The NAIA is well aware of the shoe rules. It's very accessible on the track and field coaches corner website. The championship sport manager even sent an email to coaches in December as a reminder of rule changes.
I have went back through my email and I 1000% did not get that email. I found the stuff on the coaches corner tho. A coach from the KCAC told me my athletes will definitely get DQ'd at conference if they wear super shoes so I guess that's that.
You need to reach out to Sam and get on her email list because there was an email. Further, NAIA follows NCAA rules, unless specifically voted upon a difference. So all coaches should know not to allow their athletes to wear the super shoes. GVSU has been doing shoes checks all indoor season.
It's hard to give an answer for what never happened, but for people who want to continue to repeat false narratives, go for it. Resigning from an incompetent athletic department that refused to actively take steps to remove the influence of the Johnsons over their program and who hamstrung the coach brought in to clean up the mess left by Johnsons sounds a little different than "Josh got fired because of whatever reason is convenient to throw out there and slander his reputation."
Josh has openly said that he lost a lot of his want to coach at Huntington.
I don’t think he realized coming in how difficult of a job it was going to be. He said he was really struggling to get recruits on campus because of Huntington’s reputation (especially women).
I understand that he should’ve figured the job was going to be difficult, but he did not get fired and ultimately took the highest paying job because he has a family to take care of.
Josh has openly said that he lost a lot of his want to coach at Huntington.
I don’t think he realized coming in how difficult of a job it was going to be. He said he was really struggling to get recruits on campus because of Huntington’s reputation (especially women).
I understand that he should’ve figured the job was going to be difficult, but he did not get fired and ultimately took the highest paying job because he has a family to take care of.
Josh has openly said that he lost a lot of his want to coach at Huntington.
I don’t think he realized coming in how difficult of a job it was going to be. He said he was really struggling to get recruits on campus because of Huntington’s reputation (especially women).
I understand that he should’ve figured the job was going to be difficult, but he did not get fired and ultimately took the highest paying job because he has a family to take care of.
Real story? Talk to Coach Roark
Roark continued to let the Johnson’s have access to the program because he wanted to win. I could care less about his side of the story because he’s a part of the problem. Regardless of what happened, if your most vocal critics are Johnson/Wiley sympathizers, I’m inclined to take your side.
The guy isn’t even a coach any more so nobody really cares at this point. Let him live his life and quit using this thread to try to slander him.
Roark continued to let the Johnson’s have access to the program because he wanted to win. I could care less about his side of the story because he’s a part of the problem. Regardless of what happened, if your most vocal critics are Johnson/Wiley sympathizers, I’m inclined to take your side.
The guy isn’t even a coach any more so nobody really cares at this point. Let him live his life and quit using this thread to try to slander him.
The issues with Josh and Huntington went well beyond the Johnson’s/Wiley and Roark. He didn’t “resign” because of the Johnson’s or Wiley. There’s a reason he isn’t coaching anywhere and was passed on by his alma mater for an outside candidate with little to no coaching experience. I think you’re right on Roark wanting to win, but I also know that he doesn’t care about the Johnson’s or Neideck and is happy they’re all irrelevant in anything other than this thread.
At the HAAC conference meet, the winner of the men’s race-walk quite literally started running the last lap to pass the leader and take first. I don’t know much about race-walk but it was very obvious the winner was running the last lap and not walking. Why did the “judges” just let this happen? Isn’t the whole point of race-walking to have judges on the track make sure you are not running?? What a joke.
Men's: 400m, 800m, 1000m, Mile, 3000m, Pole Vault.
Feels like the standards committee missed the mark by an embarrassingly wide margin this year.
Isn't that what the B standard is for? Why don't they just take the top 24 and do away with the standard?
This might be the first time that Bob speaks some truth and is accurate. Remember, the standards committee proposed a top 24 qualification, and the coaching body voted it down. Also, the number of declarations has very little to do with the set standards. What the new standards did was decrease the number of participants as requested by the NAC; so, in fairness, the standards committee did exactly what they needed to do. Most of the events achieved the appropriate number of qualifications, despite what declarations took place. Understand how the process works before we criticize.
Isn't that what the B standard is for? Why don't they just take the top 24 and do away with the standard?
This might be the first time that Bob speaks some truth and is accurate. Remember, the standards committee proposed a top 24 qualification, and the coaching body voted it down. Also, the number of declarations has very little to do with the set standards. What the new standards did was decrease the number of participants as requested by the NAC; so, in fairness, the standards committee did exactly what they needed to do. Most of the events achieved the appropriate number of qualifications, despite what declarations took place. Understand how the process works before we criticize.
It would have been nice if the coaching body knew about the NAC's desire to reduce the national championship field size back in 2023. My understanding is the standard's committee knew but the majority of the coaching body did not know that when voting on the top 24 proposal. Maybe it wouldn't have changed the vote enough to matter but I think most coaches thought they eliminated a drastic proposal to reduce the national championship field size, unknowing that they sent themselves down a path to even further reduction. Doesn't matter anymore of course.
He’s the same guy (Owen Nolte) who did that at outdoor nationals.
Some of the worst most obvious cheating I’ve ever seen.
I don’t even mind the race-walk since I find the technique rules to be interesting, but I really don’t see a point in keeping the event if the officials won’t even enforce those rules. It just makes the NAIA look like a joke. Can you imagine if officials didn’t enforce the rules for the long jump?
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