Hmm, priorities

Mac's new mascotYeah, ok … so your football program is struggling to put kids in uniform, and you just had to cancel the women’s basketball season for lack of student-athletes.

But hey, you have a brand-new mascot, Macalester. Congrats to the 38 football players and five women’s basketball players on the show of institutional support. I’m sure it’s comforting.

The football program bailed out of the MIAC after the 2001 season and there’s no return in sight. The women’s basketball program played just six games this past season — well, five and a half really. They won’t play in the MIAC this season either. Because it took so long to hire last year’s women’s basketball coach, she had no chance to recruit and was doomed to failure. And if the football coach can only get in 15 freshmen, like last year, what are the chances that program will get off the ground?

Great scot, Macalester — there’s a lot more that needs to be done before worrying about a new mascot.

5 thoughts on “Hmm, priorities

  1. Rumor has it Irv Cross will don the mascot uniform after a new AD is found to replace him.

  2. Oh, I KNOW what is wrong with these people?? They have a great academic institution, but they have a struggling basketball and football program. Where are their priorities?? 🙂

    Just kidding! I know what you meant, Pat.

    Incidentally… I would have thought Macalester had a lot of visual taste considering how pretty all their admissions stationary was. Uh… yay for visually unrepresentable mascots!

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