[Vision2020] Erickson Missing Integrity Gene
J Ford
privatejf32 at hotmail.com
Sun Dec 10 14:00:26 PST 2006
Matt;
"MOST" is not all. I specifically stated that the players, or thugs, that
Erickson brought with him should go with him when he leaves, opening spots
for those who are willing to be coached/play football.
Don't get what's so hard for you to understand....seems simple enough.
J :]
>From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>To: privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Erickson Missing Integrity Gene
>Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:28:15 -0800
>
>J,
>
>Please try to realize that most of the new recruits were brought on by
>Holt.
>Look, I don't think many people in Moscow like Ericksons loyalty,but please
>try to understand that most of the players are giving a 110%. They really
>don't need you telling them otherwise.
>
>Matt
>
>
> >From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
> >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Erickson Missing Integrity Gene
> >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:03:50 -0800
> >
> >My sentiments, EXACTLY!!!!
> >
> >My one big wish for Erickson is that he take the good-for-nothing players
> >he
> >brought with him. Mayhap then it'd open up slots for players - REAL
> >players
> >- willing to be coached and play the game like it was intended. Besides,
> >Erickson and his thugs deserve one another.
> >
> >
> >J :]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> > >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Idaho Vandals"
> > ><vandal at uidaho.edu>
> > >Subject: [Vision2020] Erickson Missing Integrity Gene
> > >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:13:19 -0800
> > >
> > > >From today's (December 10, 2006) Spokesman Review -
> > >
> > >-----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >Erickson missing integrity gene
> > >John Blanchette
> > >The Spokesman-Review
> > >December 10, 2006
> > >
> > >Dennis happens.
> > >
> > >I hereby copyright this phrase and transfer ownership to the University
> >of
> > >Idaho, which should launch production immediately to emblazon it on
> >bumper
> > >stickers, T-shirts, mugs, hats, stadium blankets, key chains, beer
> >snuggies
> > >and anything else that can be peddled to the suckers in the seats. I
> >mean,
> > >to the masses.
> > >
> > >Not just in black and gold, either. There's a market on any number of
> > >campuses.
> > >
> > >And with the windfall profits, the Vandals can pay for a new football
> > >stadium, a new basketball arena and have enough left over to hire the
> >next
> > >guy who'll treat them like dirt.
> > >
> > >Dennis happens.
> > >
> > >Sometimes he happens good - two national titles and a couple of
>programs
> > >resurrected. Sometimes he's utterly devastating - betrayal and
>probation
> > >are
> > >the words that come to mind. But Dennis Erickson always happens and he
> > >always will - somewhere.
> > >
> > >Now that somewhere is Arizona State. But where next?
> > >
> > >Will-Coach-for-Ego-Food University?
> > >
> > >In any case, that isn't Idaho's problem anymore, though Erickson
> >certainly
> > >leaves others.
> > >
> > >Until Erickson told Idaho athletic director Rob Spear early Saturday
> > >evening
> > >that he was indeed accepting an offer to become the head football coach
> >at
> > >ASU, a handful of Vandals may have held out hope that he'd grow a
> > >conscience
> > >at the last second and stay. But why? Just by flirting with the Sun
> >Devils,
> > >Erickson did more to undo the excitement and goodwill his hiring in
> >Moscow
> > >generated 10 months ago - 10 months! - than any foot-dragging the
> > >university
> > >may be doing on a facilities plan.
> > >
> > >Actually, we knew it was a done deal before Spear did. We had a
>reliable
> > >source - Erickson, who told one of our reporters that it wasn't.
> > >
> > >Lucy is never going to yank the football away as Charlie Brown tries to
> > >kick
> > >it, either.
> > >
> > >Now, we're all grown-ups here, and surely we can comprehend the many
> > >rationalizations that will ferry Erickson to Tempe. This is no Chip
> >Hilton
> > >tale, but instead the real - OK, surreal - world of college athletics,
>in
> > >which character and decency are punchlines often as not and
> > >disingenuousness
> > >is something to be cultivated.
> > >
> > >Still, this might be a record.
> > >
> > >Actually, it is for Erickson. For those of you old enough to reference
> >the
> > >Wyoming interlude between his first stay at Idaho and his drive-by at
> > >Washington State, that lasted 13 months.
> > >
> > >Dennis wasn't at Idaho long enough this time to get a W-2 stub.
> > >
> > >It's silly to rail about college coaches being soulless mercenaries
>when
> > >such behavior is encouraged and rewarded. It's instructive that the
> > >supposed
> > >runner-up in the Sun Devil sweepstakes was none other than Erickson's
>old
> > >Everett chum Mike Price, who after his Alabama disgrace three years ago
> > >couldn't get hired to cook grits at a Waffle House until UTEP made a
>leap
> > >of
> > >faith. Now apparently Price feels he's paid that debt in full - and to
>be
> > >fair, yes, three seasons is far more reasonable than 304 days. But if
> >Price
> > >was truly the ultimate stand-up guy he's always portrayed as, he'd
>stand
> >up
> > >and tell any suitors, "Thanks, but I have my team."
> > >
> > >But these guys are different. They're wired for winning, and not just
>on
> > >the
> > >scoreboard but at the pay window. Erickson may not need the money -
> >though
> > >his 49ers buyout runs out after next year - but he apparently does need
> >the
> > >fix. After all, one of the things that makes him attractive - to Idaho
> >and
> > >ASU - is the fact that he won those two national titles at Miami.
> > >
> > >Did we have any reason to think he didn't want to win more?
> > >
> > >No, Erickson is simply equipped with this odd gene. Unfortunately, he
> >also
> > >seems to be missing an integrity gland.
> > >
> > >How else could he be entertaining recruits on campus with a straight
>face
> > >Saturday while negotiating his leave-taking? How could he, barely a
>week
> > >ago, blast some of his players for lack of commitment? Good lord, the
>man
> > >told Spear, when the Idaho job was floated to him, "I'll take you to
>the
> > >next level."
> > >
> > >Well, yeah. If he meant kicking the Vandals from the car to the curb, I
> > >guess that is the next level.
> > >
> > >Spear said last February he would have been excoriated as the "dumbest
> >A.D.
> > >in the country" if he hadn't hired Erickson, and he's probably right.
> > >Likewise, Vandal supporters had no choice but to get jazzed over what
> > >Erickson's return could mean - even if hope unleashed meant obvious
>risk.
> > >Yes, anybody thinking Erickson would never leave let their naivete get
> >the
> > >best of them, but surely they had reason to believe it wouldn't be in
>10
> > >months. Surely he owed Idaho more than that - for giving him his head
> > >coaching start in the first place, and taking him back when he was
> >looking
> > >at a second year of nobody wanting him.
> > >
> > >Surely he wouldn't hurt Idaho, right?
> > >
> > >Well, he has. He has reinforced the toxic cynicism that surrounds
>Idaho's
> > >athletic struggles. He has given the better recruits the Vandals
> > >desperately
> > >need a signal that the school cannot hang on to a coach or a vision. He
> >has
> > >given donors an excuse to stop caring and keep their checkbooks in
>their
> > >holsters.
> > >
> > >And, of course, it's just not his fault. He's a victim. If these darned
> > >other jobs wouldn't open up and these A.D.s wouldn't throw themselves
>at
> > >him, he wouldn't have to say, "Hello, I must be going" all the time.
>It's
> > >simply out of his control.
> > >
> > >"There are times in life and we all face it," he said 10 months ago,
>when
> > >asked about Larry Brownish proclivities, "when things just happen."
> > >
> > >Just like Dennis happens.
> > >
> > >Once again.
> > >
> > >-----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > >
> > >Take care, Vandals.
> > >
> > >Tom Hansen
> > >Vandalville, Idaho
> > >UI '96
> > >
> > >Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .
> > >
> > >"Here We Have Idaho"
> > >http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3
> > >
> > >"I-D-A-H-O Idaho Idaho Go Go Go"
> > >http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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