Three Thoughts: Iona 72, Fairfield 57 (A Bit About Schadrac Casimir)

For all the talk about Iona being nicknamed Transfer U, some of it deserved, the Gaels’ success under Tim Cluess over the past five seasons has not been solely about picking up talented players that other programs may not want for various reasons. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Iona 72, Fairfield 57 (A Bit About Schadrac Casimir)”

A.J. English Returns, Let’s Move On

(Following is the opinion of Ray Curren)

As part of being an amateur psychologist (and everyone that works in education is at least an amateur psychologist), I know that people’s opinions of a situation can be easily altered by a subtle changing of a word here or there.

For instance, as studies have shown, if someone sees a car crash and that is asked how fast the cars were going when they “smashed” into each other, you get a much higher number than if you replace “smashed” with “bumped” or “contacted” (you also may have learned this in law school).

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