Yes, who gives a shit about fencing, the fencers and their parents. It's a nice story that a woman

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Yes, who gives a shit about fencing, the fencers and their parents. It's a nice story that a woman

Author: THEISMANCARR (17144 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 4:26 pm on Nov 4, 2023

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fencer won the first Gold Medal at the Olympics one year but do you feel as great about that as when the football team is doing well. Not me and no one else cares either.

Replies to: "Yes, who gives a shit about fencing, the fencers and their parents. It's a nice story that a woman"

We all know Parker was a huge risk. We can blame the AD but - ndphysics - 4:01pm 11/4/23 (31) [View All]
- In fairness he tried. I do blame the idiot AD. He needs to tell them this is what I need and stop - Frank L - 4:12pm 11/4/23
  - He didn't try hard enough. He is the one who settled on Parker. [NT] - NDQuebec - 4:25pm 11/4/23
    - After they wouldn't pay Ludwig, what was the other choice? [NT] - Frank L - 4:28pm 11/4/23
      - Maybe take a crack at any one of like 150 guys who would rank between Ludwig and Parker. - Chrisb - 4:55pm 11/4/23
        How do we know there wasn’t? Who else was out there looking at less than MV? - Frank L - 4:56pm 11/4/23
        "Who else was out there looking at less than MV?" - Chrisb - 6:05pm 11/4/23
        Market Value. They sent the message loud and clear they wouldn’t pay it. - Frank L - 6:40pm 11/4/23
      - Abject failure. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:34pm 11/4/23
- Swarbrick is gone after this year. Freeman needs to go after a real OC now that he's not handcuffed [NT] - kgirish - 4:07pm 11/4/23
  - I don’t know if it’s all Jack. I think some of the limitations - ndphysics - 4:10pm 11/4/23
    - Whichever of the two candidates to replace Jenkins gets the job, will hate ND football even more. - murph78 - 4:16pm 11/4/23
      - What they need to understand is that if football is mediocre the donations will dry up. Across the b [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:25pm 11/4/23
        It’s been mediocre for years. And their endowment is massive. [NT] - Frank L - 4:27pm 11/4/23
        I'm betting there's some reason they care about tv contracts. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:32pm 11/4/23
        
        Exactly . [NT] - ndphysics - 4:30pm 11/4/23
      - Yes, we have gone woke. The faculty is becoming Ivy league like and we don't seem to have the - THEISMANCARR - 4:24pm 11/4/23
        Then a house cleaning is in order. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:26pm 11/4/23
      - Probably. They know that mediocrity works and that more isn’t expected by the alumns and fan base. - Frank L - 4:19pm 11/4/23
      - I can see a more progressive movement. It’s been happening for years now. [NT] - ndphysics - 4:19pm 11/4/23
        Progressivism has been a death knell for everything it's touched. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:27pm 11/4/23
        Re: Progressivism has been a death knell for everything it's touched. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:27pm 11/4/23
    - Jenkins is gone too but, I agree, JS picked his successor, I suspect Jenkins may as well [NT] - kgirish - 4:13pm 11/4/23
    - True. They probably want to make sure they pay the curling coach. Equity and all. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:12pm 11/4/23
      - It's Fencing is where Swarbrick made his name. They'll probably put his name on a sword or some shit - kgirish - 4:15pm 11/4/23
        Yes, who gives a shit about fencing, the fencers and their parents. It's a nice story that a woman - THEISMANCARR - 4:26pm 11/4/23
        It's nice, but it doesnt pay the bills. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:28pm 11/4/23
        
        Everything is backwards nowadays. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:17pm 11/4/23
- You expect someone in the process to be competent. They weren't. [NT] - DiscoRick - 4:06pm 11/4/23
  - Fair point. [NT] - Frank L - 4:13pm 11/4/23
- Re: We all know Parker was a huge risk. We can blame the AD but - garryowen - 4:04pm 11/4/23
- Swardick went cheap on an OC and HC. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 4:03pm 11/4/23