Division I Men's Team Indoors

[mikej]

Originally Posted by PennAlum

np on the venom, my apologies in return. Said coach was also surprised that Querry couldn't get into Stanford. He said that the admission requirements would not accommodate him and in that vein was one of the reason Stanford's tennis team had suffered over the years. They would never say on Wikipedia that he couldn't get into Stanford because it's just not public information. Players like to say the the college they will be playing for IS their first choice. That's why you see players discarding all their exploratory college choices after they sign on Tennis Recruiting. Besides, this is not the first time we have all seen Fedace being inaccurate subject to hyperbole.

Welp, if true (I'm still a bit of a skeptic on this one, even if it seems you're a pretty in-the-loop guy from your last post) I think that was an incredibly dumb decision by Stanford. I can understand not taking a top recruit under normal circumstances, once every so often (a la Tripper), if he's a four-year, going-to-be-working-towards-the-diploma kind of guy and just doesn't have the academic credentials you're looking for. But I don't see much harm in taking a guy who is going to survive some freshman classes, help one of your most visible athletic teams immensely for a year or two, then move along to the pro tour and potentially bring your program even more name recognition.

From an article db posted a number of times, I seem to remember that they now have a more reasonable admissions director with a Big-10 or something background. Good thing for Stanford, certainly, if their old gatekeeper was making crazy decisions like that.

[Clemson_tennis]

Tripper Carleton is the weirdest player in the nation. Drops bagels on ya then gets bageled. Mentally unstable on court

[PennAlum]

Originally Posted by mikej

From an article db posted a number of times, I seem to remember that they now have a more reasonable admissions director with a Big-10 or something background. Good thing for Stanford, certainly, if their old gatekeeper was making crazy decisions like that.

Coach said Coach Whit tried his best to get him in but yes, under this new admission guy there has been more leeway Querrey probably would have gotten in under the new guy.

Trip has mental blocks against some players, e.g. he's always had a problem playing Evan King, it's never close. Then he's beaten a lot of quality guys the first time he plays them. Like a lot of current players, his backhand is so much better than his forehand which breaks down. Some of it is burnout as he's has been playing a very long long and was traveling by himself to junior nationals staying with host families.

[Tar Heel Tennis]

if Tripper had gone to Duke, we never would have seen the wonderfully entertaining match in last year's ACC Tourney against Reid - complete with the 100 yard racket toss

[diredesire]

Sorry about the huge delay, I went on a week and a half trip to LA. I got some information right before the trip from the stringer at the other site, as it isn't my records, I don't stand behind these frames listed, I don't think the stringers at the other site have as critical/perceptive an eye as I do when it comes to PJs etc. Half the time they dont' even list the specific model...

Red Code/Sensi (sensation?), J. Bar, H.Prestige, 57lb
Bradley // H. Prestige // ALU Power // 55 lb
Ryan // H. Prestige // ALU Power // 55 lb
Ted Kelly // K6.1 95 (no string pattern listed) // M ALU, X Pacific Gut @ 62LB
Alex Clayton // Prestige MP // Lux ALU // 59, 59, 60 (3 different frames)
Matt Kandath // "Head Liquidmetal" (you see what i mean?) // Alu Power //57
Denis Lin // Prestige MP // RedCode/Sensation 61lb

Stanford also recently played us, my stringing coworkers got the following:
Thatcher: YT Prestige MP, Lux @ 51
Clayton YT Prestige Mid, Lux @60
Klahn, YT Prestige MP, Lux @ 52? 53? (hard to read the picture they sent me)
Kelly k6.1 95 @ 64 lb Lux/Sensation
Lin, Redcode/Sensation @54Lb, YT prestige mid
Kandath, LM Rad OS, Lux @ 52.

Looks like the tensions (and in some cases strings!) changed up since indoors?? I wouldn't imagine this to be very common, though...