In a Jan. 22 article “SDL names Jon Mitchell athletics director “, it quotes Mitchell: “It’s ridiculous that we don’t have more students out for athletics than we do. I’d like to increase participation in all sports…It can’t be only the coaches’ job to recruit (athletes).”
WATCHDOG: If Mitchell is serious rather than engaging in public relations pap, he is ignorant to the real problem: Under trained coaches who lack knowledge on how to teach skills and run proper practices and instead have students engage in countless intra squad scrimmages which reinforce bad habits.
Don’t blame the students for the failure of the School District of Lancaster over past years to pay attention to its athletic program. If Mitchell improves the coaching, the players will come.
