Men's Swimming/Diving in second place after Day 1 at US Nationals

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Since there are some blog members that can't fathom why there are multiple topics on significant events that happened as recently as last night or will apparently happen tonight, I felt compelled to do my part to break up some of the monotony that's obviously ruining their afternoon.  So...... AHHHHHH!!!111!!1!!-ers, this one's for you.

Our Men's Swimming and Diving team had a solid showing after Day 1 of 3 at the AT&T USA Swimming Short Course National Championships and are currently sitting in second place.  First place belongs to the East German women's....errr  OSU Men's swim team.

College/University Division Men's Standings (After Day One)

 1. Ohio State          138.5
 2. MICHIGAN             89.0
 3. California           86.5
 4. Louisville           30.5
 5. Southern Cal         23.5
 6. Southern Illinois    15.0
 7. Indiana               7.0
 8. Texas Christian       2.0
 9. Cal Poly              1.0

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JBE

December 3rd, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^

This is Michigan. Second place is never good enough. Who's the coach, and how can we make their life a living hell.

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Sandler For 3

December 3rd, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^

Not all of the U of M swimmers are at Nationals. They're not rested and it's 'just a meet.' I know to a non-swimmer seeing "US NATIONALS" implies that it's the biggest meet of the year but that isn't the case. Take a look at NCAA's and judge them off of that.

That being said, OSU does have a much improved team over the past couple of years. Michigan still has better head to head top end talent, however OSU has developed depth that a very young Michigan team doesn' t have yet, which is why OSU was able to beat Michigan at Big 10's last year but not in the head to head dual meet or NCAA's. Bottom is building a very good team, and this team would be great if Tyler Clary hadn't gone pro, but it is still one of the best in the nation. (This sound a lot like U of M football in hindsight)

However, one knock against Bottom is that he is a HUGE proponent of the '1 year scholarship,' with swimmers not having their scholarships renewed if they don't perform to the expected level. It goes unnoticed because it's a 'non-major' sport but it definitely happens and has caused a few issues so far in his tenure. It is very accurate to say that Bottom is a 'win an NCAA championship at any cost' coach. He stays within the official rules but some people view him as a snake because of the scholarship situation, among a few other small things. You can just took a look at his last two recruiting classes which have each individually accounted for over half of the swim team's members.

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