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Post by jim64 on Sept 8, 2019 18:36:21 GMT -5
 ? Dennis Wagner was a heckuva lot worse Bill Bliel had one good year Kent Briggs had one decent year Hodgins had 3 decent years Who would come to Western if Speirs is fired??? Who?? WESTERN IS A SUB 500 PROGRAM LIFE TIME WATERS IS ONLY COACH TO WIN WITH NOTHING AS RESOURCES NO BIG CAT MONEY NO WEIGHT ROOM SO YOU TELL WHO COMES IN NEXT Get real. There's lots of good assistants out there in FBS programs that want to make a name and would put their name in the pot. We didn't think many would be interested in the basketball program, and look who we got. The pay is competitive in the SoCon, but no need to banter around names, as Speir has the position tied up for the next 5 years. Period. He aint gonna quit, and WCU has a tough time coming up with the money to pressure wash the east stands, so I know they don't have around $1 million to buy him out. The only way Coach Speir will leave WCU is for him to resign. He is not enhancing his future opportunities in Football by staying at WCU & he is not helping WCU’s Football Program to succeed. Do I think he will resign, don’t think he’ll resign because his ego supersedes his reasoning. I agree that Eaton should be replaced for his inability to run a successful Athletic Program. The first step in correcting the situation that has been created by Eaton is to show him the door. |
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Post by Guest too on Sept 8, 2019 19:03:38 GMT -5
Nothing has changed in Cullowhee with athletics in the last 50 years, except the faces. Nothing is going to change in the next 50 years. The BoT likes the status quo, and nobody is going to hire a chancellor that will upset the apple cart in Cullowhee.
To make changes, you have to have a willing chancellor and a willing BoT, that has never happened at WCU. If you recall, facilities got so bad that johnny bardo was willing to float bonds to upgrade and build some new facilities about 15 years ago. That ain't going to happen anytime too soon again. WCU does not need athletics as a front porch, as we get more applications than we can handle now, so we're all just talking to let off steam, and we all know nothing will change in athletics. Even if some of the faces change, the paradigm that athletics finds itself in, is not going to change.
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Post by hickorypat on Sept 11, 2019 13:34:29 GMT -5
Folks, read the featured article about Dr. Brown in the Fall edition of WCU Magazine (Alumni Magazine). This lady is different, and that is a great thing for WCU athletics. Read the article and you will understand what I’m saying.
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Post by wcu77 on Sept 11, 2019 14:52:20 GMT -5
Honest question here......What did you read to give that impression? I read the article and while she has an unusual background with rodeo, 4-h etc, and unless I managed to miss it, saw nothing about athletics being important to her.
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Post by wcu72 on Sept 11, 2019 15:45:21 GMT -5
I too saw nothing in the article that would lead me to believe she would be great for athletics, or even good for athletics. My main thought after finishing reading it was that she never got her cowboy. Nothing in the article even implies she's even interested in athletics. As I see it, as Belcher was interested in the arts, she'll focus on health service.
I will say that 32 years ago, she was a very attractive lady.
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Post by SCCat66 on Sept 11, 2019 16:08:52 GMT -5
Folks, read the featured article about Dr. Brown in the Fall edition of WCU Magazine (Alumni Magazine). This lady is different, and that is a great thing for WCU athletics. Read the article and you will understand what I’m saying. I read the article and I agree with 77 and 72... I saw nothing in there that led me to believe she has any particular interest in NCAA athletics at WCU. Of course, I did not read between the lines, which you obviously did... |
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Post by hickorypat on Sept 11, 2019 18:31:03 GMT -5
First off, Dr. Brown did not come from a privileged background, unlike many Academics. Secondly, she was an Equestrian, AN ATHLETE. Third, she cleaned teeth as a dental hygienist by day and a student by night, and that displays a strong work ethic and desire to rise. Connect the dots. We are in good hands.
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Post by wcu77 on Sept 11, 2019 19:40:15 GMT -5
She may turn out to be a great leader for the university and I hope so, but none of that means she will make big changes and improvements, or that she is even a big supporter of the athletic programs. She rode horses in rodeo and other events and worked hard to advance in her career but there are lots of people who have similar experiences with hard work growing up and then to succeed in their chosen careers and could not care less about athletics. Athletics is not even mentioned in the article that I recall.
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Post by hickorypat on Sept 11, 2019 20:13:39 GMT -5
77, with all due respect, “Athletics” dominated the first 20% of the feature. Dr. Brown was an EQUESTRIAN that participated in RODEOS. Most people have not been to a rodeo, so I understand that people that don’t understand that this is a Sport. I’m not a big rodeo person, but the people that participate in these events are definitely ATHLETES. For goodness sake, Equestrian events are part of the Olympic Games. The point is Dr. Brown knows what it takes to wake up early, travel great distances, put in an amazing amount of time, and go to bed late and tired from doing something that is physically demanding. The last time I thought about it, that checks all the boxes of the elements required to be an ELITE ATHLETE.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 11, 2019 20:32:41 GMT -5
77, with all due respect, “Athletics” dominated the first 20% of the feature. Dr. Brown was an EQUESTRIAN that participated in RODEOS. Most people have not been to a rodeo, so I understand that people that don’t understand that this is a Sport. I’m not a big rodeo person, but the people that participate in these events are definitely ATHLETES. For goodness sake, Equestrian events are part of the Olympic Games. The point is Dr. Brown knows what it takes to wake up early, travel great distances, put in an amazing amount of time, and go to bed late and tired from doing something that is physically demanding. The last time I thought about it, that checks all the boxes of the elements required to be an ELITE ATHLETE. What you say is true to a point, but none of that means she gives a rip about college athletics, and college football in particular. I hope she does, but I think you're reading too much into her days of "looking for a cowboy". |
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