We’ve gotten mixed up here talking back and forth. The NESCAC was absolutely down this year. Our disagreement is about the degree of decline. Obviously Tufts wasn’t running through a traditional NESCAC slate, but I think you’re overstating how much the general level dropped. That’s all.DeepPocket wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 8:38 pm they didn’t have a particularly strong schedule THIS YEAR. And that isn’t limited to them BTW, a lot of teams were affected by the this to varying degrees. You just seem to be unwilling to accept that.
That was in reference to the comment that seemed to imply that Tufts’ limited schedule was their fault and a result of dragging their feet or not being proactive.And since now I’m being called dishonest, go back and re-read my posts.
AFAIK, the only SOS criticisms I have made are of players in conferences that are so bad they may as well be in D-IV. I have not made any SOS criticisms about teams in legitimate conferences (now ask me about Stevenson or Cabrini ). Using Tufts’ SOS to ding them against certain players from power conferences makes some sense (depending on how the players in question did against top level opponents).I took issue with your stance that NESCAC strength of schedule issues should be overlooked due to Covid (though now you oddly seem to feel like they don’t have any strength of schedule issues), while simultaneously using strength of schedule as a large mark against the other mentioned players.
The NESCAC isn’t the only conference that had teams with truncated schedules - the Centennial and Liberty League are part of this conversation just the same. And I’m definitely not arguing that Tufts should stuff the 1st/2nd/3rd teams if that’s the implication here; if anything I actually end up arguing the opposite most years. Voters love to inflate their players because of the team success/reputation, and it always drives me crazy.We don’t need a 1st team AA. Just a Tufts roster. I don’t believe this conversation is going anywhere. If you want to reply put it in the 2019 or 2020 NESCAC thread where it belongs.