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Re: Around the AE/country
« Reply #450 on: March 18, 2021, 07:58:54 am »
agreed with hammer.  the answer is likely somewhere in the middle.
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« Reply #451 on: March 18, 2021, 08:58:27 am »
Quote from: BarryGotAGrip on March 17, 2021, 08:17:22 pm
Quote from: Chairman of the Board on March 17, 2021, 07:56:29 pm
thanks- speaking of ualbaNy, i posted this in the lacrosse thread but its relevant here too: http://fanlax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=290&t=2674

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UAlbany lacrosse coach wants to get rid of NCAA transfer portal

“You get rid of the portal and you go back to the old way of doing it,” Marr said on a Zoom call Wednesday. “Hold kids accountable for why they’re transferring. Am I transferring for legitimate reasons? If a kid comes to me and says, 'Coach, I’m not fitting in with the team' or 'Academically I want to do something different,' then I would release him. But if a kid comes and like, well, he’s disgruntled because he thinks he should be playing or that type of stuff, or reasons that he sees different than you, then you have the ability to hold it over him.”

“For this to be his third school, I don’t know,” Marr said. “To me, it’s not TD’s fault that he has this opportunity. I blame the people who make those decisions. I just think it’s wrong. … To see the amount of transferring that’s going on, and again, the fact that Denver is on a trimester (academic calendar) and they can pull a kid in during the season, that to me, it’s really over the top. I don’t think that should be able to be legal. Once the season starts, I don’t think you should be able to shuffle people in and out of your lineup.”

Using basketball as an example — there are already more than 560 names on the VerbalCommits Division I transfer list for 2021 — Marr said the portal has given college sports more of a professional feel and turned athletes into free agents.

“You’re giving kids an easy way out as opposed to working through a problem or working through adversity or learning how to deal with their teammates or learning how to deal with a coaching staff,” Marr continued. “They just get to leave. So they run away from their problems. You’re just giving kids an opportunity to run away from their problems. That’s just my opinion.”

The portal isn't turning kids into free agents. Its letting them leave a program thats not a good fit for them, and make the most of their brief college career.  Free agents get paid. If the coach is the problem, as it is at SB in my opinion then they should be allowed to run from that problem.

Sort of disagree.  This is like free agency, and is the NCAA's concession to college athletes in lieu of allowing them to get paid for playing, endorsements, etc.  Certainly hurts mid-majors a lot more than P5's.
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« Reply #452 on: March 18, 2021, 03:06:18 pm »
Quote from: OldSeawolf on March 18, 2021, 08:58:27 am
Quote from: BarryGotAGrip on March 17, 2021, 08:17:22 pm
Quote from: Chairman of the Board on March 17, 2021, 07:56:29 pm
thanks- speaking of ualbaNy, i posted this in the lacrosse thread but its relevant here too: http://fanlax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=290&t=2674

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UAlbany lacrosse coach wants to get rid of NCAA transfer portal

“You get rid of the portal and you go back to the old way of doing it,” Marr said on a Zoom call Wednesday. “Hold kids accountable for why they’re transferring. Am I transferring for legitimate reasons? If a kid comes to me and says, 'Coach, I’m not fitting in with the team' or 'Academically I want to do something different,' then I would release him. But if a kid comes and like, well, he’s disgruntled because he thinks he should be playing or that type of stuff, or reasons that he sees different than you, then you have the ability to hold it over him.”

“For this to be his third school, I don’t know,” Marr said. “To me, it’s not TD’s fault that he has this opportunity. I blame the people who make those decisions. I just think it’s wrong. … To see the amount of transferring that’s going on, and again, the fact that Denver is on a trimester (academic calendar) and they can pull a kid in during the season, that to me, it’s really over the top. I don’t think that should be able to be legal. Once the season starts, I don’t think you should be able to shuffle people in and out of your lineup.”

Using basketball as an example — there are already more than 560 names on the VerbalCommits Division I transfer list for 2021 — Marr said the portal has given college sports more of a professional feel and turned athletes into free agents.

“You’re giving kids an easy way out as opposed to working through a problem or working through adversity or learning how to deal with their teammates or learning how to deal with a coaching staff,” Marr continued. “They just get to leave. So they run away from their problems. You’re just giving kids an opportunity to run away from their problems. That’s just my opinion.”

The portal isn't turning kids into free agents. Its letting them leave a program thats not a good fit for them, and make the most of their brief college career.  Free agents get paid. If the coach is the problem, as it is at SB in my opinion then they should be allowed to run from that problem.

Sort of disagree.  This is like free agency, and is the NCAA's concession to college athletes in lieu of allowing them to get paid for playing, endorsements, etc.  Certainly hurts mid-majors a lot more than P5's.

No doubt it hurts midmajors bigtime.  guys like GF's days are numbered because they cant keep their kids. horrible coachingstyle.
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« Reply #453 on: March 19, 2021, 07:43:26 am »
After a dreadful first half, App St charges back to a commanding second half lead, then snatches defeat from the jaws of victory to go down in a play-in game.

Mike Almonacy, channeling his inner SBU, goes...brace yourselves...1-14 from the floor, 1-13 from three. Gulp.

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« Reply #454 on: March 19, 2021, 07:49:35 am »
Rough night for Almonacy: 1 for 14, including 1 for 13 from three. App State loses by one. He had some ugly ones late, including an all-backboard floater (his only two) and a potential game winning three that sailed over the rim. Had to be nervous/pressing.


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« Reply #455 on: March 19, 2021, 07:54:01 am »
His final 3 attempt to win the game was admittedly rushed and hit the backboard like a dead chicken thrown against a barn. (Yeah, I've thrown a dead chicken against a barn. I know).

Play-by-play guy saw fit to call it "a brick."

Ouch. Tough night.
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« Reply #456 on: March 19, 2021, 08:07:11 am »
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His final 3 attempt to win the game was admittedly rushed and hit the backboard like a dead chicken thrown against a barn. (Yeah, I've thrown a dead chicken against a barn. I know).

Play-by-play guy saw fit to call it "a brick."

Ouch. Tough night.

I watched the last 10 minutes.  Rallied back from 18 down to take a 6 (I think) point lead, just to blow it.  Almonacy was a brick-layer for sure, but the team as a whole shot under 26% for the game, and still had a chance to win on the last possession!   Not sure he has eligibility left, but wonder if he'll come back for another season.
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Re: Around the AE/country
« Reply #457 on: March 19, 2021, 10:00:03 am »
Quote from: Moveitfred on March 19, 2021, 07:43:26 am
After a dreadful first half, App St charges back to a commanding second half lead, then snatches defeat from the jaws of victory to go down in a play-in game.

Mike Almonacy, channeling his inner SBU, goes...brace yourselves...1-14 from the floor, 1-13 from three. Gulp.

Chairman: it could be worse.

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Re: Around the AE/country
« Reply #458 on: March 19, 2021, 11:47:10 pm »
Pikiell bravo 👏
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« Reply #459 on: March 20, 2021, 09:34:44 am »
Quote from: Chairman of the Board on March 19, 2021, 10:00:03 am
Quote from: Moveitfred on March 19, 2021, 07:43:26 am
After a dreadful first half, App St charges back to a commanding second half lead, then snatches defeat from the jaws of victory to go down in a play-in game.

Mike Almonacy, channeling his inner SBU, goes...brace yourselves...1-14 from the floor, 1-13 from three. Gulp.

Chairman: it could be worse.

 ::)

Im happy for Mike Almoncy. He made his own way and had a great conference championship game.
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« Reply #460 on: March 20, 2021, 03:15:49 pm »
One thing is clear watching these tournament games – and it's been awesome; really enjoying it. Anyway, that thing is our scheme on offense is just terrible. There are only two teams that I've seen that looked clueless offensively. The first was Norfolk State in the second half in a game they won. The other was San Diego State against the Syracuse zone – which usually happens, but it looked like they didn't even know it was coming.

The rest though, I've seen the ball moving, finding the open man, cuts, picks, rolls, penetration, etc. It's just sad. Watching SBU was a chore this winter. But the tournament's been great.

Really happy for Pikiell, and it was cool hearing Akwasi's name on the telecast too. And Boals later today. With these last two years, we have lost all the momentum from their tenures, and as long as Becker's at UVM, Odom's a UMBC, even Gallagher at Hartford making it work each year, I feel like we're just so far behind now.
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« Reply #461 on: March 20, 2021, 04:57:05 pm »
yep.

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Re: Around the AE/country
« Reply #462 on: March 20, 2021, 09:27:58 pm »
Sort of feels like SBU just fell a little bit deeper down the hole after Boals' big upset win over the (2019) defending champs.

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« Reply #463 on: March 20, 2021, 09:49:45 pm »
Boals had to leave. Money and his almamater. SH hiring GF was a great con pulled off by GF. SH and his staff all need to go. They dont seem to have a clue whats going on in there own deptartment.
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« Reply #464 on: March 21, 2021, 12:38:22 am »
So Pikiell, and Boals both win their first round games. Glad to see we can be a launching pad for coaching careers when we don't f**k up and give bad coaches like Ford bloated contracts.
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