It seems that since most of the votes for the rankings are sent in from two districts the rest of us may feel they are spinning there wheels and their vote can not be heard. I know that is my feeling. It does effect recruiting as youth sailors look and take these rankings seriously. I wish I could offer another a good idea that could include more of the country but the fact is that most of the teams that are varsity programs and have coaches, are on the east coast. These are the coaches that will take the time and vote. The rest of us will vote depending on the wind and surf. It was really good over the weekend.
--- On Thu, 11/25/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ICSA] Sailing World's College Rankings, Nov. 24 To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 6:46 AM Happy Thanksgiving to all!~ An observation about the current (and many of the recent) rankings, if I may? When I was involved as one of the three coaches who did the rankings for Sailing World years ago (along with Ken Legler and Gary Bodie), there is one thing I remember clearly: If a team from a "minor" district (you may define that any way you wish) made a splash with a top regatta finish, they got recognition by the three of us, even if only for a month or two. This latest ranking was done with contributions by 19 coaches. The fact that we get to have that many folks involved is a quantum step forward, and very cool! I wish I could say that they represented the entire country, but when you notice that not a single one of them is West of the Mississippi River, and no contributions were made from the South East, Midwest, Pacific Coast or Northwest districts, I suppose it should come as no surprise that a fairly significant performance like that of UC Santa Barbara in winning the Pacific Coast Fall Championships (formerly known as "North South") would not get recognized. The fact that they got a few votes shows that a few (albeit very few) members of the coaches ranking team noticed that result, but..... ;) This should be a wake-up call to all of you lazy teams (and coaches) from 4 of the 7 ICSA Districts. Congratulations to the UCSB Gauchos. I hope all of you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving weekend. I truly miss the Timme Angston not being sailed right now. With the current extreme weather, this one would have been a true classic! Blake Middleton -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Streuli <[email protected]> To: ICSA Listserver <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Nov 24, 2010 10:31 am Subject: [ICSA] Sailing World's College Rankings, Nov. 24 College Sailors, Coaches, and Fans, The final national rankings of the Fall 2010 season are now posted at http://bit.ly/fAXm3F Coed Total Points 1. Boston College [10] 370 2. Georgetown [9] 368 3. St. Mary¹s 339 4. Brown 312 5. Harvard 289 Women¹s Total Points 1. St. Mary¹s [16] 282 2. Boston College [3] 269 3. Hobart/Wm. Smith 243 4. Georgetown 205 5. Yale 199 District rankings will be done in December. Happy Holidays Best Regards, -Stuart Streuli Sailing World ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
