I was wondering when football starts at Mcmaster. I will be a first year and i'm interested in playing so i was wondering if there was any tryouts or anything like that. I tried contacting the coach but he didnt answer my e-mail or calls.

I'm not sure if this applies to football as well, but here is the link to tryout information for all teams. It seems to not be updated yet for the 2010-2011 season, but apparently if you check back later in the summer they should be up. This webpage has worked in the past, so hopefully it'll be maintained for this year too.

http://www-athrec.mcmaster.ca/studen...te/tryouts.htm

They should really post it earlier so students know how to plan for the summer. Thx for the info though.

Originally Posted by amare

I tried contacting the coach but he didnt answer my e-mail or calls.

take a hint

Originally Posted by YoWhat

take a hint

Did you read the whole post?

Originally Posted by YoWhat

take a hint

Don't be a douche...

Traditionally, I believe pre-season camp starts two weeks before WW, so I'm guessing this year it's the week of August 23rd. I'm also fairly certain that prospective student athletes who weren't directly recruited from high school need to contact coach Stef Ptaszek for tryout details. Since he's not returning your communications, I would try contacting Jeff Giles (director of athletics and recreation - [email protected]) because Ptaszek might be on vacation or something.

Tryouts are typically early August to mid August for all fall/winter sports.

The coach sounds like a great guy he is really good at communicating with his players I contacted Jeff and he said would ask the coach when tryouts were but still no answer. I dont think i'm going to tryout anyways because I have the rest of my summer planned out and i've heard Laurier has their training camp next week so it would be around the same time i think, he also gave me info about their team 2 months ago when i was deciding between schools. Thanks for all the help though!

I don't know about football, but I know for rugby, my boyfriend was recruited before he even graduated from grade 12. The reason the coaches aren't answering your phonecalls or emails is because they probably have enough players already (upper year students who played for Mac before, or new recruits from highschool)

You can always go to the tryouts and see what happens. But my guess is, if you didn't play football in highschool, they won't want you on the team. If you did play in highschool but you weren't recruited, it's because they recruited other players.

Sorry :( I don't want to sound mean. It's just that university sports can be very competitive and the coaches do most of the recruiting before try outs. But it doesn't hurt to try!

Originally Posted by Kathy2

I don't know about football, but I know for rugby, my boyfriend was recruited before he even graduated from grade 12. The reason the coaches aren't answering your phonecalls or emails is because they probably have enough players already (upper year students who played for Mac before, or new recruits from highschool)

You can always go to the tryouts and see what happens. But my guess is, if you didn't play football in highschool, they won't want you on the team. If you did play in highschool but you weren't recruited, it's because they recruited other players.

Sorry :( I don't want to sound mean. It's just that university sports can be very competitive and the coaches do most of the recruiting before try outs. But it doesn't hurt to try!

Yeah i kind of realize now. I played in the 1st 2 years of high school but not the last 2 because of injury and in the last year i actually played i was recruited by U of T.....enough said about that

Originally Posted by amare

Yeah i kind of realize now. I played in the 1st 2 years of high school but not the last 2 because of injury and in the last year i actually played i was recruited by U of T.....enough said about that

They broke their losing streak a couple years ago! They aren't that bad... *can't contain laughter *