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Post by donkeykong on Dec 3, 2004 17:09:47 GMT -5
I thought this was already cleared up. Carlos, as well as the majority of the team, knew around late March and early April what he had to do to be granted a fourth year. If Carlos did what he was supposed to do he would be playing right now. It was no "last minute" thing. He knew what was going on.
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Post by lewis7 on Dec 9, 2004 23:24:16 GMT -5
iknowall, you gotta change the name to don'tknowsquat cause you gotta get the facts straight. i don't know who you are and i hope to never meet you. speak about only what you have knowledge on.
i just figured it was time someone who knows what is going on with stuff fills you all in. it so funny to see everyone's responses to information that they have no clue about. i could go on and on about byu and the fact that they did have guys who played professional. but then again, most great teams do. those guys are the ones who make the game fun. i loved playing against moreno. i really hate him, but i loved playing against him. and the funny thing is that i looked in their media guide and it stated that he played for benespa (not sure if it is the correct spelling). from my south american buddies here lewis, they tell me that club is one of the best professional teams in olympikus. and no one gets that good playing high school ball or pick up games at the local y. i don't mind if he played because that makes the game so much better.
i personally do not know if my teammates played professionally. i am great friends with gustavo and i will never ask him whether or not he played pro. it is his business. but what i want to know is why hawaii didn't get banned from tourney play. i think a punishment is fitting for this situation, but why not make even across the board. our university is a bunch of jokers who just folded over on us. they lied to us as players telling me personally that sanctions would not be imposed this particular season.
many of the allegations were bogus. as to the players being pro, i can honestly say i have no clue. as to dave recruiting illegally, never happened. as to jr travelling to the final four, yes. but i personally paid $40.00 to his travel expenses. and i know of some other people who helped him out. so the ncaa saying he travelled under the ncaa's money, that is totally false cause my wallet is $40.00 lighter. the fact that our compliance officer is our goofy women's basketball coach, is just asking for trouble. we don't have the resources that hawaii and byu has which are beneficial in covering up blemishes like this.
i personally think that the ncaa should allow players of professional status into the league for volleyball. the guys who i have played against (such as costas, moreno, pessoa and the many others who were definitely a step above their competition) make the game so much better. the club players who come up from high school just don't cut it. the league would be very dry. don't get me wrong, there are good ones out there, but the league cannot rely on building the game of volleyball with just average talent. i don't condone cheating, but the league should definitely change the rules so that volleyball especially for men, flourishes.
but hey, we here at lewis will keep on trucking, even though life isn't dealing us the best hand at this present time. we will miss deuser, but we got a damn good replacement.
jeff soler "X"
ps, midwestfan, if you can get a hold of the tape on moreno, give me a jingle. i'll bring the popcorn and beer.
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Dec 9, 2004 23:40:40 GMT -5
I guess they don't teach punctuation in the MIVA.
My one big question regarding Lewis is how come Deuser never learned how to coach blocking? I mean, sheesh, Lewis had to have been the absolute worst blocking team I have EVER seen in all my years watching men's volleyball.
Guess no one ever told Deuser about the "Ball - Setter - Ball - Hitter" model for teaching read blocking.
Even the year they won the championship-that-later-got-taken-away, their middles were absolutely HORRIBLE at read-blocking. What's sad is they weren't even commit-blocking, they were just standing flatfooted on the ground with their thumbs up their butts. And their setter, Martins, makes the same exact move everytime he went up to block against BYU's leftside. No wonder they kept blowing it past him every which way but loose.
Good thing Lewis was such a good offensive team, because they were the absolute SUCK when it comes to blocking.
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Post by donkeykong on Dec 10, 2004 8:56:26 GMT -5
Soler, that was a good one. Pessoa being a pro was the best part. You are so easy to throw around names of other players. I guess that is okay since you also saw the video. Evidence that concrete needs to be shown. I said I heard your guys played pro and you say you know mine played pro. Ask Gustavo about Switzerland. You're obviously saying the same things I said. But it is quite interesting how you don't know about your guys but know so much about others. "i personally don't know if my teammates played pro." You just focus on everyone else right.
Maybe you should get your facts straight. Moreno's fourth year was due to school. That's it.
Have a good day Mr.Xavier
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Post by VolleyTX on Dec 10, 2004 9:25:02 GMT -5
Interesting how Lewis outblocked BYU 16-14.5 in the 2003 championship match. Also.... Lewis had 7 solo blocks.... BYU had 2. I guess BYU SUCKS at blocking as well.
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