Muir making his mark?

[SFHoya99]

With the Tennis coach being let go as well (see front page), could this be the beginning of making an effort in EVERY sport?

Or is it just demanding some accountability?

Or Muir wanting his people in there?

I hope the former.

[TBird41]

Hopefully the former. But at least I hope it's him demanding accountability.

And I think someone needed to look at the Tennis coach. The teams aren't very good, the players hate him, and there was the controversy where he pulled the schollie of one of the women's players because she went on some for a week or two. I seemed to remember it having to do w/ her major or another scholarship.

[DFW HOYA]

sfhoya99 said:

With the Tennis coach being let go as well (see front page), could this be the beginning of making an effort in EVERY sport? Or is it just demanding some accountability? Or Muir wanting his people in there? I hope the former.

I think it's unfair to both Bernard Muir and the coaches themselves to assume this.

First, Georgetown makes more than an "effort" in every sports; if it was all about getting by, Georgetown could easily draw down to the NCAA minimum 14 sports. Instead, it has grown the department to 27 sports to provide more opportunity, not less. Are they all fully funded? No. That's the University's call. Are they all looking to build on a sucessful foundation? Yes. That's the athletic director's call.

I don't claim inside knowledge on the situation but each situation was completely unrelated and does not suggest that people are being swept out. The golf coach resigned for personal reasons, the volleyball coach got a better job, I feel Bob Benson basically got tired of fighting the funding issues year after year, and as for tennis, who knows.

Georgetown loses coaches because it's getting cost prohibitive to live in DC, work 60-70 hours a week, and do so for what is considered very little money.That's a challenge that's faced GU in the past and is even more of an issue today.

How has it been able to hang on this long? In academics, as in athletics, Jack DeGioia put it thusly: "We played above our weight class." And when you are now seeing I-A schools with athletic revenues of $75 million a year while Georgetown is still trying to get a proverbial new coat of paint on McDonough's walls, you can see the challenge ahead. And retaining good coaches is a big part of staying competitive.

[RBHoya]

Regardless, I still optimistic that things will get better with Muir in charge, despite having the same monetary problems that previous AD's have had. He just seems like a good fit at the job, and I like that things are being shaken up a bit already.

[SFHoya99]

dfw said:

sfhoya99 said:

With the Tennis coach being let go as well (see front page), could this be the beginning of making an effort in EVERY sport? Or is it just demanding some accountability? Or Muir wanting his people in there? I hope the former.

I think it's unfair to both Bernard Muir and the coaches themselves to assume this.

First, Georgetown makes more than an "effort" in every sports; if it was all about getting by, Georgetown could easily draw down to the NCAA minimum 14 sports. Instead, it has grown the department to 27 sports to provide more opportunity, not less. Are they all fully funded? No. That's the University's call. Are they all looking to build on a sucessful foundation? Yes. That's the athletic director's call.

I don't claim inside knowledge on the situation but each situation was completely unrelated and does not suggest that people are being swept out. The golf coach resigned for personal reasons, the volleyball coach got a better job, I feel Bob Benson basically got tired of fighting the funding issues year after year, and as for tennis, who knows.

Georgetown loses coaches because it's getting cost prohibitive to live in DC, work 60-70 hours a week, and do so for what is considered very little money.That's a challenge that's faced GU in the past and is even more of an issue today.

How has it been able to hang on this long? In academics, as in athletics, Jack DeGioia put it thusly: "We played above our weight class." And when you are now seeing I-A schools with athletic revenues of $75 million a year while Georgetown is still trying to get a proverbial new coat of paint on McDonough's walls, you can see the challenge ahead. And retaining good coaches is a big part of staying competitive.

Points taken. I rarely use diplomatic language and I don't mean to degrade anyone's efforts. But I do think it is clear that we choose to focus our limited resources in some sports.

I suppose I'm projecting my desire for a complete program onto this seeming rash of coaching changes.

[reformation]

DFW, I think the tone of these posts re : Muir was positive. Despite Gtwn's resource issues a lot of sports have really underperformed, like tennis and volleyball. Its good to see some changes. I would be really happy if these changes were part of a systematic review by Bernard, but if they were just random and we get to upgrade some positions that's ok too.