Brett Boretti
Columbia Baseball star Jordan Serena Tweeted this on Sunday:
Two great weekends in a row for @CULionsBaseball and not a peep out of @GoColumbiaLions #wheresthelove #IvyChamps #wewingames
The official CU Athletics Twitter feed did have some Tweets
a little later on, but Serena’s point is well taken when it comes to the most
important part of his Tweet: “We win games.”
Anyone who has watched the baseball team has to be impressed
with the stunning depth on the roster and the way Head Coach Brett Boretti has simply reloaded
instead of rebuilt the squad year after year.
As I said in the comments section in an earlier post, it’s
no surprise that a warm, engaging and consistently strong communicator like
Boretti is the best coach Columbia athletics has seen in at least 25 years. It’s
no surprise because a person like that is going to be a great recruiter, and
recruiting is everything.
Compare that to the barely acceptable-in-polite-company
behavior you get from football Head Coach Pete
Mangurian. I’m sure he turns on more charm when he meets with recruits and their
parents, but that’s the thing: a genuine good coach and good person doesn’t
have to turn anything on. He or she is very transparently a quality person.
There’s no way Mangurian is fooling some of the more
discerning players and their parents with whatever sales pitch he’s using. He
doesn’t have it in him. Anyone who makes private calls to big donors like Bob
Kraft to trash his own players doesn’t have the class. And he also doesn’t have
the brains if he thinks calls like that won’t become public, which they did.
Boretti should be made the de facto “Dean of Athletics” at
Columbia. I usually hate more levels of bureaucracy, but the best performing
coach for the longest period of time should be given some kind of added
advisory role within the department, (and that includes advising admissions in
general as well), to counterbalance the administrative types who are too far
removed from game action and results.
Jacked for Jaclyn Tradition Continues
Here's a chance for some more positive visuals and a nice good deed too:
On Friday, April 25th, Columbia Football is hosting its fourth annual "Jacked 4 Jaclyn" Lift-A-Thon to help raise money for the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation.
Bench presses will be set up on campus as players attempt max repetitions of 225 lbs. Each player has been asked to seek out at least 5 sponsors to pledge or donate on their behalf, no matter the amount, big or small for each rep. Every dollar and every rep counts. Our goal is to raise $10,000.
Donations can made via this link.. Simply click the "Donate" link on the front page.
5 comments:
Pete's bird is going to be cooked by the 3rd week of the season if they open up in the same fashion they left it. Can't the pyre wait a few months before truly trashing him on his way out?
I'm all worn out on Pete bashing. What is happening in the world of CAEC to influence change?
The Fordham lads in week 1 do not have the same sense of magnanimity as you RLB.
Boretti was at his best again today in a rout of the long vaunted St. John's baseball team. Because this was a mid-week non league game, he used half a dozen pitchers and didn't work anybody for more than two innings, this saving his arms for the critical four game road series against Cornell.
Continuously and mercilessly berating Pete is classless, especially with a hoped for improved season ahead. Even Pete has more class than that. Jake, if you have the cajones, go visit Pete in his office, unannounced if you must, and stop polluting the airwaves with your childish vendetta.
I got rid of the athletic dept. and coaching staff trolls on this blog a couple of months ago. So the people defending Pete here are regular fans... which, in many ways is WORSE. I'm not sure what you think you're seeing from this guy that merits your support whatsoever. Or do you just not care all that much as you see this guy destroying the team systematically right before your eyes. I'll let up when Pete lets up. I don't get why I'm supposed to be quiet as this guy continues to push my team into traffic.
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