West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[Layton]

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1036692...643e0b74f02f39

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
nice local tv video interview with satterfield.
https://youtu.be/sYHR0qFV564

[Columbuseer]

FYI
Here is metronews article on Aiden Satterfield commitment. Impressive young man!
https://wvmetronews.com/2020/09/21/c...-west-liberty/

[Columbuseer]

Looks like (according to VC) the Satterfield kid from Charleston Catholic has committed to WLU for next year. That's a great pick-up. His game should fit very nicely. In the admittedly limited times I've seen him, his game reminded me a bit of Yoakum.

Wow! Captain of Class A All State Team. Quality young man (Navy was interested as well as other D1s).
#1 Senior prospect (and #2 overall behind McNeely of Poca) in state of WV. He will thrive in WLU system.

[Scrub]

Looks like (according to VC) the Satterfield kid from Charleston Catholic has committed to WLU for next year. That's a great pick-up. His game should fit very nicely. In the admittedly limited times I've seen him, his game reminded me a bit of Yoakum.

[boatcapt]

Did you not just define disingenous? That is saying something that you don't believe and making it sound like you believe it. Prequisite for being a successful career politician.

Crutch is truly a gentleman and classy guy. He also has great integrity and shows respect for the opponent before and after the game (good sportsmanship). Snarky comments are just not his nature.

IMHO it is not disingenous to say that bad teams can beat WLU and do pose a threat (ala WV Wesleyan last year).

IMHO disingenous would be saying a bottom feeder D2 coach is the next John Wooden.

Being disengenuous is part of the successful coach lexicon also. It's sometimes called "coach speak" and is most often on public display in weekly weekly coaches shows and pregame newspaper stories but it happens regularly in practice etc. The reality is that for a team like WLU and now Nova, there are only a few games every year were the other team has a legitimate chance of winning. All the other teams have varying declining levels of ability to pull an upset. But coaches, including Crutch, will NEVER admit that to their team or fan base. I recall a game back in the day against Salem...Crutch talked about how Salem was an improved team and how WLU would have to give their maximum effort to beat them...WLU ended up beating them by 40 points which was the typical margin that they beat them by. Do you really think that Crutch truly believed Salem had a legitimate chance of beating WLU or was he voicing "fear" to try and keep his team focused?

Coach K at Duke is a master of "coach speak." If you listen to his pregame coaches show and post game interviews after EVERY game, you come away convinced that 1. Duke would need to bring its absolute A game to have a chance of winning and 2. If Duke was plain lucky to "escape" with a 40 point win. Do you really think Coach K truly thinks Duke is going to lose these games or is he being disengenuous in his pregame comments?

And coaches, to include Crutch, will almost never say anything negative about another coach. I would imagine that a number of coaches that Crutch has interacted with over the years have just rubbed him the wrong way but I can only recall one negative comment from Crutch on a fellow coach...I don't recall the specifics of the issue but Crutch's comment about the coach was that maybe he (Crutch) would have done it differently. May have been other incidents but that is the only one I can recall.

[Columbuseer]

Or WV State with 5 starters out. Still can't fathom that one.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Did you not just define disingenous? That is saying something that you don't believe and making it sound like you believe it. Prequisite for being a successful career politician.

Crutch is truly a gentleman and classy guy. He also has great integrity and shows respect for the opponent before and after the game (good sportsmanship). Snarky comments are just not his nature.

IMHO it is not disingenous to say that bad teams can beat WLU and do pose a threat (ala WV Wesleyan last year).

IMHO disingenous would be saying a bottom feeder D2 coach is the next John Wooden.

Or WV State with 5 starters out. Still can't fathom that one.

[Columbuseer]

Have you ever known Crutch to sound disingenuous about anything? I mean, he could make you truly believe he was worried about playing a 1-20 team that struggled to score 70 and couldn't play defense!

Did you not just define disingenous? That is saying something that you don't believe and making it sound like you believe it. Prequisite for being a successful career politician.

Crutch is truly a gentleman and classy guy. He also has great integrity and shows respect for the opponent before and after the game (good sportsmanship). Snarky comments are just not his nature.

IMHO it is not disingenous to say that bad teams can beat WLU and do pose a threat (ala WV Wesleyan last year).

IMHO disingenous would be saying a bottom feeder D2 coach is the next John Wooden.

[boatcapt]

Might be worthwhile for you to listen to interview. It did not come across as disingenuous on Crutchfield's part. One indicator of lack of ego is the coaches were open about talking to him- no top secret meetings.
Meeting was written up in Wall Street Journal:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/celtics...ld-11600165275

Have you ever known Crutch to sound disingenuous about anything? I mean, he could make you truly believe he was worried about playing a 1-20 team that struggled to score 70 and couldn't play defense!

[Columbuseer]

Hahahaha...Have you ever heard of a lower tier coach when asked about a higher tiered coach saying, that guy is an egotistical bas*ard!

It would be an interesting thing to watch Crutch running Celtic practice for a couple of days and then give his assessment of who the starting 5 should be!!

Might be worthwhile for you to listen to interview. It did not come across as disingenuous on Crutchfield's part. One indicator of lack of ego is the coaches were open about talking to him- no top secret meetings.
Meeting was written up in Wall Street Journal:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/celtics...ld-11600165275

[boatcapt]

Just an fyi
tony caridi on sportsline podcast on wvmetronews.com interviewed Crutchfield today. Apparently, both head coaches of celtics and heat have reached out to crutchfield about basketball. Celtics flew him up to boston. Crutchfield mentioned how egoless yet brilliant both NBA coaches are. Good interview. Crutch is a humble guy.
it is in the last segment of the show.

Hahahaha...Have you ever heard of a lower tier coach when asked about a higher tiered coach saying, that guy is an egotistical bas*ard!

It would be an interesting thing to watch Crutch running Celtic practice for a couple of days and then give his assessment of who the starting 5 should be!!

[Columbuseer]

Bringing WLU in on the sligh is what I would expect from a D1. Their ego's won't let them admit that they "copied" even part of a lower division offense or defense scheme.

Just an fyi
tony caridi on sportsline podcast on wvmetronews.com interviewed Crutchfield today. Apparently, both head coaches of celtics and heat have reached out to crutchfield about basketball. Celtics flew him up to boston. Crutchfield mentioned how egoless yet brilliant both NBA coaches are. Good interview. Crutch is a humble guy.
it is in the last segment of the show.

[boatcapt]

They better leave with a doctorate in something.

Some kids are already 22 or 23 years old. Many will just opt to hang it up get started with their careers, etc.

The 'log jam' mentioned above would have a huge impact on D2 -- the land of money not falling off trees. Schools will get real creative in finding money -- academics, etc. But, donor money typically is what it is. I don't think the traditionally fully-funded programs will suffer much. They have huge followings (by D2 standards) and can likely rally the core boosters to give more. That said, there aren't many 'haves' in D2 ... many more 'have nots'.

Brings up another issue that we don't really focus on, academic progress. NCAA requires that athletes meed certain credit and degree progress numbers to maintain athletic eligibility. The process is supposed to result in graduation in five years. They are going to have to regigger the rules now that there will be a 4 year glut of athletes that have now been given an extra year. Do athletes now have 5 years of "on-field" eligibility and 6 years of total eligibility? Do they ever go back to normal? For every peak there is a trough...teams are going to have a glut of players next year (driven by Seniors who stay for their extra year then the 2020 AND 2021 freshmen classes)...will there be a trough in 2025? As you say, the D1 financial haves will be able to absorb the cost of increased scholarship athletes +the cost of equipping and training them but that is highly questionable for almost any DII program. For example, if you increase a typical team from 100 players to 125 that is 25 extra practice uniforms a team has to purchase...25 extra uniforms that have to be cleaned every day...25 extra players in a locker room that was probably already full with 100 players. If the NCAA permits DII's to have 45 (13 "extra" scholarships), that is a cost and at least in WV, that is a cost that is born exclusively by donors (no state funds for athletic scholarships).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

We are setting up a situation were a player effectively can be spending eight years at a college...Traditional redshirt year, all or part of four years (with an injury shortened season), injury redshirt year, Covid year and then final year!

They better leave with a doctorate in something.

Some kids are already 22 or 23 years old. Many will just opt to hang it up get started with their careers, etc.

The 'log jam' mentioned above would have a huge impact on D2 -- the land of money not falling off trees. Schools will get real creative in finding money -- academics, etc. But, donor money typically is what it is. I don't think the traditionally fully-funded programs will suffer much. They have huge followings (by D2 standards) and can likely rally the core boosters to give more. That said, there aren't many 'haves' in D2 ... many more 'have nots'.