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Post by midwestfan on Mar 23, 2004 21:43:23 GMT -5
Scores:
30-22, 30-23, 30-15
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Post by benwhipdrofn on Mar 24, 2004 16:39:58 GMT -5
a fairly uneventful game except I got a chance to see all the bench play. There are some fairly decent players on that bench and I"m looking forward to seeing more of them in the next few years. JJ Castello (spelling) is a wonderful setter and did an awesome job. It's too bad he is so short and any other team would eat Lewis alive with him blocking, however, I haven't seen Lewis block well anyway this year, at least not consistantly. They did have several really good blocks in the game (hello, it was Clark) and Matt Mueller was impressive. I'm beginning to like Enri. Escalante more and more. He seems like a solid player that compliments James Elsea well. Now, here is where as a friend of Dave's it is my friendship duty to interject a little tidbit. Lewis is getting slammed. AND they will have to overcome what is happening and build back up, which I believe that they will come out and be a powerful VB team again because of Dave's coaching. BUT (I am not justifing what has happened) Dave started that program from the ground. He didn't have anyone holding his hand and saying ok, we do this and we do that. The rules for Div. 1 and Div 2 were constantly changing along with foreign players rules. YES, it does appear that he may have broken some rules, but in my opinion, he was looking to "the masters" of the sport for the basic "how to" and I've been on this forum long enough (and I've gone back and have read quite a bit even as far back as the beginning of last season) to see that very few of the top 15 coaches have not engaged in at one point in time or another recruiting pro players, foreign players that were questionable, bent some rules here and there to cover for players. Will Dave learn from these mistakes.....hopefully. Did the other coaches...well it appears until they win the nationals they won't. I have heard some outrageous stories about what coaches have done. I applaud the coach from Hawaii for suspending the players. If they break the rules, they deserved to be spanked. It's a good lesson to learn. My lesson that I have learned through all of this.......stand for what you believe in, but eat crow when you have to  ) To all of you....if you come across a Lewis player, shake their hand....they did not do anything to deserve anything but our thanks for giving us one heck of a championship season. Benwhp' gets off soapbox......thanks you.....thank you....I'll be here all week...... |
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 24, 2004 17:07:14 GMT -5
I think it would be wise for college athletics and in an attempt to help coaches keep the rules, the NCAA needs to have lawyers available to help interpret the rules that are unclear. Legal mumbo jumbo is hard to read and coaches should be offerred assistance in getting a better understanding of the rules when unclear. This could limit coaches excuses for rule-breaking and remove all or most doubt when recruiting. The NCAA has the money to do it, it just has to be a priority.
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