Originally Posted by
clenz
From what I’ve gathered with them being MVC rumored HARD last year (take it with a grain of salt) is a significant rift between the league offices and the athletic department at UWM. UWM feels the moves over the last decade or so the HL has made have not been for the best interest of all members and not enough has been done to keep the league strong. Incorrect policies put in place, lack of effort and forward thinking to drive things forward enough. Trying to make the league too focused on the Indiana/Michigan area and actively finding ways to hurt schools like Valpo, UWM, UWGB and UIC.
The league office (and to be honest everyone, including UWM fans and alumni) feel the athletic department at UWM is a complete and unmitigated disaster (and it is). Firing successful coaches. Hiring people based on nepotism, doing things to intentionally harm programs so the coach can be fired for not succeeding, budget issues, so and and so on. HL feels UWM is stepping out of line and putting unwarranted negative PR on the conference to spin it away from the AD.
UWM would also make a natural travel partner for WIU or IPFW. Sure it’s further than GB, but based on current SL membership it would work.
UWM is interesting in that they have the facilities, and potential, to be something pretty special at the MM level. They are just a disaster and no one is sure how they can actually correct anything. Their limiting factor is that they are about 27 feet from Marquette and UW-Madison is a thing. If they find “their place” and accept what they can grow into they’d be relatively solid.
They might not fit the “won’t look for a bigger home” later stability mold, but there is t anywhere that is going to poach them if they leave the HL. They won’t go back there. The MVC doesn’t want them.
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