Maiden Conference USA seasons vivid proof Blue Hens have to be better

[finpxz1]

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sp ... 451187007/

KT’s in a difficult spot due to his relationship with UD and the entire athletics staff, but you have to respect the fact that he’s at least raising this issue. We need to be better across the board!

[72 Hen]

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sp ... 451187007/

KT’s in a difficult spot due to his relationship with UD and the entire athletics staff, but you have to respect the fact that he’s at least raising this issue. We need to be better across the board!

Please explain why Tresolini has a bad relationship with the entire athletic coaching staff. IMO, he reports honestly and is a huge supporter of UD sports..

[UDFootballFan]

Wish these werent behind a paywall!!

[finpxz1]

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sp ... 451187007/

KT’s in a difficult spot due to his relationship with UD and the entire athletics staff, but you have to respect the fact that he’s at least raising this issue. We need to be better across the board!

Please explain why Tresolini has a bad relationship with the entire athletic coaching staff. IMO, he reports honestly and is a huge supporter of UD sports..

Not sure if that was directed to me or just an open-ended question. Who said he has a bad relationship with the coaching staff? I think Kevin does a great job and I posted this article to support his objectivity. My only point is that it can be difficult for a beat reporter to be overly critical as he or she has to maintain open lines of communication with the team/staff they cover. I applaud him for having the courage to post this article. Hopefully we start to see results on the field of competition. My apologies if you are simply asking a general question and I’m misinterpreting your post.

[dovetail]

Can someone summarize in a few sentences the gist of the article besides we have to do better. I just can't move myself to subscribe to that rag. It's just that bad.

[finpxz1]

Essentially what you would expect. Other than football and a few other sports…men’s soccer, swimming, tennis, women’s lacrosse…our transition out of the CAA has not been very good.

Regarding subscribing, hard to disagree that the New Journal has gone downhill, but I like the thought of supporting local writers like Kevin, which is why I continue to subscribe to Delaware Online.

[HENJOHN]

I think Kevin would tell you he has a very good relationship with the University and the Athletics department people. Cartys decision not to speak or give interviews until the End of Spring session is tied to his philosophy or approach and not due to any issues with Kevin, Andy, Dan or others

[finpxz1]

I’m not disagreeing with you, John. I think what we have here is a failure to communicate… I never intended to suggest KT doesn’t have a good relationship with UD. To the contrary, I was complementing him for the article and only suggesting that he has to walk a bit of a tightrope whenever being “critical” of UD for fear of alienating himself with the coaches and staff. I have no doubt he maintains strong relationships with everyone affiliated with UD Athletics.

[HENJOHN]

I’m not disagreeing with you, John. I think what we have here is a failure to communicate… I never intended to suggest KT doesn’t have a good relationship with UD. To the contrary, I was complementing him for the article and only suggesting that he has to walk a bit of a tightrope whenever being “critical” of UD for fear of alienating himself with the coaches and staff. I have no doubt he maintains strong relationships with everyone affiliated with UD Athletics.

Fin, my remark was made just in general and not aimed at you whatsoever. Great line from Cool Hand Luke!

[dchen]

Essentially what you would expect. Other than football and a few other sports…men’s soccer, swimming, tennis, women’s lacrosse…our transition out of the CAA has not been very good....

For some sports, our time within the CAA wasn't very good either.

[Gannonfan]

Essentially what you would expect. Other than football and a few other sports…men’s soccer, swimming, tennis, women’s lacrosse…our transition out of the CAA has not been very good....

For some sports, our time within the CAA wasn't very good either.

Indeed, I don't remember us being a power in those sports while in the CAA - why would a shift in conferences necessarily change that? And outside of football and basketball (and possibly lacrosse) why would any of that even matter much to people?

[Cluck U]

How much of a distraction is having a few extra sports? And which ones should be cut? I'd imagine the golf graduates would be more likely to donate back to UD...probably the same with tennis and swimming. Has anyone done the math to see which UD's athletes are contributing back to UD? Those sports usually have higher GPAs as well, so they can help UD's branding as a good school for athletes (and non-athletes).

Heck, the women's swim team just won a Conference championship and we have an All-American men's swimmer. So which sports would be on the cutting block?

[BlueHenBill]

I am so tired of the repeated ill-informed posts to cut some UD sports. First, some (including me) UD alums, fans, & UD students are fans of many UD sports, follow them in person and/or on-line and even help support them financially as do I. Second, you are limited in what sports you could even consider cutting as I have posted numerous times in the many times this let's cut some UD sports nonsense raises its head ad nauseum. Any CUSA sport probably can't be cut because the number of sports played in CUSA are relatively few in number. Title IX and UD's approximately 60% female undergrads probably eliminates the possibility of cutting any Women's sport without cutting at a minimum two or more Men's sports for each Women's sport cut. Another issue is that any costs saved for cutting somer of UD's sports are probably so minimal tat the juice wouldn;t be worth the squeeze,

[topstraight]

Missouri State sponsors about 20 sports. Female to Male enrollment percentages being the main reason.

WKU is at the FBS minimum--16 sports. We used to have great swimming (M&W) and men's soccer programs--they were cut due to BUDGET. Men's tennis and gymnastics cut a long time ago. Over the last 20-30 years the amount of state budget support for Public Universities in Kentucky has dropped Tremendously. Kentucky State and Morehead barely hang on.

Many CUSA schools have only 16-18 sports---but it's mostly due to lack of Money.

UD "might" be able to find a little money by cutting one minor men's sport. But I have no idea if it would be worth it.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

One strategy some schools are employing is that they are sponsoring a minor sport--But in "name only".

NO NIL, bare bones coaching staff, minimum scholarships, limited travel, etc..

Example---A very stripped down budget for track, women's bowling or the like.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Some schools "specialize" in a particular minor sport or two--- with strong tradition or that have loyal donors. The athletic department pitches in a little more in these cases.

Some Examples---

Mo St., MT------WBB

WKU-------Volleyball

UTEP------------Track and Field

La Tech----------Baseball

[dchen]

I understand why some would want UD to cut some teams and concentrate on the higher revenue sports. It just seems to cut against one mission of athletics which should be student participation. That is give as many students as possible the experience to participate in intercollegiate athletics. But, I guess that just isn't possible these days at the FBS level. It always amazes me, however how some Division 3 schools sponsor so many sports: MIT - 32; Williams College - 30 are two examples and both have football. How do they do that?