[NU Sports] Why did Howard leave?

Mon Aug 15 12:32:11 CDT 2005

Peg,

I agree from a purely football point of view there would be a lot of upside
for Loren joining a new high profile coach with the prospect of being part
of Arizona's rebirth under Stoops.  

In the same vein, Walker's status could also have influenced Howard.  If NU
doesn't do well this year and Walker is fired, Howard's NFL showcase year at
NU would be on a team with a new quarterback and presumably a new coaching
staff.  

I lean more heavily on the emotional side, though, and think that this kid
has just been through a lot with injuries and may need to be closer to home
to commit to yet another round of rehab.  Think about what must be going
through Rex Grossman's mind regarding his rehab, for example.  He at least
has already been paid enough money to have a reasonably secure financial
future.  

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: peg wolfe [mailto:sundevilpeg at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:04 PM
To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Why did Howard leave?

Jeff -

In the same speculative manner, but speaking as an ASU alumna,  I'd think
Loren Howard would instead be thinking about Evil UofA, where he could
pretty much write his own ticket immediately upon arrival.  If Mike Stoops
isn't calling the Howard household up in Scottsdale as I write, he should be
- and i'm thinkin' Tim Kish (UofA's assistant head coach) has probably
already discussed the matter with Stoops.

- sundevilpeg

>From: "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb at hilgraeve.com>
>Reply-To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com
>To: <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
>Subject: [NU Sports] Why did Howard leave?
>Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:44:00 -0400
>
>
>Not close enough to the situation to know anything, but since part of 
>the fun is to speculate in the absence of facts - here goes.
>
>Howard is from AZ and was heavily recruited by ASU.  His brother went 
>to ASU.  Rehab is no fun.  He's been doing more rehab in his NU career 
>than playing, so he may have reached the point where he needs more 
>family support than he was likely to get in Evanston.  I also suspect 
>that ASU's "jock"
>major is easier than NU's popular Communications Studies major.
>
>Because of the transfer rules, he has to be enrolled at ASU for a year 
>before he can play.  Since he wasn't going to be able to play at NU 
>this year anyway, this is an opportunity to address any issues that he 
>had with the school or the program at no eligibility cost. I don't know 
>if he feels that his injuries are due to the sort of practices that NU 
>runs, but I'm sure he's disappointed that he hasn't achieved what he 
>had hoped to achieve when he first came here.
>
>You have to believe that he is thinking about a shot at the NFL.  So it 
>may be as simple as looking at what sort of team NU is going have next 
>year (no
>Baz) compared to ASU.  Don't know much about ASU, but the PAC-10 
>suddenly has a lot of visibility with high profile coaches and the 
>defending National Champs so conference games are likely to get a lot 
>of national TV coverage.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] 
>On Behalf Of Jim Leonard
>Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:03 AM
>To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
>Subject: RE: [NU Sports] what is happening in Kenosha?
>
>The sky is falling....
>
>I just read the story on www.nusports.com that Loren Howard is having 
>surgery.
>He will miss the 2005 season and transfer to another school. I realize 
>that the sugery and year off are needed, but why does he need to transfer?
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>
>--- "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:
>
> > Having been in the building when Loren got hurt....
> >
> > I can tell you that there wasn't much of an all out scrimmage going 
> > on when his ankle popped.
> >
> > Nobody even noticed [except the trainers of course] that he had hurt
>himself.
> >
> > The problem with not going all out in practice once in a while, is 
> > that when you get to a game, you are not ready to play. There's a 
> > happy medium, I'm sure, but you do have to go 100% once in a while.
> >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> > > [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> > > BSchooler at aol.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:41 PM
> > > To: jleonard518 at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> > > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] what is happening in Kenosha?
> > >
> > >
> > > In answer to the question "What is happening in Kenosha?", I say 
> > > "the usual".
> > > Every year Walker has been in charge, I dread Kenosha. First, we 
> > > hear about the three of four players who didn't report ie. quit 
> > > the team. Then come the brutal practices. A few more players quit, 
> > > like McDole a few years ago. And we suffer a whole string of 
> > > injuries. We always go into the first game of the season a beaten 
> > > up team. And often never recover. Ten years ago, Northwestern went 
> > > into the season a healthy, well conditioned team and look what 
> > > happened. Last year, we lost Loren Howard to injury in an all out 
> > > scrimmage on the Saturday before our Thursday night opener at TCU. 
> > > That was inexcusable. This year, the losses are of a little bit 
> > > different variety - academic casualties and suspensions in 
> > > addition to the injuries. But I hold Walker responsible. I follow 
> > > college football closely and no other team experiences such losses on
a yearly basis.
> > > Heck, Texas is experiencing a bad year so far; they lost a 
> > > potential starter at DE to academics who will remain in school and 
> > > a potential starting WR for a few weeks who pulled a hammy. Mike, 
> > > how many players has Nebraska lost so far?
> > >
> > > This can be debated. I doubt no team enters the season ready to 
> > > hit like Northwestern does. It's the old Bear Bryant model. 
> > > Whoever survives the pre-season is definitely ready for the 
> > > season. But this is a different era. Teams are allowed only 85
scholarship players.
> > > So yes, Northwestern players are battle hardened by the time first 
> > > game of the season is upon us, but is it worth the injury toll? I 
> > > say no. I feel the lost players, dinged up players, exhausted 
> > > players and demoralized players are not worth the corresponding 
> > > advantages in conditioning and mental toughness. Good contemporary 
> > > coaches are able to achieve superior conditioning and mental 
> > > toughness without beating the sh*t out of their team, IMHO.
> > >
> > > Bob Schooler
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