Summer Scrimmage reports

[pinstripers]

One of my Dad's favorite stories was of singing quartet music with Bob, and Bing, and Jerry Colona in the mess hall prior to one of Bob's shows during WWII

[pinstripers]

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[Kel Varnsen]

"Nobody else would do this much for charity."

"Bob hope would."

"That's true."

"Rocky, you better call Bob Hope."

[Kung Wu]

What does President Ford have to do with anything?

[WstateU]

Met him once many moons ago... about as good as it gets.

[Aargh]

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[wichshock65]

[ShockTalk]

1 hour ago


@WstateU posted: "I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."
It doesn't get much better than that. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things..."


1972Shocker posted: "Yes, hope is a good thing and so is redemption. I hope our hope resuts in some of that."

[1972Shocker]

Yes, hope is a good thing and so is redemption. I hope our hopes result in some of that.

[California Shocker]

I will wrap it all up for you. I hope we win the Big Dance. I am ok with the smaller Dance too.

[WstateU]

"I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."
It doesn't get much better than that. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things..."

I hope too...

[TheShocktocles]

I hope Noah Fernandez and Tre Wade continue to gain weight. I hope Jamie E. has recovered from his foot injury and improved his conditioning. I hope Dexter D. has improved his handle. I hope all the shock players meet their Kerry Rosenboom and Coach Marshall goals. I hope they all continue to compete. I hope.

[RoyalShock]

[ShockTalk]

Cdizzle, you make a couple of arguments that I don't believe to be true.

If a player doesn't get it in 4, he won't get it in 5. Does this suppose no improvement? For argument's sake, let's assume a player RSs as a freshman because he has great potential, but is rough around the edges and you don't want to possibly lose him by stashing him in a prep and you want him practicing against college level players. You also have a Jr/Sr starter ahead of him. As a RS freshman, there is a good chance with that rough potential, he would be playing the level of sophomore (or better) as a RS freshman. I'll leave the judgement of the individual's level of play to those getting paid the big bucks.

Also, most players improve from year to year unless they top out. Some, however, have high ceilings, but lack refinement. Other than your handful of top programs, most players for other teams, even starters, won't be leaving for the draft as a Jr. Do I want that player as a "behind" Fr/Sr for four years or as a RS Fr/RS Sr who will be better all 4 years that he plays? Again, that's a judgement call by the coach.

Obviously, a redshirt is not for everyone and is a special case, probably under special circumstances (balancing classes out better). I just don't think one can rule out doing it, particularly big men, players not physically ready but skilled, or high potential that may not have been tapped into enough where a person played HS ball.

[proshox]

No doubt. Let em play year 1, gets them a chance to see what needs to improvement. .

It also allows the coaches to determine if they are worth five years of scholarships for four years of basketball.