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Post by greengold4ever on Mar 4, 2024 9:38:05 GMT -5
this is why we are where we are overall................see the coaches below with their current overall records (plus # of yrs coaching D1 and seasons at .500 or better)..........
Carm 68-69 (5 yrs - 4 seasons)
Dunne 227-323 (18 yrs - 4 seasons)
Casey 171-211 (7 yrs - 2 seasons)
Paulus 65-76 (5 yrs - 2 seasons)
Anderson 35-31 (2 yrs - 1 season)
Witherspoon 304-356 (22 seasons - 9 seasons)
Baggett 191-182 (12 seasons - 7 seasons)
Mason 195-159 (12 seasons - 8 seasons)
Pecora 220-240 (15 seasons - 6 seasons)
Engelstad 72-106 (6 seasons - 1 season)
Gallagher 175-228 (13 seasons - 6 seasons)
*** those that have an NCAA under their belt with 1 trip each- Dunne (SPU), Anderson (FDU-NEC), Engelstad (MSM-NEC), Gallagher (Hartford- AE)
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Post by glen on Mar 4, 2024 10:36:31 GMT -5
Wow - no wonder the league is down. None of those records are that good. Mason an Baggett are the only ones with an overall winning record. I won't count Anderson - sample size too small. None of these coaches would last at Siena. This should be a selling point for recruiting...if you're even remotely capable you should be able to clean up in this league and cash out to a P5 school.
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Post by greengold4ever on Mar 4, 2024 11:06:31 GMT -5
Wow - no wonder the league is down. None of those records are that good. Mason an Baggett are the only ones with an overall winning record. I won't count Anderson - sample size too small. None of these coaches would last at Siena. This should be a selling point for recruiting...if you're even remotely capable you should be able to clean up in this league and cash out to a P5 school. and Baggett hasn't sniffed an NCAA either in all his yrs, typically his teams flame out in the MAAC tourney............. |
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Post by greengold4ever on Mar 4, 2024 11:13:31 GMT -5
this is why we are where we are overall................see the coaches below with their current overall records (plus # of yrs coaching D1 and seasons at .500 or better).......... Carm 68-69 (5 yrs - 2 seasons) Dunne 227-323 (18 yrs - 4 seasons) Casey 171-211 (7 yrs - 2 seasons) Paulus 65-76 (5 yrs - 2 seasons) Anderson 35-31 (2 yrs - 1 season) Witherspoon 304-356 (22 seasons - 9 seasons) Baggett 191-182 (12 yrs - 7 seasons) Mason 195-159 (12 yrs - 8 seasons) Pecora 220-240 (15 yrs - 6 seasons) Engelstad 72-106 (6 yrs - 1 season) Gallagher 175-228 (13 yrs - 6 seasons) *** those that have an NCAA under their belt with 1 trip each- Dunne (SPU), Anderson (FDU-NEC), Engelstad (MSM-NEC), Gallagher (Hartford- AE) and let's add the 2 newcomers starting next yr, both Sacred Heart & Merrimack will join the MAAC...........Gallo has some upside but is the jump in league still in his wheelhouse, tbd.... Latina 141-192 (11 yrs - 3 seasons) Gallo 141-97 (5 yrs - 4 seasons), won league reg season in his 1st yr but school was ineligible |
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Post by hardwood on Mar 4, 2024 12:12:01 GMT -5
The MAAC is on a downhill slide and it’s not going to get better, it may not even exist in 5 years.
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Post by OneIndian on Mar 4, 2024 12:25:11 GMT -5
The MAAC is on a downhill slide and it’s not going to get better, it may not even exist in 5 years. Maybe sooner than that… |
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Post by MTS on Mar 4, 2024 12:30:21 GMT -5
The MAAC is on a downhill slide and it’s not going to get better, it may not even exist in 5 years. Maybe sooner than that… If you guys think midmajors aren’t going to exist —why are you even wasting your time here? It’s like the people that say the earth has 10 years left every 10 years but it’s still here. Siena just sucks. We need to fix our program NOW. Period. It is that simple. |
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Post by OneIndian on Mar 4, 2024 13:09:21 GMT -5
If you guys think midmajors aren’t going to exist —why are you even wasting your time here? It’s like the people that say the earth has 10 years left every 10 years but it’s still here. Siena just sucks. We need to fix our program NOW. Period. It is that simple. Mike the topic of was the MAAC! Btw are you referring to Siena or the MAAC as a Mid major? That’s cute. The MAAC may surcome to conference realignment, the MAAC also has programs likely slated to leave and will be adding more NEC (low major) programs. The MAAC has more than a couple of institutions on less than sound financial footing. There’s a very good chance in the not too distant future that the MAAC won’t exist in its current state. Like I said in a earlier post, legit midmajor programs (A10 MVC American WCC MWC Ivy etc…) have nothing to worry about. Small regional low major programs on shaky financial ground won’t be so lucky. The NCAA has grown D1 to an unreasonable level and a culling is probably in order. Talent has been watered down and the current numbers aren’t sustainable. |
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Post by saints15 on Mar 4, 2024 13:45:27 GMT -5
I wouldn’t care if our league was a low major, a mid major, or Johnny Majors. I just want to win and have something to cheer about and look forward to. To be the worst team in a shitty league just makes it doubly frustrating.
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Post by SIENA1971 on Mar 4, 2024 15:47:49 GMT -5
I wouldn’t care if our league was a low major, a mid major, or Johnny Majors. I just want to win and have something to cheer about and look forward to. To be the worst team in a shitty league just makes it doubly frustrating. I’m of that mindset too …. Competitive intra-league play w Siena in the mix every year for a league championship … combined with a ticket to the big dance 2 out of every 5 years … I can dream can’t I |
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Post by OneIndian on Mar 4, 2024 16:09:33 GMT -5
I wouldn’t care if our league was a low major, a mid major, or Johnny Majors. I just want to win and have something to cheer about and look forward to. To be the worst team in a shitty league just makes it doubly frustrating. I’m of that mindset too …. Competitive intra-league play w Siena in the mix every year for a league championship … combined with a ticket to the big dance 2 out of every 5 years … I can dream can’t I First off the comments above have nothing to do with my original post. It’s not about a question of labels , we’re a low major program in a faultering conference. The NCAA currently has too many D1 programs. There’s not enough legitimate D1 talent to field 360+ programs. Something has to give. Secondly I care about overall league quality. The way the MAAC is slipping I don’t want to be competitive because just about ever roster is sinking to our current level. Bad basketball is bad basketball. Whether it’s one team or an entire conference. Scheduling a weak OOC to mask competitiveness is also a no go for me as is getting punked and being unable to compete outside the MAAC . QU & Fairfield (2 financially stable programs) leaving isn’t good for the MAAC. |
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Post by SIENA1971 on Mar 4, 2024 16:28:52 GMT -5
I’m of that mindset too …. Competitive intra-league play w Siena in the mix every year for a league championship … combined with a ticket to the big dance 2 out of every 5 years … I can dream can’t I First off the comments above have nothing to do with my original post. It’s not about a question of labels , we’re a low major program in a faultering conference. The NCAA currently has too many D1 programs. There’s not enough legitimate D1 talent to field 360+ programs. Something has to give. Secondly I care about overall league quality. The way the MAAC is slipping I don’t want to be competitive because just about ever roster is sinking to our current level. Bad basketball is bad basketball. Whether it’s one team or an entire conference. Scheduling a weak OOC to mask competitiveness is also a no go for me as is getting punked and being unable to compete outside the MAAC . QU & Fairfield (2 financially stable programs) out isn’t good for the MAAC. Dream on if you think OOC schedule will be getting better … no up conference team wants to eat a loss against a lesser league team these days … the big boys seem to be having inter-league competitions…brings in more dollars … Siena’s big OOC game will be A-10 level opponent if we’re lucky |
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Post by glen on Mar 4, 2024 17:06:29 GMT -5
You can get decent out of conference games...you just need to earn it.
Re: the MAAC, where is Fairfield headed?
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Post by CellarRat on Mar 4, 2024 17:17:30 GMT -5
I wouldn’t care if our league was a low major, a mid major, or Johnny Majors. I just want to win and have something to cheer about and look forward to. To be the worst team in a shitty league just makes it doubly frustrating. I care. I want the school to move up to quality conference, play better schools, and be a legit mid-major.That said, the Siena administration loves fans like you. |
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Post by billmurray on Mar 4, 2024 17:25:04 GMT -5
At this point, Siena is among the lowest of low "major" teams. The NET rating confirms it. DI has been diluted with many DII level programs and Siena leads the pack in the race to the bottom in that category. It is hard to justify keeping my tickets, and unless there is a drastic change in talent level at Siena (I'm not optimistic for a coaching change), if I do keep them it will not be as a Siena fan, but as a generic college basketball fan. If UA were to move to the CAA for basketball I would switch to UA season tickets. Right now the AE is better than the MAAC and the only thing that would keep me a MAAC fan is Niagara. Carm has to hit it out of the ballpark with quality JUCO and portal kids to have a chance to keep me engaged.
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