Post Season Banquet

[MLC67]

Scheduled for April 25th on campus. Good opportunity to thank our lads for their TCC. Also, excellent chance to hear about their future plans of humane lives of leadership and service.

[wildforthecats]

I will be there.

[MLC67]

tonight's the night, at least it is for Wild and me.

[wildforthecats]

There will be other board members there tonight.

[stevelee]

I've printed Bobby's certificate, and will put it in the frame this afternoon.

[RichmondCat]

Look forward to your reports!

[Dr. Bliss]

I don't see how some awkwardness can be avoided. I assume players who have declared for transfer will be there? Or have any of them already left school?

[wildforthecats]

I don't see how some awkwardness can be avoided. I assume players who have declared for transfer will be there? Or have any of them already left school?

I think you have to be in school/finish the semester if you are transferring. I expect Grant and David to be there tonight. Doubt the others will. We will know soon enough.

[Dr. Bliss]

It occurs to me that one of the true losses in this new world of college athletics is the loss of community and long-term friendships and relationships that are formed along the way in the trenches and in the gyms.

[stevelee]

It occurs to me that one of the true losses in this new world of college athletics is the loss of community and long-term friendships and relationships that are formed along the way in the trenches and in the gyms.

I recently wished Happy Birthday on Facebook to Jón Axel’s dad. I don’t imagine that I’ll be picking up more Facebook friends or otherwise in players’ families much any more.

[2008wildcat]

It occurs to me that one of the true losses in this new world of college athletics is the loss of community and long-term friendships and relationships that are formed along the way in the trenches and in the gyms.

Completely. I feel for the players that they (no matter where they are) will miss out on becoming a larger part of the community. If you look at Grant's post on Instagram announcing his transfer to Vanderbilt, one of the congratulatory comments on the post is from Jake Cohen. Grant mentioned in an interview that Jake comes back in the summers to Davidson and Grant got to know him through that. I think all the transferring will prevent friendships like that from forming in the future, or at least make them significantly more difficult to form and maintain.

[JCDC]

I can’t find this on ESPN+
Does anybody have a link?

[stevelee]

And the winner is …



The first winner (we think) wanted to pose with the recent winner. Jack is proud of having won this honor, and told me he had kept checking the board back then to see whether he was winning.

[stevelee]

It was great to see everybody tonight. I sat next to Mike Spann, and our conversation had as much to do with basketball in our era as with the season just past. I really enjoyed the stories.

I spoke with Connor Cochera briefly, and he seems as excited about coming back for another year as we are to have him. Ed Kiser had also talked with him and got the same reaction. I congratulated Connor for the progress he had made this season. The seniors' speeches we good, but to me the best one was that Connor didn't make one.

I met David Skogman's dad and found out that the name is Swedish. I already knew what it meant from my brief study of Norwegian prior to my summer trip. He seems to be a great guy, too. David got rid of the boot yesterday and was wearing dress shoes tonight.

It was great as always to see Grant's parents. I told them we'd give them some slack next season, but we hoped to see them make some games here along in the future.

We missed the transferring players other than the seniors.

Outside the season, I miss the fans other than seeing my neighbors and the guys I play bridge with. So the banquet has some of the feel of a family reunion.

A couple of people asked me about my Avant Garde pin. I think it was Chris Sosnik whom I told that he'd get a pin, too, if he lived long enough. I didn't do the math to say that would be in 2079.

[stevelee]

I thought that since we are using Bobby's name, image, and likeness, maybe we should pay him for it. But then I realized that the photograpic, printing, and legal fees would eat up most of the money.