 GMT -5
I think 70 means a different 3 point line from the hs line should not be much of an adjustment for AB
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Post by ncaam on Jun 27, 2017 9:23:47 GMT -5
Please allow me to block SOV posts.
Everyone knows high school, college and pros have different 3 point lines. AB, like most players, need adjustment time, if you know what I mean.
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