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Friday, August 04, 2006
When Colgate announced its upcoming trip to Spain, the made a big deal out of the fact that Jon Simon is a Spanish major, as if academics were a priority in the team's destination for a summer trip.
The WWLIS bought that line, hook-line-and-sinker, in its summer session (link in post below). We were more skeptical. So we asked Colgate Emmett Davis about the upcoming trip, where the Raiders will play five games against Spanish club teams.
Turns out, Simon's major was a pleasant afterthought, not a factor in determing the destination. The reason Davis chose Spain was the caliber of the competition there and a desire for a different destination that the Raiders last trip, taken before the 2001-2002 season, to Germany and Belgium.
Davis said he also considered a trip to Ireland, but chose Spain for the better competition. He had planned to take another European visit either this summer or next, and decided on this summer, not because Simon will graduate, but because he wanted a chance for his team, which essentially includes six new faces, to gel.
Two of those new faces are incoming freshmen, and cannot make the trip under NCAA rules. But transfers Willie Morse (St. Bonaventure) and Daniel Waddy (St. Mary's) can. The other two new faces Davis referred to are Alex Woodhouse, a 6-8 pogo who missed all of last season with a knee injury and 6-4 swingman Tim Pounds, who was ineligible last season due to a deficit of credits caused by his withdrawal from school as a freshman (due to a personal situation at home).
"The focus is to go over there and get better -- 10 days of practice and five games," Davis said. "Hopefully we can go over there and get a nice head start, especially offensively, as we head into the season."
As for Simon's Spanish skills: "He made me nervous today," Davis said. "He said he has his dictionary along."
The WWLIS bought that line, hook-line-and-sinker, in its summer session (link in post below). We were more skeptical. So we asked Colgate Emmett Davis about the upcoming trip, where the Raiders will play five games against Spanish club teams.
Turns out, Simon's major was a pleasant afterthought, not a factor in determing the destination. The reason Davis chose Spain was the caliber of the competition there and a desire for a different destination that the Raiders last trip, taken before the 2001-2002 season, to Germany and Belgium.
Davis said he also considered a trip to Ireland, but chose Spain for the better competition. He had planned to take another European visit either this summer or next, and decided on this summer, not because Simon will graduate, but because he wanted a chance for his team, which essentially includes six new faces, to gel.
Two of those new faces are incoming freshmen, and cannot make the trip under NCAA rules. But transfers Willie Morse (St. Bonaventure) and Daniel Waddy (St. Mary's) can. The other two new faces Davis referred to are Alex Woodhouse, a 6-8 pogo who missed all of last season with a knee injury and 6-4 swingman Tim Pounds, who was ineligible last season due to a deficit of credits caused by his withdrawal from school as a freshman (due to a personal situation at home).
"The focus is to go over there and get better -- 10 days of practice and five games," Davis said. "Hopefully we can go over there and get a nice head start, especially offensively, as we head into the season."
As for Simon's Spanish skills: "He made me nervous today," Davis said. "He said he has his dictionary along."
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