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Post by dharry13 on Feb 26, 2020 15:29:12 GMT -5
Spring Practice Schedule was announced and Tweeted out:
14 practices - 3/17, 3/19, 3/21, 3/24, 3/26, 3/28, 3/31, 4/2, 4/4, 4/6, 4/8, 4/14, 4/16, 4/18 (Spring Game)
Some questions I have for Spring/Summer:
Current Roster at 95 - need to cut this down to 90. Who will those 5 be? Which Freshman take the biggest jump from year 1 to year 2? Which income Freshman make the biggest impact this summer? Which players change positions - glaring need at TE with only 3 on the roster? Will there be any surprises who don't come back - e.g., Matt Wood from last year? Will they sign anyone over the summer? I've heard they still have scholarship money? DL? TE?
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Post by cross99 on Feb 27, 2020 9:48:35 GMT -5
There is usually a bit of shuffling, nation-wide, after spring practices are over -- this is when players realize that they might be the odd man out and decide to enter the transfer portal. With that said, I still wouldn't discount the possibility of an FCS QB coming to HC. As for the biggest jumps -- Asante is going to be a beast this year. Beast.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 27, 2020 10:13:06 GMT -5
There is usually a bit of shuffling, nation-wide, after spring practices are over -- this is when players realize that they might be the odd man out and decide to enter the transfer portal. With that said, I still wouldn't discount the possibility of an FCS QB coming to HC. As for the biggest jumps -- Asante is going to be a beast this year. Beast. If AA moves forward at all he will be astounding. With Ayeni, Gilliam, and Asante we have a super receiver in the Soph, Junior, Senior classes. Let's see if a freshman can complete the Superfecta
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Post by hchoops on Feb 27, 2020 10:38:34 GMT -5
There is usually a bit of shuffling, nation-wide, after spring practices are over -- this is when players realize that they might be the odd man out and decide to enter the transfer portal. With that said, I still wouldn't discount the possibility of an FCS QB coming to HC. As for the biggest jumps -- Asante is going to be a beast this year. Beast. If AA moves forward at all he will be astounding. With Ayeni, Gilliam, and Asante we have a super receiver in the Soph, Junior, Senior classes. Let's see if a freshman can complete the Superfecta The more important question is will we settle on a QB that that get these WRs the ball enough.
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Post by hc2020 on Feb 27, 2020 11:13:19 GMT -5
On defense, it will be interesting to see who takes over the SS position that was played so well by Stefanik last season. Since no one already on the roster appears to be locked-in, I could see one of the incoming freshmen emerge as a significant contributor. In the same vein, will we see one of our incoming LBs emerge as part of the regular rotations at LB? Also, we need to replace our offensive MVP last year at RB. This seems like a rather wide open competition.
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 27, 2020 12:30:51 GMT -5
Couple of positions of glaring need IMO are RB, TE and a pass rusher.
Will Forrest, Morris and Kiessling emerge as those players? All three highly touted coming in. I've heard good things about all three.
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Post by hc2020 on Feb 27, 2020 12:41:58 GMT -5
Interested to see how the incoming freshmen might impact things. With Stefanik graduating, SS position is open. Also, we have a lot of uncertainty at TE and RB, with no real heir apparent at either of those positions to my knowledge.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 27, 2020 12:44:23 GMT -5
Couple of positions of glaring need IMO are RB, TE and a pass rusher. Will Forrest, Morris and Kiessling emerge as those players? All three highly touted coming in. I've heard good things about all three. Jordan Forrest had that great HS senior season in New York but we did not see a lot of him last year (hard to get carries with Cozier and Oliver playing). He carried 23 times for 97 yards last year, but more than half of those yards came on one long carry of 54 yards. Take that out and it was 22 carries for 43 yards--not inspiring. I don't think we can make a good read on his abilities yet.
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Post by breezy on Feb 27, 2020 13:34:20 GMT -5
My recollection is that Forrest suffered an injury in mid-season and did not see any playing time thereafter. My sense is that he will join Oliver as the top two running backs.
My hope is that Morris steps up and has a good year as the top TE.
As for pass rusher, Kuznetsov and Whitley were the key players at DE last year; both will be back. (Although Bucceroni was usually listed as the starter, it seemed to me that Kuznetsov got more playing time. Kiessling was a key reserve, and I hope he ups his game and becomes a major contributor in 2020.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 27, 2020 13:56:00 GMT -5
I don’t think freshman linemen typically get a lot of play. I think the fact that Kiesling played a lot was due to his talent not to the team being weak at DL. I’d expect him to move forward with the experience behind him and with another year of weight training
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Post by rickii on Feb 28, 2020 13:46:07 GMT -5
Couple of positions of glaring need IMO are RB, TE and a pass rusher. Will Forrest, Morris and Kiessling emerge as those players? All three highly touted coming in. I've heard good things about all three. Just curious, other than the stuff we all see, where else do you hear good things ? Ever any not so good things ?
Thanks
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Post by dharry13 on Feb 29, 2020 10:03:12 GMT -5
I do hear some not so good things but wouldn’t Want to post them on the board because I don’t want to single kids out negatively with parents viewing the board.
I’ve heard McMurtie could be excellent. Shipman will be a freak. Hanson is solid and getting better. Those are just a few others.
I usually ask more on the younger kids because the older ones for the most part have already proven who they will be - of course there exceptions to this.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 1, 2020 9:10:31 GMT -5
I do hear some not so good things but wouldn’t Want to post them on the board because I don’t want to single kids out negatively with parents viewing the board. I’ve heard McMurtie could be excellent. Shipman will be a freak. Hanson is solid and getting better. Those are just a few others. I usually ask more on the younger kids because the older ones for the most part have already proven who they will be - of course there exceptions to this. A good point. Without identifying specific players, I think it is clear that the focus of the first two recruiting classes for Chesney and his staff has been on getting bigger and faster across the board. If you compare the players comprising the last 2 recruiting classes with others already on the roster at the same position, it seems quite apparent that size and athleticism are a driving factor with those recruits. Chesney also has shown that he is not hesitant to give underclassmen significant roles on the team if they prove to be the best player at their position.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 10, 2020 13:31:27 GMT -5
This is getting out of control:
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Post by rickii on Mar 10, 2020 13:59:21 GMT -5
I do hear some not so good things but wouldn’t Want to post them on the board because I don’t want to single kids out negatively with parents viewing the board. I’ve heard McMurtie could be excellent. Shipman will be a freak. Hanson is solid and getting better. Those are just a few others. I usually ask more on the younger kids because the older ones for the most part have already proven who they will be - of course there exceptions to this. So you're talking to our coaches ?
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Post by breezy on Mar 10, 2020 16:41:08 GMT -5
According to this tweet from HC Football today, spring practice begins next Tuesday (St. Patrick's Day).
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 10, 2020 18:34:30 GMT -5
According to this tweet from HC Football today, spring practice begins next Tuesday (St. Patrick's Day). Let’s cross our fingers that the spring practices don’t get canceled. Looking at the schedule, if the Patriot League was to follow the Ivy League’s decision, this would leave only a handful of practices before the currently scheduled spring game. Not sure if teams would be permitted to modify the existing schedule and extend spring practice through the end of April., or if the NCAA has some rules about that scheduling.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 11, 2020 15:50:01 GMT -5
As the college is closing, and students are to head home by the end of the week, no spring practice.
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Post by hc2020 on Mar 11, 2020 16:01:20 GMT -5
As the college is closing, and students are to head home by the end of the week, no spring practice. Crazy. The world has lost its mind. An important question is whether the NCAA will address the loss of spring practice by either allowing organized team activities to occur later in the spring and/or will permit teams to move up the official start of training camp this summer to provide additional practice days.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 11, 2020 16:48:06 GMT -5
As the college is closing, and students are to head home by the end of the week, no spring practice. Crazy. The world has lost its mind. An important question is whether the NCAA will address the loss of spring practice by either allowing organized team activities to occur later in the spring and/or will permit teams to move up the official start of training camp this summer to provide additional practice days. The NCAA will look to the Power-5 conferences for direction on how to proceed.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 11, 2020 17:06:19 GMT -5
As the college is closing, and students are to head home by the end of the week, no spring practice. Crazy. The world has lost its mind. Did you hear Dr, Fauci speak before Congress today ?
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Post by efg72 on Mar 11, 2020 17:35:24 GMT -5
I did and the numbers I suggested last night were supported when he was on Fox last evening and again today before the Oversight Committee.
The students aren’t the vulnerable population but they can pass it on to .those baby boomers once they are sent home. So i am not supportive of these decisions despite the scary numbers. The models from Italy and Iran are developing and will give us a much clearer picture of how things might play out here in the US-unless China was honest at which point we have a good sense of how this will unfold.
Look this is bad stuff, unless we do things to slow it down, and if successful it is possibly existing drugs and future vaccines can offer interventions a year or two from now. drugs can be sooner if they can be repurposed
Comments from the President tonight at 9 will be interesting and it is possible he will set the stage for declaring a national emergency. The bad thing is Pelosi is letting the House vote on a bill tomorrow that does nothing to address health or economic needs and sending her members home to campaign. Insanity in DC but that should surprise no R or D
I am not a doctor or epidemiologist, but i am involved in leading global initiatives in public health. unfortunately I am not an expert
remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and never more important than today.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 11, 2020 20:11:42 GMT -5
What's the logic of calling off an activity which doesn't leave campus vis-a-vis spring varsity sports, which travel to other places?
Or are spring sports soon to be toast as well?
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Post by hcpride on Mar 12, 2020 6:16:00 GMT -5
/\ "The Patriot League is actively assessing the spring athletics season, and more information will be provided shortly to those impacted." From yesterday's HC announcement. goholycross.com/news/2020/3/11/athletics-important-information-regarding-coronavirus.aspx
Since the Ivies pulled the plug on their spring season, we (and other PL schools) are emptying our campus, and there is no HC spring football I am guessing we'll cancel the spring PL season.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 12, 2020 6:32:41 GMT -5
I'll post this here rather than in the General forum. With respect to the supplemental appropriation bill that was signed into law by President Trump several days ago and which provides $8.3 billion in emergency funding related to the corona virus pandemic, the funding for Dept of Health and Human Services programs is as follows: Food & Drug Administration $61 million (salaries and expenses) Centers for Disease Control $2.2 billion, This amount is further sub-allocated to different funds, e.g., funding of state and local government efforts. NIH (Fauci) $836 million ($10 million of the total to be used for training health care employees). The remainder to be used "to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally." HHS Public Services and Health Emergency Fund $3.1 billion "to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including the development of necessary countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities, and the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, necessary medical supplies medical surge capacity, and related administrative activities" Fauci, in essence gets to double-dip, as the authorizing language for the Emergency Fund includes "vaccines". This is a link to the enrolled bill. (Enrolled bills have a red-line border.) www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6074/text
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