Ihatetennis
Hall of Fame
Coaches are there to put together winning programs. That's their job, not to stroke the egos of Americans who are not even close to the level of their competition.really, I thought tennis was a game, education is the prime reason you go to college, and if you can play a game and get enjoyment out of it that is great. It helps you connect more with your school and perhaps make lifetime friends. I played 3 sports in a D1 program and made good lifetime friends. When we get together its not about winning and losing that dominates the conversation, but I guess I have been deluded in the past 50 years since graduation, I really didn`t know it was only about winning. Thanks for clueing me in. By your reasoning there is only 1 team that is successful each year and schools should do whatever to be that school. I truly hope you are not a coach to infect kids with that sick discourse
Yes schools should do whatever it takes for them to make their program better, wether it be recruit a couple strong guys from the us and the rest foreign.
When you look at it there are maybe 75-140 kids in a class that are good enough to play d1, and many of those kids go on to d3. And the top talent doesn't even go to d1(taylor Fritz, tiafoe, kozlov)
You played 3 sports??? I'm sorry, but that's not the reality in today's athletes. My generation, as I am a current collegiate player, specialized. Look at the d1 tennis players and non of them are dual sport athletes. Today's world isn't like yours was.
Tennis is a game, but winning is the business. Unless you're all about participation trophies.
And success can be defined as many different things, winning the national championship is a goal yes and it's the ultimate prize but not every player can be good enough to be on a team that wins a national championship. I'm not, but my goal is to personally get a ranking and help lead my team into the national rankings and I am in a team that represents all 6 livable continents. And I'm the only American in the lineup, but not for a lack of recruiting but a lack of American talent wanting to come to us.