They will get Cross Country going again - it just takes time sometimes. It's very difficult in ANY D1 sport to have a program that just wins every single year. If you have a couple of bad recruiting years back-to-back where kids just don't develop into what you thought they could, have a few transfers, have some career ending injuries - it's going to really set your program back...
Add in the fact that Angie Martin was taking over for a legendary coach not just at Indiana State but across the country. John Gartland retired from being a Head Coach a few seasons later. The program that had been the model for stability suddenly had very little. Difficult decisions had to be made... It wasn't a fun time for anyone - I don't think anyone took joy in some of the things that had to happen to get the program pointed in the right direction.
A lot of alums became divided over this. Some are still very divided over it and don't want anything to do with the program. That is on them. You can't make them come back - that's a decision that they are going to have to make individually. Most I think have come to terms with things - winning certainly helps and we've been winning a lot lately.
