[Vision2020] Vandal football (grinch news)

Tue Dec 5 12:37:06 PST 2006

Jeez, let the guy go.  Just what is it he has done for UI's program?

Good luck and good-bye!

J  :]

>From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
>To: the_ivies3 at yahoo.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vandal football (grinch news)
>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:27:00 -0800
>
>Oops.  I didn't notice I cut the header off.  It's from the Oregonian.  I 
>understand it's also been on the radio now.   Carl Westberg Jr.
>
>
>>From: Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com>
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vandal football (grinch news)
>>Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:16:51 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>where is this article from?
>>
>>Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote: Say it ain't so!
>>
>>But, as the article says, Dennis is as Dennis does . . .
>>
>>I, too, sigh
>>
>>DC
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
>>[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:15 AM
>>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Vandal football (grinch news)
>>
>>
>>Sigh....Carl Westberg Jr.
>>Here's a shock, Erickson talks begin at ASU
>>Tuesday, December 05, 2006
>>M aybe they'll light candles. And skip class to pray that their football
>>
>>coach will stay. The hand-wringing officially will begin in Moscow,
>>Idaho,
>>today because Dennis Erickson is talking with Arizona State regarding
>>their
>>job opening, according to a source close to the process.
>>
>>If we're being authentic here, the combination of ASU and Erickson would
>>be
>>frightening for the rest of the Pacific-10 Conference. One slumping, but
>>
>>potentially cool, college football program with unbelievable upside
>>hooks up
>>with two-time national champion coach? Yeah. So maybe the Mikes --
>>Bellotti
>>and Riley -- should catch a shuttle to Moscow to light a candle
>>themselves.
>>
>>Look. We'd expect some disappointment from boosters at Washington State
>>today, and maybe, too, Oregon State. Erickson dumped them both, but some
>>at
>>those places always will hold out hope he'll take them back someday.
>>Maybe,
>>Miami feels the same way about the coach who brought them two national
>>titles. The Hurricanes probably are dialing Erickson as you read this
>>column.
>>
>>He deserves all of that, too. Because even if you're among those who
>>view
>>Erickson as a guy prone to taking shortcuts, or questionable characters,
>>you
>>can't ignore that he's a winner, and capable of taking the Sun Devils
>>across
>>town to a Bowl Championship Series game within five years.
>>
>>Now, come on, Idaho.
>>
>>Dust yourself off, and tell me you saw days like this one coming after
>>Erickson accepted the job at a program that lost 47 games in the five
>>previous seasons. Tell me you were just joshing when you raised a glass
>>and
>>toasted to such things as, "Dennis will stay here as long as the
>>administration supports him."
>>
>>Because in the end, Forrest Gump could have got this one right -- Dennis
>>is
>>as Dennis does -- and I mean that in the most flattering way.
>>
>>When the coach arrived in Moscow, people kept walking around talking
>>about
>>the "Erickson Magic" as if there was some kind of wizard-like secret to
>>his
>>success. Really, it's a simple thing. Erickson loves to coach. And he
>>understands what it takes to win -- fast. Playmakers love to play for a
>>guy
>>who can get them to the NFL.
>>
>>What we really have here is a case of ASU, and maybe, too, Miami,
>>deciding
>>for themselves if they're malleable enough to hand themselves to
>>Erickson
>>for a few seasons, knowing he's probably going to re-shape them, turn
>>heads,
>>win games, and then, dump them.
>>
>>It's not the worst trade for a football program.
>>
>>T he best predictor of future behavior, psychologists tell us, is past
>>behavior. And this isn't a knock on Erickson, because at the very least,
>>his
>>resume comes at face value. He wins. He moves on. Even Idaho, which saw
>>season-ticket sales jump 35 percent in the weeks preceeding a mediocre
>>first
>>season, knows that there's something in hiring Erickson for just about
>>everyone.
>>
>>Even as he went 4-8 this season, all year, I thought about Erickson and
>>his
>>assistants as if they were a pack of gunslingers in some Western. You
>>know,
>>hiding out in Moscow, waiting for Erickson to saddle his horse, shout,
>>"We
>>ride!" causing his entire gang to mount up and bolt out of town toward a
>>
>>better opportunity.
>>
>>ASU should stop talking to Erickson and just hire him already. It makes
>>perfect sense to hitch Erickson to a program that is an after-thought in
>>a
>>market dominated by professional sports. Erickson is as big-league as
>>the
>>Sun Devils could ever hope for, and if they saw what he did for Oregon
>>State
>>in helping build a stadium and success, they'd understand that the
>>Erickson
>>growth curve is steep.
>>
>>Whether he gets the job at ASU or ends up back in Moscow for another
>>season
>>before jumping somewhere else, don't feel sorry for Idaho.
>>
>>They got hope, didn't they?
>>
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