Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by srg1
Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by: srg1 (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 30, 2010 11:21PM
What do you think has contributed to the improvement Cornell sports overall? Obviously we still need improvement in football and soccer, but there have been positive strides made in lacrosse, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, and track field among other sports. Is it the facilities? The coaches? The athletic director? I recall reading a report a long time ago from Cornell essentially trying to figure out why we were faring so poorly in sports. I am not sure where the full report is, but I found this Q&A from 1999:
[theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu]
Is Charlie Moore the architect of the current success?
[theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu]
Is Charlie Moore the architect of the current success?
Re: Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: March 30, 2010 11:59PM
There is a Cornell Chronicle report on the panel discussion. The link to the draft report itself is broken. I think that the document you found gives the answers to questions that were submitted to the panel in advance of this discussion.
McFadden observed that Cornell's intercollegiate athletic teams, in the Ivy League, currently "rank near the bottom in all of the measured sports statistics." She proposed some adjustments in admissions procedures that might allow Cornell to compete more successfully with the other Ivies.
"Timely notification" in the admission process for elite student-athletes, she said, would help offset "hinting," a practice coaches at peer institutions might have adopted. Schools whose coaches "hint" by telling applicants that they have been accepted before the traditional April 1 deadline may have a competitive advantage in acquiring those student-athletes. McFadden argued that if all of Cornell's colleges followed a rolling-admissions process, that would essentially solve the problem of competing for athletes.
In addition, McFadden said she feels that financial aid awards need to be reworked in order to compete with Ivies that are wooing students by offering need-based grants instead of loans. And she concluded that the name recognition and exposure generated by Cornell's athletic success would affect the university positively, attracting more students and boosting alumni giving.
Re: Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by: dag14 (---.calsnet.cornell.edu)
Date: March 31, 2010 12:32PM
Charlie Moore took the lead in re-organizing the Athletic Deparment to make it more "business-like" but I think Andy Noel deserves the bulk of the credit for the success of current teams. He hired and/or promoted most of the current coaches and interceded with the University whenever possible to insure that the programs would be successful.
Re: Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by: BigRedNH (---.hsd1.nh.comcast.net)
Date: April 01, 2010 08:24AM
I agree, all of the reasons for the increased success point back to the AD. As much as some have issues with Noel, he is the reason. Now if only he could get the right football coach...
Re: Cornell Sports - Improvement
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.arthritishealthdoctors.com)
Date: April 01, 2010 08:43AM
Meaning he hasn't?BigRedNH
I agree, all of the reasons for the increased success point back to the AD. As much as some have issues with Noel, he is the reason. Now if only he could get the right football coach...
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