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by Tere North
Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: Western News
Topic: President Contract
Replies: 3
Views: 1583

Re: President Contract

https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2023-10-24/contracts-approved-for-wiu-president-employee-groups?fbclid=IwAR2jHlGRfhYnlMRR2Rg-Bv4p9E57CUJRbSa0P1glVaYz5FMVdO-DXzDSGRA   HUGE MISTAKE. In just 2.5 years he has amassed a 12.5M debt and lost the retention/recruitment momentum that had been built. Yet, th...
by Tere North
Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Football
Topic: State of the Program- Post Week 7 Edition
Replies: 66
Views: 9817

Re: State of the Program- Post Week 7 Edition

Traveled with the team to NDSU. Couple of observations. Strength and conditioning is not the problem. Fundamentals are. In blocking, we are set way to high. 1 runner ran over 3 of our guys to together. In tackling, we are reaching an grabbing. Just the pregame warm ups showed a huge difference in c...
by Tere North
Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Football
Topic: State of the Program- Post Week 7 Edition
Replies: 66
Views: 9817

Re: State of the Program- Post Week 7 Edition

Traveled with the team to NDSU. Couple of observations. Strength and conditioning is not the problem. Fundamentals are. In blocking, we are set way to high. 1 runner ran over 3 of our guys to together. In tackling, we are reaching an grabbing. Just the pregame warm ups showed a huge difference in co...
by Tere North
Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:00 am
Forum: Football
Topic: 10/7/23 - at North Dakota
Replies: 15
Views: 2351

Re: 10/7/23 - at North Dakota

vatusay wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:37 am Hopefully the strength and condition program made some bye week adjustments. 

 
Gonna take a heck of a lot longer than a bye week to improve strength and conditioning. 
by Tere North
Sat Oct 07, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Western News
Topic: WIU Board member resigns
Replies: 4
Views: 1434

Re: WIU Board member resigns

Will be interesting to see what the "official" reason is. 

Personally, glad to see this one go.
by Tere North
Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Other Women's Sports
Topic: Volleyball 2023
Replies: 27
Views: 6632

Re: Volleyball 2023

Getting swept by Chicago State... wow... this program is a dumpster    Rather than considering Chicago State the bottom of the barrel and thus Western even lower, why not take a look at Chicago State's Volleyball program. This year Beat Northern 3-2 Beat Northern 3-1 At the Windy City Classic Lost ...
by Tere North
Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:44 am
Forum: Western News
Topic: Enrollment Updates
Replies: 251
Views: 132046

Re: Enrollment Updates

This is terrifying for Macomb and closely surrounding areas.   Are we doing exit debriefs or surveys?  I hope so.  Otherwise, how do you know what the problems are?   We did know this was coming fairly well in advance. Last fall we accepted a large number of students that either had no intention of...
by Tere North
Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Western News
Topic: Enrollment Updates
Replies: 251
Views: 132046

Re: Enrollment Updates

Fall 2023 Total Student Enrollment: https://www.wiu.edu/IRP/enrollments/2023/fall/Total%20Student%20Enrollment%20FL23.pdf       For perspective, comparing Fall 2023 with Fall 2022. Macomb Total Enrollment - down 8.25% Quad Cities Total Enrollment - down 1.36% Overall Total Enrollment - down 7.46% T...
by Tere North
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:44 am
Forum: Western News
Topic: Enrollment Updates
Replies: 251
Views: 132046

Re: Enrollment Updates

WIU enrollment down nearly 600 students, officials shift focus to strengthen class profiles. From WGEM-TV: https://www.wgem.com/2023/09/14/wiu-enrollment-down-nearly-600-students-officials-shift-focus-strengthen-class-profiles/       A 7.5% decline in enrollment compared to Fall 2022 with only a 58...
by Tere North
Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Football
Topic: NMSU
Replies: 83
Views: 12257

Re: NMSU

The biggest concern I have is having his Dad on the staff. That does not bode well for him being his on man, nor for gaining the respect of his coaches or players. It was bad enough when Coach Crane effectively had her Dad on staff when she was coaching Women's Basketball.  Why repeat that problem. ...