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Originally posted by Junker
Thanks Chuck, I must have skimmed through it quickly. Don't tell my students since I pound reading things carefully into their heads daily.
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Ha Ha. Junker, in my experience, pounding things into kids heads just seems to cause brain damage.
Coach Arsenault at Grinnell has been incredibly generous with his time and ideas and his concern about fun and increased participation seem very genuine. He has also won quite a few games this way. The number of schools running or considering this system seems to grow daily.
I don't know of any D1 schools doing this, but I do know that a few previously successful coaches have opted to move to this system. After 30 years at University of Redlands, Coach Gary Smith adopted this system last year. I'm sure they don't have the same disparity of talent as a large D1, but they certainly have better athletes than the 3-and-something team that prompted Grinnell to go this route.
By the way, one of the ESPN's is planning to televise a Grinnell game sometime in February.