Campus Visit
Since our drive was so long, we had a modified visit today. We met with the offensicve coordinator talked some basics and then headed over to the Caf for lunch. It was the 4 of us and the OC.No players at this lunch. While I had more room at the table, I enjoyed being able to interact with other coaches and players at the other schools. It gave me some insight into the type of people Bubba would be around. Pizza here was better than at HSU but Austin still has the best pizza of all! Gatorade choices were better here though so Robert liked that!
Next, we chatted with admissions. Robert has been accepted here and offered 76,000 in academic scholarship money so most of our discussion regarded the Athletic Training program at Coe. The admissions staff was great and very friendly and seemed really interested in Robert as a person and athlete.
We were then given a very brief tour of the campus since we had only 30 minutes until our meeting with the head coach. The campus is very beautiful with a lot of improvements to the buildings. The campus had that Midwest tree lined road feel and looks a lot like a college should look. On our tour they showed us a dorm room. Other schools show us a model dorm, however here we saw an actual lived in dorm room. Of course it was a girls room, but the dorm is co-ed so they look similar I'm just sure this one was cleaner! This school is one of the smaller ones with a total of 1400 or so students.
After the brief tour we met with the head coach. He's been in coaching for 40 years and has been the Gatorade coach of the year. He asked some questions, and we asked some questions and that was about it. His son is the OC we met with earlier, and he took us to see the campus wide weight room, pool, and athletic training rooms that Robert would utilize as an athlete and student in the AT program. The facilities were pretty standard and open to the entire school like at Austin College. We did not see the locker room since players were preparing for practice.
We then headed to practice for a bit, but it was too cold for me and smash so we headed to the car to warm up and so I could write my blog while the boys checked out the practice and met some more coaches. They met with the strength and conditioning coach who went over the yearly plan and how they workout both on and off season. Rob was so cold his ears felt like they were going to fall off so they ended the visit and we headed to our hotel to relax before ending our night at B-Dubs!
Final Thoughts
I thought the campus was pretty. The dorms were a bit more updated than at HSU and the cost of laundry machines is built into the tuition rate. I just didn't get an overwhelming feel of home like I did at the other schools. I really felt as if other schools went out of their way to spend time with bubba and get to know him and how he would fit into their program. I didn't feel that way here. Not that they weren't friendly, they were, but I walked away without being told what they can do for my son or how he would benefit from being there. They do have his undergrad program, but no option for him to continue on there. Bottom line, the school has to be some place where I know my bubba will be well taken care of on and off the field and will leave a better man. I'm just not sure that would happen here.
Next up is a 5 hour drive to Wayne State College in Nebraska. Robert's current DC and his wife went to school there and have great things to say. We shall see tomorrow how it works out. Stay tuned!
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