Syracuse AD Mark Coyle is leaving. You know the routine. They start out with the old "One team, one family, one vision" bit. They close it out with a "spend more time with family" - type exit statement.
In other words, "One team, one family, one vision, one year."
He took over for Daryl Gross Negligence back in June of '15. Read more here
Article was written by Chris Carlson, the same guy whose fictional account of Orange athletics set me off back in January of last year. Read that post here
Carlson continues to repeat this lie:
Gross oversaw dramatic improvement of SU's non-revenue teams and on-field success...
Bullcorn! The only "revenue" sport at Syracuse is men's thump-thump. Every other sport costs more than it generates.
Many "non-revenue" sports suffered during the Gross era. He destroyed the men's and women's swimming programs.
Gross replaced swimming with a women's hockey team that blows through a nearly seven-figure budget annually, while playing to home crowds numbering in the dozens.
Knowing his definition of success, one has to wonder if Carlson still thinks Enron would be a great investment...
TISCA site's been down a while. Ron says the hosting service closed up shop w/o letting anyone know. Look for an updated site soon, possibly in a few days.
A source clued me in on another kind of site issue. Let's start off by saying Bobby swam for their program before we moved to Mansfield and we were fortunate to be part of their team - he made his first TAGS cut w/them.
Seems Aquastar was touting themselves as a USA Swimming 2016 BronzeMedal program. Looks like they really aren't.
Before:
After:
Prosper HS needs a swim coach. Contact Jody Hormannat 469-219-2215
Top ten Texas SCY teams (as of this a.m.) in Virtual Club Champs (w/national rank):
Nitro Swimming (8) Lakeside Aquatic Club (21) The Woodlands Swim Team (24) Alamo Area Aquatic Association (27) Texas Ford Aquatics (51) First Colony Swim Team (52) Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (61) Metroplex Aquatics (67) Katy Aquatic Team for Youth (104) North Texas Nadadores (105)
Yes, Leon's a big Donald Trump supporter. What gets me about conservatives who are anti-Trump is this:
Y'all have complained - for 7+ years - that Obama is the worst president ever. Now y'all act like the world will come to an end if Donnie ends up in the White House. Where's the logic in that? Ask yourselves how he can possibly be worse than what you've had.
Y'all ain't here fer poly-ticks now, is ya? Yer here fer jobs, right?!?! Here's what's new since the last jobs post a couple of weeks ago:
Belton's Savannah Henry (daughter of Patrick & Wendy) recently signed with Southern Illinois University. Read more here and here.
“It means I get four more years of doing what I’m really passionate
about doing and what I spend so much time doing,” Henry said of signing
with the Salukis. “I have some family ties there but also it’s a great
school with a great team that’s on the rise and working hard and it’s
something I wanted to be a part of.”
*That's what I tell kids learning relay starts. Swing, step, and go - it's as easy as 1, 2, 4! One or two get it...
I just found out that Joseph's lungs have both declined since
yesterday. I haven't gotten to talk to the doctor yet so I don't have
any more information on how this could happen but I want to ask you to
pray that the LORD would send His greatest angels of healing to Joseph's
bedside and never leave him infusing his sweet body with all that is
needed to fight this horrific infection to clear his lungs completely.
They had to increase the oxygen that the ventilator is delivering to 50%
when it had been at 35% most of the day yesterday. Please pray for the
wisdom and divine inspiration of all who care for Joseph that the Great
Physician would impart His greatest ideas for how to better help my
prince.
Tompkins HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Mark Grisdale
Morton Ranch HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Megan Doby
Smithson Valley HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Larry Hill
Lewisville HS needs a swim coach. Contact Tim Ford Harker Heights HS needs a swim coach. Contact Jerry Edwards
Coppell HS needs a swim coach. Contact Joe McBride Stony Point HS needs a swim coach. Contact Craig Chessher at 512-428-7202
Taylor HS (Alief) needs a swim coach. Contact Brian Randle at 281-988-3500 or 281-988-3909 Alief ISD needs a diving coach. Contact David Martelat 281-988-3700
Bryan ISD needs a swim coach. Contact Lance Angelat 979-209-7998
Lovejoy HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Matt Franks
Garrett Weber-Gale has joined the Nitro staff in Austin. Read more here
“My goal is to be a steady, positive force in these young athletes
lives, and share with them some of the guidance that I’ve learned from
my coaches; Eddie & Randy Reese, Kris Kubik, and Dwight Davis, and
my expertise as a successful Olympic athlete. I am excited to work with
the athletes and help them find ways to improve as swimmers and as
individuals.”
An article on Russell Wilson's swim training was posted back in December. Read it here.
Wilson revealed that one aspect of his in-season conditioning program
that he thinks helps his recovery from the punishment of a game is
swimming.
Wilson said he swims three times a week or so, trying to do about 30 laps each time.
“I get up early in the mornings and I swim,’’ he said. “It’s one of the first things I do. It helps a lot.’’
Katy HS football figured this out a long time ago. Hasn't hurt their program, has it?
Factual Feminist host Christina Hoff Sommers explained the cost of Title IX:
Note that this year's highest placing D-I school sponsoring swimming for women only was UCLA (17th). Women swimmers in total programs - men & women - are much more successful than in women-only programs.
When prominent schools like the University of Maryland or Clemson
University decide to discontinue their swimming programs in favor of
funding sports such as football or basketball, they are not only telling
swimmers everywhere that swimming as a sport doesn’t matter as much as
others, they also decidedly cut the positive influence of swimming
locally. The number of swimmers shrinks, clubs go under, pools go
unused, college swimmers lose an opportunity to coach in their
hometowns, and fewer swimming lessons are given. The link between
colleges and clubs is fragile and so, so important to the future of this
sport.
Nitro's Jason Cochran was selected as a manager on USA Swimming's 2015 National Diversity Select Camp staff. Several Texas swimmers were selected. Athlete roster is here
