I just transferred from SFU this year and a main part of it was because of the coaching situation. If I thought I could have been successful there I'd have loved to stay. Great areas to train and a great team. I hope that they can bring someone in so that the distance program turns around. Good luck with everything guys!
Is Catone coaching anywhere these days?
I am sorry but this is bullshit. The way you praise the university reminds of a TV ad directed at brainless drones.
SFU has nothing to do with the real world, unless you become to like it so much you seek a place that resembles SFU and YOU call it "the real world".
This statement has nothing to do with the character or the SFU athletes you mention, which common sense would tell you you cannot generalize about, only assess on a case-by-case basis.
Questionator wrote:
Why would this be a great position?
Anyone?
Does it pay well? Great facilities? Support from the athletic department and administration? Scholarships? Budget? Location? Why is this a great position?
Also let us remember that whenever Saint Francis has a home track meet, Coach Donner has his assistant and volunteer coaches bring all of the Lynix Timing System to their meet and work the entire meet. Go Donner!
These are probably questions that the AD can answer if you are interested in the job.
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Etown info, since we are getting it in bits and pieces:
Male All-American Performances since 2003: 19
Male National Qualifiers in the following years / events:
2009 Outdoor - 800m
2009 Indoor - 800m
2008 Outdoor - 400m, 800m (2), PV, Dec
2008 Indoor - 400, 800, PV
2007 Outdoor - 400, 800, 1500, PV (2), Dec
2007 Indoor - 800, Mile, PV
2006 Outdoor - 100, 800 (2), 1500 (2), PV
2006 Indoor - 400, 800 (2), Mile, DMR, PV
2005 Outdoor - 800, 5000, 10,000, 400H, 4x400, LT, PV, TJ
2005 Indoor - 800, Mile (2), DMR, LJ, TJ
2004 Outdoor - 5000 (2), 10,000, LJ, TJ (2)
2004 Indoor - 5000, LJ, TJ (2)
2003 Indoor - 5000, TJ (2)
2002 Outdoor - 5000
2001 Outdoor - 10,000, Steeple
Female All-American Performances since 2002: 8
Female National Qualifiers in the following years / events:
2009 Outdoor - 5000m, 10,000m
2009 Indoor - Mile
2008 Outdoor - 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m
2008 Indoor - 5000
2007 Outdoor - 10,000
2006 Outdoor - 200m, 4x100, 4x400
2005 Outdoor - 800, 1500, 5000, 10,000
2005 Indoor - 5000, DMR
2004 Outdoor - 5000, 10,000m, 100H, 400H, 4x100
2004 Indoor - 5000, 55H
2003 Outdoor - 100H
2003 Indoor - 55H
2002 Outdoor - 100H
2002 Indoor - 55H
The program is mainly distance oriented, but regularly sends people to Nationals in a variety of events. The 2005 Outdoor group on the men's side stands out as an impressive, well-rounded team. What Straub has done at Etown is impressive.
...especially considering he was hired to start the program from scratch.
I forgot their 400m guy was 3rd or 4th at indoor nationals last year.
If the reason they didn't hire him before is that they thought he wouldn't try to develop a balanced program, that was a very bad decision. His program was a lot better balanced and more successful than Felix's ever was at Frostburg. He must just not talk as fast!
Felix was a sweet talker alright. The king of bullshitting. He came into that interview blowing kisses and giving away free cars.
vacca wrote:
...especially considering he was hired to start the program from scratch.
I forgot their 400m guy was 3rd or 4th at indoor nationals last year.
If the reason they didn\'t hire him before is that they thought he wouldn\'t try to develop a balanced program, that was a very bad decision. His program was a lot better balanced and more successful than Felix\'s ever was at Frostburg. He must just not talk as fast!
Put the Straub thing to rest. Maybe it was a bad decision not to hire him last time, BUT HE HAS NOBODY TO BLAME BUT HIMSELF for messing up the interview royally. He will not be interviewed again.
Please elaborate. Unless you're a SFU admistrator or Straub himself, you don't have much credibility.
Yes, please stop with the Chris Straub nonsense. He is a two time loser at SFU and needs to give it up! I know he's already campaigning HARD for the job and he needs to just stop posting all this stuff about himself on here and LET IT GO!
This is probably one of the idiots who chose Moreno over Straub. I hope he IS hired and you jump/sprint well and eat your words.
He is not mr. personality and obviously that bothered you. He brought a huge binder full of RESULTS. Their sprints/jumps/throws records were all better than ours, do you know what the only aspect of his team didnt have the better records than ours? it was distance and middle distance!
Isn't that what we all want in the end to run/jump/throw better. I would take that a million times then someone who walks around and tells us we can run olympic times and just blows everyone.
I hope the school doesn't hire someone that feeds them bullshit, they would be better off with someone like straub that can put out results.
I heard Scott Simmons was on campus today.
Seriously, why no posting on the NCAA site yet? This job will attract a number of candidates. The sooner they get moving the better pool they will have to choose from.
Whoever they bring in I hope the person makes a long-term decision and SFU experiences success.
Donner is an idiot.
Straub wrote:
Donner is an idiot.
This board is already a cesspool but this post is about as low as it gets. You're not "straub." stop posting inflammatory garbage under other people's names...whoever you are, you deserve to be banned.
letsdodis wrote:
He is not mr. personality and obviously that bothered you. He brought a huge binder full of RESULTS. Their sprints/jumps/throws records were all better than ours, do you know what the only aspect of his team didnt have the better records than ours? it was distance and middle distance!
Isn't that what we all want in the end to run/jump/throw better. I would take that a million times then someone who walks around and tells us we can run olympic times and just blows everyone.
Actually they weren't all better. In fact, many of them were worse than the seasonal bests of athletes on the roster at the time. I don't want to disparage his coaching ability, as I've never been coached by him, but this is a misrepresentation of events. I would agree that he was not a pleasant person to speak to when he came to campus. It seemed like he was talking down to the members of the team. For the runners who were diligent in the classroom and on the track, it felt like a slap in the face.
As a recent alum, I have witnessed some of the team members having free-reign to do as they please and that was allowed under felix, a new coach such as straub is needed. If u think he came off like he was talking down to you maybe it was just a coach that wasn't gonna take shit and thats what sfu needs and the majority of the team wants