(03-06-2020 01:48 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Well-deserved. Glad to see it didn't to to Mihalich, with whose coaching abilities I've never been impressed.

Kudos to the CAA for going against convention and awarding it to a 1st-year HC.

(03-06-2020 02:11 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  

(03-06-2020 01:48 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Well-deserved. Glad to see it didn't to to Mihalich, with whose coaching abilities I've never been impressed.

Kudos to the CAA for going against convention and awarding it to a 1st-year HC.

Mihalich is admittedly a solid coach, I just dislike how he acts during games and interviews.

I remember when we beat Hoftra by 20+ at their place he blamed it all on a bad practice, and didn't give any props to W&M or our players (Or mention us once during the press conference).

(03-06-2020 10:43 PM)Marshall Wythe Wrote:  Such a well deserved honor for Coach Fischer. He was handed a team with many defectors and a fan base that was.... ummmm.... confused (at best). And he scrambled to find some great players who could help immediately and put together one of the best seasons in Tribe history (all while attracting admirable numbers of fans to the home games). Bravo, Coach Fischer.

(03-06-2020 10:43 PM)Marshall Wythe Wrote:  Such a well deserved honor for Coach Fischer. He was handed a team with many defectors and a fan base that was.... ummmm.... confused (at best). And he scrambled to find some great players who could help immediately and put together one of the best seasons in Tribe history (all while attracting admirable numbers of fans to the home games). Bravo, Coach Fischer.

(03-07-2020 08:49 AM)Zorch Wrote:  I think folks might be going a little overboard here.

Dane Fischer deserved to win CAA Coach of the Year because of the results on the court. However, I am reserving judgment on just how good of a coach he is until next year. You know, the year when he doesn’t inherit the POY, the Defensive POY, a second First Team Defensive player, and a 7 ft 3rd team All-CAA player.

Next year will show us how good of a coach he is.

(03-07-2020 08:49 AM)Zorch Wrote:  I think folks might be going a little overboard here.

Dane Fischer deserved to win CAA Coach of the Year because of the results on the court. However, I am reserving judgment on just how good of a coach he is until next year. You know, the year when he doesn’t inherit the POY, the Defensive POY, a second First Team Defensive player, and a 7 ft 3rd team All-CAA player.

Next year will show us how good of a coach he is.

(03-06-2020 02:11 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  

(03-06-2020 01:48 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Well-deserved. Glad to see it didn't to to Mihalich, with whose coaching abilities I've never been impressed.

Kudos to the CAA for going against convention and awarding it to a 1st-year HC.

Mihalich is admittedly a solid coach, I just dislike how he acts during games and interviews.

I remember when we beat Hoftra by 20+ at their place he blamed it all on a bad practice, and didn't give any props to W&M or our players (Or mention us once during the press conference).

(03-07-2020 09:01 AM)ColonelEbirt Wrote:  

(03-07-2020 08:49 AM)Zorch Wrote:  I think folks might be going a little overboard here.

Dane Fischer deserved to win CAA Coach of the Year because of the results on the court. However, I am reserving judgment on just how good of a coach he is until next year. You know, the year when he doesn’t inherit the POY, the Defensive POY, a second First Team Defensive player, and a 7 ft 3rd team All-CAA player.

Next year will show us how good of a coach he is.

Your point is well-taken. He did inherit some great players. But he coached them up to perform at a level (individually and as a team) that enabled them to win these awards. It’s a combination of great coaching and great players.


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(03-07-2020 10:18 AM)Marshall Wythe Wrote:  

(03-07-2020 08:49 AM)Zorch Wrote:  I think folks might be going a little overboard here.

Dane Fischer deserved to win CAA Coach of the Year because of the results on the court. However, I am reserving judgment on just how good of a coach he is until next year. You know, the year when he doesn’t inherit the POY, the Defensive POY, a second First Team Defensive player, and a 7 ft 3rd team All-CAA player.

Next year will show us how good of a coach he is.

Zorch, I'd love to hear which of my or the other comments were inaccurate or "overboard." I don't think anyone (certainly not me) seriously thought we'd have a record this good at the end of the season, even with Nate. If you predicted this success for Coach Fischer at the beginning of the season, please point me to the post and I will tip my hat.

(02-28-2020 10:38 PM)Zorch Wrote:  It was disappointing that he tabbed Joe Mihalic for Coach of the Year, with Schrage of Elon being his second choice. Obviously, I think Fischer would be the best and obvious choice. He is a first-time coach like Schrage but his team finished considerably better than Schrage's did. Re Mihalic: Joe is an experienced coach whose team won the CAA regular season last year and was preseason tabbed to win it again this year -- so he did what he was expected to do. Meanwhile (as of this writing), Fischer's team (who was expected to finish, what, 10 or 11) is in second place with a chance for a first place tie. So Fischer greatly exceeded the expectations of all the prognosticators (and almost all W&M fans) and, to me, seems like a more deserving choice than Mihalic. (I just deleted a crack against Joe because I didn't want to violate my own dictum about not providing bulletin board material).

(10-08-2019 11:05 AM)Zorch Wrote:  That writeup is BS. First off, I give ZERO respect to anyone who claims to know anything about COLONIAL league basketball. If they knew anything at all then they would at least know that the league calls itself the CAA. Secondly, they give a list of top five newcomers but it doesn't contain Van Vliet. They say that Nathan Knight is the best all around player in the league but are quick to project Grant Riller as player of the year.

Here's my projection: Nathan Knight wins POY in a landslide.

(10-09-2019 01:13 PM)Zorch Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:44 PM)LeadBolt Wrote:  I understand why they might project us at the bottom with all of the turnover and turmoil of unexpected regime change. I really think that this team will surpass expectations that outsiders will have handily.

(10-09-2019 07:05 AM)wmmii Wrote:  Our success will be based first on key players remaining healthy and then on the team embracing Dane’s new system and 5 core values. Expectations of ourselves is vastly more important than the perception of others.

I agree with both of these sentiments. I have included the link to the CAA article about the Media Day projections. What surprised me is how high JMU was projected. I assume that it is because they have some returning studs. But they also have Louis Rowe returning and I can't see giving them any love until they prove it and earn it. I'm also surprised at Hofstra being first -- has anyone told them that Wright-Foreman has graduated? Buie is a good defender but can he carry the team offensively? Pemberton has never impressed me as being that good -- certainly not good enough to carry a team to the top ranking. I guess CofC and NE would deserve high rankings and I think that it looks like Delaware should be even better this year.

W&M will have to prove it on the court. Barring injuries, I think the Tribe will finish much higher than projected.

https://caasports.com/news/2019/10/7/hofstra-tabbed-to-capture-2019-20-caa-mens-basketball-title-charlestons-riller-picked-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx

(03-07-2020 10:18 AM)Marshall Wythe Wrote:  ....He may be a one year wonder. But, with the challenges facing him next year, I don't think we can seriously expect the same result.

(03-07-2020 11:03 AM)3xTribe Wrote:  ... It's unknowable, of course, but I wonder whether Nate is defensive POY under the previous regime.

(03-07-2020 09:36 AM)Tribe32 Wrote:  Let's just enjoy the award and finish the season strong. No chance we know the starting five for next year right now. We have two new comers and lose four seniors/grads so even more new faces to come.