by rep » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:29 pm
i'll be curious to see how the program develops at jc. apparently one of the girls they signed was a two-time state champ from texas who is supposed to be pretty legit. i'm thinking she is going to be the face of the program from the time she steps on campus and i'll be curious to see if she is an olympic-type athlete at some point.
i wasn't really all too excited about it when i just heard rumors about it, but once they made the official announcement and cole talked about it in detail, i started to get more interested. i think it has a lot of potential and i would hope other dac schools would buy into trying out the program (anything to keep the dac going at this point is a good thing).
it seems like kind of a logical step really for schools that have men's wrestling. you already have the mats, i would think about the only cost would be getting unis and the travel, but if you are bringing in 5 or 10 kids every year, i would think that would help offset some of that cost right there.
kind of the same thing with softball...as long as there is interest, i think it is a good thing. if the program struggles, might want to take a look at doing something different with the dollars, but at the very least it should be given a real chance to succeed.