[NU Sports] OSU game highlighted Randy Walker's shortcomings

[Hakirsch at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/16/2005 5:58:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, B Schooler 
writes:

> Because Northwestern expects "excellence" in everything it does, including 
> football. A Northwestern education should be an asset during the recruiting 
> process; not a liability. The average SAT for our football team is still 
> probably a little under 1,100; second only to Stanford's. That means our pool of 
> qualified student athletes is plenty big enough to get the athletes, not 
> overachivers, who can comprise "consistent top 10 teams".
> 
> Duke has a basketball program that fields "consistent top 10 teams". 
> Stanford wins the Sears Cup annually; an award that goes to the best overall 
> Division 1A athletic program. Certainly Stanford fields "consistent top 10 teams". 
> Northwestern won the women's Lacrosse National Championship. So Amonte-Hiller 
> has fielded "consistent top 10 teams". And Northwestern football was a top 
> ten team in 1995; so why can't that happen consistently? It's a matter of 
> expectations. And Northwestern expects excellence in everything it does. Football 
> should be no different. It can be done. It has been done. I agree with Alan 
> Abrahamson. "Wildcat fans ought to reasonably expect eight or nine wins a year 
> and a bowl game without compromising the consistent excellence in academics 
> the university has always stood for and must always stand for."
> 
> Bob Schooler
> 

B-ball is  a  lot different--if you recruit a few top guys , you can be  top 
ten, not football- you need a lot more players and a lot more depth, since 
they get injured a heck of a lot more

All i can say is good luck for NU being THE exception in football--Stanford 
has great weather and can't recruit the guys to be  consistently in the top 10 
, Vandy can't do it--Rice can't , Tulane can't -I suppose if we wanted to 
spend top $ and had a huge coaching name,  and terrific  athletic facilities we 
might--but I don't want to have NU spend money like the big time programs--it is 
inconsistent with NU's values-- Also remember Stanford even had Bill Walsh a 
second time after he became a legend and they went nowhere

Harry