gozips19 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 per gozips.comjulie jones was named head softball coach. she was the head coach from cleveland state and has lead them to ncaa bids in the past. this is a great hire as she is established in the area and is from the akron area (garfield H.S.) i also like that the article points that she's done everything from budgets to fundraising! the softball team was on its way up and will only get better with this hire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Well...I'm overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to the new coach! Actually, I'm concerned that getting a coach with such a long background in NEO -- and an overall losing record in eight years at CSU -- may be an indicator that there were few (at least good) national or regional candidates. That could be the outcome of the Julie Wright fiasco. It appears to me that Wright's departure was due to the AD's refusal to raise the pay standards for the coach and her assistants, and I fear that softball may be one of the places that is still seen as a place to cut corners. The new WBB coach must have gotten raises for her assistants, as the new crew (especially the #2, who's an ex-D-2 HC) appears to have more experience than the last, which was made up largely of ex-HS coaches. Scimping on assistant coaches and recruiting for non-revenue sports may seem the right thing in the short term, but its no way to build an athletic program that will place us in a position to move up when or if the eventuality comes and we have a shot at a BCS conference. IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Well...I'm overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to the new coach! Actually, I'm concerned that getting a coach with such a long background in NEO -- and an overall losing record in eight years at CSU -- may be an indicator that there were few (at least good) national or regional candidates. That could be the outcome of the Julie Wright fiasco. It appears to me that Wright's departure was due to the AD's refusal to raise the pay standards for the coach and her assistants, and I fear that softball may be one of the places that is still seen as a place to cut corners. The new WBB coach must have gotten raises for her assistants, as the new crew (especially the #2, who's an ex-D-2 HC) appears to have more experience than the last, which was made up largely of ex-HS coaches. Scimping on assistant coaches and recruiting for non-revenue sports may seem the right thing in the short term, but its no way to build an athletic program that will place us in a position to move up when or if the eventuality comes and we have a shot at a BCS conference. IMHO. I agree with what you are saying to a point ZIP. Not the way to run a long term program. However, if we have limited resources, I would rather put all of those resources into the marquee programs. If it comes down to a few extra bucks for softball or football or bball I vote to put the money there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 We don't have the resources to spread the wealth to every nonrevenue sport. Our ticket sales are pathetic. We have to cut corners somewhere and I don't want it to be in football or basketball. The sports that are going to carry us are football and men's and women's basketball. Success in those sports will result in more revenue, which will then help us fund other sports. Nobody really cares if we have a good golf team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balki Bartokomous Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 the women could win a national title and they will still bring in less money than the AD would get by selling plasma twice a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 yeah, but we'd still have a national title and that would be more than what the money makers would achieve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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