[Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

[Sue Hovey]

Stepping in where I really don't know beans...about coaching, I mean.   But 
I do agree with Tom.  Rob Akey is an impressive human being.  Not since 
Chris Tormey (who was my 201 aide when he was going to the U of I) has there 
been a coach so genuinely involved in the lives of the people in the 
community, in the schools, and who wants the very best for his players. 
Last year's game against Louisiana Tech made the season for me.  Admittedly, 
I never went to a school with an outstanding football team--high school, 
Baylor U, U of I, so I don't have an experience with winning consistently. 
It would be nice though, to have the opportunity to celebrate as my U of 
Oklahoma brother does (well not last year,) but I do believe that under the 
direction of Rob Akey and his staff they will be able to recruit players 
with academic ability as well as athletic prowess.  Here at the U of I that 
has to be an uphill battle.  The loss of scholarships is a sad reflection on 
one important aspect of the program., but I believe it's too soon to blame 
Akey.   We are still paying for Dennis Erickson's arrogant approach. 
Anyway, I think Rob Akey a good person, and he and Molly bring positives to 
the community in much greater measure than just football.  I think of it 
this way, I feel a lot more content watching football games as Akey builds 
his program, than I did watching Erickson build his image.

Sue H.

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From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:46 AM
To: "Wayne Price" <bear at moscow.com>
Cc: "vision2020 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

> 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
>
>
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