- May 6th, 2016, 10:50 pm
#509095
Unless baseball and softball can turn things around quickly, this year would have to be one of the worst years following LU sports I have ever experienced from my perspective and I am still mystified as to why. Is LU "too political" or "too Christian" to be successful. Our athletic facilities are exceptional compared with most of our competition and we flaunt a lot of money but the results are going downhill. That doesn't logically make sense to me. Is too much emphasis being placed on building great facilities and overhyping our sports programs and not enough on getting the right coaches or recruits that end up leaving or getting chased out.
football - Underachieved at 6-5 with 2 bad losses when expectations were sky high after a playoff run and all that talent returning. Next year doesn't look much better on paper.
soccer - Probably their worst year ever in Division 1
volleyball - Continuing a 3 year downward trend after year's of success. This year was unexpectedly bad.
basketball - Improved but still bad. A 7 game winning streak gave us hope.
Women's hoops - Underachieving and trending downward.
Baseball - Trending downward.
Softball - Not improving from last year.
Women's Lacrosse - No comment
Even Ice Hockey was way down this year.
On the plus side:
Women's soccer - Very good last few years but losing their coach
Cross-country and Track - Always solid programs.
Golf - Same as above.
Field Hockey - Our best sports program from a national perspective. Thanks Jodi!
Swimming - Solid program.
Tennis - Improved from the past.
What is the problem. I am also concerned about our unexpected recent loss of personnel from the Football and Women's hoops programs. I don't post often on here as I used to but felt the need to since I am a little concerned about what is going on. Is a change needed at the top? Like a new AD?
Thank you!
football - Underachieved at 6-5 with 2 bad losses when expectations were sky high after a playoff run and all that talent returning. Next year doesn't look much better on paper.
soccer - Probably their worst year ever in Division 1
volleyball - Continuing a 3 year downward trend after year's of success. This year was unexpectedly bad.
basketball - Improved but still bad. A 7 game winning streak gave us hope.
Women's hoops - Underachieving and trending downward.
Baseball - Trending downward.
Softball - Not improving from last year.
Women's Lacrosse - No comment
Even Ice Hockey was way down this year.
On the plus side:
Women's soccer - Very good last few years but losing their coach
Cross-country and Track - Always solid programs.
Golf - Same as above.
Field Hockey - Our best sports program from a national perspective. Thanks Jodi!
Swimming - Solid program.
Tennis - Improved from the past.
What is the problem. I am also concerned about our unexpected recent loss of personnel from the Football and Women's hoops programs. I don't post often on here as I used to but felt the need to since I am a little concerned about what is going on. Is a change needed at the top? Like a new AD?
Thank you!