It’s the end of an era in Westchester. The women’s volleyball coach at LMU, Steve Stratos, has coached his last game as the Lions head coach. It was announced today that Bill Husak will not renew his contract as Head Coach. While the Lions have had a less than stellar year, and I do think change is important in an athletic program, I think it’s important to examine the real reason why LMU Athletics has been unsuccessful the past few years.
The answer: Bill Husak.

Bill Husak is a man who has done nothing good for LMU Athletics during his tenure. Yes, I am biased because he was responsible for cutting the men’s volleyball program that I was a member of, but he has also completely destroyed the sense of athletic community that was once present at LMU.
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As you know, my friend Reid is playing volleyball overseas in Russia.  He was just inducted into the Loyola Marymount University Hall of Fame last weekend and he asked me to attend and accept on his behalf.  It was a great honor and extremely humbling to represent Reid and I’m truly thankful for the opportunity.  

It was a little disappointing that the Athletic Director, Bill Husak, didn’t show face since he’s the one that dropped our men’s volleyball program.  I don’t expect much from him anyway, I mean look what he’s done with the athletic department since he’s been there.  I mean, men’s basketball is 2-23 this year…

It was a little awkward, but totally awesome!

The Vista’s Magazine I blogged about earlier is finally here.  The hard copies should be arriving any day now, but they’ve already posted the article online.  You can check it out here…