How many guys from other countries does it take to win a National Championship?
Good thing they all attended classes on campus the entire year..... :-)
Makes everyone feel proud to see the American Record holder on the 4th place podium.
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We will have to agree to disagree on this statement.
I believe he has been coaching for almost 4 decades. There are plenty of reasons kids want to go swim him other than slightly lower Texas in state tuition costs.
I don't mean to downplay Eddie himself. His record, his 2-time Olympic coach status, etc. are tremendous advantages. In fact that plays very well with Texas' other advantages.
But with a roster size of almost 40 today - most of his swimmers have no scholarship money at all. I'm sure the parents of many of his swimmers appreciate the lower costs. Their choice could be 1/4 or 1/2 scholarship somewhere else, or zero scholarship swimming for Eddie. It is relatively easy to choose the latter.
We will have to agree to disagree on this statement.
I believe he has been coaching for almost 4 decades. There are plenty of reasons kids want to go swim him other than slightly lower Texas in state tuition costs.
I don't mean to downplay Eddie himself. His record, his 2-time Olympic coach status, etc. are tremendous advantages. In fact that plays very well with Texas' other advantages.
But with a roster size of almost 40 today - most of his swimmers have no scholarship money at all. I'm sure the parents of many of his swimmers appreciate the lower costs. Their choice could be 1/4 or 1/2 scholarship somewhere else, or zero scholarship swimming for Eddie. It is relatively easy to choose the latter.
