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Post by Tom on Mar 28, 2022 7:52:25 GMT -5
Kit and staff may have been busy this weekend with HC hosting the NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament at the DCU Center. In the regional final is our old friends Minnesota vs. Western Michigan. The event will wrap up around 7:00 this evening. Third period is now underway. The next couple of days will be telling. Pretty poor attendance at the Centrum for the final
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 28, 2022 8:49:29 GMT -5
Monday morning-start of a new week--would be a great time to announce the beginning of a new chapter in HC basketball history....
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Post by HC92 on Mar 28, 2022 9:42:33 GMT -5
Kit and staff may have been busy this weekend with HC hosting the NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament at the DCU Center. In the regional final is our old friends Minnesota vs. Western Michigan. The event will wrap up around 7:00 this evening. Third period is now underway. The next couple of days will be telling. Pretty poor attendance at the Centrum for the final That’s a terrible game for Worcester. If you want attendance, need to have at least one northeast team.
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Post by hc17 on Mar 28, 2022 9:58:43 GMT -5
Monday morning-start of a new week--would be a great time to announce the beginning of a new chapter in HC basketball history.... One would imagine that HC knew RJJ & Luc were heading into portal days before it was formally announced. One would think that a decision regarding BN's future has already been made. Perhaps Kit is working behind the scenes to expedite the search. Teams tend to move quickly with coaching replacements & that is ever more important in the Transfer portal era. I'd hope Kit has secured his guy already. Maybe a pipe dream, but I can hope.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 28, 2022 10:16:38 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions
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Post by hc17 on Mar 28, 2022 10:24:08 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions What a disaster! I recall seeing a quote attributed to Nelson that said "Your PG constantly has to move your culture & standards up the hill". Our PGs chose a different hill to climb & didn't even give the staff a heads up...yikes.
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Post by Ray on Mar 28, 2022 10:40:55 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions That's insane, even more of an indictment of the relationships Nelson is (not) building with his players. What are we waiting for? Time for a change.
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Post by Tom on Mar 28, 2022 10:44:31 GMT -5
Pretty poor attendance at the Centrum for the final That’s a terrible game for Worcester. If you want attendance, need to have at least one northeast team. There were two on Friday, but both lost. And I did see the at least one HC AA staff person working the event
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Post by Tom on Mar 28, 2022 10:58:37 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions I thought the school was the one who physically put the names into the portal. Now it might have been a conversation like "my decision is made. Please enter my name in the portal", but as I understand the logistics of entering the portal, the school had to know
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Post by trimster on Mar 28, 2022 10:59:22 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions And you know this based on what?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 28, 2022 11:11:35 GMT -5
Starting to wonder when player names will be on the front of their jerseys, with school names placed on velcro strips on the back (in tiny font).
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Post by cmo on Mar 28, 2022 15:10:38 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions is this true ?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 28, 2022 15:14:23 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions I am assuming someone from the coaching staff must have communicated this to you. If that's the case, it's a further indictment on Nelson and his staff that they were totally blindsided by RJJ and Luc entering the portal.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 28, 2022 16:06:42 GMT -5
"Indictment?" Are you serious? What exactly would the charge be in this case?
I wish more were known about the current state of the team as well as its players and staff. However, that is not the case. Some people make comments that seem to come from such knowledge, or they may simply be conjecture (which IMO helps no one). Can we try to stick to known facts? If so I, for one, would appreciate it.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 28, 2022 17:45:29 GMT -5
"Indictment?" Are you serious? What exactly would the charge be in this case? One definition of the word indictment -- a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 28, 2022 17:51:32 GMT -5
HC did not know in advance of the RJ and Luc portal decisions I am assuming someone from the coaching staff must have communicated this to you. If that's the case, it's a further indictment on Nelson and his staff that they were totally blindsided by RJJ and Luc entering the portal. Yeah, or RJJ and Luc have been telling them they were coming back and then made separate decisions with their family to enter the portal. When guys enter the portal, do you think there is a long, drawn-out process where they start telling their coach that they want to leave before they have actually made up their mind? Do you tell your boss whenever you take an interview for another potential job?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Mar 29, 2022 8:46:07 GMT -5
I don't blame anyone on the coaching staff for being unaware, or even blindsided, by players leaving the program. I do blame the coaching staff for the players' ultimate decisions to leave the school in the first place. I blame players too-- their performance contributed a great deal to the results of the last decade plus of mediocrity, and it's clear they are easy to be sold on a defection elsewhere-- but the right coach could keep the sailors loyal even when the ship is taking on water.
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2022 8:53:38 GMT -5
Holy Cross has become an AAU club where kids show up, audition for other programs, and then leave as soon as they can.
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Post by Tom on Mar 29, 2022 9:49:43 GMT -5
I don't blame anyone on the coaching staff for being unaware, or even blindsided, by players leaving the program. I do blame the coaching staff for the players' ultimate decisions to leave the school in the first place. I blame players too-- their performance contributed a great deal to the results of the last decade plus of mediocrity, and it's clear they are easy to be sold on a defection elsewhere-- but the right coach could keep the sailors loyal even when the ship is taking on water. Easy to be sold on defection. . . but how much is just a bill of goods. Looking at the defections in this regime, while ignoring guys who graduated and also ignoring the walk ons (I don't think Johns Hopkins sold Yeutter a bill of goods to transfer) Pridgen is in the CAA. Fine landing place Reilly and Hargis are in the Northeast Conference. Similar conference. Unless someone is an engineering student, probably not a great career move Wade and Lowder landed in D-I, but are no longer in D-I Verbeek, Niego, and Sandy never landed in D-I. Not sure what these guys were thinking, but strictly speaking about level of basketball, the grass might not be greener someplace else
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Post by mm67 on Mar 29, 2022 10:18:04 GMT -5
Apparently, it is all about sports & very little about the school, the type of education, the comfort level of fitting in or not fitting in and a myriad of other non-team sports factors. I could understand a transfer for the opportunity to attend grad school. Maybe they don't like HC? Worcester? But it seems guys are acting like hired guns, professionals. Are they going to HC primarily to go to school or to play basketball? If it's the latter, screw 'em. Is it the coaching staff? Clearly, nothing succeeds like success, see Coach Chesney. The academic successes of a number of football players are highlighted. What about the academic successes of basketball players? Do college football teams have similar experiences with transfers at the same of level as do college basketball teams? How can a team build success with a constant turnover of starters? Did they enroll to play ball & nothing more? I'll bet dollars to doughnuts none of them will play in the NBA. Obviously, each individual circumstance is different. Guys leaving in droves, application numbers not keeping pace, academics declining, problems within the administration according to a recent report and G-D knows what else. I realize I'm pulling in different strands none of which may be related. But still... What the hell is happening? Guess this sounds like the frantic pleas of the captain of the Titanic.
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2022 11:19:51 GMT -5
I agree. It’s long overdue for us to pick a few marquee sports, invest in them fully, and keep them as clean as possible. The rest of the student body should be brainiacs and club athletes who have an ethical and moral compass.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 29, 2022 11:28:19 GMT -5
Reserves who enter the portal this year believing they should be starters may have to learn some new phrases to pay for their tuition, such as "Would you like fries with that?"
How could the players not catch on that when the NCAA gave an extra year of eligibility for Covid but did not increase scholarships, the Portal became distinctively riskier for players while putting schools that award athletic scholarships in the cat bird seat?
Does our five man Coaching/DOBO crew have the smarts to take advantage and end up ahead of the game? Stay tuned. We've got 200 hours per week of brainpower on the task. Let's Go!
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 29, 2022 11:30:33 GMT -5
I agree. It’s long overdue for us to pick a few marquee sports, invest in them fully, and keep them as clean as possible. The rest of the student body should be brainiacs and club athletes who have an ethical and moral compass. How many and which sports would you cut? No pressure.🙂
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Post by joe on Mar 29, 2022 11:36:02 GMT -5
I agree. It’s long overdue for us to pick a few marquee sports, invest in them fully, and keep them as clean as possible. The rest of the student body should be brainiacs and club athletes who have an ethical and moral compass. How many and which sports would you cut? No pressure.🙂 I’d keep football, m/w basketball, and m/w hockey but only if men’s hockey upgrades conferences, plus whatever can be most cheaply cobbled together on the women’s side to comply with Title 9.
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Post by Ignutz on Mar 29, 2022 11:38:53 GMT -5
I agree. It’s long overdue for us to pick a few marquee sports, invest in them fully, and keep them as clean as possible. The rest of the student body should be brainiacs and club athletes who have an ethical and moral compass. How many and which sports would you cut? No pressure.🙂 First cuts should be M/W Tennis, followed in short order by M/W Golf.
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