A point of clarification; it always seems that folks get upity on this so called recruiting issue....the assumption being that when people swim for another team not in their area its to break records or win chanpionships.
I've mentioned the example of John reuniting his 11-12 year old relay teamates fo this past nationals......something that had the opposite efect (on records and championships).
Yes at times i'm sure it happens but my view is that its great to pull old "has beens" out of retirement and get them back in the water! 'd love to get Bruce Stahl (my UCSB teamate) back in action and would welcome him with open arms wehter he as in shape or not.
Remember.....its easy to assume that some "elitist" conspiracy exists but I think that's very rare. We need growth in this sport and since no one at Usms seems to want to develop and implement an effective marketing campaign we need to rely on our members more tha anything!
A point of clarification; it always seems that folks get upity on this so called recruiting issue....the assumption being that when people swim for another team not in their area its to break records or win chanpionships.
I've mentioned the example of John reuniting his 11-12 year old relay teamates fo this past nationals......something that had the opposite efect (on records and championships).
Yes at times i'm sure it happens but my view is that its great to pull old "has beens" out of retirement and get them back in the water! 'd love to get Bruce Stahl (my UCSB teamate) back in action and would welcome him with open arms wehter he as in shape or not.
Remember.....its easy to assume that some "elitist" conspiracy exists but I think that's very rare. We need growth in this sport and since no one at Usms seems to want to develop and implement an effective marketing campaign we need to rely on our members more tha anything!
