No its not really an excuse. As diehard of a Cyclone fan as I am, if my daughter is that good to play at this level, I would sure have her look around at warmer better places to play than Ames.
Softball Coach - Gemeinhardt-Cesler
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No its not really an excuse. As diehard of a Cyclone fan as I am, if my daughter is that good to play at this level, I would sure have her look around at warmer better places to play than Ames.
When ISU has baseball, it didn't draw a crowd. Do you really think softball will draw better?
It would be curious to see what MBB attendance would look like if all of the weekday games were played during the day...
It would be curious to see what WBB attendance would look like if all of the weekday games were played during the day...
The best pitcher in the state is over at DMACC-Boone, now playing in Mississippi Natonal Jr College tourney. Was from Ballard, Huxley star Kensie Ihle, probably going to PURDUE. Her record this yr stands at 30-1 or better. Iowa and ISU never had a chance cause they are both bottom feeder Softball schools. I have been to many ISU softball games, including this yr's Iowa game, 5-0 win by ISU. Having half your team made up of 8 frosh players doesn't help, but it appears it is time for a change of coaches.
Ihle going to Purdue that is a slap in the face to the state really. Any rumblings of names for the new coach? Sounds like Mizzu is having some personality issues with the new AD and the kids will follow the coach, are we savvy enough to steel him? He knows how to recruit Iowa and bring kids to play in the Midwest.
He's had a couple of interviews. Heard he's been offered the Virginia job and also the associate head coach position at NC State. Someone from U Washington was suppose to interview yesterday.
Ha, that's funny. Lakes does claim to have played baseball for NDSU even though there is no definitive evidence. He takes lots of crap for it.
Haven't been to Cyclones.com for awhile, which kinda explains why only now am I learning something about new hire, Jamie Traeschel (sp?). Listened to John Walters' interview with her. She appears to be an outstanding hire . . . not that I know much about softball.
I see we were 1-17 in Big 12 play the season just completed. That ain't good. Since I'm a subscriber to Cyclones.tv, I think I'll start taking a peek at some of our sports teams I've never seen in action before.
Isn't softball generally understood to be a common women's athletics endeavor at the college level? Wondering why the Big 12 only has seven teams - Kansas State, TCU, and West Virginia were not found in the 2016 league standings. . . .
I see we were 1-17 in Big 12 play the season just completed. That ain't good. Since I'm a subscriber to Cyclones.tv, I think I'll start taking a peek at some of our sports teams I've never seen in action before.
Isn't softball generally understood to be a common women's athletics endeavor at the college level? Wondering why the Big 12 only has seven teams - Kansas State, TCU, and West Virginia were not found in the 2016 league standings. . . .
TCU fans would like to see softball back. WVU would make sense to get it back. There have been rumbling at K-State but no one really seems interested in it over there.
Trachsel puts up some interesting numbers but I'm not going to be ecstatic about the hire until year 2 or 3. Hard for me to believe that someone who was a co-head coach at a non-P5 school was the best we could get.
My guess is being a 30-something female helped in the hiring process with the belief that it will help with recruiting. I also think NDSU has a staff member that's considered one of the top pitching coaches in the nation...that would definitely help.
As long as she can get the top talent in Iowa, I'm happy. Zero reason whatsoever the top players are constantly either leaving state, or dominating JUCO/DII or DIII and then finding a home somewhere else.
