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Saskatchewan after 33 seasons, record 196 wins"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"To put it in perspective how long Brian Towriss has graced the Canadian football landscape: he started coaching the Saskatchewan Huskies right around the time that Laurier coach Michael Faulds was born.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOr if you'll indulge a personal note: my brother bought his first home this year. He was born in 1984, Towriss' first year at the reins in the Bridge City. Talk about longevity: 33 seasons, encompassing a record 315 games and 196 wins, with 11 conference titles and three Vanier Cups (1990, '96 and '98) is very self-explanatory. The hometown \u003Ci\u003EStarPhoenix\u003C\/i\u003E mentions that Towriss' \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/local-sports\/brian-towriss-steps-down-u-of-s-huskies-legend-leaves-as-winningest-football-coach-in-canadian-university-history\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epostseason record was very spotty over the last 10 seasons\u003C\/a\u003E, but it certainly was not for any lack of trying. Saskatchewan also had a heartbreaking 39-38 loss to Calgary in the 2009 Hardy, which could have been a last hurrah.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EDon't tell me that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USports?src=hash\"\u003E#USports\u003C\/a\u003E Football doesn't have a following when the Brian Towriss story trends #2 in Canada. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrownCountdownU\"\u003E@KrownCountdownU\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAnbL3BwSP\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/pAnbL3BwSP\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/810996682221449216\"\u003EDecember 19, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skhuskies\"\u003E@SKHuskies\u003C\/a\u003E Towriss coached 154 all-stars, 71 All-Canadians and 47 who played in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL\"\u003E@CFL\u003C\/a\u003E over his 33 seasons. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWUAA\"\u003E@cwuaa\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USports\"\u003E@Usports\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Krown Countdown U (@KrownCountdownU) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrownCountdownU\/status\/810935270606401536\"\u003EDecember 19, 2016\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E With Saskatchewan bring in a new governance model for sports and athletics director Basil Hughton retiring in June (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/brian-towriss-resigns-huskies-football-1.3904000\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eas noted by CBC\u003C\/a\u003E), the timing is probably right to start a transition. Hughton's comment that Towriss is the \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/brian-towriss-resigns-huskies-football-1.3904000\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eultimate team player\u003C\/a\u003E\" alludes to that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan will likely have a successor in place within the next two months. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs a treat to close off the post, a lost classic: \u003Cb\u003EDavid Earl\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003ERob Symchuk\u003C\/b\u003E,\u003Cb\u003E Dan Farthing \u003C\/b\u003Eand the Huskies winning the school's first Vanier Cup in their first appearance in 1990. Good times, and the other Huskies would get payback 12 years later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/U9uvuTGkGD0\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9uvuTGkGD0?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1638076245328157641\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/12\/football-brian-towriss-retires-at.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1638076245328157641"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1638076245328157641"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/12\/football-brian-towriss-retires-at.html","title":"Football: Brian Towriss retires at Saskatchewan after 33 seasons, record 196 wins"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/U9uvuTGkGD0\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3379227393230471914"},"published":{"$t":"2016-05-06T10:42:00.003-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-05-06T10:42:53.593-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CFL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"OUA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Stefan Ptaszek, after 10 seasons at McMaster, becomes Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive coordinator"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It has been a few days and it is still tough to picture Stefan Ptaszek being in the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' coaches box instead of the McMaster Marauders sideline.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;For not just his 10 seasons at Mac, Ptaszek has been an staple on the thinking man's side of the ball in Ontario University Athletics - star receiver at Laurier who transitioned into coaching, then took over the Marauders in 2006 after they had a couple of so-so post-Greg Marshall seasons. The move up is richly deserved.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Meantime, TSN 1150's Marshall Ferguson \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallferguson.com\/#!Choosing-Ptaszeks-successor-a-difficult-choice-for-all-the-right-reasons\/xyec8\/572b51de0cf26d4f7c1de4c0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehas a survey\u003C\/a\u003E of potential interim head coaches for the 2016 Marauders. Early May is a little late in the game to make a permanent hire due to the hiring procedures at most CIS schools. Greg Knox, the former Mac D coordinator, is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2016\/04\/06\/checking-mini-camp-season-set-kick-off\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enow with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as defensive backs coach\u003C\/a\u003E. It would seem unorthodox for a coach to leave a pro program that's already started its season to take a university job. Most coaches are wired to finish what one has started.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffensive coordinator Jon Behie has been a coach-in-waiting for several seasons. He's as Hamilton as the Bedrock Bistro, and has certainly put in the time that merits a move up to the big job.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Anyway, good on Ptaszek for getting the call up to the CFL. Greg Marshall and Thérèse Quigley, now coach and AD at Western, laid all the groundwork in the 1990s and aughties for McMaster to go from underachiever to a bona fide football program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen McMaster finally won the Vanier Cup in 2011, there was a narrative about how much this owed to Marshall. That did sort of take away from how Ptaszek, Behie and Knox instilled both a systemic shift and an attitude adjustment that enabled the Marauders to get by Laval in the 2011 Vanier Cup. The Marauders 1.0 that won four Yates Cups in a row dominated their conference mostly through ground-and-pound physical prowess, but that only got them so far. Of course, the narrative would be much, much different if McMaster had not had a potential game-winning touchdown pass sail just inches beyond a receiver's grasp against Laval in the 2003 Mitchell Bowl, which was Marshall's last game leading the Marauders.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUpon arrival in 2006, Ptaszek tweaked the offence to make it more about motion and misdirection. Knox also cultivated an attacking defence. That made for some memorable teams, and wins.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3379227393230471914\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/05\/football-stefan-ptaszek-after-10.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3379227393230471914"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3379227393230471914"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/05\/football-stefan-ptaszek-after-10.html","title":"Football: Stefan Ptaszek, after 10 seasons at McMaster, becomes Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive coordinator"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1175530867397866985"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-15T20:42:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-16T16:18:01.092-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Scott Morrison leaves Lakehead for NBA D-League head coaching job"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwhBdMTxzzQ\/U--8G6VIcEI\/AAAAAAAAAQA\/c3N6UaB5iAU\/s1600\/14741208467_c2ebd8d720_z.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwhBdMTxzzQ\/U--8G6VIcEI\/AAAAAAAAAQA\/c3N6UaB5iAU\/s1600\/14741208467_c2ebd8d720_z.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"214\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the end of the 2012-13 campaign, the dynasty that brought the Lakehead Thunderwolves to CIS men's basketball prominency said goodbye. The majority of the roster that brought Lakehead to its highest of highs were graduating.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWith the core gone and a transition year ahead, Lakehead head coach Scott Morrison took a professional sabbatical to work with the Maine Red Claws, an NBA D-League franchise solely affiliated with the Boston Celtics. He joined the Lakehead athletic department in 2003.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAfter a year with the D-League team, Morrison has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tbnewswatch.com\/sports\/353356\/End-of-an-era\"\u003Ebeen hired to be the head coach\u003C\/a\u003E, replacing Mike Taylor. Maine \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/dleague\/maine\/new_head_coach_2014-15.html\"\u003Eissued a release\u003C\/a\u003E on July 16 saying that Taylor \"will not be returning for the 2014-15 season.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELakehead \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lakeheadbasketball.blogspot.ca\/2014\/08\/coaching-change-at-lakehead-university.html\"\u003Egave the formal announcement\u003C\/a\u003E on August 15 that Morrison would be leaving the program after 11 years at the helm (ten years if you do not count 2013-14.) They also announced that Manny Furtado -- an assistant coach with the Carleton Ravens -- would be taking over control of the program.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhat Furtado is taking over is unclear, though. Lakehead made four straight national championship tournament from 2010-2013 but they used the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/sports\/a-great-group-of-dudes\/article667777\/?page=all\"\u003E\"great group of dudes\"\u003C\/a\u003E to get there, and building a roster of that calibre will not be easy. That is not to say Morrison's original recruitment of Kiraan Posey (Baltimore, Maryland) or Warren Thomas (Washington, D.C.) -- the two players who vaulted the Thunderwolves into national championship contention -- was easy. Read Allan Maki's piece hyperlinked and you will see that chance played a healthy role getting those two players.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFurtado is inheriting \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/teams\/lakehead?sort=minpg\u0026amp;view=lineup\u0026amp;pos=sh\u0026amp;r=0\"\u003Esome young and intriguing pieces\u003C\/a\u003E like Henry Tan (year two of eligibility in 2014-15) and Alexandre Robichaud (year three), as well as the 2012-13 CIS Rookie of the Year, D.J. Smith. He has to sit out 2014-15 per standard transfer rules after two seasons with the University of Prince Edward Island. Tan and Robichaud's ceilings are unknown, but it is fair to say that neither seem to be players that you will build your program around. So, Furtado has assets, but they are not likely to bring the team back to its previous heights. Which begs the question: how big of a loss is Morrison for Lakehead?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI will readily admit that my knowledge of CIS men's basketball as a whole is limited in comparison to my understanding of the OUA men's hoops scene. But outside of Carleton's Dave Smart, is there a coach that is more integral to a program than Morrison? You have to imagine that part of the reason players are signing up to live in Thunder Bay, Ontario for five years is the well-regarded coach offering them the opportunity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFurtado has the Carleton legacy with him now, and being one of the first branches on the Dave Smart coaching tree is an absolute positive. How he leverages in recruitment pursuits would be interesting to watch, although it is not likely we will ever get a glimpse in to that.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ERegardless of who the Thunderwolves athletic department chose to take over from Morrison, Lakehead would be in line for a regression. Dwayne Harvey is in his fifth-year and was one of the only players with a PER above 15 - the average rating. More importantly, Harvey is the offensive facilitator for the team by assist rate metrics and one of the better ones in the country by that statistic. There are more reasons for regression, including a lack of front-court depth, but words are at a premium.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGiven what we know at this time, Furtado is as good a selection as anyone. But he will need to quickly establish himself as a premiere coach in the league in order to maintain a semblance of what Lakehead expects of their men's basketball team.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIts no simple feat to replicate four national championships in four years, but it may be more difficult to fill the shoes of Scott Morrison. Lakehead just shot up my ranks for 2014-15 teams to watch.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E--\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'd be an idiot not to address the change of by-line and editorial oversight, especially in my first post in this position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe CIS Blog has seen a dwindling amount of content over the past few years as writers aged out of the university beat, but that does not mean this place has to die with their departure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs I hinted earlier in the post, my knowledge of the CIS as a whole is not what I would like it to be, but it is still strong. This blog deserves a ton of credit for that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you're interested in writing for us, Shelby and I are interested too. Send me an email - scott1hastie@gmail.com - and we can set something up.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1175530867397866985\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/08\/scott-morrison-leaves-lakehead-for-nba.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1175530867397866985"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1175530867397866985"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/08\/scott-morrison-leaves-lakehead-for-nba.html","title":"Scott Morrison leaves Lakehead for NBA D-League head coaching job"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Scott Hastie"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08081415078301065374"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwhBdMTxzzQ\/U--8G6VIcEI\/AAAAAAAAAQA\/c3N6UaB5iAU\/s72-c\/14741208467_c2ebd8d720_z.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2814126290053413312"},"published":{"$t":"2013-05-31T08:13:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-06-06T09:30:08.782-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: STU head coach Troy Ryan resigns"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So much for the quiet off-season. \u003Ci\u003EThe Daily Gleaner\u003C\/i\u003E's \u003Ca href=\"mailto:murray.nick@dailygleaner.com\"\u003ENick Murray\u003C\/a\u003E reports (pay-walled) that St. Thomas Tommies men's hockey head coach \u003Cb\u003ETroy Ryan\u003C\/b\u003E submitted his resignation yesterday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EAfter two years of trying to rebuild the program, Ryan informed STU athletic director Mike Eagles last Friday he was done and gave his official two weeks' notice on Thursday, forfeiting the final year of his three-year contract. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EThough neither Ryan or Eagles would comment on what exactly went wrong between Ryan and the Tommies' organization, Ryan said it just wasn't a good fit anymore. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\"You're always optimistic that, and it's not placing blame, but that things would get better or things would change, or I would get better at dealing with certain situations,\" Ryan said in an interview Thursday. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\"It just got to the point where I didn't think it was the best fit. Whether I wasn't the best fit or they weren't the best fit for me, it's time to leave.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003EThere were rumours all season that Ryan was butting heads with the STU administration over both funding for the hockey program and its losing record, especially since AD Eagles was the previous hockey coach. Whenever Ryan was asked about the issue by media, he'd say there were no real money problems and point to their impressive new hockey facilities as example of the fact, and express confidence that the rebuild would work over time. If you read between the lines of some of his quotes to the Gleaner, he hints that everything wasn't as rosy as he pretended. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"The ideal thing in the AUS is you build a strong foundation. You try to build the hockey schools and the culture around your team, build the community involvement and build the alumni relations. One of the big mistakes that we made, or that I made, is you need to bring people in from the outside into your program.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"It's OK to disagree, and ultimately I'm an employee of the university...you're never going to agree on everything. That's just the nature of the beast and that's part of coaching hockey,\" Ryan said. \"Some things were obviously too difficult to overcome. There was no one thing; it was assessing the situation.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"It's trying to decide whether I could have enough of an impact on everything to make this successful. When you decide yourself that you're not going to have enough of an impact to accomplish what you want to accomplish, why are you doing it?\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003ERyan was a proven builder in Junior 'A' hockey, which is probably why he won the competition for the STU job. He's also a former AUS player, a scrappy forward with both UNB and his hometown Saint Mary's Huskies. At the time I, like many, didn't think STU could have picked a better man for the job.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gleaner's \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hunt.bill@dailygleaner.com\"\u003EBill Hunt\u003C\/a\u003E devotes his weekly column today to reactions from the Tommies players.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"It's not like I was totally blindsided by it, but it was definitely a bit of a surprise,\" said goaltender Jon Groenheyde, who made the AUS all-rookie team with the Tommies last season. \"It's obviously a decision he had to make,\" he said. \"He has to do what he has to do. It's none of my business. My business is still the same ... it's still to come into camp ready to go and to win games next season and stop the puck.\" Groenheyde said Ryan was \"a great guy. He was always good to me. It doesn't really effect my mindset. I'm interested to see what's going to happen.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"The thing is, he's a real passionate guy,\" said [Stephen] Sanza. \"It's tough for him. It's a weird league to coach. It's not like the OHL. You can't make trades. It's hard to make decisions. I hope he does well wherever he's going to coach. Hopefully we get someone soon, someone who has a good background in coaching and can hopefully start recruiting some guys for next year.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003ETeam captain Felix Poulin said he \"didn't see that one coming. I'm sure Troy was heading us in the right direction. Even if we had tough years, we had the good mentality. I can't really explain why. Sorry, I'm just really surprised. I don't have any words yet. I just hope he's comfortable with his decision.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003ESt. Thomas has posted a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/w3.stu.ca\/stu\/athletics\/news\/news_view.aspx?id=151294\"\u003Erelease on their website\u003C\/a\u003E stating that they are beginning their search for a new coach, and indicate that they'll be taking another look at previous candidates (which I believe could include a current Halifax Mooseheads assistant coach who is a former star AUS player?).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESelfishly, I'm going to miss Coach Ryan if for no other reason than he always gave long, frank, insightful answers to our sometimes dumb questions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUPDATE:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Tommies most public long-suffering superfan\/promoter has had enough:\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/stutommies.com\/2013\/06\/when-enough-is-finally-enough.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/stutommies.com\/2013\/06\/when-enough-is-finally-enough.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe voice of TommiesTV is calling it quits: \"\u003Ca class=\"account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav\" data-user-id=\"22102415\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyCorey\"\u003E\u003Cb class=\"fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id\"\u003ERandy Corey\u003C\/b\u003E ‏\u003Cspan class=\"username js-action-profile-name\"\u003E\u003Cs\u003E@\u003C\/s\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERandyCorey\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Csmall class=\"time\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyCorey\/status\/342398874452897792\" title=\"6:53 PM - 5 Jun 13\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"_timestamp js-short-timestamp js-relative-timestamp\" data-long-form=\"true\" data-time=\"1370469227\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E I have decided not to return as play-by-play announcer for Tommies TV next season. I want to thank coaches and players for their support. Especially thanks to fans who faithfully watched\/listened the past 6 seasons, and mostly to Harold DeCourcey, great friend and sidekick.\"\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn today's \u003Ci\u003EGleaner\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"mailto:hallihan.bruce@dailygleaner.com\"\u003EBruce Hallihan\u003C\/a\u003E devotes his weekly column to a Q\u0026amp;A with Troy Ryan. In part:\u003Cb\u003E Q: Why now, in the heart of recruiting season?\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003EA: I wish I was staying, to be honest, but it didn't make sense any longer. I hope the right people understand. I don't think it's for the reasons a lot of people think either. Some people think it's because they weren't giving (the program) financial support. I would never use that as an excuse, because I came in knowing that situation. It would be like me complaining it's a liberal arts school.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cb\u003EQ: I repeatedly hear 'It's all Troy Ryan vs. Mike Eagles or Mike Eagles vs. Troy Ryan. Is that a fair statement?\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003EA: No. It's not that simple. I don't think it's any big secret that we didn't get along great, but that's life. I don't necessarily think it's all Mike. I know my own personality, I know that I can be trouble. I can be too blunt. I wish I would have learned earlier how to work within an institution. When I disagree with Mike, I disagree with him. After reading some of the online things that were being said about Mike, I went on Facebook and said, 'I don't think he deserves some of the stuff that's being thrown at him.' I don't think the same way he does and I don't see the direction of the program the same way he does, but ultimately it was my job probably to bend more towards them because they're in charge, they're my bosses. I couldn't do it.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2814126290053413312\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/05\/mens-hockey-stu-head-coach-troy-ryan.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2814126290053413312"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2814126290053413312"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/05\/mens-hockey-stu-head-coach-troy-ryan.html","title":"Men's Hockey: STU head coach Troy Ryan resigns"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David Kilfoil"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16821812362923440575"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"22","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZSfv79uXrWQ\/SmbzQBQU15I\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/-NRmEHNVB7o\/S220\/David.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-593971007681338710"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-12T00:11:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-12T00:11:43.533-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS football recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CFL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"AUS football: Huskies tab Marcello Simmons as DC"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Exciting news out of Halifax: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/682335-smu-names-simmons-defensive-co-ordinator\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMonty Mosher\u003C\/b\u003E of the Chronicle-Herald reports\u003C\/a\u003E that the Saint Mary's Huskies filled their vacant defensive coordinator position on Monday with the hiring of former CFLer \u003Cb\u003EMarcello Simmons\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESimmons is replacing \u003Cb\u003EDevin Murphy\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/186315-smu-in-market-for-defensive-coordinator\"\u003Ewho left the same role at the end of the 2012 season\u003C\/a\u003E. It was rumoured that Murphy and head coach \u003Cb\u003EPerry Marchese\u003C\/b\u003E were not on good terms throughout the season. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis new hire should continue the SMU tradition of strong defence based around match coverage principles. While Murphy and Simmons run different concepts, the Huskies should be able to hit the ground running and build on what should be considered a disappointing season, largely so because of their troubles on offence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EOne of the issues that SMU had last year in the secondary was how Murphy's system forced the defence to tattle on itself by moving \u003Cb\u003ENeil King\u003C\/b\u003E out of the free safety position when running the match. Simmons' defence relies more on the strong side linebacker being the adjuster. (Of course this all comes down to personnel: Murphy could have been forced to use King due to the lack of depth they had after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/08\/cis-countdown-2012-aus-preview-part-one.html\"\u003Etheir tumultuous offseason\u003C\/a\u003E. Previously \u003Cb\u003EJeff Hecht\u003C\/b\u003E was used in this role.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESimmons, a former defensive back himself in the CFL for seven seasons, mostly in the late-90s, also played for the Southern Methodist Mustangs which puts him on a very short list of people involved with both SMU football programs. He has spent the last decade coaching in the CIS and CFL with the most notable stop in Toronto, where he was special teams coordinator with the Argonauts from 2003 to 2008, including their 2004 Grey Cup win. After a brief hiatus he joined the Acadia Axemen in 2010* and then the Guelph Gryphons in 2011, both times coaching the defensive backs. He went back to the CFL last year as the DB coach for Edmonton, and now moves on to a new challenge in Halifax.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E* In the interests of full disclosure: I played under Marcello Simmons during my 2010 season at Acadia.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/593971007681338710\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/aus-football-huskies-tab-marcello.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/593971007681338710"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/593971007681338710"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/aus-football-huskies-tab-marcello.html","title":"AUS football: Huskies tab Marcello Simmons as DC"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kevin Garbuio"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/17514223307445520141"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-40936261749357563"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-30T14:53:00.003-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-01T10:46:45.662-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Gee-Gees dismiss Gary Etcheverry, now must undo the damage done to a proud program"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EGary Etcheverry\u003C\/b\u003E's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafootballchat.com\/cfc-forums\/index.php\/page\/articles.html\/_\/the-front-page\/news\/cis\/etcheverry-and-most-of-staff-to-be-fired-today-r23169\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efinal days\u003C\/a\u003E as Ottawa Gee-Gees head football coach were like a \u003Ci\u003EFriday Night Lights\u003C\/i\u003E episode with special guest director Federico Fellini.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe past week's drama, which took another turn with the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.geegees.uottawa.ca\/news\/17\/2165\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efiring of Etcheverry\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-meet-with.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehate to have called it\u003C\/a\u003E), is only the symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. Know that much.\u0026nbsp;The Gee-Gees senior players — here one thinks of centre\u003Cb\u003E Shavin Fernando\u003C\/b\u003E, linebackers\u003Cb\u003E Tyler Sawyer\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ETrevor Seal\u003C\/b\u003E and QB\u003Cb\u003E Aaron Colbon\u003C\/b\u003E, who only needed a near-mutiny before he was allowed to throw 30 passes in a game this season — are the true empathetic figures. Some of the holdovers who helped Ottawa come within seconds of the Yates Cup in 2010 are going out on a lame-duck season with Ottawa last in the OUA at 0-5.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven Etcheverry is somewhat of an empathetic figure. His irrational insistence that the double wing could work at the CIS level was bizarre. It was comic fodder to other head coaches in Ontario. But this is what happens with the way uOttawa, under director of sport services \u003Cb\u003ELuc Gélineau\u003C\/b\u003E, does its business. Until they increase the support for the program, recruitment and retention are going to be recurring problems. The below passage from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafootballchat.com\/cfc-forums\/index.php\/page\/articles.html\/_\/the-front-page\/news\/cis\/etcheverry-and-most-of-staff-to-be-fired-today-r23169\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECanada Football Chat\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;says it all:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EOttawa has had trouble attracting good candidates (and holding on to coaches - JP Asselin) because of the lack of financial support and competitive coaching salary levels as compared to other OUA\/CIS teams. The new Carleton Ravens have already exposed some of Ottawa's issues, hiring 3 former Gee-Gees coaches in the last 4 months (J.P. Asselin, Chris Coulson, Josh Sacobie). \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlease commit that to memory before anyone starts joking that Etcheverry won't have to worry about having to interview for a CIS position again any time soon (never say never at this level of sport!). It's a uOttawa story more than it is about a journeyman coach with a blind spot about what works in theory and what works in an actual application. The last fews day have been more of a boiling over from off-field turmoil that dates back across the past 4-5 seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe question is whether Ottawa can undo the damage while Carleton is hitting the ground running. There is no reason Ottawa shouldn't be a strong program. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafootballchat.com\/cfc-forums\/index.php\/page\/articles.html\/_\/the-front-page\/news\/cis\/etcheverry-and-most-of-staff-to-be-fired-today-r23169\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eearly indication is it will have former star O-lineman \u003Cb\u003ENaim El-Far\u003C\/b\u003E serve as a general manager\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Does this firm up the resolve to make football a flagship program, pay the going rate for to attract and keep good coaches, and so on?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa's been a successful team over the years, but its next head coach will be its 13th since\u003Cb\u003E Don Gilbert\u003C\/b\u003E guided the legendary 1975 Gee-Gees to the Vanier Cup. Laurier, Queen's and Western, all generally successful Ontario programs, have had 10 head coaches combined in the same period. That buttresses the belief there is some dry rot in the system.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/40936261749357563\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-dismiss-gary.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/40936261749357563"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/40936261749357563"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-dismiss-gary.html","title":"Football: Gee-Gees dismiss Gary Etcheverry, now must undo the damage done to a proud program"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-9176123028391107359"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-26T22:40:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-27T16:56:32.150-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Ottawa acknowledges players met with school brass; Gary Etcheverry tweaks offence"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"To its credit, the University of Ottawa has not taken the 'nothing to see here' attitude following \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-meet-with.html\"\u003Ereports of turmoil within the winless football Gee-Gees ranks\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat would have been an impossible front to maintain. Coach\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EGary Etcheverry\u003C\/b\u003E and his coaching staff are all back for Saturday's Ottawa-Queen's game in Kingston, Ont., but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2012\/09\/26\/ottawa-gee-gees-football-team-tosses-out-controversial-offence\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe double-wing offence will apparently not be as prominent in the offensive game plan\u003C\/a\u003E. Meantime, the current coaching staff did not exactly get a vote of confidence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom \u003Cb\u003ETim Baines\u003C\/b\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003EAssistant athletic director \u003Cb\u003EColin Timm\u003C\/b\u003E said nothing was rammed down the coaches’ throats, but there was an agreement that there needed to be some adjustments in philosophy — with heat coming from all over the place.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;“You’ve always got pressure from above,” said Timm. “They always want to win. Everybody’s an armchair quarterback. We have concerns, too. It just came to a point after the 0-4 start (that changes had to be made).\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;“This was left to the coaching staff to work out a solution to move forward. Our process was to try and bring the team together. We’re throwing away the 0-4 and taking it one game at a time.”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;... Timm said there was no talk of dumping Etcheverry this week, despite rumblings that the coach was on shaky ground. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-meet-with.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOttawa Sun\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETaking it one game at a time\u003C\/i\u003E is a curious coda. Ottawa's key decision-maker, director of sports services \u003Cb\u003ELuc Gélineau\u003C\/b\u003E, is on vacation, after all. The same might go for the clause \u003Ci\u003Ethis week\u003C\/i\u003E. That isn't meant to imply there will be a change after the Queen's game or as soon as the regular season ends; it only means that there has been some discord. It is hard to imagine how a team can pull together and put its best foot forward against the No. 5 team in the country on Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's possible the Gee-Gees could play out the string with the current, flawed state of affairs now that the playoffs are a remote possibility. The initial point on Tuesday wasn't to report that anyone was about to be out of work, but to convey that Gee-Gees players were just as frustrated as their alumni and fans and decided to move on it. It is tragicomic that it came to such a head. This season might be lost, but they can do damage control and lay some groundwork for the future.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/9176123028391107359\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-ottawa-acknowledges-players.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/9176123028391107359"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/9176123028391107359"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-ottawa-acknowledges-players.html","title":"Football: Ottawa acknowledges players met with school brass; Gary Etcheverry tweaks offence"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3397865724068511866"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-26T00:16:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-26T07:28:47.701-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Gee-Gees meet with administration, demanding changes to team — sources"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"With their season in a shambles, Ottawa Gee-Gees footballers appear to be mutinying against first-year head coach \u003Cb\u003EGary Etcheverry\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMultiple sources confirmed for cisblog.ca on Tuesday that \u003Cb\u003EColin Timm\u003C\/b\u003E, uOttawa sports services' assistant director, played mediator during an approximately four-hour-long meeting between Etcheverry and some of the team's senior leaders. Players \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimCBaines\/status\/250789054705176576\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ealso ran a spread offence during a practice where several coaches were absent\u003C\/a\u003E, instead of practising \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/cfl-55-yard-line\/cis-corner-gary-etcheverry-ottawa-gee-gees-revive-212848051.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEtcheverry's double-wing offence\u003C\/a\u003E, which has yet to produce results amid the Gee-Gees' first 0-4 start in a quarter-century. Ottawa has looked disjointed on each side of the ball, ranking \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.commer.com\/index.php?t=statistics.tpl\u0026amp;genderId=1\u0026amp;sportName=football\u0026amp;sid=297\u0026amp;team_stats=offense_yards\u0026amp;player_stats=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eseventh in offence\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.commer.com\/index.php?t=statistics.tpl\u0026amp;genderId=1\u0026amp;sportName=football\u0026amp;sid=297\u0026amp;team_stats=defence_yards\u0026amp;player_stats=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eninth in defence\u003C\/a\u003E in the 10-team OUA \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/fball\/2012-13\/files\/previews\/ottawa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edespite returning nearly all of their starters from a season ago\u003C\/a\u003E. They are also dead last in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.commer.com\/?t=statistics.tpl\u0026amp;genderId=1\u0026amp;sportName=football\u0026amp;sid=297\u0026amp;team_stats=offense_pass\u0026amp;player_stats=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epass offence\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.commer.com\/?t=statistics.tpl\u0026amp;genderId=1\u0026amp;sportName=football\u0026amp;sid=297\u0026amp;team_stats=defence_pass\u0026amp;player_stats=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epass defence\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimCBaines\/status\/250784414244675586\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eexpected there will be\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;restructuring of the coaching staff as soon as Wednesday.\u0026nbsp;Offensive assistant \u003Cb\u003ECorey Goff\u003C\/b\u003E could also be on the hot seat.\u0026nbsp;At\u0026nbsp;this hour, it's not clear what that means for the much-travelled Etcheverry ahead of Saturday's Ottawa-Queen's game in Kingston.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"He'll be gone by the end of the Queen's game... 100 per cent,\" a source said of Etcheverry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELuc Gélineau\u003C\/b\u003E, Ottawa's director of sports services, is on vacation, which further complicates matters. Where this story goes might turn on how serious the Gee-Gees players are about demanding changes. Ottawa, the lone winless team in OUA, is in tough to make the playoffs just two years after many of their veterans came within seconds of winning the Yates Cup.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEtcheverry, throughout his coaching career, has garnered a reputation for being adamant about running his schemes. That was a contributing factor to his departure from the Saskatchewan Roughriders before the 2011 season; he was essentially demoted from defensive coordinator in favour of \u003Cb\u003ERichie Hall\u003C\/b\u003E despite the fact the 'Riders had made consecutive Grey Cup appearances. That makes it tough to picture the Gee-Gees ditching the double wing while Etcheverry remains as coach. In a previous stint with the B.C. Football Conference's South Fraser (now Langley) Rams, he left after three games after refusing to get rid of the double wing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese reports did not exactly materialize from nowhere. Many Gee-Gees football alumni are reportedly upset about the direction of the program. Suffice to say, a surreal 24-48 hours are ahead in Gee-Gee land.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3397865724068511866\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-meet-with.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3397865724068511866"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3397865724068511866"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/09\/football-gee-gees-meet-with.html","title":"Football: Gee-Gees meet with administration, demanding changes to team — sources"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6462874466774938236"},"published":{"$t":"2012-04-19T11:26:00.006-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-05-02T16:46:23.020-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football expansion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Carleton adds Gee-Gees coach Jean-Philippe Asselin as offensive coordinator"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When \u003Cb\u003EJ.P. Asselin\u003C\/b\u003E was frequently absent from the weekly OUA football coaches' media conference call last fall, it sent strong signals that there was some internal discord with the Ottawa Gee-Gees. It seemed like a silent protest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow it's official. In the latest instance of Ottawa director of sports services Luc Gélineau seeing a coach leave of her\/his own accord, Asselin is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.ca\/news\/2012\/4\/19\/FB_0419122100.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eleaving the team where he played before coaching\u003C\/a\u003E to join the new team in the nation's capital. \u003Cb\u003ETim Baines\u003C\/b\u003E reported late Wednesday the 29-year-old, who was 13-6 in two seasons at the helm of Ottawa, could become \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sumurah\u003C\/b\u003E's offensive coordinator when the revived Ravens take wing in 2013.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EUpdate, 12:05 p.m.:\u003C\/span\u003E Carleton just confirmed the move with a press release.) \u003Cblockquote\u003EGee-Gees head coach J.P. Asselin is a strong candidate to become the offensive co-ordinator for the Ravens, who are still more than a year away from joining the OUA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“We’ve been looking at hiring top quality people,” said Ravens coach \u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Sumarah\u003C\/strong\u003E, who would neither confirm or deny that Asselin was a candidate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“It would be pretty exciting if somebody of J.P.’s quality wanted to be part of the Ravens’ rebirth. But right now, he’s still part of Ottawa U.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESumarah said he was surprised at some of the names who applied for jobs at Carleton. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2012\/04\/18\/asselin-leaving-football-ggs-to-join-ravens\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOttawa Sun\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003EFrom a pure football perspective, it is a huge coup for Carleton to only get a head coach as a coordinator but to also take one from their cross-town rival. It also shows how Carleton, bearing in mind there could be some growing pains in Year 1, is getting ready to hit the ground running (and presumbly passing a bit too, running the 'Canadian wishbone' only works at one OUA school and only up until they met their match physically). Baines' report also notes former Bishop's head coach \u003Cb\u003ELeroy Blugh\u003C\/b\u003E, an eastern Ontario native who coached defensive line for Queen's last season, is a candidate to be defensive coordinator.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(Blugh, as you'll recall, went to Queen's to be closer to family in Napanee, Ont. You can get from that city to Carleton's campus in a shade fewer than two hours. Why would I know that?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a more macro sense, this is a bit of a red flag about the turn Ottawa's sports teams have taken under Gélineau's watch. That's two football coaches in two seasons, the other being Denis Piché who's now coaching CEGEP in Gatineau, who have left the post but decided to stay in the national capital region. Meantime, if\/when Asselin joins the Ravens, he won't be the only former uOttawa sportsperson with a wardrobe of black-and-red warmup suits. Carleton AD \u003Cb\u003EJennifer Brenning\u003C\/b\u003E, of course, worked at Ottawa before crossing over. Women's hockey coach \u003Cb\u003EShelley Coolidge\u003C\/b\u003E and her staff migrated to Bronson Ave. a couple years back. At some point, uOttawa \u003Cem\u003Ehas\u003C\/em\u003E to take note of what's going on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETaking a really long view, this might signal a shift in power in CIS football during this brave new world of eligibility restrictions and privately funded programs. Imagine: in 1999 Carleton folded the original Ravens team. Saint Mary's was in the Vanier Cup that fall. Ottawa won the next season. Saint Mary's then went back-to-back in 2001-02 with Sumurah serving ably as \u003Cb\u003EBlake Nill\u003C\/b\u003E's offensive coordinator. Now those powerhouses are losing coaches to Carleton? \u003Cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003EPlus ça change.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6462874466774938236\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/04\/football-carleton-adding-gee-gees-coach.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6462874466774938236"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6462874466774938236"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/04\/football-carleton-adding-gee-gees-coach.html","title":"Football: Carleton adds Gee-Gees coach Jean-Philippe Asselin as offensive coordinator"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4435267173497560882"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-07T10:30:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-07T11:02:48.131-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AUS football recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Steve Sumarah"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Breaking down the Saint Mary’s coaching candidates"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EHere's another guest post from \u003Cb\u003EKevin Garbuio\u003C\/b\u003E, this time looking at the finalists for the SMU coaching job.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen the Saint Mary’s Huskies decided to part ways with \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sumarah\u003C\/b\u003E after the AUS championship, it left the CIS football community in shock. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMany CIS observers were asking, “What could have happened to cause this?” Sumarah was the winner of four consecutive AUS championships and owned a .747 winning percentage. In 2009 he was named CIS coach of the year but after SMU's loss to Acadia, he was not retained. SMU athletic director and former coach \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sarty\u003C\/b\u003E is the only one who knows the answer but neither he nor Sumarah has addressed the matter publicly. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESumarah, like all great coaches, was not unemployed for long, landing the highly-coveted Carleton position, which many see as a quick build. But Saint Mary's has not yet replaced him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Huskies' coaching position is seen as a dream job for many. Low entrance requirements, supportive alumni, and a winning tradition are only a few of the attractive qualities that come with SMU. Initially, everyone (including myself) thought former Huskie player and Waterloo head coach \u003Cb\u003EDennis McPhee\u003C\/b\u003E was going to get the job, but he reportedly took a job with Western as an assistant coach. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERecently, \u003Cb\u003EMonty Mosher\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/montymosher\/status\/165514380925075456\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E that the candidates are down to two from five. I will now, at the risk of looking really bad in a few days, try to break down the remaining candidates and make a prediction.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELeroy Blugh\u003C\/b\u003E (75% chance of getting the job)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlugh has to be the odds-on favourite right now, but since SMU is now so unpredictable, I am not going to say this is a total slam dunk. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe former CFLer and Bishop's head coach spent the last season working with the Queen's Golden Gaels defensive line, and many saw that position as a way to get more familiar with the OUA and possibly get the Carleton job (Blugh also has eastern Ontario ties, being from Napanee originally). Of course, Sumarah took that position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlugh, who interviewed for the SMU job yesterday, February 6th, has a reputation as a tenacious recruiter. As head coach at Bishop’s, Blugh recruited the entire country trying to find the best talent. He took his alma mater back to respectability but there's only so much anyone can do when living in the shadow of perennial powerhouse Laval. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaiters were seen as a 'David' but Blugh now has the opportunity to take over the AUS's Goliath. Saint Mary’s has been built on a reputation of power football and a physical defence. Blugh has shown his team can play both a power offense with \u003Cb\u003EJamall Lee\u003C\/b\u003E and, in his final year, more of a spread when Benoit Groulx was his offensive coordinator. Defensively, the former President’s Trophy winner has always recruited elite athletes and if he does get the job he will inherit a Huskies defence with studs like \u003Cb\u003ENeil King\u003C\/b\u003E and first team All-Canadian \u003Cb\u003EKayin Marchand-Wright\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf the rumor of dysfunction within Saint Mary’s is true, Blugh should be able to stabilize the AUS powerhouse. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPerry Marchese\u003C\/b\u003E (20% chance of getting the job)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarchese is a former Huskie quarterback, having graduated in 1997. His old teammate, athletic director \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sarty\u003C\/b\u003E, is certainly familiar with the Hamilton native’s impressive coaching resume. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarchese, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/59009-huskies-football-coach-down-two-choices\"\u003Eas Mosher writes\u003C\/a\u003E, has coached in the CFL with Hamilton and Toronto and was an offensive co-coordinator at Bishop's and Guelph (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.guelphmercury.com\/sports\/article\/519371--gryphon-assistant-head-football-coach-marchese-resigns\"\u003Ewhich he left about a year ago\u003C\/a\u003E). While he certainly is not the favourite for this job, the Huskies' stagnant offense last season and in the previous two bowl games may mean the school is looking to change its identity. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe certainly would be inheriting a team with talent in the skill positions. Both quarterbacks are potentially elite talents. \u003Cb\u003EJesse Mills\u003C\/b\u003E has the raw skills to be a Hec Crighton candidate while the often criticized \u003Cb\u003EJack Creighton\u003C\/b\u003E is also returning. Both pivots have the ability to make all the throws, and a few people believe that Creighton-lead SMU offence, while ultimately unsuccessful, gave McMaster the blueprint on how to beat Acadia in the Uteck Bowl. (Specifically, none of Acadia's opponents had thrown to the wide side of the field with great success until Saint Mary's did. In the Uteck, Mac exploited that weakness.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EObservers think Marchese may be able to mend some bridges with the Old Dogs, the Huskie football alumni, who largely did not approve of Sumarah’s firing. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt must be stated that just because Marchese and Sarty were former teammates does not means he will get the job. Remember that Sarty and Sumarah used to coach with each other, and I would not say they got along famously. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy my figures, that leaves a small (5%) chance that the Huskies hire someone else (say, if neither of the above works out). An honourable mention among \"the others\" is \u003Cb\u003EAndy McEvoy\u003C\/b\u003E. McEvoy is (or was) an interesting candidate because the former York coach does have experience with a school similar to SMU. Unfortunately he did not have success there (though he was Ottawa's offensive coordinator during their 2000 Vanier Cup-winning season). He did succeed in the junior ranks, winning an Ontario title with the Ottawa Sooners in 2009. As well, Eastern Ontario is turning into a football hotbed, which did help him make it to the final five here with SMU. However, his CIS track record seems to hurt his chances of landing one of the league's premium coaching jobs. McEvoy is a bright offensive mind, so he should be back coaching in the university ranks soon enough.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/4435267173497560882\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/football-breaking-down-saint-marys.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4435267173497560882"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4435267173497560882"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/football-breaking-down-saint-marys.html","title":"Football: Breaking down the Saint Mary’s coaching candidates"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8615480420678250881"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-06T09:10:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-06T09:15:50.834-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Sumarah, SMU part ways"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Our \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EAndrew Bucholtz\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/cfl\/blog\/cfl_experts\/post\/CIS-Corner-SMU-Huskies-axe-Steve-Sumarah?urn=cfl-wp2422\"\u003Ewrote at \u003Cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003E55-Yard Line\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E about Saint Mary's recent decision to not renew head coach \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ESteve Sumarah\u003C\/span\u003E's contract. Andrew concludes: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EThe late timing suggests SMU may already have someone else in mind, but there aren't exactly a lot of high-profile established CIS names looking for work at the moment, and there are plenty of other jobs open as well. It's going to be very interesting to see where the Huskies turn, but from this corner, they may have just fired the best man they could get for the job.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMonty Mosher\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/39681-sumarah-dumped-saint-marys-football-coach\"\u003Eis also on the story\u003C\/a\u003E, of course.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/cfl\/blog\/cfl_experts\/post\/CIS-Corner-SMU-Huskies-axe-Steve-Sumarah?urn=cfl-wp2422\"\u003ECIS Corner: SMU Huskies axe Steve Sumarah\u003C\/a\u003E [\u003Cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003E55-Yard Line\u003C\/span\u003E]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/39681-sumarah-dumped-saint-marys-football-coach\"\u003ESumarah dumped as Saint Mary's football coach\u003C\/a\u003E [\u003Cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003EThe Chronicle-Herald\u003C\/span\u003E]\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8615480420678250881\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/12\/football-sumarah-smu-part-ways.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8615480420678250881"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8615480420678250881"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/12\/football-sumarah-smu-part-ways.html","title":"Football: Sumarah, SMU part ways"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4033297310317593535"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-22T21:20:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-23T09:38:44.239-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: McPhee out at Waterloo"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"From the University of Waterloo, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca\/news\/2011\/11\/22\/FB_1122115928.aspx\"\u003Ereleased this afternoon\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EAfter five years of coaching the Warrior Football program at the University of Waterloo, Head Coach \u003Cb\u003EDennis McPhee\u003C\/b\u003E has resigned from his coaching position and will be leaving the University.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“We wish Coach McPhee the best with his future endeavours and thank him for his contributions to the Warrior Football program,” said \u003Cb\u003EBob Copeland\u003C\/b\u003E, University of Waterloo Athletics Director.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECopeland said the change in leadership comes at a time when the Department of Athletics program is evolving according to a strategic direction built around core values and goals that best position the school for success in interuniversity sports.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EContinuity for the football team will be provided by a strong line-up of assistant coaches including Assistant Head Coach \u003Cb\u003EJoe Paopao\u003C\/b\u003E, longstanding Assistant Coach \u003Cb\u003EMarshall Bingeman\u003C\/b\u003E, and Assistant Coach \u003Cb\u003EKani Kauahi\u003C\/b\u003E, all of whom will be on the sidelines guiding the Warriors through the 2012 season.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EMcPhee's reasons for leaving aren't given. Copeland's quoted in \u003Ci\u003EThe Record\u003C\/i\u003E as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports\/university\/article\/628676--uw-football-coach-mcphee-resigns\"\u003Epart of this passage\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EMcPhee, a fiery competitor with a temper to match, is thought to have left the school because of an impasse with UW’s senior administration on how the team can vie in an increasingly competitive Ontario University Athletics conference.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUW’s athletic director Bob Copeland confirmed McPhee’s choice followed lengthy discussions with senior management.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“His decision was definitely tied into the department’s and team’s year-end review. Whenever you conduct a review, it is a time for reflection and Dennis had the opportunity (to do that).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“He’s made his decision because it’s the best course of action for himself and his family and the program.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(Wait, \"increasingly competitive\"? There's a whole post to be written on that word choice, but let's stick to the topic at hand.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don't know what will happen to Waterloo football any more than you do. I probably know less. But wording like \"a strategic direction built around core values and goals that best position the school for success in interuniversity sports\" does not usually mean \"hey, let's take money from other teams and give it to the winless one that brought us so much bad publicity.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven before last year's troubles, the Warriors weren't serious contenders. And Waterloo, at least in the 2009-10 academic year, was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/calculated-reactions-more-than-youd.html\"\u003Eone of the least successful among all schools offering all the major sports\u003C\/a\u003E, not just bad at football. I'm glad the school is talking, somewhat, about the future of the program \u0026mdash; not as an alumnus (a non-donating alumnus, at that), but as a follower of CIS who would, frankly, like to have \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/11\/calculated-reactions-whats-marginal.html\"\u003Efewer irrelevant games\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome of us, including myself, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/06\/football-mcphee-in-limbo-more-wondering.html\"\u003Ewere incorrect to say Waterloo wouldn't play football again after last year\u003C\/a\u003E. (Though, if you wanted to be cruel, you could say we haven't been proven wrong yet.) But maybe the story's changed now. It's unfortunate if current and future players lose those roster spots, but, really, it's hard to argue that axing football would be the wrong move.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/4033297310317593535\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/11\/football-mcphee-out-at-waterloo.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4033297310317593535"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4033297310317593535"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/11\/football-mcphee-out-at-waterloo.html","title":"Football: McPhee out at Waterloo"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5744643454240016843"},"published":{"$t":"2011-07-06T23:32:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-07-10T22:33:39.218-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barry Rawlyk"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basil Hughton"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Greg Jockims"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball - U of Sask men's coach Jockims retires"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"News came out last week that \u003Cb\u003EGreg Jockims\u003C\/b\u003E, after taking a year's sabbatical as the head coach of the Saskatchewan Huskies,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/Greg+Jockims+says+goodbye+coaching+Huskies+basketball\/5035619\/story.html\"\u003Ehas officially called it quits.\u003C\/a\u003E It seems coaching his three kids' variety of amateur squads might be simpler than dealing with a single men's university team. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom the\u0026nbsp;article linked above, in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Saskatoon Star-Phoenix\u003C\/i\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E“I got offered a teaching job — obviously that was part of the decision-making process — but the lead-up, I can’t begin to tell you how difficult of a decision this was,” [Jockims] said. “Obviously, being away for a year, I knew there might be a decision to make. You’re kind of talking to yourself — what am I going to do, what am I going to do? I hadn’t really made a decision. When you actually get to the precipice or the cliff, and you have to jump off, and then you start to reflect on how long it’s been, how much time you’ve put into this and, really, who I am as a person is a Huskie coach. That’s my identity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003EThis is obviously concerning for the Huskies, as they enjoyed partiuclar success in the Jockims era. \u003Cb\u003EMichael Linklater\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003ENolan Brudehl\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EMichael Lieffers\u003C\/b\u003E all had terrific, championship careers with the Huskies under him, and Saskatchewan scored the Canada West and CIS Championship double two seasons ago (both wins coming against UBC) in what will effectively be Jockims' last season with the Huskies. The Saskatchewan record books are littered with players from Jockims' reign, including career points and rebounds leader \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Spagrud\u003C\/b\u003E, perimeter shooting wiz \u003Cb\u003EKyle Grant\u003C\/b\u003E, and the numerous single-season accomplishments put up by \u003Cb\u003EShowron Glover\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile we wait for the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/news\/2011\/6\/30\/MBB_0630113939.aspx\"\u003Eretirement to become official on August 24th,\u003C\/a\u003E the search for a new coach begins.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EBarry Rawlyk\u003C\/b\u003E filled in as interim head-coach last season, and one would have to think that after a CIS tournament appearance for the Huskies and a fourth-place finish, athletic director \u003Cb\u003EBasil Hughton\u003C\/b\u003E may consider keeping Rawlyk on board.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJockims retires with 198 coaching victories in 12 seasons as head coach with the Huskies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5744643454240016843\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/07\/basketball-u-of-sask-mens-coach-jockims.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5744643454240016843"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5744643454240016843"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/07\/basketball-u-of-sask-mens-coach-jockims.html","title":"Basketball - U of Sask men's coach Jockims retires"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7126560492552564026"},"published":{"$t":"2011-06-03T12:54:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-06-03T12:54:16.169-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Rootes' uphill climb at Brock"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A little over three years ago, \u003Cb\u003EBrad Rootes\u003C\/b\u003E cemented Brock's improbable place in CIS men's basketball history. Now, he's locked up his place in leading that team for the foreseeable future. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter serving as interim head coach for the 2010-11 season, Rootes has been given a long-term contract to be the head coach of the Badgers' men's basketball program, with an \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gobadgers.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2011-12\/releases\/mbb-05-26-2011\"\u003Eofficial announcement taking place last week in St. Catharines\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003ERootes, a five-time All-Star as a player with the Badgers, led the team to a CIS championship in 2008 under then-coach \u003Cb\u003EKen Murray\u003C\/b\u003E. When Murray left before last season, Rootes moved up from assistant coach to interim head coach. Now, at 26, he's the youngest bench boss in CIS men's hoops. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith his place locked up at the helm, Rootes can now get started on what will be a somewhat arduous task: finding a way to break out of the tough, parity-filled OUA West. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe West became known last year not as a powerhouse for national-level contenders, but for being a no-holds barred, slug-em-out grudge match of a division where the even level of competition saw winning streaks and above-.500 records come at a premium. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBrock's 2010-11 campaign was sullied by a late six-game losing streak, which put them a 9-13 and sunk their playoff hopes. Any momentum that had been built up from having the past two CIS Rookies of the Year was stunted, with \u003Cb\u003EClinton Springer-Williams\u003C\/b\u003E being lured away to the NCAA's Gannon University and \u003Cb\u003EDidi Mukendi\u003C\/b\u003E missing the entire season with a knee injury. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith Rootes now firmly entrenched as the head of the program, Brock has an opportunity to re-build properly for the long term and leave the Ken Murray era in the dust. A couple of positives stand out heading into the fall:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EInvestment in returns:\u003C\/b\u003E Mukendi has a chance for a fresh start after the knee injury. He's got a chance to be a difference-maker and a major impact player. Meanwhile, Chicago State transfer \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gobadgers.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/releases\/mbb-08-18-2010\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETshing Kasamba\u003C\/b\u003E will pair with the emergent \u003Cb\u003EMark Gibson\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to give Brock one of the most athletic frontcourts in the province. \u003C\/li\u003E \u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo more question marks\u003C\/b\u003E: Rootes wasn't the only big-time interim employee at Brock last year; \u003Cb\u003EChris Critelli\u003C\/b\u003E was serving as interim athletic director, and the future of the program was entirely up in the air. Now, with \u003Cb\u003ERob Hilson\u003C\/b\u003E taking over as AD and Rootes given a longer leash, the Badgers have a chance to build a new identity. This \u003Ci\u003Eshould\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/PrintArticle.aspx?e=3141419\"\u003Emake recruiting much easier for Brock\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe OUA West will once again be tough this season. Laurier will be strong, McMaster has a lights-out recruiting class and Lakehead will be tough to unseat from their current OUA throne. But if Rootes and Brock can build a solid foundation this year, the Badgers won't be too far from hearing their name in the conversation again. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMostly thanks to Rootes, Brock was at the top of CIS basketball for one season. It will be largely up to him whether they get back to contention for that title again. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7126560492552564026\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/06\/basketball-rootes-uphill-climb-at-brock.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7126560492552564026"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7126560492552564026"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/06\/basketball-rootes-uphill-climb-at-brock.html","title":"Basketball: Rootes' uphill climb at Brock"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Brian Decker"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09356081056546632680"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8848146405191252897"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-30T16:34:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-30T16:34:37.503-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: Larade to lead Huskies"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Less than two months after \u003Cb\u003ELisa Jordan\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/04\/hockey-smu-womens-hockey-back-from-dead.html\"\u003Etook the job at Ryerson\u003C\/a\u003E, the SMU Huskies have a new women's hockey coach:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003ESaint Mary’s athletic director \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sarty\u003C\/b\u003E confirmed Wednesday afternoon that \u003Cb\u003EChris Larade\u003C\/b\u003E has been hired as the Huskies’ bench boss to replace long-time coach Lisa Jordan, who left the position in early April.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESarty said last week that the list of candidates had been narrowed down to two and an announcement was expected to be made on May 18. But the SMU AD said \"the process through human resources took a lot longer than what we expected.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We had to wait until everything was finalized,\" Sarty added.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E\u0026mdash; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/Sports\/1245264.html\"\u003EThe Chronicle Herald\u003C\/a\u003E (via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RicLaf\/status\/74587708076462081\"\u003E@RicLaf\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's a three-year contract for Larade. No word on whether that includes a clause encouraging people to shop \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/hockey-smu-womens-hockey-saved.html\"\u003Eat Canadian Tire\u003C\/a\u003E for all their home renovation needs.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8848146405191252897\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/05\/hockey-larade-to-lead-huskies.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8848146405191252897"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8848146405191252897"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/05\/hockey-larade-to-lead-huskies.html","title":"Hockey: Larade to lead Huskies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1992763517260075966"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-11T20:43:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-13T17:11:38.209-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"OUA: Hilson at the helm in St. Catharines"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"News out of St. Catharines today is the Brock Badgers \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gobadgers.ca\/release-05-11-2011\"\u003Ehave named \u003Cb\u003ERob Hilson\u003C\/b\u003E their new Director of Athletics\u003C\/a\u003E. The decision came after a year with \u003Cb\u003EChris Critelli\u003C\/b\u003E stepping in as interim AD for previous boss \u003Cb\u003ELorne Adams\u003C\/b\u003E, who stepped down last summer. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETo many in the OUA community, this is a bit of a surprise. Hilson, who spent 12 years as Director of Marketing and Media Relations with McMaster Athletics before being let go last spring, had just taken a post at the University of Western Ontario as a Communications Specialist (with his old boss, former Mac AD \u003Cb\u003ETherése Quigley\u003C\/b\u003E). \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt's also a bit of a surprise, however, given that Hilson is moving up from a somewhat limited background in communications to the pretty big role of AD. He also worked at McMaster's department of University Advancement as well as Basketball Ontario and as a communications co-ordinator at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENow, a bit of disclosure: I worked with Hilson a lot in my first year as Sports Editor of the McMaster Silhouette and he was great to me. Whenever I needed photos or contact info for a coach or player, Rob was the guy to call, and he was without a doubt a big help. Still, it's a bit of a wild card selection for the Badgers to go with Hilson in what was (from what I'm told) a pretty competitive race. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOne of the biggest implications of Hilson's selection is another job search:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gobadgers.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/releases\/20110407wtc0nj\"\u003E that of the Brock men's basketball coach\u003C\/a\u003E. After \u003Cb\u003EKen Murray\u003C\/b\u003E stepped down last year, former point guard and assistant coach \u003Cb\u003EBrad Rootes\u003C\/b\u003E stepped in as interim bench boss. But now, the search has been re-opened and with Hilson at the helm (that sounds like a badass book title or something), one has to figure that the door is wide open for former Mac coach \u003Cb\u003EJoe Raso\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHilson and Raso, who is one of the frontrunners for the Brock job, obviously worked together a lot at Mac, and it's not hard to imagine the two working together again (albeit in different roles). Raso has got as decorated a resumé as any available coach, and you've got to think this would make for a pretty fun Brock-Mac rivalry. This, of course, is entirely speculative, but will nonetheless be an interesting storyline that plays out over the summer. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWith Hilson, the face of Brock Athletics has changed. We'll see soon just how drastic that change is.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1992763517260075966\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/05\/oua-hilson-at-helm-in-st-catherines.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1992763517260075966"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1992763517260075966"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/05\/oua-hilson-at-helm-in-st-catherines.html","title":"OUA: Hilson at the helm in St. Catharines"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Brian Decker"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09356081056546632680"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4870785707729201460"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-22T16:39:00.005-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-08-18T21:37:42.774-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West men's hockey update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hockey: Golden Bears hockey coach Eric Thurston officially on leave"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I posted over on \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.southcampussports.com\/2011\/04\/golden-bears-head-coach-eric-thurston.html\/\"\u003ESouth Campus Sports\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E yesterday that Golden Bears hockey head coach \u003Cb\u003EEric Thurston\u003C\/b\u003E won't be at the helm of the program moving forward, with \u003Cb\u003EStan Marple\u003C\/b\u003E now taking over the team on an interim basis. Since yesterday nothing has changed, with the university yet to have sent out an official release detailing the situation. No one is talking in any great detail about things, but we do know this - Thurston won't be behind the bench come September. Here's a look at my post, as well as some links...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter six seasons at the helm of the Alberta Golden Bears and 18 years in total with the program, Eric Thurston is now officially on leave from the University of Alberta, stepping away from the program - at least for the time being - for the first time since the early '90s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThurston announced his resignation last Thursday to the team at their year end banquet. Contrary to that announcement, however, he will remain an employee of the university, starting a leave of absence which is presumably effective immediately. CTV Edmonton reported the leave of absence is officially one year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe move comes as a shock after the Bears won their 49th conference title nearly a month ago, with Thurston guiding the team to a 19-6-3 mark during the regular season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStan Marple - who served as an assistant under Thurston this past season - will take over interim head coaching duties, and will now be tasked with preparing for next season. Most importantly, Marple will need to solidify the Bears recruiting class, locking in the players Thurston had hoped to bring to the U of A.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDustin Nielson\u003C\/b\u003E, my partner on Golden Bears webcasts, first broke the news \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nielson1260\/status\/60748981742993408\"\u003Eon Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E reporting that Thurston is on leave.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe university has yet to send out an official release, but when they do, Thurston's absence will be termed officially as a leave as opposed to a resignation, as he had first told the team a week ago today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere was pressure from certain corners within the program to pursue a full coaching search instead of giving an interim tag to anyone, but the athletics department - as they did after the resignation of football coach \u003Cb\u003EJerry Friesen\u003C\/b\u003E - have opted for an interim position, with a full coaching search coming down the road.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn all likelihood the U of A won't wait until the end of next season to fill the head coaching position on a permanent basis as some have reported, but rather during the season to make sure a full and thorough search is executed. I wouldn't be surprised if a search firm is hired by the university to actively pursue candidates to fill the position. That's what happened with the hiring of new Athletic Director \u003Cb\u003EIan Reade\u003C\/b\u003E, and while this is certainly up for debate, I would argue that after the AD, head coach of the Bears hockey program is the second most visible position within U of A athletics, and therefore all tools possible will be used to find the right person for the job. The athletics department will be going out to find the best person for the job - they're not going to wait for that person to fall into their laps 10 or 11 months from now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/sports\/Bears+hockey+coach+Thurston+returning+fall\/4659114\/story.html\"\u003EBears hockey coach Thurston not returning in fall\u003C\/a\u003E - Chris O'Leary, \u003Ci\u003EEdmonton Journal\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.inews880.com\/Channels\/Reg\/LocalSports\/Story.aspx?ID=1406307\"\u003EThurston out as Bears coach \u003C\/a\u003E- Dave Campbell, \u003Ci\u003EiNews 880\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/4870785707729201460\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/04\/hockey-golden-bears-eric-thurston.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4870785707729201460"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4870785707729201460"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/04\/hockey-golden-bears-eric-thurston.html","title":"Hockey: Golden Bears hockey coach Eric Thurston officially on leave"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5277319824774885566"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-15T12:49:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-04-15T14:01:44.230-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Some catch-all coaching news"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EWe won't catch everything, but here are some of the things that have gone down lately in the CIS coaching world ...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrian Cheng\u003C\/b\u003E, recently the CIS coach of the year, has left UVic after 15 years (10 as head coach) for \"personal reasons.\" Stunning and shocking, according to \u003Cb\u003EHoward Tsumura\u003C\/b\u003E. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/sports\/Cheng+steps+down+Vikes+coach\/4611830\/story.html\"\u003EVictoria Times-Colonist\u003C\/a\u003E, via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/theprovince\/blogs\/littlemanoncampus\/archive\/2011\/04\/14\/cheng-steps-down-as-vikes-women-s-basketball-coach.aspx\"\u003ELittle Man on Campus\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe open men's basketball coaching position at Queen's is apparently down to interim \u003Cb\u003EDuncan Cowan\u003C\/b\u003E and three other candidates. According to Mark Wacyk's sources, they are \"a CIS assistant with just 2 seasons of experience, a CIS women's coach and a Western Canada-based CIS assistant with a solid background.\" Our Neate Sager \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/neatebuzzthenet\/status\/58913479100334081\"\u003Ehas a source who says the second name in that list\u003C\/a\u003E is current UWO coach \u003Cb\u003ESteph Barrie\u003C\/b\u003E. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wasssports.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/catching-up.html\"\u003ECISHoops.ca\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChris Cochrane\u003C\/b\u003E gives the AHL Mooseheads directions to their next coach, current SMU coach \u003Cb\u003ETrevor Stienburg\u003C\/b\u003E, who he says is \"a renowned motivator who makes players want to win\" and someone who \"understands the Halifax hockey market in a way imported coaches wouldn’t until they’ve been here for several years.\" (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/Sports\/1238321.html\"\u003EThe Chronicle-Herald\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESome further AUS\/QMHJL speculation. It seems to fall under the \"nothing to see here\" category. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/Sports\/2011-04-14\/article-2428814\/Thanks-but-no-thanks\/1\"\u003ECape Breton Post\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELisa Jordan\u003C\/b\u003E went from coaching SMU to Ryerson, and now \u003Cb\u003ELesley Jordan\u003C\/b\u003E is going from Dalhousie (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ngnews.ca\/Sports\/2011-04-14\/article-2428718\/Lesley-Jordan-moving-on\/1\"\u003Ewhich was a surprise to her\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dalgazette.squarespace.com\/home\/2011\/4\/13\/womens-hockey-coach-lesley-jordans-contract-not-renewed.html\"\u003Eto others\u003C\/a\u003E) to ... Saint Mary's? To Ryerson to join her sister? (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/Sports\/1238392.html\"\u003EThe Chronicle-Herald\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5277319824774885566\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/04\/some-catch-all-coaching-news.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5277319824774885566"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5277319824774885566"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/04\/some-catch-all-coaching-news.html","title":"Some catch-all coaching news"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4616292391944152359"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-27T10:40:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-27T10:42:35.424-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lakers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Linking the country"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MUBL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Spartans"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Linking the country: Friends, Windsorites, countrymen ..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EAs you wonder what you did to deserve \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_q8ha.xml\"\u003Efour\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_5nax.xml\"\u003Eone-possession\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_i1l7.xml\"\u003Egames\u003C\/a\u003E (including \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_7rub.xml\"\u003Ean OT thriller\u003C\/a\u003E) in one night ...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBASKETBALL\u003C\/B\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFive different players scored 14 or more points for Ryerson last night, with \u003Cb\u003EJordon Gauthier\u003C\/b\u003E doing so on just eight shots, though they lost 82-80 in overtime. It was a \"tremendously exciting and wild game.\" (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=4209298593928668104\u0026postID=4970427849856269669\"\u003ECISHoops.ca\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMight the Spartans-Huskies men's matchup be one to Ponder tomorrow? It might. If only to settle this disconnect between the U of S's coaches poll ranking (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/top_10_releases\/2010-11\/20110125-top10-18\"\u003E3rd\u003C\/a\u003E, one ahead of TWU) and RPI ranking (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/ccc?key=0Ar0xEkmR7QNKdFBTeExuYjhxQmI2Q1lrV0c2ZUVNWWc\u0026hl=en\"\u003E13th\u003C\/a\u003E, nine behind TWU). (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dinoshoopsnews.ca\/Dinos_Hoops_News\/Dinos_Hoops_News\/Entries\/2011\/1\/26_Huskies_at_Spartans_..._a_Heavyweight_Contest.html\"\u003EDinos Hoops News\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EArden Zwelling\u003C\/b\u003E, who still has some amateur sportswriter eligibility remaining, writes about the men's Mustangs' 82-79 win over Laurier. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.westerngazette.ca\/2011\/01\/27\/desperate-mustangs-earn-much-needed-win\/\"\u003EWestern Gazette\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.westerngazette.ca\/2011\/01\/26\/team-effort-leads-mustangs-past-laurier\/\"\u003Eand the women's game as well\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWayne Kondro\u003C\/b\u003E hopped on the space shuttle and made the long journey into low orbit to visit Scotiabank Place last night, filing on both games of the Capital Hoops Classic, including Carleton 71-63 Ottawa (2OT) in the women's game. And even if the men's Ravens weren't the only undefeated team in the country, \u003Cb\u003EDave Smart\u003C\/b\u003E would find a way to convince his players they were being treated as such. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/sports\/Carleton+finds\/4174548\/story.html\"\u003EOttawa Citizen\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis better be a case of the Hirji Bump, this feature on U of A basketballers \u003Cb\u003EJordan Baker\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ETodd Bergen-Henengouwen\u003C\/b\u003E, since the former is on the MUBL roster of someone who really needs to pick up some wins in the coming weeks. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thegatewayonline.ca\/articles\/sports\/2011\/01\/26\/dynamic-duo-brings-long-developed-chemistry-bears\"\u003EThe Gateway\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore on the Bears from \u003Cb\u003EMatt Hirji\u003C\/b\u003E at the U of A paper. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thegatewayonline.ca\/articles\/sports\/2011\/01\/26\/bears-push-towards-post-season\"\u003EThe Gateway\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother tight game with an AUS team overcoming a large(ish) lead? Of course. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/Sports\/1224357.html\"\u003EThe Chronicle-Herald\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFOOTBALL\u003C\/B\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor coach \u003Cb\u003EMike Morencie\u003C\/b\u003E's future is \"still up in the air,\" though there is mention of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafootballchat.com\/news\/cis\/2952-report-mike-morencie-receive-contract-extension.html\"\u003Ea report\u003C\/a\u003E from CanadaFootballChat.com (first referred to as \"an Internet website\" but the full name is later given, how nice of them to do that). However, CFC since backed down from that statement, and claimed that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadafootballchat.com\/news\/cis\/2954-breaking-news-first-report-morencie-being-rehired-false-being-let-go.html\"\u003EMorencie was \"informed [Friday] that his services are no longer needed\"\u003C\/a\u003E. Windsor SID \u003Cb\u003EElisa Mitton\u003C\/b\u003E, from the first article: \"To date, the committee has not completed its job review and will be meeting again in the near future.\" (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorstar.com\/sports\/Morencie+future+still\/4168209\/story.html\"\u003EOne Windsor newspaper\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEarlier, re: Morencie, there was a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorstar.com\/sports\/Morencie+winning+coach\/4112960\/story.html\"\u003Eletter to the editor\u003C\/a\u003E of that same Windsor newspaper that criticized \u003Cb\u003EBob Duff\u003C\/b\u003E for using \"coach's win-loss record and spectator ticket sales as the measure of a 'successful program.'\" Coincidence alert: the letter-writer is a professor in Windsor's faculty of human kinetics; last year, Morencie got \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bigmanoncampus.typepad.com\/big-man-on-campus\/2010\/09\/morencie-gets-vote-of-confidence-no-seriously.html\"\u003Ea vote of confidence\u003C\/a\u003E from the school's \"founding dean of \"--wait for it--\"human kinetics.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHOCKEY\u003C\/B\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill now has more Molson money, in the form of a $1 million donation to the men's hockey team that, according to coach \u003Cb\u003EKelly Nobes\u003C\/b\u003E, will be used in part for a full-time assistant. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/sports\/million+mercis+Molsons\/4167747\/story.html\"\u003EThe Gazette\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBill Hunt\u003C\/b\u003E's advance for Friday's UNB-STU game. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailygleaner.canadaeast.com\/sports\/article\/1374796\"\u003EThe Gleaner\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESounds like there's going to be a decent ending in the Canada West men's conference this year. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/Huskies+face+Dinos+another+tight+race\/4174405\/story.html\"\u003EThe Star-Phoenix\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENipissing forward \u003Cb\u003EBrogan Bailey\u003C\/b\u003E says he doesn't mind going from a Junior A regular to CIS fourth-liner: \"I'm extremely pleased I made the decision to come here. I love all the guys, we have a great group and I love my linemates. It's definitely something I'm proud of, that I made this decision and I'm definitely looking forward to the next three years.\" Just a great group, not a great group \u003Ci\u003Eof dudes\u003C\/i\u003E. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nugget.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2948845\"\u003ENorth Bay Nugget\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/4616292391944152359\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/linking-country-friends-windsorites.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4616292391944152359"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4616292391944152359"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/linking-country-friends-windsorites.html","title":"Linking the country: Friends, Windsorites, countrymen ..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8529621984990313433"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-23T18:21:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-11-24T19:26:18.794-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Walters returning to OUA with Lancers — report"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Friend of the blog \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thebmoc\"\u003EGreg Layson\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bigmanoncampus.typepad.com\/big-man-on-campus\/\"\u003EBig Man on Campus\u003C\/a\u003E typically has a good read on comings and goings in OUA coaching circles. So when he says Kyle Walters, who left the Guelph Gryphons last season and decamped to Winnipeg to coach the Blue Bombers' special teams (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/slam.canoe.ca\/Slam\/Football\/CFL\/Winnipeg\/2010\/11\/14\/pf-16131536.html\"\u003Ewith meh results\u003C\/a\u003E), \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bigmanoncampus.typepad.com\/big-man-on-campus\/2010\/11\/windsor-gets-its-man.html\"\u003Emight return to the conference\u003C\/a\u003E with the Windsor Lancers, you listen:\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\"Walters is as close to the perfect choice for Windsor as there is. A man who has once turned around an OUA program; a straight shooting recruiter players love; a long-term OUA coach; immediately available.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Outgoing Windsor coach Mike Morencie won an average of less than three games per season during his 13-year tenure. So Walters doesn't need to win a Yates Cup to immediately be deemed a success. He just needs to win four games in his first season. Anything more than that and he becomes not a success, but rather a hero.\" (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bigmanoncampus.typepad.com\/big-man-on-campus\/2010\/11\/windsor-gets-its-man.html\"\u003EBig Man on Campus\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGoing after Walters was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/10\/football-annual-mike-morencie-must-go.html\"\u003Esuggested here a month ago\u003C\/a\u003E, so if it happens, someone is going to need physiotherapy for an arm broken whilst patting oneself on the back. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe's a good enough coach to work with scarce resources. Walters' 2007 Guelph team is, in fact, the only one from the OUA's unofficial second division to reach a Yates Cup since the league's '01 expansion, let alone host it (Guelph lost to Western that year). Perhaps he can resuscitate the sleeping giant which is Lancers football.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe CFL proscribes hiring announcements during Grey Cup week, but the news does not stop on the newsmaker's say-so. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8529621984990313433\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/11\/football-walters-returning-to-oua-with.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8529621984990313433"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8529621984990313433"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/11\/football-walters-returning-to-oua-with.html","title":"Football: Walters returning to OUA with Lancers — report"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-52481965786283347"},"published":{"$t":"2010-10-25T00:26:00.008-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-10-25T12:35:07.809-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Annual 'Mike Morencie must go' column filed ... but Windsor needs to change football culture, not just its coach"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In what's become almost an \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/search?q=bob+duff\"\u003Eannual tradition\u003C\/a\u003E, Windsor director of athletcs\u003Cb\u003E Gord Grace\u003C\/b\u003E has probably just received his \"If I've lost Cronkite\" moment ... again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EBob Duff\u003C\/span\u003E, the southwest Ontario sportswriting institution, has said Lancers head football coach \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMike Morencie\u003C\/span\u003E should be \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorstar.com\/sports\/Lancers+eliminated+from+playoffs\/3717433\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edispatched post-haste\u003C\/a\u003E. This has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/windsorstar\/news\/sports\/story.html?id=7aba33a9-ac17-4810-b563-d9cafc320183\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecome up in the past\u003C\/a\u003E. Duff is not a hard-liner vis-à-vis Lancers football, having fallen into line with what many have said for years. There is no stay-the-course argument.\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"The Lancers are left with no choice but to replace coach Mike Morencie, whose contract with the school is up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe future of the program may very well be at stake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnder Morencie's 13 years of leadership, there's been one winning season, one playoff victory, and an overall mark of 34-68-1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPhysically, the Lancers lack the depth of talent and size to compete with the majority of OUA teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile other Lancer programs have turned the corner -- both basketball teams are national powers, the women's hockey team is nationally-ranked for the first time, and the men's hockey squad is ever-improving -- the football program, the marquee sport of a school's athletic department -- is sinking.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey are 10-22 over the past four seasons, three of them ending 2-6 including this year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EToronto, once such a dismal program that it was nearly dissolved, won three games this season, one more than Windsor. Only 0-8 York, another program on death watch, rates worse than the Lancers in Ontario. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.windsorstar.com\/sports\/Lancers+eliminated+from+playoffs\/3717433\/story.html\"\u003EA Windsor newspaper\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003EIt is actually 9-23 if anyone gives a flying rat's rear end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA couple bullet point dealies.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYou may draw a parallel between Windsor's situation and the other OUA coaching change, Rob Smart parting with Queen's men's basketball team. (Does this make Windsor men's hoops coach \u003Cb\u003EChris Oliver \u003C\/b\u003Ethe OUA's \u003Cb\u003EKevin Bacon\u003C\/b\u003E, since he preceded Smart and his program outshines the grid Lancers?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn both cases, it is about changing more than a coach. Some would say Windsor has become conditioned to accept being a football also-ran. That is not about to change without decisive action, otherwise we'll be writing the same things about Morencie's successor in a few years.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe program needs a bigger budget to be competitive, pure and simple.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe argument about football being the marquee sport, isn't that contestable?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Lancers sometimes draw 2,000 fans for a hoops game, which is actually larger than some of their football crowd. It's glib as all get out, but it is a little similar to the state of Carleton's team when \u003Cb\u003EDrew Love\u003C\/b\u003E folded it in 1999 ... there has been a lot of clinging to a no-longer-relevant modicum of success (Windsor was last good in the '70s, Carleton was decent in the mid-'80s).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow Carleton is likely resurrecting football. Perhaps Windsor should at least do a honest appraisal, although of course we hope football continues.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIt has been said a hundred times, but no wants \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EMike Morencie\u003C\/span\u003E to be out of work. He's always had the utmost integrity and he cares about his players:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9OT3thT9CGk?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;color1=0x006699\u0026amp;color2=0x54abd6\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9OT3thT9CGk?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;color1=0x006699\u0026amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENo doubt you've already heard the theory Grace might end up coaching the team. Usual suspects among the assistant coach ranks such as Guelph's \u003Cb\u003EKevin MacNeil\u003C\/b\u003E and Western's \u003Cb\u003EMickey Donovan\u003C\/b\u003E will probably come up as well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAs for a sexier candidate, we don't know what a CFL special teams coach makes, but if it is doable, why not go hard after former Guelph coach \u003Cb\u003EKyle Walters\u003C\/b\u003E?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyone who got Guelph to a Yates Cup has a good CV for winning at a similar-sized OUA school. He knows the turf.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EQueen's assistant head coach \u003Cb\u003EPat Tracey\u003C\/b\u003E always comes up in these discussions. Queen's should break the bank to keep him, says the guy who does not have to sign the cheques.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/52481965786283347\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/10\/football-annual-mike-morencie-must-go.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/52481965786283347"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/52481965786283347"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/10\/football-annual-mike-morencie-must-go.html","title":"Football: Annual 'Mike Morencie must go' column filed ... but Windsor needs to change football culture, not just its coach"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7973475341941052222"},"published":{"$t":"2010-10-22T13:01:00.008-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-10-22T19:05:28.516-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Queen's makes Rob Smart a fall guy for years of inaction"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ERob Smart\u003C\/span\u003E — and everyone else — deserved a rationale.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe timing of Smart \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2811548\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eexiting stage left\u003C\/a\u003E as Queen's men's basketball coach, because he could not lap the field in the OUA East while having less resources than his competitors, is not the issue. \"Less than thrilled\" lead assistant coach\u003Cb\u003E Duncan Cowan\u003C\/b\u003E will be the interim skipper. \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe issue is Queen's athletic department will get away with being vague about the decision and not offering anything prescriptive. No one can know for sure unless \u003Cb\u003ELeslie Dal Cin \u003C\/b\u003Eis put on the spot. She should specify whether Smart is out more for performance-based reasons or financially-based reasons. Otherwise, it is a same old-same old.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt reeks of a reprise of GoldenGate 2008, a department making a decision just to make a decision. It knows general apathy rules the day with alumni, students, fans, the media. People are conditioned to expect little in the way of CIS success for Tricolour teams beyond a football championship in each generation. Everything else can be met with some dispassionate Anglo-Saxon shrug. \u003Ci\u003EThe basketball coach is out? We're the Queen's Gaels now even though 99.9 per cent of our football alumni are against it? Enh. You still going to Alfie's tonight?\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EInstead of reasoning, to paraphrase \u003Cb\u003EChuck Swirsky\u003C\/b\u003E, it's options, baby, options.\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"I can tell you Rob and I have been talking for a long time,\" Dal Cin said. \"We've been talking about the future of the program and talking about our options ... and as a result of that discussion came a parting of the ways.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I think we had spent a lot of time talking and I think we both have viewpoints that are very strong. I think at the end of the day it comes down to how we need to move forward. We have a coaching model that is very different from other programs.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESmart also wasn't interested in diving into specifics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I kind of wanted to establish a plan and go ahead,\" he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, that plan, whatever it was, never will see the light of day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E— Mike Koreen, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2811548\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003EKingston Whig-Standard\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003EThe reality they can get away with generalities is one point. The other is that for Queen's, this is like fouling out of a game when a player's fifth personal was perhaps necessary but the first couple were committed out of laziness.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EQueen's, like this alumnus with his student loans, has debts accrued in the 1990s, when it did not try to land the other coach Smart. That makes it bitterly ironic. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EBack in the day, Queen's failed to be brave and bold by bringing in Rob's brother, \u003Cb\u003EDave Smart\u003C\/b\u003E, in as a coach. Never mind that he starred at his hometown university.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(This is not revisionism. In 1998-99, when \u003Cb\u003EPaul Armstrong\u003C\/b\u003E was still coach at Carleton, I recall standing in \u003Ci\u003EThe Queen's Journal\u003C\/i\u003E newsroom. One of the sports editors called Smart, \"The \u003Cb\u003EMike Keenan\u003C\/b\u003E of the CIAU\" and was told, \"Dave Smart will win a national championship within five years.\" I was wrong: the Ravens had won \u003Ci\u003Etwo\u003C\/i\u003E by the end of Smart's fifth season.) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ELater, it did not respond by upgrading its program when it was clear Carleton was the lead dog in the OUA East pack. Current Windsor coach \u003Cb\u003EChris Oliver\u003C\/b\u003E, who is going to raise a CIS basketball banner one of these days, came and went in the mid-aughties. I wasn't around, but it does read now like that was just stepping-stone for him.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMaking it about performance requires being \u003Ci\u003Every\u003C\/i\u003E hard-line. Rob Smart's teams played .455 ball (50-60 in the OUA) across five seasons. Some would say five years is enough for a proof it was not working. Ironically, Queen's is .500 in that span if you do not count games against Carleton.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EQueen's typically does not remove coaches simply because they did not win. Please also keep in mind the record would have been better if they had not had the misfortune of star scorer \u003Cb\u003EMitch Leger\u003C\/b\u003E twice having his season interrupted (by illness in 2006-07 and a knee injury in '08-09).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat said, there was still a missed opportunity over the past three seasons, while Carleton hosted the Final 8. Queen's had perhaps its best player, Leger, of the past two decades, plus the prospect of a second OUA East team going to nationals since the Ravens had a host berth. It never got close. Ottawa also failed to cash in on having the tournament close to home (a one-and-done appearance in 2009 in between losses in the play-in game) and now it has a new coach.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPerhaps that is a reflection on how taxing it is to compete against Carleton. I also believe it speaks to who, exactly, missed the opportunity. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIt was probably not Smart and Cowan. They might have got almost all they could from the program. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe historical record — Queen's last OUA men's basketball title was in 1957 — tells a tale. The support for the two most popular CIS men's team sports played in the winter, basketball and hockey, has always been wafer-thin. No one has ever explained why.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENeither has a full-time coach, which is behind the times in the OUA. Hockey coach \u003Cb\u003EBrett Gibson\u003C\/b\u003E works himself to the bone keeping the puck Gaels competitive. Meantime, they are not even a primary tenant in their off-campus home arena. (Check the schedule: Queen's has a late-season homestand where it will play at RMC's arena since Kingston Memorial Centre is booked.)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe frustration is more with history repeating itself, not at the people working in the department. Every person there has treated me great through the years. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENo one wants to take a cynic's way out. It sucks to wonder if Queen's sometimes has the teams its deserves because it has the athletic department it deserves, one that only tries to maintain the facade. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMany Queen's grads feel like the university puts keeping up appearances ahead of the overall experience. Big, impressive buildings are a be-all. Having a Cadillac Escalade facility like the Queen's Centre (impressive, massive, indulgent) as the home of some modestly successful teams reflects that attitude. Meantime, their most successful program dispatched Western and Laval while playing in a creaky stadium.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThose are questions that should be addressed. Queen's has potential to be decent in basketball. Carleton built up from very little, why can't Queen's? (Come to think of it, Carleton has an arena on campus too.) Pushing away a universally respected member of the biggest basketball family in Eastern Ontario is bad policy. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFrom the looks of it, Thursday's decision reads like Rob Smart was expected to catch up after starting the race two steps behind. A basketball mind such as him deserves better, that's all.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7973475341941052222\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/10\/basketball-queens-makes-rob-smart-fall.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7973475341941052222"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7973475341941052222"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/10\/basketball-queens-makes-rob-smart-fall.html","title":"Basketball: Queen's makes Rob Smart a fall guy for years of inaction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5952976331285544588"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-15T11:25:00.006-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.583-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Voyageurs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Derouin to helm Gee-Gees hoops"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.geegees.ca\/?q=node\/52\u0026amp;sid=13\u0026amp;nid=920\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew Ottawa Gee-Gees men's basketball coach\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EJames Derouin\u003C\/span\u003E is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopstarscanada\/status\/16169289353\"\u003Ecoming home\u003C\/a\u003E to a different hoops landscape than the one he left three years ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt seems worth spelling out the task at hand rather and recycling the press release. Derouin, 34, who spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach with UBC, was on staff at the apex of the \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EDave DeAveiro \u003C\/span\u003Eera in 2005-06 and '06-07. In those years, the Gee-Gees won 3-of-4 regular-season games against Carleton before the Ravens went on to win their fourth and fifth CIS titles. The gap between the two teams seems to move an inch a month, like a glacier.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton has won the past 11 games against its city rival. DeAveiro and floor leaders such as the graduated \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EJosh Gibson-Bascombe \u003C\/span\u003Eand \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EDonnie Gibson\u003C\/span\u003E, along with now third-year swingman extraordinaire\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003E Warren Ward\u003C\/span\u003E, seldom let the Gee-Gees just roll over. There were times, though, when it evoked the era in the late 1980s and early '90s when the Miami Hurricanes had a hold on Florida State. One team thought it could win and one team knew it was going to win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPeople have speculated if that was why DeAveiro decided to move out of the OUA to McGill, where he won't have to compete directly against the \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EDave Smart\u003C\/span\u003E-coached Ravens, who do a superb job at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/sports\/Guardsmen+like+second+family\/3121596\/story.html\"\u003Ebuilding a bond with the best recruits who wish to stay home in Ottawa\u003C\/a\u003E. Some have also wondered if that is why Ottawa director of sports services \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ELuc Gelineau\u003C\/span\u003E did not get one of the bright basketball minds coaching CIS hoops in the capital. Carleton assistant\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003E Rob Smart\u003C\/span\u003E, along with \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ETaffe Charles\u003C\/span\u003E and \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EAndy Sparks\u003C\/span\u003E with the women's hoops Ravens and Gee-Gees, are eminently qualified. Hiring any of the three would have made a bigger splash.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDerouin certainly has earned a chance to head up a CIS team. He has experience of working with two perennial Top 10 teams. He was in the mix for the UNBC job when it was contemplating a move from the CCAA to CIS, so he's certainly wanted this for a while.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHis B.C. connection could help Ottawa quite a bit. The upheaval in university athletics in British Columbia -- Simon Fraser joining NCAA Division II, UBC mulling a move south, Premier \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EGordon Campbell \u003C\/span\u003Ecreating a university-college every Monday that turns around and applies for Canada West membership by the following Friday -- has caused a lot of B.C. athletes to seek out OUA schools. That could help alleviate the Gee-Gees being shut out of recruiting the best ballers in their own backyard. Smart, in fact, has already recruited in B.C., signing guards \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EThomas \u003C\/span\u003Eand \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EPhil Scrubb \u003C\/span\u003Ethe past two seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe odds are Derouin should keep Ottawa competitive. His experience with DeAveiro might help foster a semblance of continuity, depending on which assistant coaches return.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe question is always whether it is fair to use the Ravens to set the bar for the bar at beating Carleton. A lot of coaches would probably take it if a goat-legged fellow resembling Ned Flanders appeared in their kitchen and said they could lead a team which is never lower than third in its division and is always close to going to nationals. A lot of schools would love to have Ottawa's record in men's hoops. For most people in Ottawa, though, it's beat Carleton or bust. It's human nature to look at the guy down the street.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeantime, it will be a changed landscape in the OUA East this fall. It has four coaches, Derouin, York's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ETom Olivieri\u003C\/span\u003E, Ryerson's\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003E Roy Rana\u003C\/span\u003E and Laurentian's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EShawn Swords\u003C\/span\u003E, who have a combined five seasons' experience leading a CIS program. Throw in Toronto and Queen's and it promises to be fun to watch -- if your mind will let you enjoy a race for second place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHumber College's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EDarrell Glenn \u003C\/span\u003Eand Brock Badgers assistant coach \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EBrad Rootes\u003C\/span\u003E were also believed to be on Ottawa's shortlist.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(Two UBC coaches left for OUA schools on the same day.\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003E Kevin MacNeill\u003C\/span\u003E, who was the full-time assistant coach for the football T-Birds, just accepted Guelph's defensive coordinator job.\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003E Perry Marchese\u003C\/span\u003E will be offensive coordinator for the grid Gryphs.)\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5952976331285544588\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/06\/basketball-derouin-to-helm-gee-gees.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5952976331285544588"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5952976331285544588"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/06\/basketball-derouin-to-helm-gee-gees.html","title":"Basketball: Derouin to helm Gee-Gees hoops"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2947574440966064382"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-07T14:30:00.006-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-06-08T13:06:29.907-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Murray steps down at Brock, expects Rootes as interim coach"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EKen Murray \u003C\/span\u003Eis \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=3483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estepping aside\u003C\/a\u003E after 20 years and two national championships at his alma mater, Brock University. On Monday, he hinted at his possible replacement, which should come as no surprise. From the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2612096\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESt. Catharines Standard\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"An interim coach will be named to take over the men's team by July 1 and a search will be initiated to find a full-time replacement. Murray expects it to be assistant coach Brad Rootes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I would be shocked if he's not. I'm surprised they didn't put anything in the press release.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003EThis part of the article might have seemed odd:\u003Cblockquote\u003E\"(Athletic director Lorne) Adams declined to say whether (assistant coach \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EBrad\u003C\/span\u003E) \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ERootes\u003C\/span\u003E would be named interim coach.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\" 'I can't say,' he said, followed by some laughter.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003ESet your imaginations to speculate. It escalated quickly when the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/05\/basketball-brocks-rootes-to-be.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etopic of a change at Brock was raised a couple weeks ago\u003C\/a\u003E, and hopefully we keep it reined in this time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe don't know what prompted the change. It's better to focus on what comes next, anyways.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERootes has been a CIS assistant coach for two seasons, along with coaching Ontario provincial teams, since wrapping up a decorated playing career with that '08 national title. The former point guard has also applied at Ottawa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA head coach who on the cool side of the big three-oh is not unheard-of in CIS. \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EBarnaby Craddock\u003C\/span\u003E was about the same as Rootes when he coached at Brandon. Hockey has coaches such as Queen's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EBrett Gibson\u003C\/span\u003E, RMC's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EAdam Shell \u003C\/span\u003Eand Lakehead's \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003EJoel Scherban\u003C\/span\u003E who are 30 and younger, plus football has had coordinators who were in their 20s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERelated:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=3483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBrock men’s basketball coach retiring after 20 years\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EBrock News\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2947574440966064382\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/06\/basketball-murray-steps-down-at-brock.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2947574440966064382"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2947574440966064382"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/06\/basketball-murray-steps-down-at-brock.html","title":"Basketball: Murray steps down at Brock, expects Rootes as interim coach"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-928358778125959197"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-27T22:22:00.004-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-27T22:24:51.484-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"coaches"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SFU Clan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Rawlyk in for Jockims, Clark to TRU"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0bAMSRevU5M\/S_8jXFIOKNI\/AAAAAAAAA4U\/d3cvJIUYlkw\/s1600\/jockims.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"176\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0bAMSRevU5M\/S_8jXFIOKNI\/AAAAAAAAA4U\/d3cvJIUYlkw\/s320\/jockims.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EA couple of men's basketball loose ends to wrap up. Notably, \u003Cb\u003EGreg Jockims\u003C\/b\u003E, head coach of the reigning CIS champions and seen here counting the number of media members who showed up to Scotiabank Place in March and then rounding up to the nearest 10, is out for a year for...well, let's let \u003Cb\u003EDarren Zary\u003C\/b\u003E tell you:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBarry Rawlyk\u003C\/b\u003E will step in to become the interim head coach of the University of Saskatchewan men's basketball team while Greg Jockims exercises a 12-month professional leave-of-absence term beginning July 1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E[...]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERawlyk plans to continue his job at St. Joseph High School, but in a part-time capacity, given approval by the school board.\u003Cbr \/\u003E--\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/Rawlyk+named+Huskies+interim+head+coach\/3076073\/story.html\"\u003ESaskatoon StarPhoenix\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne would think that will be very, \u003Ci\u003Every\u003C\/i\u003E part-time...the immutable laws of physics don't allow Rawlyk to be in two places at once, and CIS coaches aren't known for having free time. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWho knows what this means for Saskatchewan in 2010-2011. \u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EThis year's Huskies didn't come of nowhere in Canada West, necessarily, but they didn't come out of a place we were watching all that closely. They weren't \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/search\/label\/Opening%20Tip%20%2709-10\"\u003Eone of the 20 teams we previewed\u003C\/a\u003E, which mostly shows how little we know about this university sports thing. Despite that, they were a legit team when the calendar turned to 2010 and were far from an upset winner in both the conference final and the Final 8. (An interesting thing, anecdotally, about the 2009-10 Huskies is that their four main players didn't come straight out of Canadian high schools. How many teams find a core that way?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd as for now-former SFU coach \u003Cb\u003EScott Clark\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theprovince.com\/sports\/amateur\/university\/Longtime+coach+Clark+faces+true+challenge\/3046011\/story.html\"\u003Ehe says\u003C\/a\u003E the move to the interior is about fishing and golfing and returning to his roots (and possibly a salary increase, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dinoshoopsnews.ca\/Dinos_Hoops_News\/Dinos_Hoops_News\/Entries\/2010\/5\/19_Clan_Coach_Opts_for_Thompson_Rivers.html\"\u003Ehints\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cb\u003EWayne Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E). There's also mention of relishing the challenge of improving the not-yet-there WolfPack, and we'll see how Clark handles that.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut, of course, there's another big potential reason for his departure from the NCAA-bound school. Was Clark originally in favour of going D-2 until he wasn't, or was he never really that keen on it to begin with? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhatever the outcome, at least Canada West coaches can change teams without this site blowing up...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/928358778125959197\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/05\/basketball-rawlyk-in-for-jockims-clark.html#comment-form","title":"20 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/928358778125959197"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/928358778125959197"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/05\/basketball-rawlyk-in-for-jockims-clark.html","title":"Basketball: Rawlyk in for Jockims, Clark to TRU"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0bAMSRevU5M\/S_8jXFIOKNI\/AAAAAAAAA4U\/d3cvJIUYlkw\/s72-c\/jockims.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"20"}}]}});