[NU Sports] the grad rates show that...

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Rick and I had our moments, but....

Taylor was the guy who brought in a lot of the latest generation of successful
coaches, including BC and RW.

[OK some of you don't agree with all that]

He also was the guy who got the Ryan remodeling going, laid the foundations for
the addition to Triennens, the Tennis Center, the Golf Center, and the new
Soccer/Field Hockey palace.

I think all and all, RT did a fine job for NU, just as Mark Murphy is continuing
the drive towards excellence.

Go Cats

rsl

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and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of SjT 
> (Stephen J. Truog)
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:46 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] the grad rates show that...
> 
> 
> >> ... Kevin O'Neill's hiring was the biggest single
> >> disaster in NU's athletic department in years.
> >
> >Bob mentioned the Tommy Amaker situation.  Could it be possible that 
> >hiring 'Slick' Rick Taylor was the worst NU athletic 
> decision in ages ?
> >
> I'd strongly disagree with that -- yeah, he wasn't Mr. 
> Popularity and made a lot of decisions I didn't agree with.
> 
> But he was the person NU *needed* at the time -- in order to 
> move the athletic department into the modern ages. He did a 
> nice job upgrading facilities, increasing efficiency and 
> restoring order to what had been a big ole mess up on Central 
> Street. He did the little things that needed to be done. Now 
> we're able to move on with a more PR-friendly AD to build on 
> Rick's foundation.
> 
> And I'll say again, missing Amaker wasn't a big deal, IMO. He 
> doesn't strike me as a coach who would consider NU a 
> destination -- just a stepping stone. I'm quite happy with 
> Coach Carmody.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
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