2023 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Scatman007 wrote:

Track12345 wrote:

It's not a problem when young males are giving an opportunity. It shouldn't be a problem when the young female coaches get an opportunity. We need women in the sport especially black women given how much they contribute to this sport. The female athletes bring a lot attention and spotlight to the sport. It's only fair that those who want to pursue coaching be giving a legitimate chance to do so

You're altering the confines of reality of athletics in American Unis

Allow me to educate you:

1) Young males aren't receiving opportunities, especially those of whom lack melanin. This has been so for a long time now. Everyone with eyes knows this. "Opportunity" doesn't exist in a vacuum - it's not limitless. You can't just throw that meaningless word around and hope it amounts to a cogent argument.

2) There are zero standards or at least some SEMBLANCE of a universal standard to which jobs are being attained. Individuals are getting jobs SOLELY because of their "blackness" or "female-ness" or insert whatever useless immutable characteristic we'd like....

3) No one cares about track, especially athletic directors. Track is a net drain on every university. D.I.E. has infected academia pervasively; so, winning and building a great program isn't an actual objective - thereby enter the era of discriminatory playgrounds. Track is the program you can use at your expense for the religious D.I.E. components. Ineptitude abound. Try this garbage in football? And you'll soon end up 1-11 and it WILL affect peoples' jobs.

4) We can judge how well this is working: who are you recruiting, developing and so on?
We can look at the results and see how the growth (or lack thereof) of all-conference, NCAA finalists, Champions. The list goes on. But our society is sh** and only cares about the optics. Real winners care about winning.

5) Not only can one argue there may be an ability gap (men are naturally suited to be better coaches), it's also an INTEREST gap. There simply aren't the same percentage of women relatively to men who are interested in coaching.

6) We get it, you worship at the alter of whatever fundamentalist garbage that allows us, in 2024, to brainwash ourselves to believe that discrimination is somehow permissible. Because hey....more of whatever " I LIKE! ". Blatant racism and sexism is indeed on display, but also we must admit this is a circus with cronyistic overtones as well. Friends hiring friends. Coaches hiring former athletes who've done nothing. The list goes on. Hire whomever you want, I don't care but the charade and circus will continue as normal. Admit what is happening.

I'm not gonna go back and forth and bicker with you because it's obvious where you stand and your myopic racist worldview is certainly the popular and chic one to have. The deluge of other low IQ brainwashed fundamentalist coaches will soon be eager to downvote this post because they contribute NOTHING and have NOTHING better to do.

But understand what IT IS and have the balls to admit it.

Track12345 wrote:

There are many women who are talented like these women. TF/XC is dual gender sport and it shouldn't be monopolize by men.

.Amy Deem

Dana Boone

Caryl Gilbert Smith

Connie Price

Ashely Kavocs

Rhonda Riley

Asha Gibson

Michelle Freeman

Kelsey Riggins

Stefanie Slekis

April Thomas

Jordan Durham

Pauline Banks

Valerie Brown

Chandra Cheseebrough

Althea Thomas

Diljeet Taylor

Maurica Powell

Martha Brennan

Tonja Burford Bailey

Angela Martin

Bambi Brundage

Jatavia Wright

Shannon Hackett

Shelia Burell

Lisa Breznau

Robyne Johnson

Joanna Hayes

Jessica Cousins

Sarah Smith

Stephani Perkins

Rosalind Joseph

Sara Mason Vergote

Lacena Golding-Clarke