Canadian distance runners are the best recruits!

Troy Smith sucks tho.

Ehhhhhh?

oot and aboot

I can believe this. It's well known in baseball scouting circles that if a northern-raised player and a southern-raised player are equally good at the same age, always bet on the northern kid because he's had less time to practice growing up.

"Great investments."

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Equal= great stride, power/wight, work ethic.

Lousy investments = too much lower body weight, poor stride, worries over social life.

Bump

Better public schools=better students, no question.

And Canadian kids probably succeed in the NCAA at a far higher rate per capita than kids from other states (and Canada is really no bigger than a large state, in population terms-- i.e. right between California and Texas-- although without the many benefits of density).

The only downside of recruiting Canadians is that, because they don't pay much to go to school at home, they tend to cost more (i.e. they don't want to spend more than it would cost them to stay home). They also tend to expect higher academic standards, there being no truly bad universities, at least by U.S. standards, in Canada. Granted, there are only 3 in the league of the BEST U.S. schools; but, the spread from best to worst is nowhere near that of the U.S.

You could probably throw Australian's into the mix on this one too. I'm sure there haven't been too many complaints about them either. Very similar nature

Canadians won the Men's 800m and 1500m in the SEC Outdoor Champs.

I'd say Johnny Mac would agree with you. Bunston and Hood became legends in F'ville. Warhurst up north would likely join the accordance party.

Canadians shouldn't be allowed in the NCAA - don't they have their own schools to attend? They are no different than africans and others - taking away scholarship money from deserving Americans.

Since the CIS is supposedly better than the NCAA anyway, according to coaches in the CIS anyway, ALL athletes should stay up in Canada - simply refuse entry at the border unless they can prove dual citizenship.

1. Better prepared academically due to better public schools.

2. Probably better coached if they were part of the Can club system.

3. Likely not over-raced - no insane high school dual meet system.

Carrie Main wrote:

1. Better prepared academically due to better public schools.

2. Probably better coached if they were part of the Can club system.

3. Likely not over-raced - no insane high school dual meet system.

4. More polite.

How does Kendra Schaaf fit this narrative? Obviously some good results, but bounced around a bit and had the issues.

I had very good luck with Swedish recruits. Smart and hard working (had a female graduate with a 4.0 GPA)- also a smidge older than traditional freshmen- maturity goes a long way

I couldn't agree more with this post. Many talented runners are up north. Great talent in many of the provinces especially Ontario. Ontario's Provincial Championships (OFSAA), is the second biggest track & field meet in North America just behind the California CIF State Track and Field Championships.

takeoff wrote:

How does Kendra Schaaf fit this narrative? Obviously some good results, but bounced around a bit and had the issues.

What? You mean all Canadians aren't perfect recruits? How could it be?

By the way, she did win the NCAA Div I XC before having problems.

takeoff wrote:

How does Kendra Schaaf fit this narrative? Obviously some good results, but bounced around a bit and had the issues.

How can you say something like that? Completely ignorant of you. Get the facts straight before you start pointing fingers you tard.

Let's see how:

Knight does in Syracuse

Allen does at Iona

Cooper does in Georgetown

And

Preisner does at Tulsa

We will know soon enough...

On a side note, I would love to see either Guelph or Laval enter the NCAA div 1.

It would be the best of both worlds

Canadians would no longer "steel" scholarships

Canadians would have the opportunity to compete against a much bigger pool of athletes (in football, track, swimming...) while staying in Canada.