Who Is running the Grinnell system?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That's true.  I'm still waiting for an answer on whether Carthage is much better than expected or if the CCIW is just that much better than everyone else this year.

[hjmphelp]

Sager-
Yes I know he has 5. Yes I know he is the only one. Yes I know. I know. I know. I even know he coached at your beloved North Park!







That is why I said he proved how GREAT a coach he was. Take a compliment, will ya?

BTW- i do think Carthage may be better than I thought, but they didn't really show it against a Grinnell team that WAS TERRIBLE the night they played. They are, however, fairly well coached.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Jeff, this is the most cliched thing I could ever say to you, but dude have you thought about lowering the caffeine intake?  You've been a bitter little hippie so far this season.  What happened to the laid back guy?

[hjmphelp]

Hoops Fan-
I just went back and reviewed every one of my posts on every section of this board since August 30 and outside of gettin' a bit pissy about the football loss to St Norbert I don't have a clue where your assessment of my mood is coming from! I'm fine, a little sleep deprived, and way pissed about what happened to my favorite poster; enough so to limit how much I write this year. So tell me where you find the bitter little hippie? Is my jab at the boards pedantic master too much or something?

[Gregory Sager]

Hoops Fan-
I just went back and reviewed every one of my posts on every section of this board since August 30 and outside of gettin' a bit pissy about the football loss to St Norbert I don't have a clue where your assessment of my mood is coming from! I'm fine, a little sleep deprived, and way pissed about what happened to my favorite poster; enough so to limit how much I write this year. So tell me where you find the bitter little hippie? Is my jab at the boards pedantic master too much or something?

HF is right. You do need to back off on the caffeine.

You said that Bosko proved how great a coach he was in the Carthage @ Grinnell game. Some compliment. Why in the world should anyone who follows D3 men's basketball think that Bosko has anything to prove at this point? The whole point of my previous post is that the man doesn't have to prove a damned thing. Not to you, not to me, not to anybody.

Pedantic enough for you?

[hjmphelp]

Well, good damn grief! You can both take a flying leap!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I was referring to the whole of the boards.  I just got the impression there was some bitterness there, but, per your explanation, there is and it's entirely understandable.  Carry on.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's not really "the system," but it seems to be as close as a Division 1 team has gotten yet.  The article did mention the media timeouts, which we've always discussed as a potential barrier for effective system ball at the D1 level.

[mrmike88]

This article on VMI mentions that the head coach modeled their offense specifically after Grinnell's system:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/bill_trocchi/12/14/mid.major.report/index.html

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm sure all the GC fans out there appreciate being called a "d3 power."

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Maybe someone should let the author know that "the system" already has a name.

[heatlee]

UC Riverside has dropped "The System" from their vocabulary.  It seems they finally realized that it takes talent to win, and not a "system".

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Redlands scores a system win over a ranked team beating Oxy last night.  From everything I hear, it was a great game.  Redlands could be sneaking up on people.

[hjmphelp]

Too bad this is Smiths last year; it appears that Redlands has finally busted through the 'glass ceiling' and developed enough heart to go with the game.

Jordis, whaddiya say about that?

[TeeDub]

I think that in this, as in many other 'systems', it so often comes down to the kids.  When the young people believe they can win, that goes a long way.