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Post by gwujake08 on Feb 10, 2016 22:15:21 GMT -5
There is the championship Gwebb 94 said we couldnt win with our curent admin. Said we settle for mediocrity. not so fast my friend Yet another banner to hang in the LYCC
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Post by gwebb1994 on Feb 10, 2016 22:22:00 GMT -5
Football? Crickets...........
Men's Basketball? Crickets..........
Women's Basketball? Crickets (since the one trip to the dance a few years ago)
Baseball? Crickets..........
Yes....mediocrity with a capital M. Nice that the wrestling team is doing well, but to compare a title in that sport to one of the major four is absurd.
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Post by gwujake08 on Feb 10, 2016 22:58:24 GMT -5
Men's soccer won A-sun in 2006. WBB could very well make a run at the title andMbb too.
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Post by gwujake08 on Feb 10, 2016 23:01:32 GMT -5
Not to say that I don't want more titles but to say we are mediocre is inaccurate IMO
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Post by gwebb1994 on Feb 10, 2016 23:12:29 GMT -5
If you took the on-field/court results of G-W's entire history in the Big South conference, you would find our overall win/loss results rank next to last, only ahead of PC. That is fact, and calling it mediocre is frankly being generous at times.
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Post by notsofast on Feb 11, 2016 9:56:15 GMT -5
Football? Crickets........... Men's Basketball? Crickets.......... Women's Basketball? Crickets (since the one trip to the dance a few years ago) Baseball? Crickets.......... Yes....mediocrity with a capital M. Nice that the wrestling team is doing well, but to compare a title in that sport to one of the major four is absurd. Okay gwebb1994, you're right that one conference championship doesn't erase years of struggles (Jake overstated that) but don't diminish what this conference championship means. "To compare a title in that sport to one of the major four is absurd" - are you serious right now? You can simultaneously be frustrated about approaches to other sports without belittling what has been an unbelievable season from a program that has been steadily building toward this current success. I get that this is a message board, and that those tend to function as outlets for fans' frustration, but, as a fan, you have an opportunity to actually celebrate something exceptional here. Why turn immediately to the negative? A wrestling conference championship is absolutely as meaningful as a football, basketball, or baseball one. Period. |
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Post by gwebb1994 on Feb 11, 2016 13:20:52 GMT -5
Not knocking the wrestling success whatsoever, but to think a title in it is equal to any of the four sports that get more media exposure and generate more revenue is a bit overblown. Just looking at the Shelby Star website this morning, the title is mentioned in a general column with tickets to a high school hoops game and information about an FCA banquet. If we made the postseason in any of the top four sports the exposure would be greater for sure.
The coaches and athletes deserve ALL the credit for the wrestling success. Don't turn this into a Chuck Burch defense or love fest thread.
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Post by gwebbdawg on Feb 13, 2016 11:21:07 GMT -5
The wrestling title is not a Big South one but a Southern Conference one with both Appy State and UTC having been ranked in the top 25 at some point. UTC's coach was not happy to share the title. Admitted that the SoCon Wrestling members are not the same as for the rest of its sports.
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Post by gwebb1994 on Feb 13, 2016 18:15:29 GMT -5
The wrestling title is not a Big South one but a Southern Conference one with both Appy State and UTC having been ranked in the top 25 at some point. UTC's coach was not happy to share the title. Admitted that the SoCon Wrestling members are not the same as for the rest of its sports. A butthurt coach at UT-Chattanooga? Say it ain't so! (insert sarcasm icon here). Split a dual meet today I saw with a couple of Ohio schools, Ohio U. ranked. I guess you can't lace the schedule in wrestling with non D-1 cupcakes like you can with other sports, which is a VERY good thing. |
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Post by gwudawgs454 on Feb 17, 2016 12:38:50 GMT -5
Wrestling always wrestles a tough schedule and look where it has gotten them. Maybe other teams should take notes or maybe Burch should take notice also....
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Post by Numbers on Feb 17, 2016 13:06:54 GMT -5
Sorry. Mediocre was incorrect. Look at the money spent on football. That puts us below mediocre. Congrats to the wrestling coach. Maybe he needs to be AD.
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