great d2 opening - glv tark Topic

B prestige quincy just opened up in d2 tark (and B prestige missouri st louis might come up as well). as many know, the GLV is one of the all time great d2 conferences. this year was a major down year for us - but we still sent 6 teams to the NT, had 8 altogether in the post season, and had 2 final 4 teams and the national champ. last season we sent all 12 teams to the post season, and 10 to the NT.

the GLV has been at least a top 2 conference in all of HD, outside d1, going back over 3 years now. they are consistently excellent and have a great group of coaches. so, this is a great opportunity for any coaches who is either 1) really looking for a non d1 challenge - it just doesn't get tougher than this, or 2) who is learning, and wants a great environment to get better in. many of the coaches who have come through the GLV claim that its difficulty and the helpfulness of coaches really helped them get their career going.

also, i have an outstanding offer to any GLV coaches, as a follow up to the mentoring program i ran through the conference for a long time - any GLV coach can bug me as much as they want for unlimited advice. it can be specific or general, and nothing is off the table - feel free to ask about your teams in other divisions in other worlds as well. note - its often difficult to get a spot in the conference, so anyone who tries and fails but is committed to joining the conference can take advantage of the offer, too. i like to mentor coaches, ive helped a LOT of coaches along the way (helped a few go from borderline making the NT to multi time champs, and many more to a lesser degree), but i have finite time - so GLV coaches always get the first cut.
10/30/2012 9:55 PM
I have an alt that I thought would be able to qualify, but that ID is only qualified for D III...I'd activate it and play a season of D III and see if I could join next season, but there probably won't be any openings, and then I'll be stuck with an alt in D III...


10/31/2012 2:37 AM (edited)
dac, I'm thinking of grabbing the GLV slot.

If I do, why don't you take over the Hamline team for your season?

I've left them in good shape and they're primed for a NT tournament run, plus they take part in the best OOC tournament in D3.
10/31/2012 11:56 AM
Drew is in better shape...NC fav for next season...cough cough...
10/31/2012 12:30 PM
Posted by tianyi7886 on 10/31/2012 12:30:00 PM (view original):
Drew is in better shape...NC fav for next season...cough cough...
The OOC is the tiebreaker (Drew has none), plus the fact that Hamline has a basketball team, while Drew is just has people running around randomly and calls is "defense."
10/31/2012 12:33 PM
Drew's out of conf:

Game # Opponent Coach Current
Record
Current
RPI
Current
SOS
#1 Marietta armyof1 26-4 19 62
#2 at Baptist Bible ricosuave21 19-10 153 336
#3 at Maine Maritime Academy Sim AI 18-9 163 371
#4 at Trinity (TX) metalthread 33-3 5 24
#5 at Moravian coolman97865 22-10 20 12
#6 at Methodist dahsdebater 27-4 1 7
#7 at Messiah docwooden 22-8 48 96
#8 at Rose-Hulman Tech. Sim AI 25-5 64 267
#9 at E. Mennonite bredden18 25-7 6 6
#10 at Transylvania countdracula 24-4 85 345


As for our "defense" it seems to work for the Baltimore Ravens, oh wait, that's football...
10/31/2012 12:38 PM
Next Season Non-Conference
Game # Opponent Coach Current
Record
Current
RPI
Current
SOS
#1 at Colby-Sawyer Sim AI 23-7 71 184
#2 at Lehman College Sim AI 21-8 83 142
#3 at Denison fillthelane 26-6 28 51
#4 at Texas, Tyler GuerillaZen1 16-12 106 167
#5 at Mississippi College goblue120 13-14 150 146
#6 at Chowan helloflyers 15-14 55 4
#7 Chicago dave456 23-6 21 55
#8 at Moravian coolman97865 22-10 20 12
#9 at Marietta armyof1 26-4 19 62
#10 Emory chapelhillne 25-9 8 2


Hamline has the two sims front-loaded to let someone get their feet wet, plus the bonus of actually playing for the Moravian Invitational Title (weeks 6-10), which is the only thing that even made me pause about jumping, cause that is a ton of fun, and often more competitive than the actual NT tourney.
10/31/2012 12:43 PM

Traitors.

10/31/2012 1:23 PM
Posted by udm_mike on 10/31/2012 1:23:00 PM (view original):

Traitors.

Hard to stay in D3 when teams 100mi south of me have an extra 6k to recruit with. 
10/31/2012 2:10 PM
Posted by tianyi7886 on 10/31/2012 2:10:00 PM (view original):
Posted by udm_mike on 10/31/2012 1:23:00 PM (view original):

Traitors.

Hard to stay in D3 when teams 100mi south of me have an extra 6k to recruit with. 
We have a spot open.
10/31/2012 4:46 PM
awesome! tianyi picked up quincy. GLV just got a lot tougher. and zbrent, we'd LOVE to have you at missouri st louis! 

and with that, i effectively consider the openings closed... sorry to anyone who hoped to get one and didnt succeed. but as i mentioned, if any applicants are unable to get a job, but plan to join the GLV later, you are welcome to the standard GLV offer i give of unlimited advice and team reviews and all that good stuff. just shoot me a sitemail and we can get started!
10/31/2012 5:39 PM
great d2 opening - glv tark Topic

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