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Post by bison137 on Feb 2, 2023 13:35:39 GMT -5
The next eight games will determine a Langel type decision similar to Colgate ….. retain or dismiss. If HC plays like last night….. The HC decision would be nothing like Colgate’s decision. Langel had very good teams in his third and fourth seasons at Colgate. Colgate extended his contract at that point, it was a no-brainer. He had just had consecutive seasons where his team was significantly better than the average PL. team, and they finished 2nd in the PL just before his extension. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 2, 2023 13:21:37 GMT -5
Being uneducated on the subject, I can come to one of two conclusions: 1. Foley might have written 10+ seasons but either never knew what he was writing about or, he did, but the sport has left him behind because so many years have passed or 2. Bison doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to LAX, or at least LAX college staffing. Oh, 3rd option, "Foley" is just an alias and his "real" name is George Santos. (Come on, that's NOT political!) Based on many of their past posts, I'm putting my money on #1. Or option 4: I never covered low level lacrosse since it didn't bring in the traffic numbers to cover those teams. The bylines got screwed up pre-2012. www.insidelacrosse.com/author/brian-foley/63Then why would you have made a false statement in your post about Holy Cross being cheap by only hiring one Director of operations, when most teams have none. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 2, 2023 13:19:43 GMT -5
if you followed lacrosse, you would know that very few mid majors have a Director/manager of operations at all. For example in America East there is not one team that has a paid manager of operations for the men’s team or the women’s team. Those teams would be ecstatic to have a shared Director of operations. Followed lacrosse? Only wrote for the top lacrosse publication for ten plus seasons. So you might want to watch what you are saying. Based on your many posts, you could’ve fooled me. Probably most of the other people on this board as well. Appears you didn’t follow it very well. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 2, 2023 11:13:09 GMT -5
Coach Reppert held a webinar last night that had about 70 attendees on it. A few highlights: 1) Working through the financial aid issues. Kit is aware of the situation and "working to close the gap." Coach feels better every time he hears PVR speak. Mentioned Magis sholarships. Sounds like a player or two has benefited from these. 2) Close to getting a director of operations hired. Said person would serve both men's and women's programs. 3) On recruiting, "We are attracting top talent." Lots of interest from recruits who will enter in 2024. He spoke well of Admissions. 4) On Fr. K. Field, "Hoping to improve that venue." No details though. 5) Potential is "through the roof" at HC. Overall, it's hard not to like Coach Reppert and his great enthusiasm. Part 2 is Holy Cross being cheap. Each team should have their own position. if you followed lacrosse, you would know that very few mid majors have a Director/manager of operations at all. For example in America East there is not one team that has a paid manager of operations for the men’s team or the women’s team. Those teams would be ecstatic to have a shared Director of operations. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 1, 2023 22:11:58 GMT -5
I know Boston U, Bucknell, and Navy have radio broadcasts on away games. Maybe some others but I’m not sure. The announcers said they'd be doing the game on the GoTerriers.com website, do they have an over the air radio broadcast, too or just an internet audio call? Boston U just has an Internet Netwerk. Navy and Bucknell have regular radio stations. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 1, 2023 21:53:15 GMT -5
LS, of course Loyola has their own broadcast team - the BU announcers make the trip and do a radio broadcast of the internet I know Boston U, Bucknell, and Navy have radio broadcasts on away games. Maybe some others but I’m not sure. |
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Post by bison137 on Feb 1, 2023 19:56:49 GMT -5
B.U. has 32,551 total students. Over/under 1% under the roof tonight? Some good noise when HC scores. Great performance so far. If you don't count their band, cheerleaders, etc, Boston U usually has less than 200 students. Under 100 on many occasions. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 30, 2023 14:56:02 GMT -5
How seriously does HC compete with Navy for lacrosse recruits? Holy Cross players coaches and fans should enjoy the new amenities when they play in Annapolis and stick to whatever facility planning HC has. A kid doesn't compare the playing fields and locker rooms to make a decision between Navy and HC. There is a 900 pound gorilla in the room - the commitment to die for your country if necesssry if you choose the USNA that dwarfs athletic amenities. even when the service commitment obligation is factored in, Army and Navy still have a huge recruiting edge over any patriot league school. They bring in 2 to 3 times as many recruits in every sport, spend twice as much money, pay their coaches far more than PL coaches, generally have much better facilities, and are allowed more assistant coaches. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 23:31:07 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 22:08:44 GMT -5
Thinking out loud -- Tavaras Hardy hot seat? Well on his way to fifth straight season of being below .500 overall and in the PL. Not going to pretend Loyola is an easy job, but also don't think it's one of the more difficult ones. In a fertile recruiting area and should be much better than they are. The last time they were above .500 was with Jimmy Patsos (MAAC). Holy Cross is in a more fertile recruiting area (look at the top level prep schools in the area and should be much better than they are.... The DMV is a tremendous area for basketball recruiting. Although it doesn’t have as many prep schools as New England, it does have some good ones and it has much much better public schools and Catholic schools. There are tons of very good college players who came from that area. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 21:54:28 GMT -5
The women always have a Wednesday night off at mid season, and then play an extra game at the end of the year. They have the calendar space to do this because the PL women’s tournament is not locked into certain times due to TV scheduling. HC schedule always had this Wednesday as an off day for them.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 21:31:37 GMT -5
137, have Bucknell quit, is the team refusing to play hard for Davis, is he just that bad of a coach — all of the above? I watched a bit of the Bucknell game on Saturday and seems like they were going through the motions. Does Davis have another year left on his contract? If so, would Braveman eat the year? 1. Some games they look like they’ve quit, and there are others where they seem to play fairly hard. But Davis is such a bad coach, they definitely don’t play nearly as well as they would with a competent coach. Based purely on the talent level, there is no reason they shouldn’t be challenging for .500 in the PL. 2. I have never been able to determine what happened with Davis’ contract extension. I suspect he has one more year, but that is just a guess. In any event, it’s hard to believe that Bravman won’t allow him to be terminated because he has destroyed the program and most fans/alumni are very unhappy about it. Bravman, however, tell Truax to raise the buyout money from alums, but if Truax is competent he should be able to do that. I know John Hardt would’ve had no trouble in an emergency like this. In addition to his other failings, Davis has alienated virtually all of the fans and cost them huge amounts of money as season-ticket holders have left in droves because of him. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 20:16:27 GMT -5
One astonishing thing is the Boston U is one of the most experienced teams in the country. Their starting five has 24 collective years of D1 experience, 25 if you count the year Walter Whyte sat out.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 26, 2023 20:55:34 GMT -5
Roberts is their primary 3 point shooter, at 41%, averaging 12 ppg Rucker does more driving, at 16 ppg I guess Dorsey will play one, Bo the other. For the year, Rucker has taken the most threes- but not very accurately. Freshman Colton Benson takes the second most threes, and is hitting over 42%. Roberts is third in terms of threes taken - making about 39%. Army is hitting a very high percentage of both their twos and their threes. Roberts, Benson, Mann, and Peterson are all averaging between 9 PPG and 12 PPG. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 26, 2023 19:01:35 GMT -5
The Patriot League is much weaker. The top recruits see this and they are not coming to this league. Just look at Bucknell who has really gone downhill the last couple of years. I don't think that Colgate is as strong as they were for the last number of years. It's the league and not the coaches.j Bucknell‘s decline has absolutely nothing to do with the league. It is solely due to the incompetence of Nathan Davis. A good coach (or good assistants) has no trouble at all recruiting to the PAtriot League. Look at Bucknell‘s 15 years of excellence under Flannery and Paulsen once they got scholarships. And recently, Langell has had no problem getting quality players. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 25, 2023 18:51:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the very appropriate explanation. I find it a bit disconcerting to simultaneously read about how a very successful PL coach did not really start his string of successful seasons until after 6 most disappointing ones while hearing how we need to get rid of a coach whose team seems too be developing through the year. Might have a future upside that we have not yet seen? It is a bit troubling. However, I realize that some really enjoy the discussions of future moves by HC and I have no issue with that. I think that characterization is a bit misleading. Langel inherited a really bad team, but by his third year (2014) they had their best ranking (Pomeroy) since the days of Adonal Foyle. In his fourth year, the team finished PL play with a 12-6 record - their best record since Foyle and their first time over .500 since 2003. In his fifth and sixth seasons, they fell back a bit - but were still much better than Colgate was in the three years prior to Langel's arrival. Also those sub-par years were still light years better than the best teams CBN has had at HC. Here are Colgate's rankings in the three years prior to Langel and then his first nine years: 2009 . 309 2010 . 290 2011 . 314 - - - - - - - - - 2012 . 324 2013 . 269 2014 . 184 2015 . 180 2016 . 256 2017 . 268 2018 . 202 2019 . 126 2020 . 118 For comparison, here are the HC rankings for CBN's four seasons: 2020 . 344 2021 . 304 2022 . 349 2023 . 332 In fairness, it must be noted that there were about 350 teams during Langel's earlier years and recently there have been 357-360 teams, so if you want, bump up Nelson's rankings slightly. One notable item is that CBN's third and fourth seasons have produced an average ranking of 340.5. Langel's third and fourth seasons averaged 182. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 25, 2023 12:51:39 GMT -5
Of the teams HC has defeated, only one (Northeastern) is inside the top 200 at 138. Interestingly, Vermont which defeated us at home by 30 is listed at 144. If we win the PL, looks like a 16 seed. As things stand right now, HC would definitely not be a 16 seed. Not with their NET. Charlie Creme's ESPN bracketology has them as a 14, which seems about right. It's been well over a decade - except for the covid year - since a PL team got a 16 seed. Average in recent years has been more like a 14. Bucknell a few years ago was a 12 seed. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 24, 2023 16:20:05 GMT -5
A mystery to me why Truax didn't let Davis go after last season. A mystery to a lot of people. I'm sure it has to due with having to do a lot of work. In addition to a lengthy interview process, he might have had to go to alums to solicit money for a buyout. John Hardt would have had no trouble doing that, but I'm not sure Truax has developed many relationships with donors. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 24, 2023 16:18:20 GMT -5
Some administrators look at more than wins and losses...Just saying....How does the coach represent the college and community... Horribly (and that is an understatement). He regards fans as the enemy and does everything in his power to avoid them. During his eight year tenure, I have attended about 20 games a year. Not once has he or any member of his staff except John Griffin ever showed any appreciation at all to the fans. Never an acknowledgement that they exist. And Bucknell normally has a large turnout at away games. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 24, 2023 16:15:58 GMT -5
A mystery to me why Truax didn't let Davis go after last season. Bison137 will weigh in, I'm sure, but I believe that would have cost Bucknell $300,000. That won't be an issue this year. Are you sure of that? I haven't been able to confirm the length of his contract, but I have assumed he got a new 5-year deal after the 2019 season. If that is correct, he will still have one more year. Given the level of his incompetence and how much his destruction of the program has cost Bucknell, it is hard to believe they won't buy him out even if he has another year. A lot of alums would contribute if necessary. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 23, 2023 20:21:18 GMT -5
Despite losing the majority of his staff, Langel continues to roll. True testament to his ability to coach up his teams. One has to think an A-10 gig has to come calling soon. He was one of two finalists a few years ago for the Saint Joseph’s job and they inexplicably hired Billy Lange instead. That was a blunder on their part that has set their program back significantly. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 22, 2023 16:20:29 GMT -5
Impressive to have made it to 81, staying musically productive throughout his years. A true 60s icon of the Woodstock generation. Not much can compare to those CSN harmonies. Helplessly Hoping being the best. 49 Bye Byes, runner up. Went to a concert in Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City (where Jackie Robinson played his first game in the minors for the Montreal Alouettes) The fans on the field right next to the stage were so noisy that CSN had to cut short the acoustic portion. I still have not forgiven those jerk fans. amazing. I was at that same concert. They had to cut short the acoustic portion, which promised to be the best part of the concert, and just go back to the electric music. People were pushing so hard that I was afraid someone might get killed being pushed into the fence surrounding the stage. Roosevelt stadium for a few years had some great concerts. I also saw the Allmans there and the Grateful Dead. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 19, 2023 23:17:49 GMT -5
Mike Brey announced his retirement at the end of this season. SK no doubt a top candidate for the job. Getting down to reality, one coach I could see them pursuing is Porter Moser, who is from the Chicago area and obviously was highly successful at a Chicago-area Catholic school. He has a good job at Oklahoma, but ND might be able to lure him to South Bend. depending on how big the buyout is. Another possible choice is also at Oklahoma: Ryan Humphrey. Humphrey was a star player for ND and then a long-time assistant under Brey. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 19, 2023 17:38:41 GMT -5
Can someone from another program (fall, I guess, spring would most likely conflict) walk on to the team; not in terms of getting in more than the usual walk-on minutes (few) but to augment the practice numbers? Thinking of a football player or two that might have seen his last gridiron action. I think that can happen.. I don't believe there are any NCAA rules forbidding it...Maybe one of the line men from football...There were some pretty big bodies up front if I remember! Yes, definitely permissible. |
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Post by bison137 on Jan 18, 2023 22:52:47 GMT -5
HC hung in there all game long. In the 2nd half, Colgate did a very good job defending the 3 point line.. amid used their size advantage to score around the hoop. If we could have got a call or 2 from the men with the whistles, might have changed the outcome, or at least made the final score a lot closer.. The call on Batch with just under a minute was just plain wrong. After the game I asked the guy running the replay for the refs about it, and he said he felt they had the wrong call. However, they could not overturn the call, not sure why.. The other call I still can’t believe was made, was the block on Keney. He took a hit, fell backward to the floor, then Records stepped on him . Whistle blew, block on Keney! Pretty strange call… Overall I felt HC played very well. The D was solid, ‘Gatemade some very good passes to score. On Offense, HC attacked the rim, passed it pretty good and hit some 3’s to stay in the game.. Bo had a solid game, shot it today.. Batch had one of his better games.. The team seems to be trending in the right direction. Late in the game, ‘Gate was shooting 50% from the floor, on the season they shoot about 60%.. They create some easy shoots around the hoop, solid offense and size.. We have to get the train back on the winning track…. Two comments: 1. I thought there was a clear foul by Batchelder followed by a foul by Smith. I was surprised the ref waited as long as he did to call a foul. It is a foul if the defender "keeps a hand or forearm on an opponent" who has the ball, and it is also a foul if the defender "continually jabs an opponent by extending an arm and placing a hand or forearm on the opponent." Based on that, the ref could certainly justify calling him for a foul. 2. As for the replay, it cannot be used to call a foul or change a call UNLESS they believe there was a clear flagrant foul. The refs apparently decided that the contact by Smith did not rise to the level of a flagrant foul. Thus they had no options, whether or not they thought they should have called a foul on Colgate or on both players. |
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