(01-14-2020, 01:44 PM)CardinalSagehen Wrote: (01-14-2020, 12:17 PM)Farm93 Wrote: The coaching staff for Hawaii spends most of the winter on planes trying to find recruits. WSU is a place where coaches and players spend a lot of time travelling, but not as much as Hawaii. Crazy WSU found someone that would see WSU's travel demands as an improvement.
But what about the change in climate? Brutal.
A slight improvement to the title of this thread would be, "From Paradise to Pullman". I'd definitely do it for $3M/year, though.
(Disclaimer: I've actually never been to Pullman - just heard the stories and gripes. Sorry if anyone here is from Pullman and cares to defend it!)
I grew up in Northern Idaho not far from Pullman and have friends that live there and love it. Pullman is rural. It is close to fantastic outdoor activities and beauty. Pullman's appeal is very different from other Pac 12 schools in large urban areas. Poor airport connectivity causes it to be more isolated than the rest of the Pac 12 especially in the winter when the roads to Spokane can be bad. Also, it is not commonly visited as Coeur d'Alene and the surrounding areas would be the big tourist draw in the area. Making it unknown or misunderstood by a large part of the population of the western US.
Could I live there and enjoy it? Yes. (I have lived in Idaho, Montana, Northern & Southern California, Switzerland, Australia, France and now Ireland.) Pullman is not for everyone but look at it for what it is, a rural city surrounded by nature, not for what it is not, a bustling urban center.
I certainly understand that when going to university many students (and student athletes) want to go to or stay in the big urban areas. Pullman does not check that box.