>>>Yes, Woog was critical of coach Dahl and the SCSU program, but coach Dahl has
>>>seen the light of late and is recruiting more Minnesotans and fewer Canadians.
 
>>Carol, what exactly do you mean by "see the light"?
 
>>Why do you consider it better if SCSU or U of M recruits more
>>Minnesotans and fewer Canadians?
 
Mark Gibbons writes:
>I won't try to speak for Carol, but I can tell you why I think it would be better.
>It is a foolish desire to have college athletics assume the roll they deserve, not
>an all-consuming-win-at-any-cost-who-can-hire-the-biggest-guns thing that NC$$
>football and basketball have become.  Maybe for the big 2 it never really was that
>way, but it would be nice to think of a bunch of kids getting together to PLAY a
>GAME while getting an education.  I know it is silly & unrealistic but I can
>dream can't I.  In reality it does not matter where they are recruited from.
 
     I don't understand these comments.  To me, an example of a "win-at-any-
cost" attitude would be, say, recruiting players who are academically
unsuited to the institution.  Mark seems to be saying that recruiting
players from out of state (or out of country) is another example.  Why?
Any decent large university has students from many different states, and
from abroad.  Why shouldn't their sports teams share this diversity as long
as they aren't compromising academic standards, etc.?  If a state has an
extremely rich talent pool for a sport, like MN does for hockey, then it's
fine if a coach wants to recruit only in-state.  Rival teams, however,
should not be criticized for recruiting out-of-state or from other
countries.  The idea of such criticism seems to me peculiar and perhaps
even insular.
 
Thanks,
-Glenn