As day jobs go, mine is very good. My boss is the type of hands-off boss you should all have–as long as the work gets done, at a high level, what occurs in “off time” is up to me. So instead of eye-bleeding water cooler conversations with people I barely know about Lebron or the [...]
I never know what to make of intrasquad scrimmages. Fans get all googly-eyed when a guy who went 6.5 ppg/3.7 rpg last year puts up a 24/12 in a late October scrimmage. I always point out that while that is certainly impressive, he did it against your guy. Similarly, that 6.5/3.7 guy may throw up [...]
There will be a part three and it’s entirely possible there will be a part four. After four hours of corporate meetings yesterday, my desk is still a mess. *** Here’s VCUs Scott Day, with links to Tim Pearrell (Richmond Times Dispatch), Ed Miller (Va Pilot), Mark Selig (Daily News Record), and to the CAA [...]
Media day provided an unusual cornucopia of interesting tidbits. Since I have no idea how to organize them and a day chock full of meetings, my plan is to bullet some interesting items I was told and link over to the guys with more talent than me for their wrap ups. My actual stories, comments, [...]
My Blue Ribbon arrived on Friday, just as I was opening my first celebratory beverage that practiced has officially started. Karma: it’s going to be a good year. *** Defiantly Dutch with a great report from Mo Cassara’s first practice. (Mo channels Bill Bixby: “Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”) [...]
It appears we need to be careful with our forays into fun. To the three Hofstra fans who emailed me: no, Yves Jules did not transfer to Stony Brook, no more than Tony Shaver thinks he’s Ethel Merman. Yesterday’s entry was 100% jest. That said, let’s get down to business: CAA Media Day is Tuesday. [...]
Today is all about fun. I spoke yesterday to CAA pooh-bahs about the conference’s media day coming up on Tuesday, and Shaka Smart tweeted that a month from today VCU will have played its first regular season game. With practice beginning in earnest on Friday, we’re in quite the ebullient mood around here. There’s only [...]
The search for consistency, or predictability, in all facets of our lives is an overwhelming urge. We want to know tomorrow will bring a slightly better version of today because it’s comforting. For basketball fans, we want to believe that because eight CAA wins became 10 CAA wins, naturally Your Team will win 12 times [...]
[LATE EDIT] Perspective strikes again. So I click over to Brian Mull’s preseason ballot and realize (1) You can’t argue with anything he wrote; (2) this is a very odd preseason. We all generally talk about having no idea where to predict most teams. Oh, we all have a point of view and a solid [...]