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#1
Men's soccer / Re: My 2022 Final 4
November 11, 2022, 12:35:43 PM
Whoops...final is Messiah over Midd.
#2
Men's soccer / Re: My 2022 Final 4
November 11, 2022, 12:35:08 PM
Chicago, Messiah
Amherst, Middlebury
#3
I'll tell you who loves the no OT rule - the officials.  One told me it's made things so much easier in terms of reffing back to back games, which a lot of them do.  College game at 4, hs game at 6 is now totally doable.
#4
Men's soccer / Re: 2021 Game Notes
November 22, 2021, 05:20:46 PM
Messiah had a fantastic look with about 5 left.  Absolutely should have scored it.  Their forward put it over the top.  If they score that, it's 3-2 and they get some belief that they can tie it and force OT.  I thought W and L were stretched and exposed too often the last 15 minutes.  They needed numbers behind the ball to just see the game out.  Not sure why they didn't do that, but they move on and are a great side.
#5
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
November 13, 2021, 08:28:02 PM
Oneonta dominated the second half but didn't have many great chances.  A good game, and should be another one tomorrow against the hosts.
#6
This is an interesting discussion - I would submit that a genuine Christian faith should absolutely impact how one coaches.  Some key tenants in Christianity are:  sacrifice, selflessness, humility, valuing all people regardless of what they can do for you, love, and the list could go on. D3 coaches modeling those behaviors would be the exception rather than the rule, and one can live by those values and still pursue winning every possible game.  Some would say that style of coaching is transformational rather than transactional, basically that the coach coaches so that his players and programs are transformed individually and collectively, versus coaching so that the players make a transaction for the coach - which would be winning.

And yes anyone could coach according to those values.  But a genuine Christian faith would value these things already, and it would be expressed in all aspects of life - including the coaching profession.
#7
I wonder if part of the issue that teams might have with the csac is the level of competition.  5 pretty low level athletic programs are in that conference and that's looking at it in terms of national rankings.  I think when valley forge came in that might have shown the direction they are going from a competitiveness standpoint.