Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
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In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
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Hockey NutCase
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Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
Interesting story for sure, AH? Another angle on it, this canadian school now can sell more of their college-motivated hockey players from Canada to stay in Canada instead of always migrating to the USA to play NCAA college hockey. Stay in Canada & play NCAA hockey. Has a nice ring to it.
Interesting story for sure, AH? Another angle on it, this canadian school now can sell more of their college-motivated hockey players from Canada to stay in Canada instead of always migrating to the USA to play NCAA college hockey. Stay in Canada & play NCAA hockey. Has a nice ring to it.
MikeAnderson
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Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
Except that this Canadian school doesn't offer varsity ice hockey.
Except that this Canadian school doesn't offer varsity ice hockey.
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Shameful. It's one thing to cut a sport, but to blind-side them that was is utterly despicable in so many ways.
I heard about this through the Alumni newsletter, but I had no idea about the details.
NU announced cuts in tennis and wrestling this year, but allowed the programs to continue if financing could be found.
Shameful. It's one thing to cut a sport, but to blind-side them that was is utterly despicable in so many ways.
I heard about this through the Alumni newsletter, but I had no idea about the details.
NU announced cuts in tennis and wrestling this year, but allowed the programs to continue if financing could be found.
Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
Yeah. Heck, it wasn't that long ago that Michigan Tech dropped their football team, but they at least had some idea that it was coming, and that there was alumni donors there willing to back the program themselves when it came on down to it. The program was gone for a week, then they reinstated it with the idea that the football boosters themselves would fund the program. And you wanna know what the scary thing was that next season?? Tech went 10-1, won the GLIAC, and was the number one seed in the playoffs that year. Not half bad for a program that was clincally dead for a week.
The thing with Shepherd at WWU there is that he seemed to be pretty dead set about killing the program and didn't really go outside of the administration there before making the announcement, and even that was botched as well.
Yeah. Heck, it wasn't that long ago that Michigan Tech dropped their football team, but they at least had some idea that it was coming, and that there was alumni donors there willing to back the program themselves when it came on down to it. The program was gone for a week, then they reinstated it with the idea that the football boosters themselves would fund the program. And you wanna know what the scary thing was that next season?? Tech went 10-1, won the GLIAC, and was the number one seed in the playoffs that year. Not half bad for a program that was clincally dead for a week.
The thing with Shepherd at WWU there is that he seemed to be pretty dead set about killing the program and didn't really go outside of the administration there before making the announcement, and even that was botched as well.
Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
Some administrators come in with an agenda and carry it out whatever anybody thinks. This reminds me a little bit of when UVM dropped football. Some people think it enhances reputation to be a non-football school. However, nobody told the Ivies about it.
It does seem that the addition of SFU (who I remember playing us back in the dark ages when they were NAIA) would have helped reduce travel costs. I still think NAIA to DIII would have made more sense.
Some administrators come in with an agenda and carry it out whatever anybody thinks. This reminds me a little bit of when UVM dropped football. Some people think it enhances reputation to be a non-football school. However, nobody told the Ivies about it.
It does seem that the addition of SFU (who I remember playing us back in the dark ages when they were NAIA) would have helped reduce travel costs. I still think NAIA to DIII would have made more sense.
Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
On a slightly reverse note, Centenary College (NCAA - D1) has applied to reclassify to NCAA D-III.
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For lots of schools DIII is a logical place to be. If only the NCAA would spread its wealth around more to DIII to alleviate some of the growth issues. I know there are a number of schools that have explored the idea of going to DIII from DII in at least a preliminary fashion.
For lots of schools DIII is a logical place to be. If only the NCAA would spread its wealth around more to DIII to alleviate some of the growth issues. I know there are a number of schools that have explored the idea of going to DIII from DII in at least a preliminary fashion.
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True, and Centenary was a school that probably should be a D3 school than D1. They were the smallest D1 school out there, and I believe they could have doubled their enrollement and still be the smallest D1 school competing at the D1 Level. There's only a few schools out there that can really compete nationally at that level with a small student body thats below 10,000. Norte Dame and Duke are two that come to mind.
Also, the issue of Simon Fraser has been talked about elsewhere, and one of those corners might be a little useful for you to see NUProf. http://www.d2messageboard.com/showthread.php?t=22804. Even if the GNAC schools wanted to be D3's they would still be SOL because none of the Private D3's in the area want to play public schools. A school like EOU could go to D3, but they would be about in the same boat as what Colorado College is for their other sports, making long bus trips down to Texas and Mississippi for games, even though there's a perfectly fine D2 league that they're smack dab in the middle of.
True, and Centenary was a school that probably should be a D3 school than D1. They were the smallest D1 school out there, and I believe they could have doubled their enrollement and still be the smallest D1 school competing at the D1 Level. There's only a few schools out there that can really compete nationally at that level with a small student body thats below 10,000. Norte Dame and Duke are two that come to mind.
Also, the issue of Simon Fraser has been talked about elsewhere, and one of those corners might be a little useful for you to see NUProf. http://www.d2messageboard.com/showthread.php?t=22804. Even if the GNAC schools wanted to be D3's they would still be SOL because none of the Private D3's in the area want to play public schools. A school like EOU could go to D3, but they would be about in the same boat as what Colorado College is for their other sports, making long bus trips down to Texas and Mississippi for games, even though there's a perfectly fine D2 league that they're smack dab in the middle of.
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MikeAnderson
Heavyweight Champion of My House
Re: In comes Fraser! In comes Fraser
It only makes sense as they are an extreme outlier in the Summit League, though not as bad as Southern Utah.
Now if we can get NJIT out of the Great West Conference...
It only makes sense as they are an extreme outlier in the Summit League, though not as bad as Southern Utah.
Now if we can get NJIT out of the Great West Conference...
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NJIT! Now there's a school that should have clearly stayed D2. What in the hell where they smoking when they thought it would be easy to move up to D1??
NJIT! Now there's a school that should have clearly stayed D2. What in the hell where they smoking when they thought it would be easy to move up to D1??