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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 21:29:15 GMT -5
only two of the ten, Roussell and Gebbia, left for better jobs. Two others retired, although one may have been pushed, five were fired, and the other one reportedly left after Colgate wouldn’t extend his contract What category are you putting the HC head coach and interim head coach who left in the last five years? Both completed their contracts. One on the bench, one on the couch. But neither was fired. BG is in my category of having been fired. Yes, his contract was not renewed, which is a technical difference. But in my view, not really a difference.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 20:39:57 GMT -5
Note: Colgate coach was extended. I stand corrected. Shouldn't go by memory. Looking back, I see Cleary got extended after his fourth year. Then after his fifth year, he stepped down - but almost six weeks after the season ended. I was told by a Colgate person that he had some sort of disagreement with their AD. As you likely know, Cleary has returned to his D2 roots and is now HC at St. Thomas Aquinas. But he didn't take that job until August, so presumably nothing was in the works when he left Colgate.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 20:32:37 GMT -5
Pemper's career ending was a shame. Smart coach. Her ouster was a surprise, although Navy did have terrible seasons her last two years. That followed two great seasons and a number of other good ones. Perhaps it was a reflection of the recruiting getting worse? As you likely know, Pemper is now an assistant AD at Connecticut College. Prior to Navy, she had a number of tremendous seasons coaching Bowdoin.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 20:03:50 GMT -5
Note: Colgate coach was extended. One may argue that Moseley going to Wisconsin was a bigger jump/better job as well. Big 10 $ and all. But if you're accounting for Boston over Madison, I can appreciate your view, Bison137 I just missed Boston U as I was going down the list of coaches. I think Mosleys new job was a big step up.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:57:50 GMT -5
only two of the ten, Roussell and Gebbia, left for better jobs. Two others retired, although one may have been pushed, five were fired, and the other one reportedly left after Colgate wouldn’t extend his contract I think Mosely to Wisconsin would fall into the category of a better job - and the Navy axing Pepper was perplexing. yes, absolutely. I missed her as I was going down the list.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:52:16 GMT -5
Agree HC13. Sadly, I don't think stability and coaching go together much anymore. I always like to see how frosh develop with a coach, and a team come together during their time. Makes the PL very enjoyable to follow even beyond my favorite team. I am excited to see who takes AU over but in general, all the instability throughout the league with coaches and players is a bit of a downer. Agree completely, I also believe that Damon at Lafayette, the now senior coach, is probably on the hot seat this coming season. yes, it would make sense that Damon is on the hot seat. Having said that, she just completed her fifth year so that would indicate that somewhere along the line she got an extension, although it may not have been a long one. Lafayette has not had a winning team for about 25 years, and Damon was their fourth coach in a 10 year period, following a coach who was terminated for cause, so it may be a tricky situation where the bar is not very high.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:47:27 GMT -5
Some may wonder why a move like this is happening at the end of May, and it is a bit puzzling. Jen Hoover, the former coach was a superstar as a player at Wake, which may have bought her some time. But in 10 years, her best record was 17-16 and she never had a .500 record in the ACC. Having said that, her best season of the ten was just 12 months ago. On the one hand, the late date will make it harder for Gebbia to bring in new players as most of the good ones in the portal are gone. But otoh it will be hard for any current players to transfer out this late in the game.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:33:55 GMT -5
Agree HC13. Sadly, I don't think stability and coaching go together much anymore. I always like to see how frosh develop with a coach, and a team come together during their time. Makes the PL very enjoyable to follow even beyond my favorite team. I am excited to see who takes AU over but in general, all the instability throughout the league with coaches and players is a bit of a downer. only two of the ten, Roussell and Gebbia, left for better jobs. Two others retired, although one may have been pushed, five were fired, and the other one reportedly left after Colgate wouldn’t extend his contract
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:23:00 GMT -5
This is a big loss for American, as Gebbia is a very good coach. It’s exactly the opposite of what happened at Lehigh, where their team got better by having their coach step down.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 19:20:06 GMT -5
Army (31-22 record) wins today 12-2 and will represent the league in the NCAA's - they were clearly the best team in the PL throughout the season Bucknell starter today topped out at 76, so they never really had a chance. O’Neill was probably going to start a game, but when Bucknell had the lead in game 1, coach probably rolled the dice by having him close. Didn’t work out, but probably the right move. Army should score some runs in the regionals, but starters after Early will probably have a tough time. Would like to see them get a W, would be good for PL yes, you’re correct about rolling the dice. He did it in the previous series with Lehigh and it worked out. Against Army it worked until the ninth inning. Bucknell has been one pitcher short since the start of the season when their preseason pitcher of the year went down with an arm injury. That was the difference.
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Post by bison137 on May 26, 2022 15:04:46 GMT -5
A healthy 6-1" pass first pg and a physically mature 6'11" front court man who both have started a bunch of D-1 games put us ahead of last year, minus Luc's scoring punch. Bubba and JM's departure will free up minutes for our developing roster. We should be more competitive than last year. One thing to keep in mind is that HC will have to get an NCAA waiver for Wilbar, a two-time transfer, to be allowed to play this year. There's a good chance they will get it, but it is not a sure thing, as some requests have been turned down. No one seems to know why. It usually takes at least a few months to get a decision, so it's unlikely HC has heard anything yet. As for Tse, he is in a unique position, having sat out his entire season at the juco. I suspect that means he won't be viewed as a two-time transfer, needing an NCAA waiver, but I'm not sure.
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Post by bison137 on May 24, 2022 21:34:28 GMT -5
All the more impressive what Calhoun did. I shot their NCAA game this past year at WPI and looked to me they hadn't been challenged by anyone in the GNAC. Penn State Harrisburg punched them in the mouth early and they never responded. They are coached by a former D1 head coach in Glen Miller. Penn State Harrisburg is coached by Don Friday, who was a long time assistant coach for Pat Flannery at Bucknell. He is a very good coach. As for St Joes coach Glenn Miller, he was an assistant for Calhoun at UConn on the way up and then he was an assistant for Calhoun at Uconn after being fired in mid season as Penn’s head coach.
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Post by bison137 on May 24, 2022 21:24:48 GMT -5
The AD equivalent comes from a hospitality, marketing and branding background and moved over from enrollment management or something. The Newmac conference with Connecticut College would be a home run but probably out of reach. The Great North AC, the Commonwealth Coast Conference and the Little East would all be good choices. there is a better chance that I will win six consecutive Powerballs than of Hartford being added to the NESCAC.
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Post by bison137 on May 24, 2022 18:58:51 GMT -5
Hartford's neighbor in West Hartford, St. Joe's increased emphasis on athletics while remaining in D-3 when they hired Jim Calhoun. He was on the way to building a national contender until Covid slowed things down and his own litany of health issues led to his second retirement. Perhaps Hartford can build some good rivalries with Trinity, Wesleyan, St. Joe's. I assume they won't get into the NESCAC, but hopefully will join a good D-3 league. They have the facilities to impress a league. On the other hand, a new Administration could move them right back to D-1 or to their old spot in D-2. Four years is a generation in college athletics and the disgruntled athletes will all be gone soon. St Joe's didn't have men's athletics until the 2018-2019 season. they didn’t even have male students until 2018.
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Post by bison137 on May 23, 2022 16:45:58 GMT -5
When I look at Jade Tse's stats from Deerfield I feel good about him as a freshman recruit. Throw in three more years of experience and I feel very good. He averaged over 22 points per game at Deerfield. Our highly regarded WBB point guard is arriving at age 17 or 18 having averaged in the mid single digits in scoring as a HS senior. I know she's going to receive good coaching but doesn't have Jade's experience. FWIW, I think it’s safe to say that Flanagan was a better high school player than was Tse -regardless of the scoring averages. One made first team all-state in Class 6A (largest class), while the other was an honorable mention in class A (third largest) of his own prep league.
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Post by bison137 on May 23, 2022 16:17:06 GMT -5
Looking at Houston Baptist with 2300 undergraduates and D-1 basketball makes me think there must be a decent number of smaller schools like HC with D-1 fans who stay loyal with one NCAA bid a decade and possibly one magical run to the sweet sixteen or higher in a lifetime. Houston Baptist is in its 14th season since beginning the transition to division one. During that time, they’ve had exactly one winning season and many years with fewer than 10 wins. Their average attendance is between 600 and 700, so it appears there aren’t a lot of fans who have any opinion. Thus far their team has never come close to reaching the NCAA tournament.
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Post by bison137 on May 20, 2022 21:28:30 GMT -5
So why would someone with those kind of academic stats (SAT and GPA) and supposed interest from Yale end up going to a JUCO? The usual reason is that a player either has no offers or has no offers from any school he wants to attend. That interest from Yale probably never turned into an offer.
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Post by bison137 on May 20, 2022 21:25:47 GMT -5
Well, as Ricky Nelson used to sing he's " . . . a travelin' man, made a lot of stops, all over the world." I can't tell how good he is from these highlight videos which likely show every basket he ever made but, based on his penchant for moving, think he'll stay more than one season at Holy Cross before he hits the transfer portal again? Well at least his many moves made sense. HS to prep school to cc to a D1 program for two years. Isn’t there an NCAA rule that says you have to play your 4 years within 6 years of your hs graduation. I like fact he is from the NYC Catholic League. actually the NCAA rule says you have only five years to complete your four years of play. Of course temporarily that four years has turned into a possible five years, due to the NCAA’s Covid rule. As for the 5-year time span, a player can sometimes get a waiver to allow him to play a 6th year.
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Post by bison137 on May 20, 2022 16:55:58 GMT -5
Jade could teach a Cultural Anthropology course when he gets here. What a journey he has made from Queens (Big City) to Deerfield Academy (Country Preppy) to Salt Lake City CC (Mormon Conservative) to Houston Baptist (Bible Belt) to Holy Cross (Catholic Preppy). Also before he did his post-grad year at Deerfield, he played for Archbishop Molloy - at least his senior year. Not sure if he played at another HS before that.
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Post by bison137 on May 20, 2022 11:51:16 GMT -5
I don't know anything about our OOC schedule but can say that the first day of the season has been moved forward once again - it's Monday Nov 7th Lehigh just announced they're opening up at Syracuse that night For a number of years, the NCAA rule for the opening date has been the same - but the actual date moves due our calendar not dividing equally into weeks. First date for a game is " the Tuesday immediately before the second Friday of November". In non-Leap Years, that normally would cause the date to be one day earlier each year (until it reaches the point where it jumps back six days). But this year, there is another kicker. If the Tuesday opener conflicts with Election Day - which it often does - then teams are allowed to open the day before (i.e. Monday). In 2023-24 opening day will be November 6th, then November 4th, and then back to November 11th in 2025-26.
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Post by bison137 on May 19, 2022 17:06:38 GMT -5
Grad transfer from ND to Lehigh. The curse of Sean Kearney strikes HC again. No. Although the article is poorly worded, the player they refer to played four years for Lehigh before transferring to ND for a 5th year as a grad student. ND has unlimited resources and rostered about 60 players. Another of their grad transfers was the son of Bucknell's coach, Frank Fedorjaka. Unless the PL recently changed the rules, no grad transfers are allowed at PL schools.
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Post by bison137 on May 19, 2022 16:26:15 GMT -5
The crisis of irresponsible parenting - a sad epidemic - I hope there is a state law to enforce Not sure if there is a state law that assigns them blame for the murder. But they could be on the hook for millions in a civil suit.
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Post by bison137 on May 19, 2022 14:39:04 GMT -5
Heartbreaking. As a father of 3 teenage boys in CT, I have seen numerous examples of anger/rage/machismo among boys creating unfortunate situations. Luckily, none of those has escalated to this point. The rumor here is that this one involved boys from different schools showing up at multiple parties involving kids from other schools where they were not necessarily welcome. Some of the kids are impaired, one thing leads to another, someone pulls out a knife and a kid winds up dead over absolutely nothing. Awful. The arrested teen is a 16 year old who played football for Saint Joseph’s (Trumbull). The party was at a star football player for Shelton high school. And the unfortunate victim was a football player for Fairfield Prep. Apparently four Saint Joe’s students showed up at the party uninvited and apparently unwelcome. With a huge number of students there, probably mostly impaired by alcohol, it wasn’t a surprise that trouble developed. Sadly it led to a tragedy. A lot of lives will be affected, including the owners of the house where the party took place.
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Post by bison137 on May 17, 2022 13:49:20 GMT -5
Here's a new name who could end up at HC: PG Rachael Rose who was ROY in the Big South this year at South Carolina Upstate. Rose was an all-state player at Scranton Prep. She apparently is transferring because her coach just left for the job at Buffalo. In the past 48 hours, HC Women's Basketball started following her. Other than possibly Buffalo, the most logical landing place for her likely would be Bucknell, as she is very close friends with Bucknell's Cecelia Collins - who played with her for many years at Scranton Prep and for the NEPA Elite and who is also her cousin. Also her family knows Bucknell coach Trevor Woodruff well from the 15+ years he coached in the Scranton area - including four years at U. of Scranton, when his teams went 113-10. I know her Dad has followed the Bucknell program fairly closely. However it doesn't appear that Bucknell has any available scholarships at the moment. Rose has committed to Wofford. She had a lot of interest in Bucknell, but they couldn't figure out a way to get a scholarship for her for the 2023-24 season.
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Post by bison137 on May 14, 2022 19:44:12 GMT -5
Down 4-0 in the 3rd Bucknell beat Lehigh in game 1, 10-8 Game 2 tmro due to rain and anticipated darkness as Bison field does not have lights they didn’t start game two because it was already raining and there were thunderstorms in various places in central Pennsylvania. There was already one delay due to lightning. Had they wanted to start game two, they could’ve played for more than three hours before darkness hit. But it’s likely there would’ve been another lightning delay at some point, which would really have screwed up the pitching situation. And it’s also possible the rain might’ve gotten heavy enough that the pitchers couldn’t grip the ball. if Lehigh wins the first game tomorrow, is possible there may be more weather issues in the late afternoon.
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