[Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

[Tom Hansen]

We are not talking three years under Coach Akey's tutelage, Mr. Price.

We are talking the 2007/2008 season and Coach Akey's 2008/2009 season!

Enough said.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> Sorry Tom,  THREE years isn't overnight.
>
> And to blame Dennis Erickson  for the academic failure of the U of I
> football team is a real stretch.  Not defending him, but he was here
> from 1982-1985 and then for one season this century, 2006.
> The bulk of the time that was considered by the NCAA was on Akey's
> watch, not Erickson's.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wayne Price blindly asks:
>>>>
>>>> "First, why are we keeping a football coach that failed to meet the
>>>> minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate?"
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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".
>>>>
>>>> So, you see, Mr. Price . . .
>>>>
>>>> The University of Idaho is no longer "keeping a football coach that
>>>> failed
>>>> to meet the minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate".
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>>>> change
>>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>>
>>>> - Unknown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
>
>


"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown