[NU Sports] future of basketball at NU? Grim,

[Eric C West]

*Sigh* I'm not sure what kind of point "reason to refute" is trying to make. The fact is it's not true, and everyone who works (or has worked) in the Admission Office knows it's not true, and anyone with even a smattering of knowledge about NCAA compliance knows that it could not possibly be true. Who cares about refuting? Eddie Murphy has refuted that story about him with some lady in an elevator countless times but people still insist to his face that it's factual. That's what happens with urban legends.

This was already a dead horse twelve years ago. Whatever actually happened with Amaker, any "kernel of truth" has been overwhelmed by a fake story. I know urban legends can't be quashed completely, but we can at least stop using them to "support" whatever argument we're making.

Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Ament
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:00 PM
To: Mike Nolan
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] future of basketball at NU? Grim,

But Coach Foster did have a reason to refute the story, as he was the head coach at both schools.  And he did talk about Northwestern having the higher standards..


On Mar 12, 2012, at 6:48 PM, nolan at tssi.com (Mike Nolan) wrote:

>> Has Amaker ever said it was not true?
> 
> Why would he give a rat's a**?  He's not coaching at NU, he's not 
> coaching in the Big Ten, he's not likely to do either in the foreseeable futuer.
> 
> If coaches had to spend time debunking every story about their 
> actions, including ones from many years ago, when would they have time 
> to attend to their current coaching duties?
> 
> This reminds me of an oft-told story on the Husker List about how a 
> certain ex-Notre Dame coach was about to be hired by Nebraska.  The 
> source was said to be the cable installer for the house he had 
> supposedly just bought in Lincoln.
> --
> Mike Nolan

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