Macalester College

"There were times when athletes got punished for things that didn't seem fair, and it felt like discipline wasn't always the same for everyone. This seemingly made frustration among team members and hurt the team atmosphere. Coach Johns also seemed frustrated or angry at times when talking to athletes, which made communication harder and made the environment feel more negative."

"Coach Reed is a great coach! I enjoy playing with him. "

"Our young men, on the team are working hard, made it to finals! This Coach almost cost the guys the semi-final game, yelling at the top of his lungs instructing the players during the game on exactly where to be on the court - distracting , even for the fans . Our young men are going to win - despite this Coach's disrespect of their abilities. If this Coach wasn't distracting and disrespectful to the players, his behavior would be comical. Also, where is the leadership at the school ? Terrible for the Macalester Student /Fans to start, even before the game begins, cheering "Augsburg sucks." Really, if they suck, why wasn't the semi-final planned at Macalester instead of Augsburg. Maybe the problem is that this Coach is disrespectful to the players because the culture of the College as a whole is disrespectful? "

"After a successful and enjoyable high school basketball career, I have given up a sport I love, because of Coach Woldeslassie. Coach Woldeslassie is so out of touch with most of his players. Ask any senior, if they started over ,would play for Coach Woldeslassie, I did and the answer was flat out NO, why would I stay around if the seniors represent that all four years have been just as awful. "

"Playing for Abe is like if a middle school coach was given a college coach job. The guy is way out of depth at the d3 level. Abe Woldeslassie’s strategy to win is summed up as recruit the best players in the conferences and let them try to win games, there is no offense. This strategy has proven unsuccessful as even with the best player in the country Macalester still cannot manage to win games. Abe has no clue what he is doing and only understands basketball at it’s most basic levels and as such the macalester basketball team operates at a extremely basic level. "