Quote from: NEsoccerfan on May 20, 2018, 07:26:07 pm

My biggest takeaway: notwithstanding the profanities, Christian Hernandez is a FANTASTIC leader and motivator. Some of those pregame speeches (Emory, in particular) gave me goosebumps. Hearing speeches like those would make me want to run through a brick wall for him. It's no wonder the team voted him captain. I wouldn't be surprised if he found his way into coaching.

One thing I found funny, if not surprising: the younger Russo (who is featured extensively around halfway through the video) sounds just like his eldest brother did when I knew him. Same way of speaking, tone of voice, etc.

I played with Lee and you are totally right their tone of voice (i.e., sarcasm) and cheeky smirks are identical. I find it interesting that when Lee came in he tried to please all the upperclassmen, whereas it sounds like the younger Russo has ruffled some feathers (in a benign way, of course). I guess we can chalk that up to youngest v. eldest dynamic differences.

ROUND 85
421. NCF - Josh Hall - DePauw
422. Smitty - Preston Kelly - Galladet
423. FCGG - Robert Wilson - NC Wesleyan
424. Ryan - Noah Meren - Skidmore
425. ronk - Macho DeJesus - Wells

ROUND 86
426. ronk - Sage Brown - Alfred
427. Ryan - Nick DePersia - Rowan
428. FCGG - AJ Frye - NC Wesleyan
429. Smitty - Nate Albers - St. Olaf
430. NCF - Jack Coulter - Denison

ROUND 87
431. NCF - Damian Washington - Del Valley
432. Smitty - Miles President - CMS
433. FCGG - Josh Hau - Concordia (WI)
434. Ryan - Emier Bowman - Maryville
435. ronk - Dan Wanker - PS-Behrend

ROUND 88
436. ronk - Andy Niland - PS-Behrend
437. Ryan - Calvin Songster - Maryville
438. FCGG - Jeremy VanDuluitgaarden - D'Youville
439. Smitty - Devin Hill - Penn St. - Abington
440. NCF - Vince Contreras - Averett

ROUND 89
441. NCF - Isiah Brown - Belhaven
442. Smitty - Jordan Lomax - Penn St. - Abington
443. FCGG - Bailey Spragg - Covenant
444. Ryan - Chris Barrett - Hardin-Simmons
445. ronk - Justin Gorny - PS-Behrend

ROUND 90
446. ronk - Paul Grinde - Vassar
447. Ryan - Keenan Holdman - Hardin-Simmons
448. FCGG - Derrick DeVries - Calvin
449. Smitty - Pete Smith - Trine
450. NCF - Jonathan Damota -Knox

ROUND 91
451. NCF - Clay Seiffert- UW River-Falls
452. Smitty - Teddy Ray - Hope
453. FCGG - Adam Fravert - UW-Oshkosh
454. Ryan - James Mitchell - Covenant
455. ronk - Kevin McNoble - Union

ROUND 92
456. ronk - Nosa Onabor - SUNY-Potsdam
457. Ryan - Caleb Haynes - Covenant
458. FCGG - Rich Dunham - Gwynedd Mercy
459. Smitty - Courntey Cubbage - Gwynedd Mercy
460. NCF - Ben Meinholz - LaCrosse

ROUND 93
461. NCF - Marcus McDaniel - Dubuque
462. Smitty - JT Bennett - Keystone
463. FCGG - Robert Aguilera - RIT
464. Ryan - Jackson Sartain - John Carroll
465. ronk - Ray Quan Phifer - LaRoche

ROUND 94
466. ronk - Jalen Kirksey - Hiram
467. Ryan - Noah Cheney - Eastern Nazarene College
468. FCGG - Jourdain Bell - Colby-Sawyer
469. Smitty - Ethan Feldman - NYU
470. NCF - Jeremy Arthur - Trinity (CT)

ROUND 95
471. NCF - Sean Stinelli - Wash & Jeff
472. Smitty - Jeremy Ireland - Elmhurst
473. FCGG - Dayvon Russell - Dean
474. Ryan - Jacob Waldroop, Eastern Nazarene
475. ronk - Masia Phillips - Hilbert

ROUND 96
476. ronk - Matt Trent - Franciscan
477. Ryan - Tyson Sellers, William Peace
478. FCGG -
479. Smitty -
480. NCF -

Possible Bates HC hire: Bobby Acosta Offensive Coordinator- Lafayette

Smitty Oom
Greenville ($182)

FC Grizzlies
Grinnell ($102)
Nebraska Wesleyan ($101)
Nichols ($68)
Calvin ($1)

NEPAFAN
Swarthmore ($45)
Neumann ($35)
Cabrini ($32)
Johns Hopkins ($12)
Wash & Lee ($10)

HOPEful
Loras ($40)
Moravian ($39)
Hope ($15)
Bethel ($5)

NCF
Whitman ($63)
Plattsburgh St ($43)
Puget Sound ($43)
Babson ($15)
Middlebury ($14)
Williams ($13)
Wash U ($12)
MIT ($11)
North Central ($10)
George Fox ($10)

Greek
U of NE ($80)
John Carroll ($73)
Pfeiffer ($30)
Lakeland ($20)
Crown ($10)

Smitty - 1/16 - $118
Grizzlies 4/16 - $28
NCF 10/16 - $66
Greek - 5/16 - $87
NEPAFAN 5/16 - $166
HOPEful 4/16 - $201

No, I'm fine continuing to draft.  I do more research when I have time and less when I don't.  I've just been trying to keep it moving.  I'd like to see how many rounds we get through and, honestly, at this stage, we're entirely unsure whether a guy who averaged 10ppg and 2 rpg last year will be better or worse this year than some other guy who averaged 8ppg and 4 rpg.

I've made some strategic decisions and I figured I'm going to draft at least 3-4 guys from ENC (which isn't a bad choice, since they play up-tempo and are moving to a less competitive conference next year), so why not do them.