WHAT THEY SAID

“It’s a really tough day for the people of the Valley. We made this the Valley’s team by recruiting so many Valley players.”

--Mike Batesole, Northridge baseball coach

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“Unfortunately, the boobs at Northridge have done it again. I have a hard time believing they did not prepare for this.”

--Dan McMillan, McMillan’s son, Chris, was the third baseman on the Northridge baseball team

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“Part of me thought, ‘Nah, they aren’t going to do it.’ You always hang on to that. You think you are prepared for it and it turns out you’re not,”

--Tim Montez, Northridge pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

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“Sports help sell a school, but that’s not (students’) main motivation. I don’t think it’s going to help morale much,”

--Jerry Dorris, Northridge junior political science major.

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“[The cuts] are so bad for soccer. We can’t keep kids off our practice fields, there are so many of them playing the game around here. And I feel bad for [the men’s players]. I don’t know whether to offer emotional support or watch my back.”

--Brian Weisner, Northridge women’s soccer coach.

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“It’s not the university’s fault that they are trying to comply with gender equity. Nobody argues with that. However, they should be cutting football,”

--Bill Kernen, former Northridge baseball coach.

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“I would feel a lot better about things if I thought the university did all it could to create opportunity or raise money for gender equity.”

--John Price, Northridge men’s volleyball coach

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“I have pretty mixed emotions. I’ve been here a long time with a lot of these people. I’m saved for a year. But I’ve got no guarantees. If we don’t become a core sport in the Big Sky, we’re gone.”

--Jim Bracken, Northridge golf coach.

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“I guess the only thing that’s good is we can move ahead. The only good news is that we finally got a decision.”

--Barry Schreifels, Northridge swimming coach