Scanning the SoCon- Week Four

Each week, SoCon bloggers/message boarders (one representing each team) vote on a Game of the Week, Power Rankings and Player of the Week. At least three of the bloggers will answer a series of questions on their team and things of interest around the SoCon.

Scanning the SoCon
This is my submission to this week's Scanning the SoCon.  You will be able to read the entire consolidated article and see everyone's answers to this week's questions, just visit MocsMania 


Power Rankings
1-Wofford
2-Chattanooga
3-ETSU
4-Mercer
5-WCU
6-VMI
7-Furman
8-Samford
9-UNCG
10-The Citadel

Game of the Week
Chattanooga at Western Carolina

Player of the Week
James Sinclair, WCU

Sum up your team
Western Carolina - The Cats are coming off a week where they picked up conference road win #1 and #2. The Cats beat VMI on Thursday and UNCG on Saturday to up their conference record to 6-5, good enough to be in a tie for 4th place with ETSU. Prior to this week, the Cats had dropped 4 conference road games, and are now 2-4 in SoCon games played on the road. Of the 7 conference games remaining on the schedule, only 3 are road games.

Wes Miller (UNCG) and Will Wade (Chattanooga) had an exchange in the handshake line after the game. Should the exchange have taken place in a more private setting?
I understand the heat of battle, and how fans can get worked up during a game. However, this was an exchange that had no business taking place in public. Miller is a young coach, and will hopefully mature. How upset should Miller be by a comment made to a Mocs alumni group prior to the game (if that was in fact the reason for the exchange)? Again, this should have been handled in private, not made a public confrontation.

Murray Bartow (ETSU) pushed a Wofford player last Saturday night. First of all, should the Wofford player have been following the ETSU player during that situation? No, but a coach should never touch an opposing player. A simple request for the other player to leave the area would have probably done the trick. The commissioner has spoken to both coaches and nothing more will come of it. Should the commissioner have further punished one or both coaches? IMO, there should have been some negative consequences for the ETSU coach.





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