WSU hires Wayne Phipps (U of Idaho), absolute awful choice

p.n. wrote:

Wac,orPac? wrote:

I'm guessing Phipps will bring his daughter to the team as well? Full ride.

Not quite sure what this means, but typically the children of university employees do get to attend the university tuition-free. No scholarship aka grant-in-aid is necessary.

It is not true that children of employees get free tuition at WSU or any state university in Washington. I know it is true at some universities around the country but not so in the state of Washington.

It is true though that some state employees in Washington are eligible to take college courses tuition free on a limited basis.

I grew up on the Palouse, lived in both Moscow (UI) and Pullman (WSU). I thought this was a curious hire. Not that Phipps isn't good. He is, for the WAC level. I think he might get swallowed up at WSU.

In WSU's hey days they had John Chaplin and his foreign connections, not only Kenyans, but Scandinavian javelin throwers, Greek and South African shot putters, African long and triple jumps, and African sprinters. The list goes on. (WSU also got zinged for NCAA violations in Chaplin's final years.)

Since then, WSU has been average at best. Sloan was a fine tactician, not sure how good on the recruiting front. I'd like to see WSU rise up in track and cross country again (don't care about golf, they've never been good there; soccer has it's moments). Football and men's hoop drive the bus whether we like it or not and the WSU A.D. has to crank up those two sports.

Track, however, should not be ignored, and frankly I didn't think James Li would've been a great coach. They should've done more of a national search, got an up and coming assistant or quality mid-major head coach. Phipps will need to crank things up much more than he did at Idaho, a school which routinely failed to score at the Western Region meet.

Phipps better be careful who he keeps. If anyone. A few phone calls to check on the background of certain coach would be smart move.

Who should he call to get the "real story"? Who did Hansons talk to? How sure are you that she was not the victim?

I don't know the answers so please back up your "truths".

Why would Hansons have called anyone. At the time she joined Hansons, the only thing anyone knew was that Hadsell resigned. At that point nobody knew what was happening. Hansons wouldn't have had any reason to call becuae to there was no story until weeks later.

There is nobody in Toledo that believes her story. We all know the real her and the real situation. Nobody here would vouch for her. Male or female. We have all wondered if it was all really true then why not sue him? If it was that obvious? Truth is she wouldn't have anyone on her side. She was obsessed with him. We all knew it. Sad story.

Okay, I hear this idol chatter all the time here is the question.

WHO SHOULD HE CALL FOR THE TRUTH?

I am not doubting what you say, but give names or it doesn't matter.

I don't know answer to all this but maybe he should just call Hadsell and get his side of the story. We haven't really heard it from him. Then the guy can decide for himself. Maybe Hadsell wants nothing to do with it and tells the guy good luck. The whole World has heard her side between deadspin and her living on this website.

Maybe he should really make his life miserable and hire Dawson.

You are missing the point here as to what I wrote. I was making a point . I am referring to the fact that she turned over info to HR accusing him of sexual harassment.No evidence was found to charge him with her claims. He resigned because of other infractions.That should have been the end of the story. No that wasn't good enough .She had to destroy the team and the university by giving her so called story to Deadspin. That article was NOT a reflection of who the univ. Of Toledo and it's athletes were ...but thanks to her seeking her 5 minutes of fame,it is people's perception of what was going on.These are the lies and half truths. A team she was a part of. This is why WSU needs to pay close attention. She has loyalty only to herself and what she has to do to achieve her goals .Whatever the cost to anyone that has been in her path of personal gain. It truly is sad. Everyone has moved on by now , I just would hate to see history repeat itself for another team.

WSU for the win wrote:

You are missing the point ..... Everyone has moved on by now

It sure doesn't sound like it.

What you should do is go on the Internet and post about this anonymously.

They had a tremedous Cougar Alum coach in for interview... Rodney Zuyderwyk. Would have changed everything about the program and brought in new staff and atmosphere. Admin really screwed this one up HUGE! Sad Day to be a Coug

So it appears that he's bringing most of his current Idaho staff to WSU, plus Yogi Teevens from Utah State to be the sprints/jumps coach. Teevens used to be the head women's coach at Idaho, so she has some history with Phipps.

The coach that's getting the shaft appears to be Mark MacDonald, the hurdles coach who does more with lesser talent. The rumor is that Phipps is going to make himself the hurdles coach at WSU. Having Angela Whyte on his staff will help, but if I'm CJ Allen or Daniel Zmuda, I'd think long and hard about having Phipps as my hurdle coach.

Will Hannah Kiser transfer to WSU?

Has Phipps fired his staff? His first full day is tomorrow July 1.

We will find out Tuesday!

Pac-12 hurdles champ CJ Allen is entered in the USA junior championships in Eugene this weekend. We'll see if Mark Macdonald is in his corner...don't think if he's trying to make the US junior team that switching coaches is a good idea.

http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=209534256

Personally, I'd like to see CJ transfer out of WSU...

american river rafter wrote:

We will find out Tuesday!

Pac-12 hurdles champ CJ Allen is entered in the USA junior championships in Eugene this weekend. We'll see if Mark Macdonald is in his corner...don't think if he's trying to make the US junior team that switching coaches is a good idea.

http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=209534256

Personally, I'd like to see CJ transfer out of WSU...

Thank you very much. I wish CJ the best!!

GO COUGS!

kittykat called it:

http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=209578422

Still no word on who the hurdles coach is. Maybe MacDonald gets retained if they can't get Angela Whyte?

Seems to be a lot of negative predictions in the past with the hiring of Coach Phipps. I have been at many of the meets in both Track and Field and Cross Country. The athletes seem to be thriving with the changes. Regardless of whether Coach Phipps hired or didn't hire a particular person is irreverent if there is a movement for improvement.

In cross country the men's team slipped a bit, and the women showed some improvement even with the loss of Ruby Roberts. In track 78% of the women and 76% of the men had PRs in the indoor season. 63% of the women and 63% of the men had lifetime marks in the outdoor season.

Now Coach Phipps has his first recruiting class coming in. He managed to have one of the best ranked recruiting classes in the country. This includes the fastest girls in the state in the sprints and the 1,2,3 and 8th place finishers in the boys 1600 at the Shoreline invitational last spring. That is the largest high school track meet west of the Mississippi. The distance women class coming in is the deepest in quality than I can remember. In 3 years the Cougs will again be nationally relevant tin the distance events. Given what he has done with the talent available that time table may be pessimistic.

As far as Coach Phipps's ability to coach hurdlers..

In indoor 77% of the women had PR's and 67% of the men improved in the indoor season.

In out door every one of the hurdlers had personal best. 100%.

This is enough to be excited about the rebuilding of the Cougar Track Program. It is an awesome time to be a Cougar Track Fan.

Seems to be a lot of negative predictions in the past with the hiring of Coach Phipps. I have been at many of the meets in both Track and Field and Cross Country. The athletes seem to be thriving with the changes. Regardless of whether Coach Phipps hired or didn't hire a particular person is irreverent if there is a movement for improvement.

In cross country the men's team slipped a bit, and the women showed some improvement even with the loss of Ruby Roberts. In track 78% of the women and 76% of the men had PRs in the indoor season. 63% of the women and 63% of the men had lifetime marks in the outdoor season.

Now Coach Phipps has his first recruiting class coming in. He managed to have one of the best ranked recruiting classes in the country. This includes the fastest girls in the state in the sprints and the 1,2,3 and 8th place finishers in the boys 1600 at the Shoreline invitational last spring. That is the largest high school track meet west of the Mississippi. The distance women class coming in is the deepest in quality than I can remember. In 3 years the Cougs will again be nationally relevant tin the distance events. Given what he has done with the talent available that time table may be pessimistic.

As far as Coach Phipps's ability to coach hurdlers..

In indoor 77% of the women had PR's and 67% of the men improved in the indoor season.

In out door every one of the hurdlers had personal best. 100%.

This is enough to be excited about the rebuilding of the Cougar Track Program. It is an awesome time to be a Cougar Track Fan.

XC is what Phipps' cares about and in that he is truly a terrible coach. WSU men's or women's XC will never be relevant on the national stage again...