[NU Sports] coaches leaving

[Jeff Beamsley]

 Roy,

Why do you think so many coaches are leaving?

Out of pure speculation here seem to be the possible reasons.

1. Pure coincidence.  Coaches move on every year as better opportunities
present themselves.  This just happened to be year when more than normal
promoted themselves.  So this is good news that NU is able to attract good
coaches that prove themselves worthy of more responsibility and get better
jobs.
2. They know something we don't.  Good coaches get recruited every year.
Sometimes they take the offers sometimes they don't.  The fact that a lot of
higher profile NU coaches are taking offers this year may indicate that they
think their negotiating leverage has peaked and the post-Baz years aren't
going to be as good.
3. They are uncertain of RW's future.  Hate to put this one in here because
of the general sensitivity to this discussion on this list - but what the
heck.  If you think the team is going to be bad enough that the head coach
is going to get fired and you aren't in line for succession, you might not
want to deal with the uncertainty of what would happen in a coaching change.
4. Dunbar was the glue that held everything together.  Dunbar leaving had a
greater impact on the coaching staff than it might have seemed.

Whatever the reason, all of these coaches leaving is also a much better
explanation than anything else that I've read about why this year's
recruiting class was weak.  

Jeff


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I wish they played closer to the east coast once in a while, might help
recruit some of the better players over here. 

ANYWAY, our Lacrosse Cats look as formidable as last year, we snuck up on a
few of the Northeast teams, this year It ain't gonna happen, but if their
recent exhibition game is any gauge of their talent, we're again going to
score early and often.

Softball is going to be better again this year, based on some of the
preseason rumblings. The problem on the skin diamond will be the evil empire
to the northeast, Michigan. They appear to be as good this year as they were
last.

I also am curious how the new assistant coaches will slide into place in
Football. When Jeff Genyk left, taking Pete and Feggins, RW shuffled the
assistants, hired a couple of folks to fill in the holes, bringing back a
former grad student who did a decent job with the running backs last year.

We are going to miss James Patton - he recruited Luis Castillo, along with
many of the new up front folks. His work with Zach Streif, Trai Essex,
Ulrich, et.
Al. has definitely borne fruit on Sunday. 

He will be missed.

I was told after Dunbar left that there might be others leaving. I hope
Patton is the only one.

rsl 

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>
> 
> Anyways, is anyone going to see any of our first 22 baseball 
> games, all on 
> the road?
> 
> Jonathan
>


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