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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 15, 2022 15:34:59 GMT -5
Did anyone catch that Avery has a NIL agreement with two companies that was mentioned during the half time interview with the Patriot League Network?
Do any other HC athletes or Patriot League athletes have one?
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 15:54:40 GMT -5
Clearly is at St. Thomas Aquinas as head women's BB coach and Assistant AD and is 5-9 so far this season. Maybe his wife works in the metro NYC area? Doesn't seem like anything happened at CU that made him unemployable. Yes, nothing happened, which was why his departure was a surprise. There was some speculation that he had asked for a contract extension and was not happy that he did not get one. The coach did receive an extension earlier in that calendar year. I think he had three years to go after the covid season.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 15, 2022 15:54:41 GMT -5
It's not an even playing field in the league (ex. facilities at Bucknell, Lehigh, HC, unlimited schollies at Army/Navy, location of American, BU) and programs like Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola are fortunate if they can find coaches that can keep them at .500 or above. That Colgate won 19 games is amazing. Don't know why things broke down there so fast. Seems unfortunate for everyone and the league in general. Facilities at Lehigh? I think Stabler is one of the three worst venues in the patriot league. Uh oh, where does that leave the Hart on your scale? Fortunately for me I don't worry about gym comparisons. They all look good on streaming. I would just rank chairback over bench seating and quality coffee served as my two top variables to enjoy the game at an arena. Free parking and highway access will always be pluses for the Hart. American and Boston U must be a pain to get to and park. At Navy you have to take a shuttle.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 15:58:51 GMT -5
It's not an even playing field in the league (ex. facilities at Bucknell, Lehigh, HC, unlimited schollies at Army/Navy, location of American, BU) and programs like Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola are fortunate if they can find coaches that can keep them at .500 or above. That Colgate won 19 games is amazing. Don't know why things broke down there so fast. Seems unfortunate for everyone and the league in general. Facilities at Lehigh? I think Stabler is one of the three worst venues in the patriot league. I don't know if you've ever been to a game at Lafayette, Loyola, or Colgate, but if you have, I am genuinely surprised with your view that they are not worse, even significantly so.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 16:01:00 GMT -5
In terms of facilities (gym and campus), I think the end of season standings are pretty reflective of what each school has (Not accounting for the service academies which are just a different deal altogether).
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 16:04:09 GMT -5
Facilities at Lehigh? I think Stabler is one of the three worst venues in the patriot league. Uh oh, where does that leave the Hart on your scale? Fortunately for me I don't worry about gym comparisons. They all look good on streaming. I would just rank chairback over bench seating and quality coffee served as my two top variables to enjoy the game at an arena. Free parking and highway access will always be pluses for the Hart. American and Boston U must be a pain to get to and park. At Navy you have to take a shuttle. Agree LS. All the seats are great on streaming! I am with you 100% on the chair backs but that might be my age talking. American is definitely difficult for parking on campus. I like Hart. But I am also a fan of Worcester too so there's some bias.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 15, 2022 16:08:43 GMT -5
It's interesting that the excitement of DC and Boston make BU and American great locations for young adults while older people just love getting right off the interstate and zipping up the hill to the arena.
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Post by efg72 on Jan 15, 2022 17:24:02 GMT -5
Amen
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 15, 2022 17:31:05 GMT -5
Did anyone catch that Avery has a NLI agreement with two companies that was mentioned during the half time interview with the Patriot League Network? Do any other HC athletes or Patriot League athletes have one? Nichols students have them
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Post by HC92 on Jan 15, 2022 17:59:16 GMT -5
Good win. I’m good with the technical. The team needs Avery to lead and have some swagger. If the ref doesn’t like it, so be it.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 15, 2022 18:21:15 GMT -5
IIMO, it was Avery who got the second "T" called against the Colgate defender for clapping (in Ezemma's face?) after getting a jump ball. I saw her pointing it out to the ref and then he called it after that.IMO
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Post by HC92 on Jan 15, 2022 18:32:48 GMT -5
Clapping in the face should be an automatic T in college.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 15, 2022 19:30:19 GMT -5
Clapping in the face should be an automatic T in college. Seen it called a few times this year
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 15, 2022 19:39:40 GMT -5
Did anyone catch that Avery has a NLI agreement with two companies that was mentioned during the half time interview with the Patriot League Network? Do any other HC athletes or Patriot League athletes have one? I saw it and was pleased for her. Pleased also for her summer internship in the AD's office at Iona. I can just imagine her discussing Italian cooking with Rick Pitino. I hope Avery can use her extra Covid year of eligibility somewhere. Nothing wrong with Iona if they have graduate programs of interest and nothing wrong with joining Lauren Manis in Europe either. She could probably keep her NIL arrangements next year as the two companies didn't sound like local entities.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 15, 2022 19:44:36 GMT -5
Facilities at Lehigh? I think Stabler is one of the three worst venues in the patriot league. Uh oh, where does that leave the Hart on your scale? Fortunately for me I don't worry about gym comparisons. They all look good on streaming. I would just rank chairback over bench seating and quality coffee served as my two top variables to enjoy the game at an arena. Free parking and highway access will always be pluses for the Hart. American and Boston U must be a pain to get to and park. At Navy you have to take a shuttle. The heart ranks well above Stabler on my scale, or pretty much any scale anyone could dream up.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 15, 2022 20:01:47 GMT -5
In terms of facilities (gym and campus), I think the end of season standings are pretty reflective of what each school has (Not accounting for the service academies which are just a different deal altogether). Colgate's gym's not affecting their men's program in a bad way.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 15, 2022 20:04:51 GMT -5
Did anyone catch that Avery has a NLI agreement with two companies that was mentioned during the half time interview with the Patriot League Network? Do any other HC athletes or Patriot League athletes have one? I saw it and was pleased for her. Pleased also for her summer internship in the AD's office at Iona. I can just imagine her discussing Italian cooking with Rick Pitino. I hope Avery can use her extra Covid year of eligibility somewhere. Nothing wrong with Iona if they have graduate programs of interest and nothing wrong with joining Lauren Manis in Europe either. She could probably keep her NIL arrangements next year as the two companies didn't sound like local entities. I was at Iona earlier this school year and was surprised at how nice it was. Marist is also pretty good.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 15, 2022 20:08:31 GMT -5
Maybe Munt will get in the mix now.
Ezemma, Demski and McCormick all played less than her, for whatever reason.
In the long run, Demski and Berger needed; otherwise, size is always against us.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 20:33:38 GMT -5
In terms of facilities (gym and campus), I think the end of season standings are pretty reflective of what each school has (Not accounting for the service academies which are just a different deal altogether). Colgate's gym's not affecting their men's program in a bad way. Good point TimHC. Could have said the same about the women's program after their 19 win season. The facilities have impacted them over the years IMO if we take a longer view. Coaching matters, of course. Colgate men have had 10 winning seasons in the last 40 years. The current coach has four of those. No doubt their venue (and location) has hurt their recruiting efforts over the years and continues to. Colgate women have had 5 winning seasons in the last 40 years. Same issue in recruiting in my view. Great faciltiies and campuses help land great players and and I believe that the standings reflect those advantages/disadvantages. My other point was that when those schools (with less attractive options to sell to recruits) have good seasons, they need to make every effort to hold onto the coach they have. The men's side at Colgate has a great coach who is also a good guy. I think he wants to stay there. But they should make it tough for him to leave. Because it's not an easy place to win. IMO, facilities matter in the recruit battles. And it's not equal throughout the league. That doesn't mean a great coach/recruiter can't land great players, it's just that it's not how it usually plays out in my view.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 15, 2022 20:40:43 GMT -5
Can winning and enthusiasm balance a less impressive facility? For example a small older generation gym filled and raucous for a first place team vs a sparkling new showplace with a few hundred rattling around for a losing team?
If so coaching is the chicken compared to the facility egg, or the other way around depending on which you think came first, the chicken or the egg.😊
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Jan 15, 2022 22:53:46 GMT -5
Absolutely, LS. Winning and enthusiasm helps a lot in those instances. And recruiting is about the relationship the coach and players can establish with the recruit as well, so that's a big factor too. I think a great facility/university is the chicken. In terms of Patriot League, I think of Pat Flannery on the men's side of things as what comes to mind first. A great coach. Did Sojka Pavilion being built help him recruit better so he could make several great showings in the NCAA tourney and upset Kansas in 2005? Possibly. Facilities on campus plays a role and why we see the same schools, give or take, in the top half of the league over time.
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