[NU Sports] Gary Barnett

[tyjlevine at aol.com]

Could not have said it better myself.

Ty

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank F. Loomis III <loomis3 at sbcglobal.net>
To: NU Sports Discussion <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:26:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [NU Sports] Gary Barnett

    Listmates,

   Please forgive me for raising such a brouhaha about that murky Rocky 
Mountain
News article as to whether Barnett attended a game this fall at NU.

   After considering your various opinions and the two schools? 
schedules, it
just has to be that Barnett and his trainer watched the MSU game on TV. 
That
writer?s words:

   "He watched Northwestern's rout of Michigan State with CU trainer 
Steve
Willard, who was with him in Evanston, Ill.,"

   sure misled me, especially the "in Evanston, Ill.," bit. He should 
have said
something like, "who was with Barnett when he coached at Northwestern."

   Anyway, with all this hullabaloo, I think we?re overlooking the 
significance
of the following additional words in that article:

   "You can't spend seven years of your life someplace and get to know 
all of
those kids and people without being a fan," Barnett said. "I love 
Northwestern.
I love Chicago. I love everything about it."

  Yes, he still loves us.

   Though like most I was really upset with him as to the way he left 
us, what
with that infamous email, et cetera, I sincerely believe that all in 
all, he was
a fantastic coach for us; he put us on the map. And a substantial 
portion of our
recent success is because of him.

  In my book , Barnett is the best coach we?ve ever had.

   And I think Barnett?s graciousness in putting on that TV half-time 
show and
saying things like he said above, show that deep down, he?s really a 
good guy.
(We never hear nice words like that from Ara P. He?s all ND.)

   I wish Gary nothing but the best and thank him profusely for bringing 
NU
football to a respectable, higher level.

   Finally, let's never forget his brazen January 1992 words: Let?s take 
The
Purple to Pasadena."

  And keep in mind, he "done did it!"

  Frank Loomis






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