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[PaulNewman]

Wall's move to Kenyon makes you wonder where Dan Toulson is going now that he has left Emerson

Wall's lead asst/dir of recruiting.  Kidding (barely).

[mngopher]

Justin Oliver will take over for Wall at St. Olaf. Was associate HC under Wall for a few years before leaving just months ago to start up the program at UW-Stout. Makes sense for Olaf to turn to a familiar face this close to when the season starts. He's somewhat polarizing in MN soccer circles from his days as a player - was known for being a big talker and not the greatest teammate, but had a pretty nice prep career in the Twin Cities and also had some success as a player at St. Thomas. But again, not really much of a chance for a true coaching search less than a month before preseason starts. Interesting that Wall will take on his former team in less than 2 months!

[Gregory Sager]

Well, that sucks for UW-Stout. Could be worse, though, since the Blue Devils don't start play for another year yet. Still, this means that UW-Stout will have to try to get the plane in the air using a shorter runway.

[SimpleCoach]

 Well, H..E... Double Hockey Sticks.  I am coming out of retirement.

SC.

[Gregory Sager]

You'll enjoy it. Menomonie is a nice town, and you're practically a stone's throw away from the Twin Cities.

[PaulNewman]

Wall's move to Kenyon makes you wonder where Dan Toulson is going now that he has left Emerson

Wall's lead asst/dir of recruiting.  Kidding (barely).

The Toulson deal seems very strange and hopefully all is OK.  Maybe he went home to NZ.

Very strange that as of late April he supposedly was looking forward to the 2023 season, and had a nice feature article in April about him and the rise of Emerson soccer in New England Soccer Journal (paywall unfortunately so haven't read it).

I did find this from I think the school paper from late April...

https://berkeleybeacon.com/mens-soccer-looks-towards-toughest-schedule-in-program-history-with-new-roster-coaches/

I may have mentioned this before but Toulson and Wall were contemporaries who played against each other multiple times, with Toulson at CB and Wall of course as an offensive force.  Both were seniors for the 2011 season.

[OWU Dad]

Wow. Had thought Wall would succeed Jay Martin in a few years. Bummer.

[Kuiper]

So, I can't overstate how disappointing I found the article on the website.  I would have rather they posted nothing.  The article hit me as formulaic, obligatory, shallow, anemic, and feeble.  I am hurt as a lover of Kenyon College because I love the College even more than I love the soccer program, and nothing that amateurish, from the school that publishes The Kenyon Review, should ever be associated with Kenyon.  I'm embarrassed for Kenyon.  I hope this post somehow will make it to the Kenyon administration. 

@PaulNewman - I think your post somehow made it to the Kenyon administration, or at least the social media manager for Kenyon soccer (which might be Travis Wall himself right now).  Right after Wall's appointment, Kenyon Men's Soccer posts tributes to both coaches on Instagram.  I don't buy for a second the "It has taken some time to process . . . " language in the Instagram posts.  If Wall had something to do with it, that was pretty smart.  He's got to work with alums and parents and they can't be happy with the way the announcement came down either and Wall needed some closure there before he could take over properly (perhaps especially as an OWU guy). 

Chris Brown
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuzq3bvMqFm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Darren Moore
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu19MJjsu5r/

[PaulNewman]

So, I can't overstate how disappointing I found the article on the website.  I would have rather they posted nothing.  The article hit me as formulaic, obligatory, shallow, anemic, and feeble.  I am hurt as a lover of Kenyon College because I love the College even more than I love the soccer program, and nothing that amateurish, from the school that publishes The Kenyon Review, should ever be associated with Kenyon.  I'm embarrassed for Kenyon.  I hope this post somehow will make it to the Kenyon administration. 

@PaulNewman - I think your post somehow made it to the Kenyon administration, or at least the social media manager for Kenyon soccer (which might be Travis Wall himself right now).  Right after Wall's appointment, Kenyon Men's Soccer posts tributes to both coaches on Instagram.  I don't buy for a second the "It has taken some time to process . . . " language in the Instagram posts.  If Wall had something to do with it, that was pretty smart.  He's got to work with alums and parents and they can't be happy with the way the announcement came down either and Wall needed some closure there before he could take over properly (perhaps especially as an OWU guy). 

Chris Brown
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuzq3bvMqFm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Darren Moore
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu19MJjsu5r/

Thanks for posting this and certainly is interesting.

Wall hasn't even started yet officially so I doubt he authored the posts but I suppose he could have said something.  Also don't think he would have written them as they were written with the odd wording you noted.

The good news despite whatever happened behind the scenes is that they did hire a legit, big-time coach who does have a great opportunity to keep the program rolling strong.

If Kenyon wins a title in the next year or two Brown and Moore should get rings.  I know that's not how it works, but still...

[PaulNewman]

Looked again at the links Kuiper posted...

Most impressive stat imo for Brown is ending his Kenyon career going 47-0-4 in conference.  No one will ever confuse the NCAC with NESCAC, but still, OWU and Denison are legit, and Wabash and DePauw often are pretty strong. 

And the winning % since Moore arrived at .845 is quite competitive with Calvin at .853 over similar span, and I imagine Messiah and Amherst are perhaps even a smidge higher.  Trinity is no doubt up there as well. 

[OWU Dad]

For Brown to go undefeated in conference play is ridiculous. There's always a little bit of randomness to soccer, which is to say the better team doesn't always win. To go 47-0-4 shows that his teams were head and shoulders above the rest of the conference and says a lot about his coaching ability and his program.

[PaulNewman]

For Brown to go undefeated in conference play is ridiculous. There's always a little bit of randomness to soccer, which is to say the better team doesn't always win. To go 47-0-4 shows that his teams were head and shoulders above the rest of the conference and says a lot about his coaching ability and his program.

Thanks OWU Dad....very gracious.

[PaulNewman]

I might have missed Kuiper or someone else posting about it, but just saw another huge hire that happened I think in February.

Alum Sam Koenig returns to Loras as HC.  That should be a nice boost for a program that dipped since Rothert left.

This is one to keep an eye on.

[PaulNewman]

Sam Koenig departs UW-Platteville for Loras

https://letsgopioneers.com/general/2022-23/releases/20230202lug0ib

Yep, here it is.... courtesy of Lonestar

[Kuiper]

University of Chicago hires a new coach.  Phillip Kroft, formerly HC at Johnson & Wales Charlotte, but his connection to U of C likely came via Mike Babst since Kroft was his lead assistant at Davidson under Babst

https://twitter.com/uchicagoath/status/1684223607965351938?s=20