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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Talented Signing Class Will Bolster Men's, Women's Rosters in 2015-16
« on: June 12, 2015, 04:39:48 PM »
Since I seem to be one of the few people in the area that actually follows and has competed in DI track and field, and pass by this site undetected most times I thought I'd throw my hat in this ring.
As one poster said, it is extremely hard to place on the podium, especially if your from a lowest-tier mid-major league such as the horizon league. I'm not sure who is losing out more on this situation though: Bobby Grace (who by the way is not only performing at a high level, is quickly being recognized as one of the great young upstarts in the country) being recognized by the town he went to school in, as "just another high level guy from Gorby's track factory
". Or a town so focused on winning 1AA championships, that cannot step back from the trees to see the forest, and realize that you had an athlete 2 steps away from being a D1---no A, just 1---champion. it may not be in the sport fans like to relive the glory days of, but I shutter at how unappreciated that feat seems to be. Passed off a just another accomplishment, from a school that, lets face it, hasn't had much to celebrate athletic wise since the 90's.
As wick250 says
"As a typical YSU fan who knows little about track and cares only about winning Horizon League championships, I had never heard about this kid before national signing day."
The bad press on Gorby's squads have been out for a while on the regional scene. The simple fact that he wins championships in the worst League in the country, literally, are the only reason that things have not been brought to light or fixed. And now you have an article about how "great the recruiting class was". Given past history and staff. There are only 4 athletes on that list with the talent and future coaching to be a regional caliber athlete multiple years, Zallow is the 4th.
As one poster said, it is extremely hard to place on the podium, especially if your from a lowest-tier mid-major league such as the horizon league. I'm not sure who is losing out more on this situation though: Bobby Grace (who by the way is not only performing at a high level, is quickly being recognized as one of the great young upstarts in the country) being recognized by the town he went to school in, as "just another high level guy from Gorby's track factory
". Or a town so focused on winning 1AA championships, that cannot step back from the trees to see the forest, and realize that you had an athlete 2 steps away from being a D1---no A, just 1---champion. it may not be in the sport fans like to relive the glory days of, but I shutter at how unappreciated that feat seems to be. Passed off a just another accomplishment, from a school that, lets face it, hasn't had much to celebrate athletic wise since the 90's. As wick250 says
"As a typical YSU fan who knows little about track and cares only about winning Horizon League championships, I had never heard about this kid before national signing day."
The bad press on Gorby's squads have been out for a while on the regional scene. The simple fact that he wins championships in the worst League in the country, literally, are the only reason that things have not been brought to light or fixed. And now you have an article about how "great the recruiting class was". Given past history and staff. There are only 4 athletes on that list with the talent and future coaching to be a regional caliber athlete multiple years, Zallow is the 4th.