SO WHERE TO BEGIN....
FIRST UAF KINDLY PATTED LYNNE ANDREW ON THE YOU KNOW WHAT AS SHE EXITED CAMPUS LAST WEEK.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HOCKEY COACH DOC DELCASTILLO MIGHT GET THE SAME TYPE OF TREATMENT.
WHILE ANDREW'S SITUATION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IT SURE LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON UP ON THE HILL.
DOC FINISHED HIS FIRST YEAR AS A NANOOK WITH CRAP FOR A RECORD (9-21-5) BUT THE FUTURE LOOKED GOOD. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER HE STARTED THE SEASON WITH KIDS HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AND KIDS HE DIDN'T RECRUIT. NOW THAT'S NOT TO SAY THESE KIDS AREN'T GOOD.... BECAUSE THEY ARE. MULTIPLE PLAYERS ALREADY HEADED TO THE NHL AFTER JUST ONE SEASON WITH THE NOOKS ... THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT NOT ONLY THE PLAYERS, BUT THE PROGRAM AND THE COACH.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WAS A LITTLE ROUGH FOR THIS TEAM ON AND OFF THE ICE. BUT I WASN'T HERE THEN SO I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO TO IT TOO MUCH.
HERE'S WHAT I DO KNOW FROM MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. RARELY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERHAPS URBAN MEYER (U OF UTAH 2003) , AND A FEW OTHERS, DO COACHES PRODUCE A QUALITY SEASON IN THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH A TEAM. IT ALWAYS TENDS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A REBUILDING YEAR. BUT WHAT COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT FORCED DOC OUT OR MAKING HIM WANT TO LEAVE...(TECHNICALLY AS OF TODAY HE IS STILL THE HEAD COACH FOR UAF THOUGH) PERHAPS HE WAS TOO TOUGH ON HIS PLAYERS? IS THERE SUCH A THING . . . BOB KNIGHT? WELL SURE DOC IS NO COACH KNIGHT BUT I BELIEVE COLLEGE PLAYERS NEED DISCIPLINE.
YOUR FIRST AND FOREMOST PRIORITY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL IS EDUCATION. YOU ARE NOT GETTING PAID TO PLAY FOR UAF OR ANY OTHER SCHOOL FOR THAT MATTER.
THIS APPLIES TO THE LADIES BASKETBALL TEAM AS WELL. A LITTLE DISCIPLINE WOULD HAVE GONE A LONG WAY ON THAT TEAM.
SO WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY IN ALL THIS RAMBLING ... REALLY WHAT IS GOING ON UP ON THE HILL. DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT THIS IS A NORMAL THING TO BE HAPPENING.
~LEWIS
