Saia leaves ISU women’s tennis
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If it was for money…. then no. Makes no sense to pay any kind of money at all for a women’s tennis coach.
So what is the guidelines for Tennis vs. Track/CC, softball, swimming etc.
Do not give me the money BS, budgets are moved around all the time.
Boomer WAS on the verge of creating a brand - otherwise why would a school like Clemson come calling … and they were not the only one.
Don’t we play matches at Ames High? Our resources are totally uncompetitive. It’s amazing what he did here but ISU has invested nothing into tennis and it shows. That’s not a bad thing but it’s also an obvious reason for him to leave.
What do you think we should pay coaches for the wrestling or women's bball programs? Those programs are also net in the red.
I'd be upset if it was over money to be honest.
Instead of more money going into paying the women’s tennis coach and facilities…. I’d rather see it go to football.
However, I do agree that at some point you can’t just keep pouring money into football either if you’re not seeing a ROI from it.
Its all somewhat of a waterfall of priorities. You have to spend something on the lower-priority sports, to make them respectable at least, but priorities have to exist. First priority is going to go to the things that generate revenue. Football (mainly) and mens basketball. Then to the things that while in the red, draw lots of fans. That's WBB, Volleyball, and Wrestling. Everything else has a lower priority than that.
So even if you didn't dump that extra money into football, you should then be looking at things like basketball. Like, would you rather ISU spend that money on tennis or would you rather that money be spent towards modernizing Hilton? That's an easy call for me
Iowa State wrestling and women’s basketball are much larger brands and bring in more boosters/fan interest than women’s tennis. Not the best comparison.
I look at it this way. He left the program better than he arrived.
Iowa State will always have limitations on the amount of investment it can make in certain Olympic sports.
So this is why Jamie and his top administrators make the big bucks. They need to make the next great Tennis coaching hire. It's a big ask, but their job.
Hopefully he had a great assistant and we can keep the team intact.
Iowa State will always have limitations on the amount of investment it can make in certain Olympic sports.
So this is why Jamie and his top administrators make the big bucks. They need to make the next great Tennis coaching hire. It's a big ask, but their job.
Hopefully he had a great assistant and we can keep the team intact.
You ever been to South Carolina? Clemson has resources ISU and the Big 12 brethren outside of TCU only dream about.
To me it’s a situation where no one is at fault. No disrespect to the sport of tennis. I was on the tennis team in HS and still love it, but it’s just not a sport worth dumping extra money into. Can’t blame Pollard imo and certainly can’t blame Saia for getting more money, better facilities, closer to home, etc.
Yes. I live a stones throw away. I assume Boomer brought the offer to Jamie, and Jamie looked at it and wished him the best.
The publicity from this team’s run is great, but there’s no money to be made for ISU in women’s tennis.
