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"Athletes on this team quickly learn to “fly under the radar” just to avoid being publicly shamed. Price has a way of twisting anything, whether good or bad, into whatever narrative suits him. In midyear meetings, he dominates the conversation and barely allows you to speak, while the assistant coaches sit in silence, seeming just as afraid to say anything. Once he decides you are on his bad side, it feels like he will do whatever it takes to push you out. If you get injured, you are sent to the opposite end of the building and isolated from your teammates, as if taking care of your body is something to be punished. It begins to feel like a quiet shaming ritual for anyone who prioritizes their health. He says, “Do what is best for your body,” but the message underneath is clear. Suck it up and get back as quickly as possible. He knows how to manipulate with carefully chosen words and a smile on his face. On top of that, there is little coordination with the assistant coaches. One day he will tell you to follow a specific split, and the assistant coach will tell you something completely different. No matter which instruction you follow, you end up in trouble. It is a lose lose situation that keeps you constantly on edge. If you choose to join this team, be prepared to nod along and smile at everything he says, even when his words chip away at your confidence. It can feel like you will not survive here if you do not. Over time, that pressure erodes not only your self esteem and mental health, but also your love for the sport you once felt so passionate about. Rowing is a beautiful sport. Do it somewhere that allows you to grow and succeed without constantly worrying about whether you are on the coach’s good side."

"don’t fall for the sales tactics. The only positive thing I can say about this Coach is that he’s a good salesman. Unfortunately more than likely nothing will happen because the athletic department here also refuses to do anything about this Coach. The only way I’d recommend this program to anyone would be if he’s no longer coaching here. "

"Rhonda will never be held accountable for anything at DU. She’s been getting away with the same stuff since she started. She just has more power to bully people now. She was always looked down upon as a coach because she is a scrub. Glad to see she brings her same trailer trash vibe to administration. Cheating was the only way she could win. There is no development of people. Her teams are known for smoking pot and drinking before games and you know all is well if you get a W. Terrible role model. My daughter played for Rhonda and I have a lot of stories I could tell. Rhonda isn’t a good person that is for sure. Shame on these people for turning a blind eye over the years. She had many complaints about her coaching and I can’t even imagine how many she gets now. She lets the baseball coach get away with everything that’s a known fact and he doesn’t even like her. If I had to do it over I would not let my daughter play for her and receive a below average degree. If you’re lazy this is the school for you! "

"A classic business man, cares more about your times than you as a person. I never had a coach shame me so much. I lost all my confidence under him. Ample physical and emotional abuse. "

"To begin, I have always been told that I am a blunt, head strong girl. I have been a captain on multiple teams because of this. I am not saying that I am a flawless person, however I know that I have never had malicious intentions toward another person when in a position of required bluntness. Due to the on-going never ending power trip and self placed pedestal that Charlie puts himself on, this creates a huge one sided issue between the two of us. I will never forget the complete 180 in personality from recruitment to coaching. now, I know this is something I should have anticipated, but the difference is VAST. I will never forget my first end of season meeting with him where he told me I was one of the biggest disappointments in regards to recruiting. there was a time he had pulled me out of the pool in the middle of a practice where he told me "you've been having great meets and great times only because you are self tapering yourself and not trying during practice. the girl you will race this weekend is going to go a 57 and you are going to get beaten because your meet luck has run out. you cannot handle being the top backstroker on this team" this was the first time I truly considered quitting this sport. I told my mother about scary thoughts I was having that were directly related to him. I told her that if something were to happen to me because of my own doing it would be directly linked to him. to add, the blatant favoritism on this team is disgusting. we currently have a captain who had BULLIED another swimmer to quitting the team last year. he was made aware of this by another captain, his explanation for having her as a captain was "I could not have (insert another swimmers name) be a captain and not her". as referenced before, I know I have been a captain to many teams, however I was not expecting nor am I upset about not being a captain, I knew I wouldn't be. but to take that position from a more deserving teammate (which we have ample of) is very disappointing. every year he picks a new person to pick on and tell they are not good enough. the first year he decided to bully someone who could not afford the OPTIONAL training trip, last year it was me because I was going through a breakup, this year it was someone who I became close with over the summer (common denominator? hmm) when confronted about this he denied everything and brought one of our captains to nearly quit due to how he treated her for being my friend. to add to the breakup mentioned above, my sophomore year of college I was broken up with by my long term high school sweetheart boyfriend, instead of asking how I was when I was clearly having a breakdown, he asked everyone else on the team, and then called my parents. let me repeat that, he called my parents. I am a grown adult who was going through something similar to a death and he called my parents about how disappointed/worried he was about me without ever speaking to me first. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after my sophomore year of college, this was a hard time of my life because I was scared of who I would become because of it. I notified my coaches, and my employers because I felt that it was their right to know. this was the first time I have ever felt support from him. until I was having a depressive episode and he told me it was something I needed to take care of and get over. if his favorite captain tells him she isn't feeling well he sends her home and coddles her. I wasn't expecting much, but a little empathy wouldn't kill him. next, something that the ENTIRE team has discussed feeling uncomfortable about is the fact that he tells each and every one of us that he "loves us". the amount of times he has said "I love you" to WOMEN on this team as a MALE coach is gross. I personally have told him how uncomfortable this makes me feel along with other teammates on my team. the way he says it is not right, there's a casual way to say you love someone, and then there is the way he says it. it has never sat well with me in my heart and it makes me uncomfortable. another question multiple people have brought up is, why can MSUM not keep an assistant coach? I'm sensing a common theme. him. I have had years of therapy as a result of him. I have been SCARED of my own coach for YEARS. why did you stay? my teammates. I love my teammates and wanted to compete for them. this is something that will take me years to recover from. the amount of insecurities that have surfaced because of this boy is disgusting."