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Editor\u2019s Note: The following opinion piece represents the conclusion of Swimming World\u2019s coverage of the 2019 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Tournament. To find our complete coverage of America\u2019s most important women\u2019s water polo event, please click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2019 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo title match at Stanford\u2019s Avery Aquatic Center would have been memorable under any circumstances. The sport\u2019s two powerhouses, top-ranked USC and second-seeded Stanford, were evenly matched\u2014neither team enjoyed more than a one-goal lead\u2014until Stanford freshman Ryann Neushul\u2019s<\/strong> goal three minutes into the final period decided the match 9-8 in favor of the home team.<\/p>\n

[In a Season of Change, One Constant Remains: Stanford Women\u2019s Water Polo Is Again National Champions<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

But, since the shocking series of indictments in March in the college admissions scandal dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, in which USC head coach Jovan Vavic<\/strong> was swept up and subsequently fired, circumstances have been anything but normal in the world of collegiate water polo.<\/p>\n

[After a Quarter Century in Troy, Jovan Vavic Fired as USC Men\u2019s & Women\u2019s Head Water Polo Coach<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

All weekend there was a sense, fleeting but tangible, of something awry. At their finals press conference, USC Interim Head Coach Casey Moon<\/strong>, senior Kelsey McIntosh<\/strong> and freshman Tilly Kearns<\/strong> deliberately avoided mentioning the former coach by name\u2014and it became clear why this year\u2019s NCAA tournament was eerily off-kilter.<\/p>\n

Of course, Vavic couldn’t attend any of his former\u2019s squad\u2019s contests. Under indictment for criminal racketeering, the ex-Trojan\u2014who\u2019s fighting the charges\u2014was wise to avoid creating any distractions.<\/p>\n

But the absence of the winningest coach in the history of American water polo (1,165-238 total wins; .830 winning percentage), who in 25 years led the Trojan men and women to a total of 16 national championships (10 men\u2019s, six women\u2019s), including last year\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s NCAA finals, was conspicuous. He\u2019s enjoyed success unheard of in any sport, let alone polo.<\/p>\n

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Always a winning combination; Marko Vavic with his father. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

And Jovan wasn\u2019t the only Vavic passionately engaged in Trojan polo\u2014he involved his whole family as well. Four years after she graduated, his daughter Monica remains the all-time leading scorer for the USC women\u2019s program. Son Nikola is number two all-time for the men and played on four NCAA champs. Younger son Marco, a sophomore, was an integral part of the team that captured the 2018 NCAA title.<\/p>\n

The Vavics won. All the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hiding in plain sight<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now it\u2019s as if they never existed. At an event that he used to dominate, there was virtually no mention of Vavic. The only time his name came up was when reporters asked the most straightforward question: What was it like to be at an NCAA championship tournament without Jovan?<\/p>\n

Any responses were typically a series of deflections, or a reference to how teams were\u2014rightly\u2014focused on their own concerns.<\/p>\n

Still, Vavic was missed. He had been part of every NCAA tournament since the format\u2019s creation in 2001. In fact, he\u2019d also been at the National Collegiate Championships that predated the NCAA format four years earlier. And his is a personality that you could never miss\u2014especially on the pool deck.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a credit to Coach Moon that he held the team together, despite a significant amount of scrutiny, sustaining two one-goal losses, both to Stanford. The team is now his and not Vavic\u2019s, a transformation cemented when the Trojans rallied from two goals down with three minutes left against Stanford in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation final. USC tied the match at the end of regulation, then won it in sudden death overtime on a golden goal by Paige Hauschild<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Marko Pintaric and Casey Moon have taken Vavic’s place. Photo Courtesy: John McGillen<\/p><\/div>\n

That match was a watershed moment: the Trojans had every opportunity to fold, and they didn\u2019t. If for nothing else, Moon has to be given another shot at coaching next season\u2014assuming the athletic department doesn\u2019t purge everyone from the program, a result of additional violations that may bubble up due to institutional scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Even last Sunday\u2019s loss to Stanford in the NCAA final can be counted as a positive. A ball bounce one way or another could have changed the outcome. Throw in the three five-meter penalties that Stanford converted\u2014to none by USC\u2014and it\u2019s clear just how competitive the Trojans were, and how well Moon prepared his team.<\/p>\n

Going in a different direction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

An open question is: what\u2019s next for Vavic? He has a formidable legal hurdle to overcome; unlike a number of defendants in the Varsity Blues case, he has pleaded not guilty and is fighting the charges. His counsel, Stephen Larson<\/strong>, is a former United States District Judge who understands the challenge of going up against the U.S. Department of Justice, and would not take an unwinnable case. Word has it that Vavic\u2019s approach will be to question the credibility of William \u201cRick\u201d Singer<\/strong>, the scandal\u2019s alleged mastermind, who implicated the other defendants when indicted by federal agents.<\/p>\n

[Varsity Blues Scandal: The (Trojan) Empire Strikes Back!<\/em><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

If\u2014and it\u2019s a substantial \u201cif\u201d\u2014Vavic can get out from under his legal woes, he\u2019ll not be going back to USC or any other big-time polo program. His reputation is essentially beyond repair, which may, ironically, become a boon to American water polo.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Vavic\u2019s success has not come without an undercurrent of resentment. It\u2019s not unreasonable to assume that those who would kick him now that\u2019s he\u2019s down\u2014and there are some<\/a>\u2014couldn’t beat his teams in the water. Most of the muttering had to do with Vavic\u2019s importing of foreign-born players to the American collegiate game, the notion being that somehow this upended American collegiate polo and\u2014by extension\u2014weakened the U.S. Senior Men\u2019s Team. Funny, though, how internationals haven\u2019t seemed to dilute the country\u2019s pool of female collegiate athletes; the American women are still the world\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: USC Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

A solution for collegiate polo might be to encourage Vavic to leave Southern California and move to Texas, one of the country\u2019s up-and-coming polo locations. In some such scenario, he might take over the club team at University of Texas at Austin, or at another top swimming program, and bring them up to varsity status. Think how much impact a Longhorns men\u2019s or women\u2019s water polo team might have\u2014especially if it were to tap into regional talent given a boost by one of the most successful coaches the sport has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Outrageous speculation? Perhaps. But Vavic is only 57. Seventy-year-old Ratko Rudic<\/strong>, arguably the greatest polo coach alive, just came out of semi-retirement<\/a> to coach Pro Recco. Besides, rumor has it that Vavic recently put his SoCal house up for sale, ostensibly to pay down his legal fees; he\u2019s free to move anywhere. Perhaps USA Water Polo, which has been keen to see polo bloom in Texas, will spring for moving fees\u2014and send a jolt of adrenaline into the sport that will be felt throughout the country.<\/p>\n

-Editorials are by the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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