and number two just went down with injury.

I guess it figures that it would be against Northeastern.

is illustrates how unjust the firing of Tracey Coin in women's lacrosse was.

She had a number of NCAA appearances and wins, been to a Final Four, won the Big East -- which actually was an accomplishment in lacrosse unlike in volleyball -- and then was the first Olympic sports coach ever to be fired. Just so unlike Notre Dame and completely unexplainable.

Compare the women's lacrosse program under Coin to the volleyball program under Brown -- or even to softball, track, cross country, golf...or any sports other than women's basketball, women's soccer and women's tennis.

If Notre Dame is going to start firing Olympic sports coach, Coin certainly shouldn't have been the first to go...nor the second or third or ...

since 2005.

Gives lie to the frequent statements from the ND administration and Swarbrick that they strive to be great in all the sports in which ND gives out scholarships.

Is one of the biggest canards that gets repeated on these board (if I can even follow the original post). Swarbrck is a liar--all he wants is mediocrity, doesn't care about Olympic sports. Despite the fact he went, to Notre Dame and is an impassioned alum (like so many that post here), is charged with running and preserving the most valuable assets at Notre Dame etc. etc. he simply does not want to be great. Nope not interested in that.--doesn't care. Do you really think that he finds the baseball and VB situation acceptable and has no interest in addressing the situation and upgrading them if that is the appropriate decision based on all the facts?

On the one hand, what he did to the former women's lacrosse coach was unconscionable (if you are to believe this board,--as that program was on a meteoric ascent to its zenith, not stagnating and approaching is nadir). How dare he take steps to upgrade (however misguided posters may think those efforts were) that leviathan of a program when there are others that need an upgrade too.

He's criticized for trying to upgrade a program that many believe needed it and he gets criticized for not upgrading other programs because people believe that he doesn't care and doesn't strive to be great. Which is it guys?

are married to ND employees. One has to wonder if that's why the AD has not made his move.

There are no weather or demographic impediments, and the ACC is a solid volleyball conference but not so strong that it's impossible to compete.