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Dewey Kalmer Retires

MacabreMob said:
I suppose my point is something like living in a community like let's say Chillicothe. You want it to look nice and be successful. But you don't spend a dollar at any the businesses except for an emergency 1/2 gallon of milk at Short Loin.
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Mob, you know Chilli very well.;)
 
tornado said:
The reckoning of the winner of the All Sports trophy depends a ton on how many of the 18 sports each school competes in,
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I believe it averages the places that the schools get in each sport they compete in. You are not penalized for not competing in a sport.

Bradley's athletic department overall is poor. It would be nice if BU was competing for titles in many more sports, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I've been to a few other events overs the years, but men's basketball is the focus for me.

I think the soccer program has shown that BU can compete in any sport with the right people in place.
 
tornado said:
Since the MVC release listed only the top 5 finishers, I can't find any other confirmation that BU finished 10th.
Anyway....this is unfortunately a bit misleading....

The reckoning of the winner of the All Sports trophy depends a ton on how many of the 18 sports each school competes in, and since most of the schools that are state schools have bigger athletic department budgets (thanks to the taxpayers), then it is a slam dunk that a couple of state schools are the only ones with a prayer of winning this title.

For example...either ISU, SIU, MSU, or Wichita have won every single All Sports Title for the past 13 years.
In fact, no private school has ever won it, due mostly to the fact that the smaller, private schools don't compete in as many sports.

ISU competes in 17 sports, MSU in 14, SIU in 16, WSU in 16, but BU in only 13.
BU did win the Men's Soccer Championship.


To me it is a bit like saying Deron Williams (who by the way had a tremendous season
and was talked about by some as having an MVP type season)
actually finished 12th in the voting for MVP. This is by no means derogatory, since nobody ever votes
for a Utah Jazz player anyway, and actually 12th ain't so bad.
He certainly had a better season than a few of the players who got more votes than Deron did.
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Your comparison of Deron Williams and the Valley makes no sense. Did Deron Williams only have stats in some categories but not others?

I understand that you are a giant supporter of BU, and honestly, I want them to be successful in all sports as well. But denying that they are suffering in almost every sport except soccer and men's basketball isn't going to fix anything.
 
RickBB said:
If any of you have talked to Dewey about recruiting, I'm sure you've heard the Private school vs. public school issue. Since baseball has roughly 12 scholarships to spread around a roster of close to 30 kids, no one gets a full ride. So BU offers a kid 1/2 a ride, the parents still have to come up with the difference. If ISU or SIU or UofI offers the same kid 1/2 a ride, the difference the parents have to come up with is pretty significant (Since I don't have any kids, I can't quote current tuition rates, but I'm sure the difference is still pretty significant.)

So recruit some smart kids that get academic money to make the difference? Logical solution, except we are talking about one of the stupidest rules the NCAA has, in which a student athlete's academic money is counted against the scholarship limits of the sport, even if the dollars don't actually come from the budget of the scholarship pool from the sport. (It's possible this rule has changed, but it was in effect in the early 90's, I know that for sure.)

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New Rules in effect 8-1-07

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=10459


The package also retains the financial aid model of 11.7 equivalencies, but limits counters to 27 and requires individual aid packages to include at least 33 percent athletics aid. The regular-season squad size is capped at 35. The recommendations, passed as emergency legislation, will take effect August 1, 2008.
 
Disturbed said:
Your comparison of Deron Williams and the Valley makes no sense. Did Deron Williams only have stats in some categories but not others?

I understand that you are a giant supporter of BU, and honestly, I want them to be successful in all sports as well. But denying that they are suffering in almost every sport except soccer and men's basketball isn't going to fix anything.
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Amen! That's like saying Haussler Hall was a first-rate athletic facility for the last 20 years. That type of attitude helped contribute to it being below high school-caliber for that same time period.
 
Concerning local talent, check the records of the local teams. Manual and Central used to be powerhouses, now they are lucky to field a team. Used to love watching their matchups with each other and Spalding. The other area schools, IMO, don't produce enough talent to help BU, even if they would send players here. Dewey did a good job, with what he had and was a great influence on many a young man. Good luck Dewey.
 
Chico said:
Concerning local talent, check the records of the local teams. Manual and Central used to be powerhouses, now they are lucky to field a team.
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There is some pretty good talent in the area... Maybe not Manual or Central, but IVC for example has produced a pitcher who went directly into the Yankees farm system and another player who has a scholarship to UIUC. BU baseball has the potential to emerge with the right coach.
 
Not saying schools like IVC don't produce good talent. If a kid goes right to the pro's that doesn't help recruiting any and no coach can be blamed.
 
Chico said:
Not saying schools like IVC don't produce good talent. If a kid goes right to the pro's that doesn't help recruiting any and no coach can be blamed.
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Certainly, but there is enough recruitable talent around the area which makes me think that Kalmer got a nice unchallanged ride here for an awful long time.
 
Chico said:
Not saying schools like IVC don't produce good talent. If a kid goes right to the pro's that doesn't help recruiting any and no coach can be blamed.
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Beninator said:
Certainly, but there is enough recruitable talent around the area which makes me think that Kalmer got a nice unchallanged ride here for an awful long time.
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I think it is a 2 way street. The local coaches need to support Bradley and encourage their top talent to consider Bradley. IMO, it isn't always the Bradley Coach's fault they didn't get some of the best local talent.
 
I don't follow the local baseball scene as much as I used to, so can anyone tell me what area players are playing Div 1 now? Only one I know about is the Wikoff kid from Limestone, who is doing good at Ilinois.
 
Chico said:
I don't follow the local baseball scene as much as I used to, so can anyone tell me what area players are playing Div 1 now? Only one I know about is the Wikoff kid from Limestone, who is doing good at Ilinois.
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Grant Escue (Washington) went to Stanford before transferring to Bradley and started at first base this season.
 
Thanks Scouter. That's a local area talent that Dewey evidently recruited. Was anyone else in the area Division 1 material?
 
Chico said:
Thanks Scouter. That's a local area talent that Dewey evidently recruited. Was anyone else in the area Division 1 material?
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One of the HS players I mentioned in my previous post is Josh Parr, IVC shortstop, who is going to UIUC. (mentioned 10th paragraph in this column.) I would be extremely surprised if there weren't more local kids with division 1 talent.

http://www.pjstar.com/preps_baseball/x934432548/IVC-is-Parr-for-course

How about Jerry Rashid for consideration for BU's baseball coach? I dont know much about him, but he is averaging 31 wins per year in his 4 years at IVC. What little I have heard has been good and BU could use a new look in the baseball program to turn things around.
 
You're from Chili and you've only heard a little about Coach Rashid? If he's interested I think he'd be a good choice.
 
Chico said:
You're from Chili and you've only heard a little about Coach Rashid? If he's interested I think he'd be a good choice.
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I know it sounds strange, but I live outside Chilli and dont get into town much. As MMOb stated on another thread, I'll head into the Short Loin to pick up an emergency gallon of milk. :)

Dont know if Rashid is a good choice or not...Just threw that out there to get the talk going on who people would like as the next BU baseball coach.
 
Bradley's choice of a baseball coach and the salary they are willing to pay will speak volumes for whether they want a competitive program, or if they are willing to settle for mediocity.

Kalmer did outstanding considering the support, facilities, and priority that the university placed on the baseball prgram. Now, with a top-notch stadium and new sports facility on the way, will the university choose to make baseball a "franchise" program like basketball? I doubt it. Money speaks and baseball is not a profitable sport like basketball.

Oh, and BU DOES NOT need a high school coach! They need a "name" coach (maybe former player?) who can recruit (where is Mike Dunn and what does he know about coaching?), or a top-tier college assistant with midwest recruiting roots.
 
Why would Rashid be a good choice for the Bradley Baseball head coach job? Because he is local, won a lot of High School games, people in Peoria know his name? Im not seeing why a career high school coach would make a good choice to be a college head coach. If that is the case why not John Dyke, atleast he is experienced at the D1 level.

BU needs a young aggressive coach with ties to all over the country regarding recruiting. They need someone who will make it a point to make BU baseball a success. They do not need to recycle the Callahans of the world, they need a new fresh face who will work hard and wants to be successful, I dont even care if the new coach looks at BU baseball as a stepping stone, just is determined to have as successful a program as possible.

They need to look very closely at the hire last year by SLU, Darin Hendrickson is exactly the type of head coach this program needs.

http://slubillikens.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/hendrickson_darin00.html
 
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