[NU Sports] NOW, MORTY, PLEASE . . .

[Alan Abrahamson]

Stephen, and all list friends,

Arguing for change doesn't make us a "mob with ... pitchforks."

It has been 12 years.

I think that is plenty of time for cool heads to reason through the
situation and think that perhaps Bill has had time to show what he can do.

It's not a good argument to say let's not change because we're afraid of
change. We know what we have with Bill. For sure we know.

-- Alan




On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
<sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:

> For the sake of argument, allow me to throw out a word of hesitation to
> the mobs with their pitchforks ...
>
> - I won't bother to relay the analogy of Minnesota football, who grew
> tired of mid-level success under Glen Mason and fired him only to slip back
> firmly into the Big Ten basement, despite a facility upgrade
>
> - I won't point out that NU was closer to the NCAA tournament this year
> than in any other year in its history
>
> - I will simply ask, who are we gonna get?
>
> We will not lower our standards for admission -- nor should we -- so the
> Tommy Amaker story can kiss my purple behind and be gone forever from NU
> sports list lore ... hopefully.
>
> And we will not entice a hot young coach from Butler or Lehigh because
> they will have better offers and more money from elsewhere.
>
> So ... who you gonna get???
>
> If it's someone better than Bill Carmody, then by all means, go on your
> merry pitchfork 'n' torches way.
>
> But if you're just going to get rid of someone because of the heartbreak
> of coming so close the past few years (as opposed to decades of bliss and
> indifference ... and suckage), then I would be careful about getting what
> you wish for, because unless we're heading into the Coach Hardy era, I'm
> not sure I see NU moving forward or even staying in neutral with anyone
> else out there.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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>
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>  From: "pcw at warnerpatents.com" <pcw at warnerpatents.com>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 8:55 PM
> Subject: [NU Sports] NOW, MORTY, PLEASE . . .
>
> FIRE BILL.
>
> We all know that Jim doesn’t have the authority to make the decision.
>
> Bill should have been fired after his 5th season and every year
> thereafter when it was clear that NU was never going to go anywhere.  It
> was apparent, however, that Henry had told Bill that he would never fire
> him as long as Henry was at the helm.  And, you cannot blame Henry for
> being a man of his word.
>
> Morty, I understand that, last year, you probably felt that you were
> still too new on the job to dump Bill.  But, you’ve been around long
> enough now.  Pull the trigger, NOW.
>
>
>
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