[Vision2020] Fwd: [Vandal]Tormey's recruits

Tue Aug 10 11:15:53 PDT 2004

This just in concerning former Nevada Head Coach Chris Tormey.

Tom Hansen

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> To: vandal at uidaho.edu
> From: Scott Dredge <sdredge at juniper.net>
> Subject: [Vandal]Tormey's recruits
> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
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> UW coach blamed in scandal at University of Nevada
> 
> 01:32 PM PDT on Monday, August 9, 2004
> 
> Associated Press
> 
> UW
> Chris Tormey
> 
> RENO, Nev. - UW assistant head coach Chris Tormey is
> coming under fire following a scandal at his former
> school, the University of Nevada.
> 
> Nevada begins practice Monday under new leadership and
> a dark cloud after the arrests of nine Wolf Pack
> football players on felony charges over the last 1 1/2
> years.
> 
> Coach Chris Ault expressed shock and anger after the
> latest arrest, and questioned the recruiting practices
> of former coach Tormey.
> 
> Sophomore cornerback Rodney Landingham was arrested
> Thursday on suspicion of robbing a Wells Fargo Bank in
> Reno. Police said he later admitted to three other
> armed robberies in Reno this summer.
> 
> On July 30, junior defensive end Brenton Kendrick and
> sophomore cornerback Steven Murphy were arrested on
> multiple drug charges in downtown Reno.
> 
> "I think these incidents of the last week make it very
> clear why our program is in the fragile and
> unrespected position it is today," said Ault, who was
> hired for his third tour as head coach in December.
> 
> "Looking at this last (string of arrests), coupled
> with some things prior, I feel the moral fiber of this
> football program was in perception only," he added.
> 
> The cases date back to early last year when wide
> receiver Gary Snyder was arrested on suspicion of
> sexual assault and defensive end Craig Bailey was
> booked on battery charges.
> 
> Late last year, running backs Joe Bwire and B.J.
> Mitchell and cornerback Chris Handy were indicted on
> battery charges stemming from a June fight near
> campus.
> 
> And in April, special teams player Randy Landingham
> was indicted on burglary and obtaining money under
> false pretenses charges in a forged check scheme. He's
> Rodney Landingham's twin brother.
> 
> Ault said all nine players were recruited by Tormey,
> who posted a 16-31 record in four years at Nevada,
> including 6-6 last season. Tormey was hired and fired
> by Ault, former athletic director.
> 
> "These are not the type of players I want associated
> with our program," Ault told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
> "You certainly have to question the type of players
> who have been recruited here in the past.
> 
> "College kids do dumb college things like fraternity
> parties and that stuff. But these are criminal acts.
> Getting rid of this kind of cancer is a tough thing,
> but you have to do it," he added.
> 
> Tormey and Washington Athletic Department spokesman
> Jim Daves did not immediately return phone calls.
> 
> Nevada assistant coach Jim Mastro, who was recruiting
> coordinator under Tormey and holds the same position
> under Ault, said it's the head coach's responsibility
> to decide which players to recruit.
> 
> "The difference is that Coach Ault clearly defines
> what kind of player he wants in the program," Mastro
> said. "A lot of these kids we're having trouble with
> now, under Coach Ault, they would have never made it
> to the front door of campus."
> 
> Ault said future recruits would undergo more scrutiny.
> 
> "We are going to take all of the precautions and check
> character," he said. "This is paramount with me. If
> there is anything there with an asterisk, we don't
> need to be recruiting them.
> 
> "I had my problems in the past and I will have my
> problems. But they will be college problems, not this
> kind of stuff," he said.
> 
> In an interview with Reno station KRNV-TV, Rodney
> Landingham admitted to the Wells Fargo robbery and
> three other armed robberies in Reno this summer.
> 
> He said a gambling habit left him in debt and he hopes
> a judge will go easy on him.
> 
> "I tried to do it the right way, but the world
> revolves around money, and it (robberies) was my only
> option ... It would've been worth it if I hadn't
> gotten caught," Landingham said.
> 
> Landingham, 21, played the 2002 season at Oregon State
> and was forced to sit out the 2003 season under NCAA
> rules after transferring to Nevada.
> 
> Under Nevada rules, players accused of felonies are
> immediately dismissed from the team.
> 
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