This week I address Gary Taylor no longer coaching at Auburn, and the articles and comments left in their wake. At the end I grade SwimSwam’s article about who will take over for Gary.
Poppell and Nesty. Mission Viejo and Practice Excuses. Plus: Brent Rutemiller is a Coward
This week Erik and Joel drop in to discuss the recent coaching moves within the SEC. We then go over some highlights of the Mission Viejo meet. Finally, we talk about the top reasons we’ve heard to get out of swimming at practice.
Listen to the end where I address the pathetic way Swimming World covered the departure of Garrett McCaffrey from Phoenix Swim Club.
The Return of Matt Leach
Hot off a season where he coached the program’s first ever PAC-12 Champion, I talk to Washington State Swimming Head Coach Matt Leach.
We cover the ups and downs of the finished season, how someone goes from 23.5 to 22.1 in the 50 free in college. We also talk about quality of life in coaching and some of the recent movement around the coaching landscape.
Nikki Kett Steps Away, Self Care and WORKOUTS!
In this one, we address the decision by Nikki Kett to leave coaching at the University of Michigan before turning to our own suggestions for taking care of yourself in a coaching career.
Stick around for the end where we go through the following workouts:
Erik’s Workout:
Joel’s set:
Whitewater Pain Train
16 x 100 on 1:05.
Four in a lane. 1st person leaves on 60 second and third five a part
Four stays on side.
On the next 60 1st person dives in, the original leader is now second leaving on the interval (:05) 2nd person goes on :10, third is :15 and last person hops out.
Keeps repeating. Interval can change to whatever - math gets harder on those
So more people in a lane less breaks
My Workout:
Calling out Brett Hawke, NCAA Mental Health and More
Brett Hawke says that Texas’ 26 NCAA qualifiers with 9.9 scholarships is a riddle, but doesn’t he know the answer? Why were NCAA interviews by Bobby Finke and Shaine Casas so awesome? What is ipsedixitism?
That and more questions answered on this week’s podcast with Joel and Erik:
Signe Bro
Signe Bro is a swimmer who has made an Olympic qualifying standard for Denmark and hopes to compete in Tokyo 2021.
We talk about the role her parents have played for her over her career as well as some of the ways she has learned to handle with nerves at big meets. We also talk about how she's learned to deal with more people giving her opinions on what she should do as she rises in the ranks, and pro swimming in the ISL:
Eddie Reese Retiring: Emergency Pod
You read the title, you know what it is about!
Joel and Erik: NCAA Men 1 Event, Women Wrap up and Recruiting
Joel and Erik are here once again for the Thursday pod where we talk NCAA swimming. We start by giving our snapshot analysis of the men’s meet, and then look back at the women’s meet the week before.
Finally, we discuss the morality of how much pressure is appropriate to put on kids at 16-17 years old in the recruiting process.
Dani Korman
Fresh off the 2021 NCAA Championships, I’m joined by Cal Associate Head Coach Dani Korman. Dani talks about the team’s performance at the meet, as well as what obstacles Cal had to overcome to have a successful season.
Finally, we turn to some talk of recruiting and what Cal’s doing differently than some of its rivals. Enjoy:
NCAA One Event, Transferring to D3 and Fike's 200 PB
This week on the Swim Brief I’m joined by Joel and Erik to react to one event of the Women’s NCAA Division 1 Championship.
We then turn to the story of a swimmer transferring from D1 Arkansas to D3 Hendrix College, before giving our thoughts on James Fike crushing personal bests in his late 30s.