Confirmed by LRC: UCLA track coach, Sean Brosnan, won't return to UCLA for year #2

Where Have U Been wrote:

GermanFernandezDaGOAT wrote:

Mia Barnett has entered the transfer portal according to thestridereport. Interesting

Sam McDonnell has now also entered the transfer portal. If anything, both of them entering the portal is even more evidence against Brosnan, as the argument everyone's made for their extremely sketchy transfers is that it was to go back to their hometown school. Now both will either have to return to their previous institutions (certainly not happening), or they'll both have to sit out a full year of eligibility. So, in the end, Brosnan gets fired for illegally recruiting athletes, the school doesn't get to keep those athletes, and the athletes have to sit out a year as punishment for engaging in NCAA violations. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, it's pretty obvious that the NCAA told UCLA to handle things on their own, or they'd come down with their own hammer.

Vidiot2 wrote:

TMADDDHASFNE wrote:

Probably offended someone in the world ultra woke academia.

Academia is one of the most intolerant and stifling places to work these days. Take it from an insider witness to the madness that is harming the youth of America.

Odds may well support this theory. Could also be that he is too 'white' (whatever that means). Wouldn't be surprised if administrators at UCLA have race quotas and he had to be sacrificed to make room for a 'white' person in some other sport or department.

UCLA is a massive communist parasite for the people of California. Forces hardworking people to fork over dough with the main results being the creation of thousands of confused and deranged graduates and the enrichment of over 26,000 administrators who outnumber the crumby teachers more than 6 to 1. What a joke!

This is an opinion shared by many of my friends who are graduates. And I don't say that without receipts -- I went to school with a 'history' guy who went to grad school there and teaches there. The guy went to China to learn how to incorporate Maoism into his teaching. Wears a cap with a red star and the whole bit -- big BLM monger too. Wound up dating and living with one of his students who was equally unhinged. Got mad at me a few years ago when I reminded him in public that he had privately appraised most of his students as 'virtually illiterate'. But I digress...

All of which to say, this must be a bummer from Brosnan, who seems as pasisionate as anyone about coaching, but at least he'll be able to sleep at night knowing he can get a job working for people who pay him voluntarily instead of being a leech to the exploited taxpayers.

No dog in this hunt wrote:

Vidiot2 wrote:

Odds may well support this theory. Could also be that he is too 'white' (whatever that means). Wouldn't be surprised if administrators at UCLA have race quotas and he had to be sacrificed to make room for a 'white' person in some other sport or department.

UCLA is a massive communist parasite for the people of California. Forces hardworking people to fork over dough with the main results being the creation of thousands of confused and deranged graduates and the enrichment of over 26,000 administrators who outnumber the crumby teachers more than 6 to 1. What a joke!

This is an opinion shared by many of my friends who are graduates. And I don't say that without receipts -- I went to school with a 'history' guy who went to grad school there and teaches there. The guy went to China to learn how to incorporate Maoism into his teaching. Wears a cap with a red star and the whole bit -- big BLM monger too. Wound up dating and living with one of his students who was equally unhinged. Got mad at me a few years ago when I reminded him in public that he had privately appraised most of his students as 'virtually illiterate'. But I digress...

All of which to say, this must be a bummer from Brosnan, who seems as pasisionate as anyone about coaching, but at least he'll be able to sleep at night knowing he can get a job working for people who pay him voluntarily instead of being a leech to the exploited taxpayers.

Just sit down. You're batshyt cray.

Vidiot2 wrote:

No dog in this hunt wrote:

Just sit down. You're batshyt cray.

How about instead of calling names you stand up and explain exactly what you see as 'crazy' and why.

Are you objecting to the idea that government schools might have race quotas for both employees and students?

Are you objecting to the idea that UCLA worse than a 6-1 administrative to teaching staff ratio? It might also interest you to know that UCLA spends something like 30% more than USC to administer virtually the same menu of programs (this includes expensive ones like medical schools, film schools, etc...) and it isn't like USC is the paradigm of efficiency.

Are you objecting to the fact that some of my friends who went there and teach there are self-proclaimed communists who have said it is full of students who can barely read and write, many of whom are doing asinine degrees like sociology or business on the taxpayer dime.

Are you objecting to the idea that folks who take their salaries from people who are being threatened with imprisonment if they don't pay should feel more than a little bit bad about accepting the money (and better about working for people who pay them voluntarily)?

UCLA likes being bad wrote:

ucla not the problem wrote:

There is nothing wrong with UCLA. Yes, they focus on sprints but with their history of Olympians and gold medalists it is understandable. There are still scholarships into distance.

It has been a coach problem, not a UCLA problem. If they landed Joe Franklin, for example, their distance team would be outstanding.

Brosnan was not the solution. His athletes did not improve much, any D3 coach from a national qualifying team could have done a better job developing the UCLA athletes than Brosnan. He landed some good transfers (by breaking NCAA rules) but he did not have success recruiting out of high school.

UCLA is better off without Brosnan.

Brosnan is better off without UCLA. He built them to being relevant in one year.
I was starting to think UCLA could maybe be good at distance running. Now it’s back to business as usual. They got recent transfers at UCLA for the excitement Brosnan was bringing.
UCLA was a great team In the 70’s and I think the 80’s and that’s now over. The administration has spoken loud and clear. They don’t give a damn. Westwood will always be a death march for distance running. They were handed one of the best distance coaches in the country and blew it. I guess it’s not a surprise coming from a UCLA. They are really out of touch and have been for a long time now.
That being said, Brosnan is not good at working with people like UCLA admin. He requires support and wanting to win. UCLA does not want to be great at cross country and Track. They want someone to be quiet and get their qualifications to check off boxes. That’s not Brosnan at all. He’ll never be that coach. The UC system is a terrible match for him. He doesn’t care what people think and wants to win and UCLA just wants to fill quotas over actually being good.

Sam Gilbert wrote:

UCLA admin is definitely the problem. They have no idea what it takes to put a successful team on the track and the years have proven it. It is not hard to clock, nor hard to see. They have let talent walk away and wonder why they do not succeed. You simply cannot make chicken soup out of chicken $hit! Letting good coaches walk away, and subsequently good athletes is stupid and here we are. No coaches, and mediocre talent. Someone mentioned a focus on sprints, and that has not been the case since Maynard was fired. The The hiring of Brosnan was on par with the direction Coach Anderson agreed to take the program. A plan that was dead on arrival but made the administration feel good. A lot of talk about inexperienced coaches here but what about inexperienced admin? Under this admin, I believe it a Gavin Crew, they have fired Maynard, hired Anderson, let Anglerne Annelus and Rai Benjamin transfer to USC, let John Frazier walk away to Texas State and take his top thrower with him, had no local recruiting presence, did nothing beyond a couple of 4x4s, and Shae Anderson who they let her father coach her. Who continues to bad mouth the staff. And a bunch of other fiasco's culminating in the hiring and firing of Brosnan and more talent drain. The admin gets a pass, and the coaches take the blame, and it is the admin that has failed the legacy of the programs, plural because somehow they wrecked the women's team too, despite the talent there. And I left out a number of coaching changes in the last 6 or 7 years

Fullofbs wrote:

Where Have U Been wrote:

Sam McDonnell has now also entered the transfer portal. If anything, both of them entering the portal is even more evidence against Brosnan, as the argument everyone's made for their extremely sketchy transfers is that it was to go back to their hometown school. Now both will either have to return to their previous institutions (certainly not happening), or they'll both have to sit out a full year of eligibility. So, in the end, Brosnan gets fired for illegally recruiting athletes, the school doesn't get to keep those athletes, and the athletes have to sit out a year as punishment for engaging in NCAA violations. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, it's pretty obvious that the NCAA told UCLA to handle things on their own, or they'd come down with their own hammer.

Where are you seeing that Sam McDonnell has entered the transfer portal?