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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
For the record, it’s all about putting Trotwood’s best chance to win on the oval
That didn’t take long.
You can find a reader’s comment on this site that blasts Trotwood-Madison boys track and field coach Randy Waggoner. His sin? He switched out a member of 1,600-meter relay with rookie sophomore Michael Jordan for the state meet.
The Rams responded with an all-time, all-divisions record (3:13.32).
Waggoner has been coaching track in the Dayton area since the late ’60s. He learned long ago that the team comes before the individual. He said as much following the Rams’ latest historic run last Saturday.
“I knew for us to run the kind of time we were going to run, I needed to put (Jordan) on the relay. I knew what he was capable of doing, and it just proved me to be true.
“… You’ve got to always sit down and figure out, can I plug a kid in here or put a kid in there? A lot of people get upset with me when I make changes like that, but that’s what I’m paid to do: coach this track team.”
It’s a fine line to straddle, giving your team its best possible chance to win. What works one game — or race, or season — doesn’t necessarily mean that it’ll work the next time.
• Is your hoop team better with an iron 5, or interchangable 9?
• Should a football coach two platoon, or tap his best half-dozen for double duty?
• Is a baseball team better off with an unhittable ace always going the distance, or grooming two capable relievers who you know will be needed down the postseason road?
As long as teams keep scores, standings and titles are at stake, coaches owe their programs, schools and communities the best teams that they can field.
One word if the goal is for everyone to play and avoid hurt feelings: intramurals.
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Is it a record? 22 CJ graduates sign to play sports in college
Twenty-two of Chaminade Julienne’s recent graduates have signed national letters of intent to play sports in college. There’s no telling if that’s an all-time area record, but it has to be close.
Ben Quinttus (Ohio Wesleyan, soccer), Adrian Warfield (Georgetown, Ky., football), Michael Raiff (Ohio Northern, baseball), Patrick Bruggeman (Wittenberg, football) and Matt Miller (Western Arizona CC, football) were the latest to join the club on the recent spring athlete recognition night at the school.
They join previous CJ signees:
• Eric Abney (Wright State University, bowling);
• Taylor Beyerle (University of Dayton, cross country/track);
• Nicole Campbell (Dusquene, crew);
• Isaiah Cordell (Findlay, football);
• Shene Fleming (St. Francis, basketball);
• Zak Hadaway (UD, golf);
• Anne Haley (Williams, rowing);
• Danheisha Harding (Eastern Kentucky, track);
• Kurt Hess (Youngstown State, football);
• Sam Jandel (Illinois, golf);
• Alex Kauth (Air Force, lacross);
• Chris Myton (Cincinnati, soccer);
• Mariah Nussbaum (Radford, volleyball);
• Katie Plieman (Xavier, tennis);
• Lisa Treadway (Miami, volleyball);
• Jessica Yaney (Otterbein, soccer);
• Samantha Zimmerman (Mercyhurst, tennis).
Also, Jenny Nicholson won’t be playing sports at Louisville, but she has accepted a scholarship to pursue a degree as a team trainer. Close enough.
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