It’s becoming a summer trend for me to link out to others in our CAA community instead of furiously writing as much as possible. That’s how it should be. It isn’t possible for me to bring you the level of detail you want/need from all 12 CAA schools, plus the conference’s inner-workings, plus the college basketball landscape that impacts us.
That’s a good thing. I absolutely believe it’s my job to organize and be more of a curator. That’s the future: blend original content with links to others who have access and specificity. Package for the group. It’s removing me or any organization (like, say, a newspaper) from the center of the universe and concentrating on what matters–connecting relevant information with those who want it.
Others can do a better job with other stuff but you don’t need to click to 45 websites.
We have a strong and passionate following, and the folks that bring you the news are smart. I’d put official beatnicks Brian Mull and Tim Pearrell up against anyone, Jerry Beach has a wonderful feel for interspersing humor with reportage, and The Zone is a great place if you have patience.
RamNation, Monarch Nation, and DieHard Dogs are bookmarked, and The Mason Bench is a great new addition. I don’t do recruiting, hate it, but the Recruit Recon guys are outstanding. Then there’s my stuff, which will again flow freely as Blue Ribbon chatter escalates.
I always have The Brain Trust keeping me honest.
So anyway, that’s your July 1 warning of our direction: we share. You read something interesting or smart, let me know. My job is to put it together, parse for the quality nuggets, and serve it up.
Here’s what I’ve found in the past week or so:
Mull noted that Buzz Peterson picked up a walk-on guard by the name of Keegan Pace.
I love that Pace has his own website, even though “Keegan Pace” is destined to be an investment banker or true crime fiction writer. Side note: the only other CAA player I’m aware of that has his own website is Northeastern’s Chase Allen.
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Mark Selig is a whippersnapper who covers JMU for the Harrisonburg paper. You may not know this (nor Selig’s talent) because much of Selig’s work is hidden behind a paywall–possibly the dumbest decision in the history of dumb newspaper decisions.
Pay to read news about Harrisonburg? Hilarious.
Anyway, Selig notes that Louis Rowe has been hired to replace Carlin Hartman on Matt Brady’s staff. (With all the head coaching moves this spring, I feel like we’ve had a ton of assistant coaches moving around.)
Also, Give ‘Em Hell participated in the Amare Stoudamire big man camp and received an invite to the Lebron James skills camp. Most impressive is that Fox Sports college hoops head Jeff Goodman has Bowles as the first pick in the second round on next year’s NBA Draft.
Reminds me of this link, from David Teel.
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Jerry Beach covers the ground everybody has been wondering about this summer: how has Charles Jenkins taken to the chaos that defined Hofstra’s spring? Beach recently sat down with Jenkins, Greg Washington, Nat Lester, and Mo Cassara. More solid work from DD.
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CAA athletics directors are getting all webby on us.
UNCW AD Kelly Mehrtens wrote a letter to the Seahawk Family, and new ODU bossman Wood Selig does same. Today is Selig’s first official day on the job.
