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Re: ROD DEHAVEN WILL BE NEXT SDSU TRACK & CC C
JackJD:
Thanks so much for your comments about track and field. Being a one time participant gives you a very good insight. I being strictly a fan that likes tax deductions from contributing to the Jackrabbit Club have not paid as much attention to track and field. Often I only see the point standings after the NCC or a Regional meet and see that SDSU has not finished high for a long time.
Your explanation was very clear to me and makes a lot of sense.
At the same time I can see the position of the Admin in allowing one sport for each athlete. I think the big reason that this policy was implemented was the amount of time that the student athlete has to put into each sport. Each varsity sport is becoming more and more sophsicated and requires off season training and takes time away from academic studies. The days of Wayne Rassumussen and Doug Peterson are probably over. These two athletes participated in Football Baseball and basketball while at SDSU in the early to mid 1960's. This one sport restriction policy is too rigid and needs to be reconsidered by the Admin at SDSU.
Pete Retzlaff racked up a lot of points in the weight events at the 1953 NAIA meet. We would not have that NC trophy if Pete had been limited to football. I was in a group conversation once where Pete told about being in a play at SDSU. The drama scene required a wine bottle sitting on a table. Pete said that Coach Ginn was disturbed about his part in the play and being near a win bottle. So Coach Ginn was more worried about wholesome images than whether Retzlaff participated in track.
Back in the old days some of the coaches such as Jim Emmerich doubled as assistants in football and that did make the dual participation possible. Maybe we need to go back to that duel role for coaches at least for recruiting purposes.
I think there are exceptions that could be made to this policy and football-track and field would be most obvious one. Timewise football players are spending it conditioning anyway and why not in a competitive setting?
As far as football recruiting under Coach Stig, I dont recall any one being recruited for football and track and maybe thats one of the things that needs to be addressed in the football program. We can always use speed at all positions in football.
You are right Frank BLaylark is about the last football/track athlete we have seen.
Lastly I think are track facilities are very much in need of upgrade. Old State Field now Sexauer Field needs to either be abandoned or rebuilt to a state of art facility.
It would not hurt to have fan seating so that when a meet is hosted, fans show up. Also indoors we are also in big trouble there too so we got lots of challenges ahead of us in our sports.
JackJD:
Thanks so much for your comments about track and field. Being a one time participant gives you a very good insight. I being strictly a fan that likes tax deductions from contributing to the Jackrabbit Club have not paid as much attention to track and field. Often I only see the point standings after the NCC or a Regional meet and see that SDSU has not finished high for a long time.
Your explanation was very clear to me and makes a lot of sense.
At the same time I can see the position of the Admin in allowing one sport for each athlete. I think the big reason that this policy was implemented was the amount of time that the student athlete has to put into each sport. Each varsity sport is becoming more and more sophsicated and requires off season training and takes time away from academic studies. The days of Wayne Rassumussen and Doug Peterson are probably over. These two athletes participated in Football Baseball and basketball while at SDSU in the early to mid 1960's. This one sport restriction policy is too rigid and needs to be reconsidered by the Admin at SDSU.
Pete Retzlaff racked up a lot of points in the weight events at the 1953 NAIA meet. We would not have that NC trophy if Pete had been limited to football. I was in a group conversation once where Pete told about being in a play at SDSU. The drama scene required a wine bottle sitting on a table. Pete said that Coach Ginn was disturbed about his part in the play and being near a win bottle. So Coach Ginn was more worried about wholesome images than whether Retzlaff participated in track.
Back in the old days some of the coaches such as Jim Emmerich doubled as assistants in football and that did make the dual participation possible. Maybe we need to go back to that duel role for coaches at least for recruiting purposes.
I think there are exceptions that could be made to this policy and football-track and field would be most obvious one. Timewise football players are spending it conditioning anyway and why not in a competitive setting?
As far as football recruiting under Coach Stig, I dont recall any one being recruited for football and track and maybe thats one of the things that needs to be addressed in the football program. We can always use speed at all positions in football.
You are right Frank BLaylark is about the last football/track athlete we have seen.
Lastly I think are track facilities are very much in need of upgrade. Old State Field now Sexauer Field needs to either be abandoned or rebuilt to a state of art facility.
It would not hurt to have fan seating so that when a meet is hosted, fans show up. Also indoors we are also in big trouble there too so we got lots of challenges ahead of us in our sports.
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