<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sorry Tom, THREE years isn't overnight.<div><br></div><div>And to blame Dennis <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">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.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">The bulk of the time that was considered by the NCAA was on Akey's watch, not Erickson's.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Yes. EXACTLY!<br><br>The failure to meet academic standards during the 2008/2009 football<br>season was a subsequent result of Dennis Erickson's applied "Win at ALL<br>costs" philosophy.<br><br>If an undisciplined child continues "unacceptable" behavior a year after<br>being fostered out, is it the fault of the foster parents?<br><br>Correcting unacceptable behavior takes time, Mr. Price.<br><br>Coach Akey's immediate release of 20 student-athletes, when he first<br>assumed duties as head football coach, speaks loudly in his favor.<br><br>ok?<br><br>As a platoon sergeant, I often "inherited" some soldiers I refer to as<br>"problem children" into my platoon. Many of these problem children<br>evolved into model soldiers . . . after some rather extensive,<br>time-consuming "remedial training". These results did not happen over<br>night.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Clearly, YOU didn't see what years were considered......."2005-06<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">through 2008-09 years"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">So, 2007, 2008, 2009, and you want to blame on the previous coach?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Get real.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Wayne Price blindly asks:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">"First, why are we keeping a football coach that failed to meet the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate?"<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Coach Rob Akey's first season at UI was 2007. One of his first acts<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">was<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">as head football coach was to cut 20 student-athlete names from the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">roster<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">for failure to meet team/school standards.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If you will remember correctly, it was Coach Akey's predecessor,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Dennis<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Erickson, whose approach to football was philosophy was "Win at ALL<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Costs,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">regardless of academic or (sometimes) criminal records".<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So, you see, Mr. Price . . .<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The University of Idaho is no longer "keeping a football coach that<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">failed<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to meet the minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate".<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Tom Hansen<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Moscow, Idaho<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">change<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">- Unknown<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>