FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

"I see what you did there..."

That gets you a +K

[OxyBob]

Oxy football is now 2-0 this season on Saturdays when they don't play a game.

Here is a copy of the letter sent by parents of Oxy players to the Board of Trustees:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xcmu2sCn5fOE5rSXlMN0ZVM28/view?usp=sharing

Comment: Fiasco.

OxyBob

[RFB]

Oxy football is now 2-0 this season on Saturdays when they don't play a game.

Here is a copy of the letter sent by parents of Oxy players to the Board of Trustees:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xcmu2sCn5fOE5rSXlMN0ZVM28/view?usp=sharing

Comment: Fiasco.

OxyBob

Geez. How did she get the job in the first place? They need to go back and investigate the hiring process that allowed her into the position.

[OxyBob]

Geez. How did she get the job in the first place?

Never could I have believed Caltech would have a better athletic department than Oxy.

OxyBob

[Gray Fox]

Oxy football is now 2-0 this season on Saturdays when they don't play a game.

Here is a copy of the letter sent by parents of Oxy players to the Board of Trustees:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xcmu2sCn5fOE5rSXlMN0ZVM28/view?usp=sharing

Comment: Fiasco.

OxyBob

Geez. How did she get the job in the first place? They need to go back and investigate the hiring process that allowed her into the position.

She turned the women's basketball team around when she was hired to coach.  She has reached her level of incompetence.

[Gray Fox]

Pat,
The letter uses the word "forfeit"  but you are calling it "cancelled"  I think there is a big difference.

GF

[MonroviaCat]

Pat,
The letter uses the word "forfeit"  but you are calling it "cancelled"  I think there is a big difference.

GF

I believe that NCAA rules do not allow a forfeit if the team does not take the field.....or at least that's what I think I heard Pat say on a podcast...

[Pat Coleman]

Pat,
The letter uses the word "forfeit"  but you are calling it "cancelled"  I think there is a big difference.

GF

Yes. Occidental initially also used the word "forfeit" but since that is actually not how the NCAA operates, it was right to change it to the proper terminology. You cannot forfeit or claim a forfeit win of a game that never started.

[Gray Fox]

Thank you, Pat.

[Purple Heys]

Oxy football is now 2-0 this season on Saturdays when they don't play a game.

Here is a copy of the letter sent by parents of Oxy players to the Board of Trustees:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xcmu2sCn5fOE5rSXlMN0ZVM28/view?usp=sharing

Comment: Fiasco.

OxyBob

In contrast, Whittier is making an effort to support their athletic teams and coaches.  New improvements to the football field, the track, the baseball facilities, and other ancillary improvements demonstrate the commitment by AD Coleman and his staff and support from the WC Administration.  It might not be as good as at other schools, but it is indisputably moving in favor of the athletes and the coaches.

Maybe some Oxy kids might find a better environment a little further south on I-5.

[CalCat]

Oxy football is now 2-0 this season on Saturdays when they don't play a game.

Here is a copy of the letter sent by parents of Oxy players to the Board of Trustees:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xcmu2sCn5fOE5rSXlMN0ZVM28/view?usp=sharing

Comment: Fiasco.

OxyBob

In contrast, Whittier is making an effort to support their athletic teams and coaches.  New improvements to the football field, the track, the baseball facilities, and other ancillary improvements demonstrate the commitment by AD Coleman and his staff and support from the WC Administration.  It might not be as good as at other schools, but it is indisputably moving in favor of the athletes and the coaches.

Maybe some Oxy kids might find a better environment a little further south on I-5.

Hey...if the shoe fits !

[Gray Fox]

CalCat

You took the words out of my mouth.

[Purple Heys]

Athletic Directors do not need to be jerks...

Whittier may have a ways to go but the direction overall is at least up with respect to supporting their athletes and athletics in general and it's nice to see.  AD Robert Coleman knows athletes in the programs by name, makes it a priority to attend games, meets, matches...and found the time to travel to Whitworth to watch the season opener.  I've met him and I know he's sincere about building every program onto a competitive footing.  They have an Athletic Leadership council and training group designed to help develop a winning culture.  This does not guarantee league titles, but it certainly doesn't hurt the pursuit.

On another note, my oldest son played at a school in the midwest where the team suffered a horredous conference play losing streak, they finally broke it on the last home game of his senior year.  After the game was long over, the AD ordered to scoreboard left on overnight.  When my son and the other seniors went to the field after midnight to have a beer at midfield and celebrate, after a bit of time someone walk out to the field...they figured they were going to be chased off.  Nope, it was the AD.  He cracked open a beer and toasted the day with them.  One of the best nights of my son's college experience.

[Jack Parkman]

This is obviously not about football but this is not the first time Oxy has had trouble dealing with some of their leadership.

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/22/sports/sp-oxy22

This happened my senior year and I believe the coach was gone after the season (there is no history section on the Oxy website).

Whatever happens, I think the AD has set out some irreparable comments and actions.  It is too bad for the kids on the team and the parents that are spending a lot of money for their kids to get a first class education while playing a game they all love.  Hopefully everything gets figured out sooner than later.

[Gray Fox]

It looks like CMS and Redlands are doing something right about athletics.
All the SCIAC schools should find out what they are doing.

http://www.thesciac.org/information/allsports/past%20winners

Later years seem to have the same pattern.