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Hollywood loves to typecast, and I

guess they saw me as a violent guy.

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

It's Been Months!

 

via Texas Architect

Last jobs post was in Rocktober!

Here are jobs listed in the last month or so:

Richland HS head swim/water polo Kenneth Gilchrist

Sienna Premier Aquatics (SPA) assistant swim coach

Clear Falls HS head water polo/swim/dive Zach Head

Tidal Waves (Leander) seasonal swim coaches

Montgomery HS head swim Grant Cooper

Cypress Falls HS head water polo/assistant swim Chris Brister

Blue Tide Aquatics (BTA) assistant swim coach & learn-to-swim

Central HS (San Angelo) assistant swim Rodney Chant

Aggie Swim Club (AGS) senior coach

Capital of Texas Aquatics (COTA) assistant age group coach

Eagle Swimming Association (ESA) head coach David Pink

Dawson HS (Pearland) head swim

Quote of the Day

 

The body says what words cannot.

Martha Graham

Quote of the Day

 

Now that I'm a parent, I understand why

my father was in a bad mood a lot.

Adam Richard Sandler

 

Quote of the Day

 

There are some people so addicted exaggeration

that they can't tell the truth without lying.

Henry Wheeler Shaw, a.k.a. Josh Billings

2025 State Championship Results

 

UIL 4A results from last week are up and 5A/6A will swim this week.  View those here (scroll down).

TAPPS results for all three divisions (from last week) are here 

Quote of the Day

 

Stand up to your obstacles and do something

about them.  You will find that they haven't

half the strength you think they have.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

 

Always On My Mind

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

I always need to get away from whatever it is

I've just finished, to feel a distance from it.

Cindy Morris Sherman

 

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I think the human race made a big mistake at

the beginning of the industrial revolution -

we leaped for the mechanical things - people

need the use of their hands to feel creative.

via Ranker

Andre Alice Norton

 

Quote of the Day

 

Everything important that I have done

can be put into a little suitcase.

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp

 

Just Like Ronnie Sang

 

2025 HOF

 

 

View info on the Class of 2025 Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame inductees here

 

All info for this year's Legends Dinner (tickets, parking, hotel, etc.) is here

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible

objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson

 

Roster Caps

 

 

College swimming is in for a huge shake-up.

 

NIL?  Portal?  5-in-5?

 

None of these have had - or will have - the impact of the House vs. NCAA settlement.

 

Roster caps are nothing new in college swimming.  Many schools have limited squad sizes for the men to keep the Title IX Vultures (a.k.a. lawyers) off their campuses.

 

Soon, roster limits will be the "law of the land" for both men and women...and they'll be more "painful" than ever!

 

Via Swimming World:

Per a settlement in the House v. NCAA federal case in which former Arizona State swimmer Grant House was the lead plaintiff, colleges will be allowed to share revenue with athletes. Instead of limiting scholarship money doled out to each sport, rosters will have hard caps with universities given the option to offer full scholarships to all members. Walk-ons will no longer exist. This new model will apply in Division I major conferences (the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12) plus any other conferences who opt in and thus receive clearance to distribute money directly to athletes.

Read more here

 

What will programs do with/for kids who fall below the roster limit line?  Offer them a club option?  Participation in the CSCAA's National Invitational Championship?  Send them down the road to another program?  Thank them for their contributions and then give them the old "Lead Handshake"?

In an appearance on the Unfiltered Waters podcast with Olympic medalists Missy Franklin and Katie Hoff, Bowman gave further insights into his thought process as he prepares to essentially halve his Longhorns roster, needing to drop from 41 swimmers to 22.

“I’ve tried to be as transparent as I can be,” Bowman said. “We just haven’t put our head in the sand and acted like it’s not happening. In the first meeting we talked about it and everyone knows. What we have tried to do is make it as objective as we can. Everybody here has a chance and has had a chance over the last six months to kind of put their best foot forward, and then we kind of look at the numbers.”

The blunt reality, Bowman said, is that if “you haven’t swum a time that would score any points at SECs, you’re not going to be moving forward.” He added, “We’re here to help you with your next thing,” suggesting that he and his staff would coordinate and advocate on behalf of the many Texas swimmers who will undoubtedly enter the transfer portal and seek opportunities to compete at other schools. Bowman added that he hoped to obtain waivers on behalf of his swimmers to enter the transfer portal before its official window to get a head start on finding a new team.

 

Longhorn coach Bob Bowman addresses the roster cap issue starting at 34:00 of the podcast (link above).

 

Expect Team USA to do well in Los Angeles, but this could spell trouble in Brisbane...

 

 

 

 

Hundreds of Times Each Month

 

That's how often the average person's being recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

True originality consists not in a

new manner, but in a new vision.

Edith Newbold Wharton

 

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There's always opposition when you do something big.

I do many things that are controversial.

When people see it, they love it!

Donald John Trump