re: Strange Saban Stat

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He posted the Oklahoma score as well on the fliers. It was not permanent and not painted on the wall.

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Ok

He still posted it. And that doesn't change ANYTHING else I said.

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Hey MK, since you are our resident swimmer, any insight in this hiring?

Ryan Wochomurka

Sorry in advance for derailing this thread...

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I definitely know Wocho A buddy couple years younger than me swam at auburn, so I know several of the early to mid y2k auburn swimmers... via multiple visits. Even spent 2 weeks there in 05 dodging 3 hurricanes. It absolutely cracks me up to see dude as an adult in the pictures in the article. He's still 20/21 in my mind, since I haven't seen him since graduation.

What I do know was he was a sprinter. Bodes better for coaching them, but I also thought Brett Hawke would have gone better. Via relays having fast sprinters really pays off. I'm familiar with how good Louisville was while he was there as an assistant, head coach has been there since leaving bama like 15 years ago His Houston success is unfamiliar to me, but I'll take the press release as an accurate portrayal. One of my swim friends has a baby mama who did under and post grad at Houston. He just laughed when I asked what he knew about their swimming the last few years. It was women's only is all he could tell me.

If I'm being dead honest, it's a much better hire than my school made this year, after our coach quit... to train (swimming, not coaching) our future coach. He has a very well established track record, and will most likely let me into aquatic events for free. Biggest drawback is people will expect Marsh like results, and that's wildly unreasonable.

Thank you! I knew you would be the one to ask. I was there in the heart Marsh year and had a few friends that swam for him, so my expectations are still high even though that's been 20 years.

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If I'm being dead honest, it's a much better hire than my school made this year, after our coach quit... to train (swimming, not coaching) our future coach. He has a very well established track record, and will most likely let me into aquatic events for free. Biggest drawback is people will expect Marsh like results, and that's wildly unreasonable.

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I think Greene realized the importance of Swimming to AU Alums. Jacobs ran Marsh off when he started demanding support. I think Greene has finally committed to the program.

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I think Greene realized the importance of Swimming to AU Alums.

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shite, I'm 99.9% sure it matters to Columbia's admission department too. No way my buddy deserved to get into an ivy post grad program

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Jacobs ran Marsh off when he started demanding support.

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I think there was more to it than that, but not capitulating to Marsh demands is probably one of their biggest blunders last 15 years. I also wouldn't have given in to a swim coach's demand, so there's that

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I think Greene has finally committed to the program.

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I really enjoy bringing in people with deep ties to the program. I feel they're less likely to bolt on you. It isn't a tier 1 requirement for my fantasy hiring, but it's certainly the first tiebreaker between similarly qualified candidates.