Powells leave Oregon, take over at University of Washington

I don't think this was about the money. I haven't seen what they are making combined in Seattle but the cost of living in Seattle is obviously way higher than Eugene. So the salary difference isn't going to be as significant as it seems. I'd guess 200k in Eugene is roughly equivalent to 300k in Seattle.

party with trees wrote:

Plus Seattle is a better place to raise kids.

You obviously don't live in Seattle. I'm sure they will send their kids (if they have any) to a private school.

aren't there eligibility limitations for intra-conference transfers? like a sit out period? IDK if that would be appealing to Kate Murphy after sitting out her entire freshman year, especially if she's finally healthy

fghrunner wrote:

aren't there eligibility limitations for intra-conference transfers? like a sit out period? IDK if that would be appealing to Kate Murphy after sitting out her entire freshman year, especially if she's finally healthy

Bodey Hasty should rethink his enrolling at Oregon. He should go north to Washington.

*Brodey

Oregon should hire Alberto Salazar. That would be a good fit.

Those are listed base salary with bonuses maybe more ( not sure) . But, I do feel a 20 % raise would pretty accurate guess.

Interesting point about Johnson and PAC 12 bonuses . He does hang out at cross country meets and is listed as Director I believe . SO the lion share would go to him and in reality he does very little coaching . Maybe a good motivator , but def not the primary guy

Alberto Salazar hire!!!!!!

GoHuskies wrote:

Whoa! Maurcia to be Director, Women's distance coach. Andy to be Men's coach.

This is awesome. Woohoo!!!

Eric Houle ~ but I doubt he'd leave SUU and he should probably stay there as it's better for him.

Boxley Bored wrote:

More great hires by AD Jen Cohen. This is huge for UW, arguably the best track coaching hires in their history. There is plenty of D1 talent in that state plus California, but most of the coaching hires over the years have been less than impressive.

Goxler excited wrote:

I second this... and I add to it to say, if I were an AD at any division 1 University I wouldn’t give Greg Metcalf the time of day. He should be shunned from coaching stay away from this guy

So who do they bring in for jumps/sprints/throws coaches?

Huskyland wrote:

So who do they bring in for jumps/sprints/throws coaches?

Not Robert Johnson.

The one person the Powells should hire from the current staff is pole vault coach Pat Licari, who was at UW before Greg Metcalf. The only thing against Licari is that he was on Metcalf's staff. The other person they ought to consider is former WSU assistant Mark Macdonald to coach the hurdles. I don't think they need a third paid distance coach on their staff. I'm still trying to figure out why Metcalf needed three paid distance coaches on his staff.

The Powells need to restore some credibility within the Washington high school coaching community that the Huskies lost in the last few years, especially when they could've gotten James Mwaura IMHO.

What will be interesting is how the makeup of the team will be after the 2018-19 season when they get their own recruits in. Will they go the Oklahoma State/Portland/Gonzaga all distance route, or will they build a team using the same model Vin had at Stanford & Oregon?

F$&k the East Grandstand,

Save the Powells!

-from Eugene :(

Fire Robert Johnson ASAP.

The distance running title machines (Rupp, Ches, Verzbicus, et al.) will no longer come because Johnson knows squat about Oregon's history. They never came because of Johnson..

I guess Andy wasn’t interested in coming home for the U Mass gig.

I love it when people look back at the 1950s as a "Golden Age." Nostalgia often omits the facts! Ask black people who lived in the 50s if it was a golden age? The U.S. was on top of the world because much of the industrialized world hadn't recovered from the damage that World War II caused. American factories were humming because the U.S. had little competition. Our infrastructure only got better in the 50s because it was untouched by bombs. Saying the Lords Prayer in school every day didn't make people more moral. Many mouthed the words of the Pledge of Allegiance with no thought of the last 6 words. The U.S. ruled Track and Field because of our strong economy, a scholastic and collegiate program, and the availability of food among other reasons. Many of the moral shortcomings of people were never reported by the media of the day.

Agree with you on Licari, he has had big success there on both the men’s and women’s side, although dropped off a lot this year. I hated to see Jason Drake let go yesterday, super nice guy. Really unfortunate when bad things happen to good people.