‘ 30 - WATERLOO CHRONICLE -lllllkhllM.MUM-Mark10.2016 7 Q o o e o p *‘ Nickel has v1s10n for Warriors future gig†“I“ Former high school basketball coach tries his hand at the OUA level BYAn/nl lACKSON The Warriors won their ï¬rst game of the - Chronicle Slafl season at home against the Toronto Varsity '_ ‘â€"'""W’“7 ' Blues by a score of 63-52. The Warriors are on ‘ A e last few weeks can only be described the road for games against York, Queen's and < ‘ ~ _ \ one way for Craig Nickel â€" a “whirlwind." Windsor on Friday, Saturday and Wednesday. a" - a N In less than a week the seasoned high before coming back home to host Western on i ' f ‘ " (A school basketball coach and teacher went from Saturday, Nov. 26, 13" ,' “ 4 ,‘ N " ' leading one of the best WCSSAA giris' basketâ€" This isn’t Nickel's ï¬rst stint with the Water- if“ I ' ‘ â€" ’- s ball teams in his role as a teacher to taking loo Warriors, either. From 2000 to 2004, hewas , y‘, I ' a leave from that job and tak- assistant coach ofthe women's ' I ‘ ing over as head coach of the program, ' Waterloo Warriors women's Roly Webster athletic - - - - - - a - I , ' Craig Nickel, seen here coaching the Waterloo Collegiate Institute Vikings, has taken a leave of team. , . Even/flung I ve director at the University Of absence from his teaching job to take over as interim head coach for the University of Water- . The new gig comes With an done With this team Waterloo. declined to com- loo’s women's basketball team. â€mm interim tag, but for Nickel, he s ment on the circumstances thinkinglong-terml SO far has had a around Slipp's dismissal. but .. Honda t “Everything l've done with _ ,, he did admit the timing was . j fl ‘ this team so far has had a long- long tCVMfOCUS. not ideal. " W 3:25: w‘ '\ ' term focus,’ said Nickel after a “in“ "There's never really 35 3 WINTER w l ‘\ ( “ï¬nish! Practioehstweek Inmimheadcoach, an ideal time to find a new , E . "it v 1‘ * Nickel took over quickly Waterloo Warriors women's coach,’ said Webster in In ' " ‘ 7 ' "P, ' †l after former head coach Tyler basketball team interview from Ottawa He was ' ' _ v" _ ‘ “v Slipp was fired just weeks inOttawa to receivean award k “BTW?" is , a A before the beginning of the seaâ€" for former Warriors hockey m ' “a; ~ ‘ s son. The Warriors have been starColinBehenna. '_ ‘ ’ A - tight‘lipped about the reasons for the firing, He said once the season is complete, the v t ' Slipp did tweet. however, "l‘m surprised l Warriors will go through a full hiring process for \ , “E... ‘ was let go today but not shocked. Sports in most a head coach and Nickel isn't out of the realm : , ‘ .. 1 ' , ways is about winning and I certainly lost way ofpossibilities 7: s“ A ' a“ ' ’, - “mâ€. - more than I wanted to.“ As for the future of the program, Webster ' ‘ When the short-term is concerned. things said, as usual, the University of Waterloo is Puss-M this at! and rectum FREE DELNERY w {hilt-Mm Ronni†aren't looking too had for Nickel and his new committed to providing solid academics to go ' N u ‘ ‘ “m“ team looking to improve on a 4-16, 2015-2016 along with an athletic experience ‘ campaign, theWam‘ors are often the right foot "The first focus is academics,’ said 465 CONESTOGO RD“ WATERLOO Power solar Webster www.kwhonda.com - 519-746~7900 [llUIIH‘lt-‘fli Sï¬f , ï¬ 4 n’ ‘ q - l . 4 vi. We re domg our H d ~ h l .- h 414 best ,, "mm for _ ar water is toug to we Wit I Q . ». our attence! .~ , _.W , _ it a ‘. . y p‘ _ , ,, _ T: , A .- r'. â€if?" , 4 its“; . "_j-"'?'< , i “5 . If ' if?†‘“‘ ' . '“‘ ; â€a is s * i , â€".4- _ _1 a to _ ‘ a . - 5,1" 1 " ff, _ ; , ; ‘ iv n ‘ if ' ,. T†"' ' "' " H5" ," .A, H { . i-V, v __>«.1; x- - j! . . ‘ * if ~ l ï¬rs, Var . at 5; “' ‘ ' x ' . " _ . -.â€". ‘" if“ S†. e. ‘ _ ‘2 w “a ,,,_ -~ j"- _‘ f m. ‘ i ‘: ‘ r 1 n “ ' . ~ \ 2“. ï¬le‘ ' ' ‘wf ‘ ‘ ' A , - a. t ‘ , ‘ _ a , V v . . ,- . ‘ . ‘ . ' g ‘. \'4c ,.' ' f .' . l 1 p, 2. 3s . ‘J' ‘ a} “A; “- wit." ‘ s ,<_ »~ , x ;e@c§ ‘ rs! ,. we “ ‘ ' ‘ r“, v if e t if}? â€" » A? 1 as. ‘ ‘ ’ V ‘ f - QTY ;- am st it A . , ,_~ ’ A, .,_- »~;‘\‘ .'. <~ ""';. 'A~. ,\ t .t . easyco j- h' - a , ' '. ~~ ~ .~ , .- R t t ft . ‘1 en your W6 er SO ener ¢ L .. g n u a for about $1 a day! "i. > ,‘ ' ‘ . l 1 ~ 1-866â€"RELIANCET@R€|H"(€ A ‘ home (ornfort ‘ J “ HAM All wt t “Whom a. twt‘n‘ ‘uum marw in v, u it ~ M1‘ swv mm, A.» H“ V GRT “will?“ tnl’trâ€afntie1 m limit" bin-m '$"“l‘Aii-ak"'i"t'fl~;'fl“:;: 1_v7=:\;*’t>i«~xu i W x 9 if} l"“‘ g. “math/IN! llrtu‘ti'"! at» and Mum», “ï¬shy an egg}: 1th “ï¬x “any wit'lt “mgr iw tit no in» Lima ‘l- "w ‘M New Mll"|f. ‘D'l'A‘ tidyâ€"it'd ‘m r net-u “at“ tn immune .-; (A: "l d ' 1‘ ‘ mt ‘ “ 'w m Mill 9" 110m†DAWN" my, sit-h alienate in "in Mr" 1 “Nil mot l "‘ “M. u was». in w rib- Hfl" l W'w ' and w." “Wn-n w for“ nit-4m A'flW{M14Hr‘m-liflfllflilotan-‘Jvlhrw‘ixt"b“i-F rt e rim-1 “Manchu 4 i- t . , v .. V‘s-emf“: was“, ‘A .. .