BackHarlowRoad said:
PotatoCreekPete said:
BackHarlowRoad said:
PotatoCreekPete said:
Adv8RU12 said:
Does Bohl subscribe to all hitting exercises? Like hitting the books?
No, he wants his players to flunk out....what an intelligent question....not!
Some...er, most...D1 coaches don't exactly emphasize academics. It's not a dumb question.
It is an incredibly dumb question. In Bohl's contract there is an academic standards clause and there are people in the athletic department that report to Burman who monitors the players progress and are there to help and council the athletes. The school closely monitors the academic progress of the all of the athletes at UW because they can get NCAA penalties if they do not keep up certain standards, and Wyoming had problems in the past with some of the programs and Burman is intensely interested in this and I am sure that Bohl is as well. You have been smoking some of that stuff from Colorado that is now legal if you think most D1 coaches don't emphasize academics....it is their life and blood to keep players eligible. It is one of the main things that most coaches speak about when they recruit kids and that is what are the academics like and what type of support there is, etc., etc..
Staying compliant and keeping athletes eligible is FAR different than emphasizing true academia.
Making sure an athlete stays eligible by enrolling him in the easier classes available at the school and throwing tutors at them because they can barely handle that isn't exactly ensuring success away from the football field. Comparable to that "good enough" attitude we talk about so much.
I think the fact that Richard Sherman can barely form a complete sentence after graduating from freaking STANFORD says a little something about where academics stand in the world of college football.
Anyone that would attempt to use
Richard Sherman as an excuse or example in this argument is scrambling desperately for any type of place to hide their weak argument. It would be interesting to see how you would communicate after an emotional football game where you are out of breath and at an elevated level of excitement....would you be a credit to the institution that you graduated from? Highly unlikely!
Don't you think that the HC needs to stress going to class and going to study hall so that the athlete stays in good standing as a student? Isn't this called hitting the books? Do you not think that coaches want to see their kids excel in the classroom? Not everyone is going to be a Rhoades Scholar....all they have to do is take a look at you and see that not everyone achieves in academia. I saw a report I don't know how long ago that the football team had an average higher GPA than the average male student at UW. Do you not think that this is achieving in academia? The question and your continued defense of this question draws into your question your basic knowledge of how college athletics works in this day and time. You are living in the past where coaches could and did live in a world of where they didn't have to worry or think about academics and that the academia side was rigged for that athlete at their institution. I don't remember that ever being the situation at Wyoming, as I remember a number of athletes in my classes while I attended UW. But now a days, coaches have to be so much more than they were years ago, and being actively involved in the academic success of their athletes is one of these areas. I suggest that you take your argument to the football coaching office if you have the guts and you will hear and see the exact same thing that I am talking about and would come away with a new understanding and appreciation for exactly how big supporters the coaches are in the academic success of their athletes. Quit attempting to defend a question that was a joke to begin with, because your continued defense is making you look kind of like a bad joke.
