New MWC Athletic Dept Rankings

[cowpokeguy]

Don't love it, but also don't disagree! https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/re...nts-from-best-to-worst-in-the-new-look-league
Emphasis mine:

8. Wyoming: The Cowboys have the fewest MW titles (five) since the league's current membership formed in 2013-14. The second fewest in that period is Nevada's 12. Wyoming's last MW title came in April 2023 when it claimed the women's tennis regular-season championship. It has gone three straight seasons without a MW crown. There's no reason Wyoming should be this far behind the pack. As the only Division I department in the state, it gets solid support and has good-enough facilities. It's not the easiest place to recruit to, but the Cowboys failed to finish in the top seven in the MW in football; men's basketball; women's basketball; women's soccer; women's tennis; and women's indoor and outdoor track and field last year.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Dilute the conference with bad programs and Wyoming still near the bottom. Depressing.

 

[307bball]

Don't love it, but also don't disagree! https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/re...nts-from-best-to-worst-in-the-new-look-league
Emphasis mine:

The part about recruiting jumps out to me.

Something changed in recruiting in my lifetime....Laramie was never some great destination but recruiting has fallen off a cliff in basketball and football since the '90s. That is a time period that spans more than a few coaches so I think it's upstream of the person doing the recruiting. And now, with the professionalization of Mbb and football it's even worse.

 

[Bear Claw]

Thanks, Tom!!!

 

[McPeachy]

Don't love it, but also don't disagree! https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/re...nts-from-best-to-worst-in-the-new-look-league
Emphasis mine:

That is utterly pathetic. From the top down, and given our current leadership, not surprised one bit.

 

[rocket city poke]

I appreciate Murray putting this together. It is much too easy for these administrative jobs to point to something as "success". Nice compilation to actually show which programs are "successful."

I can see Davis surpassing UW in three to five years actually.

 

[Bear Claw]

I sincerely hope the General is paying attention.

 

[cowpoke pride]

7 back of next to last is mind blowing.

 

[Cowboy20]

Depressing and should be unacceptable. We can’t continue to allow our “ front door” to have a flaming bag of poo sitting on the welcome mat. It starts with football this year. The Border War is a must win in my opinion. From there, the tone will be set. Do we stay happy with status quo? Or does the new president kick the door in and shake things up? A lot to ask for in year one for the general, but in the new landscape of college athletics, I don’t think he has the time to wait and see. Data doesn’t lie, and the numbers suggest urgency. I never wish to see a coach or AD fail, or hope for that kind of thing, but dang, enough is enough if they don’t produce this year.

 

[Itsux2beaewe]

I sincerely hope the General is paying attention.

Would he care if he is?

 

[Bear Claw]

Would he care if he is?

That is my hope. In his introductory interview, the General said he was heavily invested with athletics at West Point. If they were important to him there, maybe they will be here, as well.