[Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Thu Jun 10 09:10:47 PDT 2010


Yes. EXACTLY!

The failure to meet academic standards during the 2008/2009 football
season was a subsequent result of Dennis Erickson's applied "Win at ALL
costs" philosophy.

If an undisciplined child continues "unacceptable" behavior a year after
being fostered out, is it the fault of the foster parents?

Correcting unacceptable behavior takes time, Mr. Price.

Coach Akey's immediate release of 20 student-athletes, when he first
assumed duties as head football coach, speaks loudly in his favor.

ok?

As a platoon sergeant, I often "inherited" some soldiers I refer to as
"problem children" into my platoon.  Many of these problem children
evolved into model soldiers . . . after some rather extensive,
time-consuming "remedial training".  These results did not happen over
night.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho






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> Clearly, YOU didn't see what years were considered......."2005-06
> through 2008-09 years"
> So, 2007, 2008, 2009,  and you want to blame on the previous coach?
> Get real.
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> On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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>> Wayne Price blindly asks:
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>> "First, why are we keeping a football coach that failed to meet the
>> minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate?"
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>> Coach Rob Akey's first season at UI was 2007.  One of his first acts
>> was
>> as head football coach was to cut 20 student-athlete names from the
>> roster
>> for failure to meet team/school standards.
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>> If you will remember correctly, it was Coach Akey's predecessor,
>> Dennis
>> Erickson, whose approach to football was philosophy was "Win at ALL
>> Costs,
>> regardless of academic or (sometimes) criminal records".
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>> So, you see, Mr. Price . . .
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>> The University of Idaho is no longer "keeping a football coach that
>> failed
>> to meet the minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate".
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>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
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>> - Unknown
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"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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