Syracuse Athletics Babe of the Week

Taylor Metcalfe is a Freshman on the Women's Ice Hockey team. The Syracuse Athletics website says that she is Canadian and likes long walks on the beach. We might have added that last bit, but she is still Canadian. Taylor is also enrolled in the college of arts and sciences and is yet undeclared for her major. We wish Taylor all the best both on and off the ice and look forward to chronicling what will hopefully be a long and stellar career at Syracuse. Congrats to Taylor for being our Syracuse Athletics Babe of the Week!

Syracuse is well positioned in Olympic Sports

I saw this link to this Daily Orange interview of Daryl Gross earlier in the week over at TNIAAM, but I hadn't had an opportunity to remark on the inconceivableness of it all. Daryl Gross talked about how the athletic department is performing as a whole.

"It was always 'The future's bright. The future's bright.' Well, now we're here. And we know we're positioned well for our Olympic sports."

I think Daryl Gross is right. We are pretty well positioned for our Olympic Sports. You know, until you recall that the biggest Olympic story this summer was Michael Phelps. A swimmer. Yeah, swimming. You know, that sport that the University is getting rid of for Women's Ice Hockey.

I get it now, Daryl was talking about these Olympics.

Women's Hockey

According to an article by the Daily Orange, Daryl Gross might be making the wrong decision in dumping Swimming and Diving in favor of Women's Ice Hockey.

Mare MacDougall, assistant coach at St. Lawrence University up North, who happen to be ranked 4th in the country had this to say about Syracuse,

"I don't think anyone can conclude that Syracuse University will only want to recruit N.Y. players. I would only assume, looking at what I've learned through recruiting, that that is not feasible for them."

This seems in clear contrast to DOCTOR Daryl Gross' comments in June when he announced that Syracuse would be adding Women's Hockey. Gross said,

"We welcome the opportunity to field a women’s ice hockey team. It provides the potential for an outstanding student-athlete experience, and success is limitless given the area of the country we live in, the facility we have on campus, and the popularity of the sport. Women’s ice hockey gives us a significant opportunity to compete at a national level, especially given the talent in Upstate New York and surrounding areas."

So who do you trust? Personally, I'll trust the assistant coach on a program that consistently fields a winning team over our malfunctioning Athletic Director any day.