it is fall scrimmages that no longer count toward eligibility.WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 6:22 pmGood points, Stupe.stupefied wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:58 pmDisagree on most all.WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:12 am I am COMPLETELY in favor of canning all of the scrimmages.
But you know a big reason why they won’t? That stupid videoing policy. The video exchange system.
Can’t tape a scrimmage, and there would be fears that, oh Lord, heavens to Betsy (who IS Betsy?), we can’t possibly have an opposing team have one more game film of us than we have of them.
But, you lose eligibility by playing in a fall or spring scrimmage anyway, so hell, SCRAP THEM.
Play for real, develop your bench, and let more of your team feel like they contributed to an actual Win.
As far as extra game video, these extra games could involve so much more experimentation, roster use, etc., that they would actually give other opponents a hell of a lot more to have to prepare for and get confused about. In and of themselves, they could lead to greater disinformation.
Information warfare. Use it. Do it. Scrap the scrimmage
No longer lose year of eligibility by playing in scrimmages. Did away with that last year.
Time for experimenting and playing roster isn't the regular season when results of each factors equally into these formulaic calculations for postseason selection. Coaches including Danowski coach to win each and every game not to wet feet if game circumstances and margins dont allow. They amazingly tend to know their personnel and their present stages better than fans.
Players are constantly assessed by performances not only in game but in practices. Development and growth happens during the season and players can earn or lose time. When Johnny Rawson actually plays and looks good its' probably because he was readied not because he was held back.
Teams exchange and staffs can watch plenty of game tapes of each other but every week there are wrinkles in approach and strategy tailored to the opponent. That unseen preparation is a important element of coaching and sports in general. Not sure what the particular taping issue is at jhu but certainly no need for practices to be tape that goes beyond internal parties.
I wondered if scrimmage and eligibility had changed. Thanks for updating me on that. And that point renders pretty much everything else I said as moot.
But to give you the context of my thoughts, I’ll give you two data points from Tony Seaman eras, one at JHU and one from Towson.
The JHU era: the emergence of Dylan Schlott. Those were two beautiful upperclassman years. Yes, he came in with a knee injury that affected his freshman year, and his sophomore year was unremarkable, but holy hell, what a great last two years. I wish other players would do that.
The Towson era: well over half of Tony’s starters somehow got themselves suspended right before their upcoming game against Hopkins, and I figured JHU should win easily. Well, the Towson bench went nuts and Hopkins almost lost. That incident has caused me to always question who might be lurking on anyone’s bench and who could become major contributors.
spring ones do, including toward a potential medical redshirt count.
score differentials no longer matter. at least the last year or 2, it's rpi. doesn't mean they won't change it someday, but for the most part even the danowski's of the world wait until it's a major blowout and take no chances (very late game or very outmanned opponent).