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Post by Willie on Jun 11, 2020 21:37:17 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Jun 11, 2020 21:34:13 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Jun 5, 2020 12:44:04 GMT -5
I'm thinking we add men's and women's lacrosse. We already have the facilities that aren't used in the spring. It's popularity is growing. Each team typically has 48 players with only 12.6 scholarships spread out. It's an equivalency sport which means all scholarships are not full scholarships and coaches can divide the value between as many players as they see fit. So we would increase enrollment by adding these sports as each team would basically add 36 full-time paying students. In theory that makes a lot of sense but I don't think that will factor into the decision. The same thing could be said for swimming and diving as well as both tennis programs. They all brought in revenue by increasing enrollment because none of our players were full ride athletes. Our athletic department gets that. Our faculty union does not and that is where the problem is. They look at the "X" amount of dollars of money Wright State spends on sports and see that as money that should be going towards their salary and benefits. They don't acknowledge that these sports increase enrollment and end up making us money. They don't acknowledge that our athletics brings in 5 times what they cost in positive PR for the university which also increases enrollment. They just don't care and unfortunately until Wright State gets it's finances in better footing I think Bob Grant is going to be forced to go the cheapest route possible. Men's tennis requires a minimum 4.5 scholarships. Women's tennis requires a minimum 8 scholarships. Women's golf requires a minimum of 6 scholarships. Travel costs for those sports is pretty low since the number of members on each team is low and you only need 1 coach for each team. Travel costs for Lacrosse is going to be a great deal higher just because of the large number of players and coaches we will need to transport. The extra salary needed for the extra coaches (1 coach for a golf team vs multiple coaches for a lacrosse team) is also a factor that doesn't work in lacrosse's favor. I think lacrosse would be a great sport for the university and could even get some fan support from the student body. I just see our athletic department finances being limited too much in the next few years due to our university's finances and how much our faculty unions is messing with athletics. Unfortunately I also see this as another black eye that is going to negatively affect our coaches ability on the recruiting front in our other sports. You know damn well every coach recruiting against us for a basketball/baseball/soccer, etc recruit is telling that recruit that you don't want to go to Wright State because Wright State might have to drop out of D1 or drop sports all together in the future.
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Post by Willie on Jun 5, 2020 11:52:07 GMT -5
Bringing back the tennis programs and adding women's golf seems like the most effective route in the future.
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Post by Willie on Jun 5, 2020 11:50:41 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on May 29, 2020 9:16:42 GMT -5
This is a decent tournament for WSU. Being in Nashville, the travel cost should be low for us and the competition is all decent and beatable. Here are those schools NET from last season: Georgia St 134 Valpo 138 Towson 154
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Post by Willie on May 29, 2020 9:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Apr 25, 2020 12:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Apr 16, 2020 20:49:16 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Apr 16, 2020 20:47:36 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Apr 12, 2020 11:47:12 GMT -5
My guess is that Detroit will be looking for a new coach in the next 2 years. Davis has done a horrible job since taking over. He puts together an impossible OOC schedule for them. He isn't winning games. He can't recruit and he doesn't coach from the sideline. He just lets his kid do whatever he wants on the court.
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Post by Willie on Apr 12, 2020 11:44:16 GMT -5
Grant has done a really nice job for Wright State considering all of the financial constraints he has. We are lucky to have him.
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Post by Willie on Mar 10, 2020 21:52:30 GMT -5
well I just flipped on ESPN and saw that for the third time in four years one team is representing the hl in the NCAA. and it isn’t us. we have watched a team with 6-7 years of div i time become the premier team in our league. I just wish that pissed off more people than just me!! Abut hey, at least there is the nit!! Everyone here is pissed off. There isn't a single fan happy with what happened last night but most of us decide to be civil in the way we respond to it.
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Post by Willie on Feb 29, 2020 0:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by Willie on Feb 29, 2020 0:16:25 GMT -5
Cole Gentry now needs 20 points to reach 1,000 in his career at Wright State. Billy Wampler needs six points.
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