Re: 2015-2016 Coaching Changes
On March 11, 2015 Mike MacAdam opened his Schenectady Daily Gazette article “Losses keep piling up for Union College women's hockey” with this:
“There’s inertia, and then there’s the Union College women’s hockey program.
Quick question:
Athletic director Jim McLaughlin said he’s pleased with the progress the program has made.
Was that a quote from four years ago, when my colleague Mark McGuire wrote a column about the program, or a quote from yesterday?”
He closed the article with another question:
“In the history of NCAA women’s hockey, there are 74 head coaches with at least 200 games. Of those, Barcomb’s overall winning percentage of .181 in 270 games is the worst and one of just four who are under .300. “Wins and losses are not the bottom line as it is at some institutions,” McLaughlin said. “All of our teams want to win every time they step on the field or the ice, but it’s not the bottom line.”
Maybe not, and perhaps it’s worth asking why someone like me should even bother paying attention to what the Union women’s hockey team is doing.
It’s because the message being sent is that Union is OK with this.
And I guess that’s their right.
But if that’s the case and you’re a women’s hockey recruit, no matter what other non-hockey reasons you may have to want to attend Union, is this the place you want to go?”
My question is: who’s time is it to go: McLaughlin’s, Asano-Barcomb’s, or both?
If you want to read the complete article before answering, that’s fine:
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2015/mar/11/0311_maccolumn/?print
And please, we no longer need to compare Asano-Barcomb to other Union Women’s hockey coaches. She got to stand on her own 8-year record. Would you want your daughter to play under her? Would you want to play for her?
Jim McLaughlin has been the Director of Athletics at Union College, his alma mater, since March of 2005. |
C A Barcomb
14-15 Overall - 34 GP (4-22- 8 .235)| Conf Only - 22 GP (1-16- 5 .159)
13-14 Overall - 34 GP (9-24- 1 .279)| Conf Only - 22 GP (4-18- 0 .182)
12-13 Overall - 34 GP (7-23- 4 .265)| Conf Only - 22 GP (0-18- 4 .091)
11-12 Overall - 34 GP (4-26- 4 .176)| Conf Only - 22 GP (2-18- 2 .136)
10-11 Overall - 34 GP (2-29- 3 .103)| Conf Only - 22 GP (1-19- 2 .091)
09-10 Overall - 34 GP (5-28- 1 .162)| Conf Only - 22 GP (1-20- 1 .068)
08-09 Overall - 34 GP (2-29- 3 .103)| Conf Only - 22 GP (0-21- 1 .023)
07-08 Overall - 32 GP (3-27- 2 .125)| Conf Only - 22 GP (0-20- 2 .045)