The Nike pro team has nothing to do with who sponsors the school. The team is already starting to move to the area. Others have agreed and will join after the season is over. You would be shocked the other two people who interviewed
By the way, people getting into Berkeley and Stanford aren't getting rejected at Cal Poly. I knew multiple mediocre students who got into Cal Poly but not Berkeley and absolutely not Stanford. Who are you kidding?
not true. i have 3 friends this year that got rejected from cp and accepted into berkeley psych, stanford chem engineering, and stanford mech engineering respectively. not kidding anyone. maybe my experience and understanding is an outlier but ive known at least 6 or 7 people directly who i can think of in the last 3-4 years.
Cal Poly is in the Cal State system, which is a crap show. He will learn fast how hard it is to work in a union school where nothing gets done, admission applications get lost, and scholarships take 2-3 weeks to get written. A system that works as slow as a snail. Not to mention the constant issues with budget and approval to fly to "banned states" by the Csu system. Your not even allowed to attend the coaches convention in Texas without special permission. It is not the SEC and he will really struggle to get the same results with a way less efficient machine. Very hard to get in foreigner's. Admissions is difficult. Hard to recruit minority athletes there. Budgets are way lack luster. But it is a beautiful place with nice wine. Good place for a retirement job and to be with family. Not a place to be a national power.
You fart sniffers realize Mrs. Vanhoy is a successful coach in her own right...right? She was a distance assistant at Columbia & the women's distance coach at Wake Forest before joining Vanhoy in Oxford to get married and start a family. This way, he can hire her & they don't have to raise their family in the south. They've already proven they can coach - now they prove they can run a program (even if it won't be SEC or Stanford successful) & punch their ticket to a P5 director position in the next five or so years before mid-majors fall apart.
The Nike pro team has nothing to do with who sponsors the school. The team is already starting to move to the area. Others have agreed and will join after the season is over. You would be shocked the other two people who interviewed
Where is the Shadow Lurker when you need him?
Heard my name I did. Fear not young padowan. Lance Harter & Dave Smith are the other two.
If Lance truly was a candidate, what a great place to retire. It would be a great set up for him. Potentially a lot less pressure to produce, enjoy coaching the sport, and the climate is much better.
Cal Poly is in the Cal State system, which is a crap show. He will learn fast how hard it is to work in a union school where nothing gets done, admission applications get lost, and scholarships take 2-3 weeks to get written. A system that works as slow as a snail. Not to mention the constant issues with budget and approval to fly to "banned states" by the Csu system. Your not even allowed to attend the coaches convention in Texas without special permission. It is not the SEC and he will really struggle to get the same results with a way less efficient machine. Very hard to get in foreigner's. Admissions is difficult. Hard to recruit minority athletes there. Budgets are way lack luster. But it is a beautiful place with nice wine. Good place for a retirement job and to be with family. Not a place to be a national power.
Can't argue with a lot of what you wrote. To a large degree much of it is true though you do seem a bit bitter. I work in the system and it's all doable, you just have to work harder than you realistically should.
Budget won't be the same... but there aren't many places that aren't in the SEC or the B10 that this isn't an issue.
The one thing I'm not sure I agree with is the whole 'banned states' issue. At least in my experience I have never had an issue with it (ever)... it's actually never been mentioned to me.
I do know that at least in the past SLO has been all in for distance... they have little interest in track so if you are a distance coach that's a plus.
Last thing I'll add is didn't he come from Old Mis? Are they a national power? It will be no harder for him to build a national power at SLO than it was at Old Mis.. won't be easy but can't be much harder.
Those are facts. Nobody is getting rejected at Cal Poly and accepted at Stanford. Stanford rejects hundreds of kids with 36 ACT scores. Cal Poly rejects nobody with a 36.
By the way, people getting into Berkeley and Stanford aren't getting rejected at Cal Poly. I knew multiple mediocre students who got into Cal Poly but not Berkeley and absolutely not Stanford. Who are you kidding?
Check Cal's results. Getting outrecruited by Cal would be very low on my "list of worries that keep Coach up at night".
This is exciting for SLO! The top California HS runners who are also top students usually pick Stanford. If there’s another really good college program in the state, it will attract lots of the other top California prep runners. This was the case with UC Irvine in the mid-80’s and Cal Poly Pomona and SLO from time to time. I’d guess that all the best mid distance runners on the West Coast are gunna take a hard look…
If Lance truly was a candidate, what a great place to retire. It would be a great set up for him. Potentially a lot less pressure to produce, enjoy coaching the sport, and the climate is much better.
Lance Harter coached at Cal Poly prior to Arkansas.