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       First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Campi47 Date: June 16, 2015, 3:25 am
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       On June 10 SBU had it's first Football Camp and over 150 HS
       Players showed up one of the players was Anthony Catapano a 6'2
       280 OL from Carey HS who happens to be from the same HS that
       gave SBU Mike Lisi and he gave a verbal commitment.
       #Post#: 13501--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Seawolf97 Date: June 16, 2015, 10:47 am
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       Sounds good  getting a local kid  with size.  Always room for
       big  OL  guys!
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       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Hammertime Date: June 16, 2015, 6:18 pm
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       [quote author=Seawolf97 link=topic=435.msg13501#msg13501
       date=1434469658]
       Sounds good  getting a local kid  with size.  Always room for
       big  OL  guys!
       [/quote]
       And he's only a junior!! We need beef upfront. Always love local
       talent!!
       #Post#: 13503--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: sbufan Date: June 19, 2015, 8:30 am
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  HTML http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2841393/highlights/192401381/v2
       Any chance he's related to Ray Catapano who won the thorpe award
       at Carey a couple years back?
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       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Seawolf97 Date: June 19, 2015, 8:49 pm
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       I'm impressed from those videos.  He does open holes and he is
       still growing .
       #Post#: 14182--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Campi47 Date: October 28, 2015, 12:35 pm
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       I know some of you get frustrated with the SBU Program however
       they are going in the right direction as they currently have
       between freshmen and redshirt freshmen over 40 players plus a
       good sized sophomore class with the 2 commitments they have
       already there are at least 5 others I know of that should come
       on board by the end of December and they are pushing hard on
       many others. Also I expect at least another 12 Long Island
       players will be part of the 2016 class
       Coach Priore is the right Coach for this program at this time
       and he may tweak his coaching staff but don't expect household
       changes. Joey Carbone is only a redshirt freshman however the
       staff believes he will develop into a solid QB. Ben Holmes is
       from upstate NY and I spoke to a reporter that covered him in HS
       and he expects him to be a big time FCS QB. Also expect SBU to
       bring in another QB recruit for next year.
       SBU by the way is ranked 39th in the FCS the last time I looked
       #Post#: 14184--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Hammertime Date: October 28, 2015, 4:29 pm
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       [quote author=Hammertime link=topic=435.msg14183#msg14183
       date=1446067611]
       [quote author=Campi47 link=topic=435.msg14182#msg14182
       date=1446053754]
       I know some of you get frustrated with the SBU Program however
       they are going in the right direction as they currently have
       between freshmen and redshirt freshmen over 40 players plus a
       good sized sophomore class with the 2 commitments they have
       already there are at least 5 others I know of that should come
       on board by the end of December and they are pushing hard on
       many others. Also I expect at least another 12 Long Island
       players will be part of the 2016 class
       Coach Priore is the right Coach for this program at this time
       and he may tweak his coaching staff but don't expect household
       changes. Joey Carbone is only a redshirt freshman however the
       staff believes he will develop into a solid QB. Ben Holmes is
       from upstate NY and I spoke to a reporter that covered him in HS
       and he expects him to be a big time FCS QB. Also expect SBU to
       bring in another QB recruit for next year.
       SBU by the way is ranked 39th in the FCS the last time I looked
       [/quote]
       [/quote]
       With all do respect Campi I strongly disagree with your
       assessment. I don't think coach P is the right coach for this
       program anymore. He did a great job moving us from Div3 to Div1
       but now he stalled. I have no disrespect for the coach I just
       feel he has reached his max ability to take this program to the
       next level. What I mean by "next level" I mean deep into the
       playoffs and beyond. SB Football is not the only team with
       Freshman starting, many other teams are in the same position. It
       comes down to recruiting high talent Athletes out of high school
       and NOT kids who are a work in progress with high intentions
       they will improve down the road. Top Athletes want to play for a
       team with a respected head coach who they can look up to and not
       feel uncomfortable with and who has a track record of taking his
       team to multiple playoffs year after year..   I have been
       following SB football for many years and his style of football
       has not changed even though we moved a couple of times up in
       conference. It is my understanding and observation, Coach P has
       a history of taking total control of the offense and not
       allowing his coaches to make adjustment when needed. This is not
       acceptable, he needs to adjust and change on the dime when
       opposing teams figure out our game plan. Many fans i talk to
       feel the same way. I can go on and on but why bother. As of now
       I have faith with our new AD and think he will do the right
       thing with taking us to the next level. So far, he is living up
       to his expectations!
       #Post#: 14193--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: Chrissy D. Date: October 30, 2015, 11:14 pm
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       SB was  Div 1 FCS when Priore took over.They were in the NEC.
       #Post#: 14202--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: jaghatai Date: October 31, 2015, 10:28 pm
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       Unfortunately, I don't think Priore is the man to take us to the
       next level.  He did a very good job getting us to where we are.
       But it is becoming painfully obvious that he is not cut out for
       this level of competition.
       If he is a quality recruiter, then he has players who are
       talented enough to play at this level.  If you have CAA-level
       players, but can't win in the CAA, then you need a better coach.
       If he's a quality coach who is capable of coaching at this
       level, then he should be winning games.  If he can't win games
       because the players he has aren't CAA-caliber, then that is on
       him as a recruiter, and also his fault. Since leaving the Big
       South, we've gone 5-6, 5-7, and are well on our way to 2-9, so
       something is wrong.  In my opinion, he's failing at both aspects
       right now.
       As a recruiter, he's relying WAY too heavily on transfers.  This
       creates a lack of leadership on the team.  Our two captains,
       prior to this season, played a total of 28 games for SBU in
       their career.  How can you expect them to lead a team when
       they've barely been on the team themselves?  Plus, good luck
       developing chemistry.  If you can recruit kids (or if you
       transfer them in, you do it early, not one-year rentals),
       actually play them.  The kids he has brought in, since they
       never see the field (always getting replaced by transfers), look
       awful as they haven't played a snap since high-school. That's a
       recipe for failure (see our current situation at WR, RB, TE).
       As a coach, he's been failing horribly.  Can't seem to adjust to
       teams that can stop the run, doesn't have a "plan B", can't seem
       to run a 2-minute offense or find a big-play threat, tons of
       penalties, poor special teams, etc.  And these problems have
       been getting worse over the past three years.
       I'd love to be wrong, but we just got hammered by Elon (who has
       only won 8 games in the past four years...), and it doesn't look
       like we're going to win again this season.
       #Post#: 14203--------------------------------------------------
       Re: First Commitment for SBU Football 2016 Class
       By: ddmd Date: November 1, 2015, 12:20 am
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       Are the current players being utalized in the right position;
       you have a good TE playing OT You have several WR that cannot
       get separation &  average speed  & drop way to many
       balls.....Connor has the better arm in the pocket; install TE
       for blocking & use them in the short game more.
       What the hell happen to using the FB in the back field
       I am very concerned about the technique on the D side pass
       coverage (very poor) Elon only scored 1 touchdown all season
       throwing the ball & they scored 2 today on SBU.
       Why is a redshirt freshman your starting QB; if you watch the
       game he is not ready...give Connor the ball & let the kid finish
       the season out.
       I do agreee about the style of coaching & it has to change; if
       he can adapt to the CAA great. At this time there is nothing
       that show me they can do this; the coach is set in his ways & it
       is very clear in the play calling. I do not like the blocking
       sceam on the OL....when SBU pulls the OT to 2 hole we counter
       run to his side & we are stuffed on the line or lose 2 yards
       every time (but we keep running it)....WHY
       Please do not put everything on your running game; when you only
       have a 3rd string back.... You need to make adjustments in your
       game plan & that did not happen. At this point the running game
       is not going to win you games this year; to many injuries in the
       back field. Install FB for blocking or power running Chris is a
       very strong kid.
       Some one please tell me why are the WR running 3rd down routes 3
       yards short of the 1st down; this happen again today several
       times. I hope this is not the 1st read for the QB.
       When we went to a double TE set & move the ball 80 yards & put 7
       on the board; why go away from something that works. I put a lot
       on poor play calling & not putting players in the right position
       to win....Coaching... Coaching..
       i do agree we need to  review the current talent being brought
       into the program.....SBU will not have a winning program if you
       think all the talent is  going to come from the Island area...
       When SBU recruited heavy in the Mid Atlantic, Texas, Florida,
       California & PA regions SBU started a winning
       tradition.....these areas are hot beds for talent....the staff
       needs to do a better job in reviewing talent.....
       When you have one of the senior D captain on the team walk away
       from the program due to lack of confidence in the program that
       says it all.....
       I am deeply concerned; if your not then you need to open up your
       eyes & clear your vision.
       Today was my breaking point' & you could see it also in the
       players today when the walk off the field...
       I give #62 the man up award; this kid has played w pain every
       game this year........they play the game for the love of it;
       please support them through this tough time.....
       I am sorry if i sound real negative; but the game plan you see
       on the field is not working & I have seen no adjustments to date
       this year & these issues were present last year.
       I scratch my head & say is it the players or the game plan that
       the coaches have installed with the talent we have on the
       field....... I do not like kicking some one when they are down;
       but these dogs need to learn new tricks.
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