Hosted at one of the premiere swimming venues at Indianapolis at Indiana University was standing room only. Built 40 years ago and continues to be a go to venue for national swimming championships at all levels continues to rake in cash for the local community. Down the road, they are having the 8 highest rated boys basketball championships in the chipotle nationals. Just after hosting Larry Blurr and the Indiana State win to make the NIT finals
Yet, MSU can’t even finance a swim team, while Indiana lives of hosting major sporting events. No business foresight at MSU, just collecting money to pay settlements for failing to manage their employees. The same money could have built a state of the art Natatorium among other things. The leadership at MSU is like the way the Fords managed the Lions for years.
The good news is that one of my guys signed with ASU who brought home the National Championship under Bob Bowman who was Phelps coach at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and building a powerhouse in the desert.
The other good news is that Paul VI, my daughter’s high school is participating in the Chipotle Nationals as a 2 seed, with 4 seniors committed to D1 programs - 2 to Duke, one to UConn and one to Notre Dame. They took down Bryson Tucker’s High School team twice this year.
Success is happening, just not in East Lansing and the leadership doesn’t seem to have the tooks to make better decisions. MSU used to be a good brand locally but now it has lost its luster.
When you have a league where a five star like Tucker is on a team that is .500 in conference and a local football team that was sub .500 in conference play that is sending a Running Back to Oregon and 3 other to D1 programs such as Virginia and Virginia Tech, brand is important around here and MSU has to improve its brand, and not just in basketball.
Yet, MSU can’t even finance a swim team, while Indiana lives of hosting major sporting events. No business foresight at MSU, just collecting money to pay settlements for failing to manage their employees. The same money could have built a state of the art Natatorium among other things. The leadership at MSU is like the way the Fords managed the Lions for years.
The good news is that one of my guys signed with ASU who brought home the National Championship under Bob Bowman who was Phelps coach at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and building a powerhouse in the desert.
The other good news is that Paul VI, my daughter’s high school is participating in the Chipotle Nationals as a 2 seed, with 4 seniors committed to D1 programs - 2 to Duke, one to UConn and one to Notre Dame. They took down Bryson Tucker’s High School team twice this year.
Success is happening, just not in East Lansing and the leadership doesn’t seem to have the tooks to make better decisions. MSU used to be a good brand locally but now it has lost its luster.
When you have a league where a five star like Tucker is on a team that is .500 in conference and a local football team that was sub .500 in conference play that is sending a Running Back to Oregon and 3 other to D1 programs such as Virginia and Virginia Tech, brand is important around here and MSU has to improve its brand, and not just in basketball.
