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| These allegations are interesting, especially in light of the fact that Dana Eikenberg played at Penn State under Rene Portland. Here is a story that mentions allegations of player abuse by Portland. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1997/12/12-09-97tdc/12-09-97d03-009.asp Portland coached until 2007, and did leave PSU a month or so after the university settled a court suit with a former player of hers. The allegations against Portland were more specific, but it does make you wonder just how often these kinds of things do occur, and whether there is a connection between programs.
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| The other side of this is that having all of this public pretty much wrecks SIU's program. They are down to 7 returning players now and the rumors have 2 more asking to be released from their scholarships. Having this public also pretty much shuts down recruiting. Seems to me the only kids you'll have a shot at recruiting are ones with 'issues'. Granted, their wasn't much of a program to wreck, but this sets the them back to just about zero.
If only the reports published in the paper are true (and it seems to me several folks could face legal issues if they are not), I'd guess the coaches job is on the line. You could also make a case for firing the AD, IMO. Seems he was more than just asleep at the switch. |
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| Wow. I can't even come up with something to say in response. Yikes.
Stand up and Sing!
Here's to the one who wears the "D",
Makes a good fight for Varsity,
Here's to those who've fought and won,
Makes a good fight as a true Drake alum,
Here's to the one who's brave and bold,
Ready to battle like days of old,
Fights like a bulldog for victory!
Oh, here's to the one who wears the "D"!
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| This sounds really ugly.
There's that word "fun" again. Ya gotta have that element in there. Believe it!
Klayton Korver is my gold standard for it now ... he worked his guts out AND he had a blast this year. Surely a coach can understand that striving for both elements is ideal. |
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| The most interesting part of the articles that I've seen so far on this problem and the investigation is that no where does the AD or the coach come out and say "we have to do what is best for the players -- current and future" or, something like "the goal of our program is to help our student athletes become better people through sports".
If I were a relative of one of the players on that team, I would be really upset about these allegations.
I have heard some stories about coaches who apparently swear at their players and put them down to the point that their self-esteem is gone, and they get away with it because they win more than they lose. It's sad to see. I think you can win without doing that. Van Chancellor talks a lot about building his LSU players up and helping them to have more confidence -- especially Sylvia Fowles. It seems to me that he's onto something there.
Even if the DE stays at SIU, it will be tough going forward with so few veteran players and so many leaving, as others have pointed out.
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| It's really something after the great run they had in the Valley last year. Maybe the ugly stuff can make a winner once in a while, for the short-term, but as you all say ... it's gotta be more about building up young people for the long-term, beyond sports and beyond college. "Tone" from the AD and the university surely matters.
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| Still waiting word on what action the school may take. There may be something released tomorrow.
In the meantime, read this article about Saline from her home town paper last Wednesday. I sort of doubt it, but I hope she gets her year of eligibility back.
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| The former Galesburg High School all-stater knew it would be tough competing for playing time on an NCAA Division I team. What she didn’t expect, though, was the hell it would be to endure a season under Salukis head coach Dana Eikenberg.
That's not something you want to see appear in your recruiting area.
Since SIU has taken this long to make a decision, I'm guessing they're waiting for things to calm down and then they'll say they're going to keep her. Maybe they'll put her on probation, give her zero tolerance, make her take sensitivity training, or whatever. After taking this long to act, it seems their administration doesn't want to bother making a change.
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