[NU Sports] RE: RW Mentioned In Another Article About ND Job

[Roy S. Lamberton]

5 Commits in 3 days should send some kind of message from Nicolette that RW
isn't interested - 

The report about a press release should also be a good indication - although I
can't find it anywhere...

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:47 AM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] RE: RW Mentioned In Another Article 
> About ND Job
> 
> 
> It is certainly possible that the newspapers are picking this up from 
> the Internet.
> 
> OR
> 
> It is possible that the newspapers have sources that go beyond 
> speculation on the Internet.
> 
> In any case, the only thing that gives this story any legs at all is 
> that RW hasn't come out publically and said he wasn't interested.  In 
> fact, he is one of the FEW mentioned on ND lists over the 
> past couple of 
> weeks that hasn't come out and said something publically.
> 
> So I ask a couple of questions.
> 
> What is different about his circumstances that would justify 
> his silence 
> (if he weren't interested) compared with all those others who have 
> publically said they weren't interested?
> 
> We of all institutions should be demanding quick rebuttal of 
> these sorts 
> of things given what went on with GB's job hunting.  Yet, it 
> we haven't 
> heard it yet.  Why not?
> 
> A lot of people in the past used exactly these circumstances to build 
> the case that RW is committed to building the program here 
> rather than 
> just building his resume.  But when those circumstances 
> actually present 
> themselves, he hasn't denied his interest. What's going on?
> 
> In comparison, there were a lot of rumors circulating last week 
> regarding Carr's retirement at Michigan.  He not only came out and 
> flatly denied them, but publically accussed other coaches of 
> deliberately spreading those rumors to gain a recruiting 
> advantage.  He 
> said that he specifically knows who some of the offending 
> institutions 
> are and planned to take action both on and off the field to 
> bring an end 
> to it.
> 
> That strikes me as the sort of statement you would expect 
> from someone 
> who is not interested in any offers. 
> 
> There have been some posts lately suggesting that stuff 
> posted on this 
> board may be adversely affecting recruiting.  Job rumors that aren't 
> quickly quashed by head coaches are going to affect 
> recruiting much more 
> than anything posted here.
> 
> We are in the middle of recruiting season.  Why aren't we hearing a 
> denial from RW?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
> 
> >Is there anyone here who seriously thinks Walker ...
> >
> >1) Wants the ND job
> >2) Is seeking the ND job
> >3) Would even be considered for the ND job
> >
> >Please!!! This is just idle speculation ... ND has no plan B 
> right now 
> >and is scrambling, so any name at any similar institution will be 
> >swirling about for now.
> >
> >If the trustees just forced the AD to fire a coach who had a better 
> >record than Walker and was a bigger name than Walker 
> nationally, do you 
> >think they would let Kevin White even talk to the Northwestern coach?
> >
> >These guys took a gamble and lost big-time. They need to 
> find a "name" 
> >coach in a hurry and Walker's just not gonna cut it with an 
> alumni base 
> >that's still suffering from dellusions of grandeur and who 
> haven't yet 
> >picked their jaws up off the floor upon hearing the words "Meyer to 
> >Florida." If White even looks in the direction of Walker, 
> the trustees 
> >might fire White. They need a big-name coach now. Walker's 
> not a name 
> >who would cut it.
> >
> >I seriously doubt White has even asked for Walker's telephone number 
> >and I doubt Walker has even thought that he would need to 
> take his name 
> >out of the running. This is ridiculous internet game 
> playing, nothing 
> >more.
> >
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