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COACHES OF DROPPED OU TEAMS SPEAK
Quotes
from Ohio Head Coaches Clay Calkins, Allison Valentino and Greg Werner
Three
coaches of the four discontinued sports spoke with the media on Thursday
Jan.
25, 2007
Women's
Lacrosse Head Coach Allison Valentino
On
her thoughts today:
"I feel extreme disappointment for the Ohio Lacrosse program. This is a sad
day for Ohio lacrosse, and a sad day for lacrosse in general. I don't want to
focus on that as much as I want to focus on my team and my girls that have given
everything that I've asked them to since day one when I took over this program.
I could not have asked for a greater group of girls to coach. They've done
everything I've asked them to, and more so my heart aches for them. Right now
all of my thoughts and all of my energy is geared to supporting them and helping
them do whatever I can."
On
her message to her team:
"We're taking it day by day. We're focusing on ourselves. We are a very
close-knit group. We're a family, and we are focusing on that right now and
supporting each other. That's been our main focus since we've been given this
information. I don't know if there's been a lot of time for this to sink in for
a lot of us. I'm sure we'll have a lot of answers in time, but right now we're
in a state of supporting each other and loving each other."
On
whether or not the explanation given was sufficient:
"That's not something I want to focus on. I want to focus on my team. The
decision has been made by the administration and is a decision that is a final
decision. For me and my team, we are focusing on ourselves and not the
decision."
Swimming
and Diving Head Coach Greg Werner
On
what his team has done since yesterday:
"We had a meeting last night, and I gave them the opportunity to ask any
questions that they didn't receive the answers to when the director and the
administrators met with them and any other questions that they might have. Then
we talked about where we go from here, where we would be going if this decision
wasn't made and where we go because of this decision. I gave them my pledge that
I would fight for them. I said, 'You deserve that. This program deserves that. I
made that pledge to you in the past, and I make that pledge to you now. I'm not
done fighting.'"
On
whether this adds any significance to the rest of the season:
"I have a lot of respect for this team and a lot of confidence in the
character of the team. I think they will spin this to a positive."
Indoor
and Outdoor Track & Field Head Coach Clay Calkins
On
what the team does now:
"We try to keep everybody as motivated as possible. With track and field,
we are dealing with a lot of self-motivated athletes to begin with. It is a
great group of young men we are dealing with, a very mature group. They'll take
this and learn from it I'm sure. It's not a happy decision for anybody involved.
It is the worst thing that could happen to our program. Both the men's and
women's, we are a combined team. We have close to 120 total athletes that are
affected by this. You can't just say this is affecting the men only. We do
everything together. We practice together, travel together. So you're not only
affecting 60 young men, but affecting 60 young women as well in a negative
manner."
On
whether or not he was surprised by the elimination of both indoor and outdoor
track:
"With Title IX issues at hand, track, nationwide, has been a target. They
count indoor and outdoor as separate seasons. With 55 men on the roster it is
110 men on the roster as countable athletes."
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DROPPED
TEAMS
2006
Women's Lacrosse Team
Swimming
and Diving
and
Track
and Field
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