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Post by traveller on Oct 30, 2009 22:53:49 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas for Senior Night? What do parents usually do/get for the girls? What can make it extra special?
Also, would you say that most coaches will try to play all the seniors on senior night, even if they are not starters?
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 30, 2009 22:54:55 GMT -5
University of Hawaii senior night would be the model to strive for.
These are just part of the videos of the entire event:
1996
(jump to 1:30 and watch 5 and 6/6)
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2007
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Post by PierreAmi on Oct 30, 2009 22:55:07 GMT -5
I like the way that Long Beach recognizes the seniors o the opposing team. A nice classy touch, I feel.
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Post by Mocha on Oct 31, 2009 3:37:30 GMT -5
I like the way that Long Beach recognizes the seniors o the opposing team. A nice classy touch, I feel. I'm pretty sure many schools extend the same courtesy if the visiting team is playing its last match of the regular season on the road. |
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Post by jgrout on Oct 31, 2009 3:37:40 GMT -5
Stanford gives flowers to the other team's seniors before beginning their own festivities. As this year's Senior Day takes place on the day after Thanksgiving against Cal, it is the Golden Bears last scheduled regular season match... but it may not remain so. If Coach Feller schedules a 29th match as an insurance policy against going 14-14 overall (and being ineligible for an at-large tournament berth), it might change things up.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Oct 31, 2009 9:08:07 GMT -5
What do parents usually do/get for the girls? What can make it extra special? I'm not sure what parents usually do, but I know a lot of schools give each senior a bouquet of flowers and a framed jersey. This is typically done before the match but other schools will do it after the match. Also, would you say that most coaches will try to play all the seniors on senior night, even if they are not starters? An overwhelming majority of coaches will play their seniors, although a a very small number of stubborn coaches will not. Something to keep in mind however, is that the coaches who will play seniors are typically influenced by the match: if the team is winning by a lot the coach will let the senior non-starters play more time, if it is close the senior non-starters will get less playing time. Sometimes I have even seen coaches pull seniors with a few points left just so the crowd can give them a standing ovation as they leave the court. |
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Post by traveller on Oct 31, 2009 9:30:27 GMT -5
Any ideas for what parents might do/get for the girls? We were thinking of flowers, but now I see that they might be given by the school. Just confused. Coaches are new and not very approachable, so not sure what they will do on their end. Just looking for someway to make the evening special for all whether they were starters or not.
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Post by volleyboil on Oct 31, 2009 9:37:26 GMT -5
Stanford gives flowers to the other team's seniors before beginning their own festivities. As this year's Senior Day takes place on the day after Thanksgiving against Cal, it is the Golden Bears last scheduled regular season match... but it may not remain so. If Coach Feller schedules a 29th match as an insurance policy against going 14-14 overall (and being ineligible for an at-large tournament berth), it might change things up. Can't do it. NCAA now locks the schedule once you've played your first match. I believe this is known as the "Rubio Rule." |
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Post by m on Oct 31, 2009 10:15:35 GMT -5
Any ideas for what parents might do/get for the girls? We were thinking of flowers, but now I see that they might be given by the school. Just confused. Coaches are new and not very approachable, so not sure what they will do on their end. Just looking for someway to make the evening special for all whether they were starters or not. Even if the school does give the Seniors flowers, I don't see why the parents also giving flowers won't be equally special to the Seniors. Give the new coaches flowers too, and perhaps it may help the coaches that come off as being not very approachable, feel comfortable enough to start being approachable to the players' parents. Just a thought. |
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Post by m on Oct 31, 2009 10:20:16 GMT -5
Side note: I've always felt that flowers are used as a form of messengers, since, flowers can be offered to others for many different reasons and have many different meanings behind it.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 31, 2009 10:45:31 GMT -5
Can't do it. NCAA now locks the schedule once you've played your first match. I believe this is known as the "Rubio Rule." That's clever, but I don't recall that it's true. |
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Post by volleyboil on Oct 31, 2009 12:38:16 GMT -5
Can't do it. NCAA now locks the schedule once you've played your first match. I believe this is known as the "Rubio Rule." That's clever, but I don't recall that it's true. In 2002 or 2003, Arizona was in danger of finishing with a .500 record. As a precaution, they added Northern Arizona to their schedule, thus giving them one more win and getting them off the schneid. The following season, the NCAA created a rule that essentially prohibits a team from adding to their schedule once the first match has been played, thus the Rubio Rule. |
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Post by baywatcher on Oct 31, 2009 12:39:18 GMT -5
St. Mary's basketball scheduled a game late in the year, when Mills was coming back from injury, I believe two years ago, against Eastern Washington. Didn't work.
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