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Post by DiMarz on Oct 6, 2022 16:50:54 GMT -5
Just so every body sees this. This is the email I received today..(I assume this Saturday's event has been moved..?)
You're Invited!
Join us at the Hart Center for open practices hosted by your men's and women's basketball teams! The men's open practice will be held on Saturday, October 15 at 10:00am and the women's open practice will be held on Monday, October 17 from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Get a preview of the 2022-23 Crusaders as well as meet the coaches and get autographs from the players!
We hope to see you there supporting the Crusaders basketball teams!
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Post by Tom on Oct 6, 2022 20:03:10 GMT -5
Just so every body sees this. This is the email I received today..(I assume this Saturday's event has been moved..?) You're Invited! Join us at the Hart Center for open practices hosted by your men's and women's basketball teams! The men's open practice will be held on Saturday, October 15 at 10:00am and the women's open practice will be held on Monday, October 17 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Get a preview of the 2022-23 Crusaders as well as meet the coaches and get autographs from the players! We hope to see you there supporting the Crusaders basketball teams! Interesting. Perhaps the school saw HC92's post and moved it. Sounds like a bad screw up to me. Nothing cancelling Saturday's open practice. People likely to show up and be disappointed if there's no practice
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 6, 2022 20:27:22 GMT -5
We can’t even get the simple things right with this program.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Oct 7, 2022 5:19:49 GMT -5
My guess is 10:00 AM is their normal Saturday practice time, but as Tom alluded to above, HC92 had to do the thinking for the athletic dept and they moved the open access date to next week.
If this is the case, and someone shows up tomorrow and is not allowed in......now that would be bad.
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Post by Tom on Oct 7, 2022 7:27:00 GMT -5
OK - I am going to get on a soap box
We all like to think HC is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Furthermore, many HC grads enter the field of law. We should know that language is a precise thing. There was a notice of an open practice on Oct 8. As of last night, that notice was not removed from Twitter (I don't believe all this stuff has me looking at Twitter). There is an official E-mail of an open practice on Oct 15. That was not a notice saying the date had been changed. I don't know for sure what the intent is, but according to the school there are two open practices for the men - one tomorrow and one next Saturday. If that is not the intent, maybe English writing should be a distribution requirement
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 7, 2022 7:32:50 GMT -5
Maybe the October 15 practice is limited to only season ticket holders?
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Post by WCHC Sports on Oct 7, 2022 7:52:00 GMT -5
Maybe they're hoping for some good suggestions, so having two open practices will be twice as fruitful.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 7, 2022 9:29:21 GMT -5
OK - I am going to get on a soap box We all like to think HC is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Furthermore, many HC grads enter the field of law. We should know that language is a precise thing. There was a notice of an open practice on Oct 8. As of last night, that notice was not removed from Twitter (I don't believe all this stuff has me looking at Twitter). There is an official E-mail of an open practice on Oct 15. That was not a notice saying the date had been changed. I don't know for sure what the intent is, but according to the school there are two open practices for the men - one tomorrow and one next Saturday. If that is not the intent, maybe English writing should be a distribution requirement It is still up
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 7, 2022 10:35:40 GMT -5
No question the 15th was added for me since I am sure they know I couldn't make the 8th but that I promised a ladies soccer captain I would go see a game in person shortly after the BB practice and that day is it. Thank you for doing this for me, Brett!
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 7, 2022 11:16:00 GMT -5
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Post by alum on Oct 7, 2022 12:57:22 GMT -5
Looks like two open practices. I'm going to assume that this was the plan and it wasn't amateur hour.
Although they could still make it clearer for people .
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Post by Crucis#1 on Oct 7, 2022 13:12:13 GMT -5
Has anyone called the basketball office for clarification?
Very busy day for Sader Athletics.
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Post by Tom on Oct 7, 2022 14:20:43 GMT -5
OK - now I've gone and looked at Twitter two days in a row. Not a good feel. Anyway, it looks pretty clear that there is still an open practice tomorrow. Some of us, led by me, assumed that this was a mix-up from athletics. We were wrong. Mea culpa
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 7, 2022 14:34:58 GMT -5
OK - now I've gone and looked at Twitter two days in a row. Not a good feel. Anyway, it looks pretty clear that there is still an open practice tomorrow. Some of us, led by me, assumed that this was a mix-up from athletics. We were wrong. Mea culpa View Attachment"Extremism in the pursuit of HC Fandom is no vice." -to paraphrase Barry Goldwater about passion for a righteous cause.
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Post by Tom on Oct 7, 2022 14:46:26 GMT -5
OK - now I've gone and looked at Twitter two days in a row. Not a good feel. Anyway, it looks pretty clear that there is still an open practice tomorrow. Some of us, led by me, assumed that this was a mix-up from athletics. We were wrong. Mea culpa View Attachment passion for a righteous cause. Sounds like the definition of a Crusade
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Post by HC92 on Oct 7, 2022 15:20:51 GMT -5
If you’re having two open gyms for the first time in program history, is it that hard to write a communication that says that?
Good news Crusader fan(s)! We are having open practices where you can see your 2022-23 team in action for the first time. This Saturday (10/8) and next (10/15) at 10:00. Come to one or both but don’t miss this opportunity to see the guys in action and hear from Coach Nelson about the team’s progress toward its goal of winning a PL title.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 7, 2022 15:45:00 GMT -5
If you’re having two open gyms for the first time in program history, is it that hard to write a communication that says that? Good news Crusader fan(s)! We are having open practices where you can see your 2022-23 team in action for the first time. This Saturday (10/8) and next (10/15) at 10:00. Come to one or both but don’t miss this opportunity to see the guys in action and hear from Coach Nelson about the team’s progress toward its goal of winning a PL title. You are hired. Salary tbd. (No free tuition for offspring)
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Post by bringbackcaro on Oct 7, 2022 16:01:18 GMT -5
OK - now I've gone and looked at Twitter two days in a row. Not a good feel. Anyway, it looks pretty clear that there is still an open practice tomorrow. Some of us, led by me, assumed that this was a mix-up from athletics. We were wrong. Mea culpa View AttachmentWill SOV issue a retraction/apology for his cheap shot at the program?
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Post by DiMarz on Oct 7, 2022 20:10:06 GMT -5
Well, I'm hopefully heading in tomorrow...Looks like there will be 2 open practices....10 hours ago HC Basketball posted the open practice is still on for tomorrow! It looks like it will be a good day to go for morning coffee and ride!
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Post by hchoops on Oct 8, 2022 9:48:41 GMT -5
Any on site reports ?
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Post by HC92 on Oct 8, 2022 10:02:53 GMT -5
I did not go. The interest level among the kids was somewhere between “absolutely not” and “maybe we could scrimmage them for money.”
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Post by hchoops on Oct 8, 2022 10:04:27 GMT -5
Snotty kids It is clear that you have lost whatever control you may have had
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Post by efg72 on Oct 8, 2022 10:24:12 GMT -5
A funny and understandable response by the kids
For the most part they tag along with dad and support his love for the game and HC. Unfortunately for them, and all of us, there have been far too few moments of success.
Maybe this year will be better, and I look forward to hearing about Octave, the bigs, Kenney and the point position
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Post by HC92 on Oct 8, 2022 10:27:55 GMT -5
Snotty kids It is clear that you have lost whatever control you may have had I did my best. At some point, we can’t blame the fans for becoming disinterested when we are terrible every year. My daughter was born shortly after RW left. Here are our records in the seasons in which she has been alive. 9-22 8-21 15-14 12-18 20-14 (oh what I wouldn’t give to have MB back) 14-16 15-20 15-17 12-19 16-17 3-29 5-11 9-22
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 8, 2022 11:06:23 GMT -5
Patiently awaiting the report from DiMarz.
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