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Interesting GA article.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Haha...one might even say probable.aggies22 wrote: ↑January 26th, 2021, 6:46 pmPossible.........WannabeAgAlum wrote: ↑January 26th, 2021, 4:17 pmMaybe this has been asked already, but is it possible GA did something that would warrant termination for cause that would disqualify him from contract $, and after discussing with employer, decision was made for GA to walk away and "forfeit" the $ as an amicable and reasonable compromise?
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Re: Interesting GA article.
I’m glad that rumor and innuendo haven’t been posted on this board. If people are looking for it it can easily be found with a Google search.OrangeCountyAggie wrote: ↑January 26th, 2021, 12:37 amI'm not; spill the beans already! He's a public figure making millions of dollars. If he did something egregious, why should people protect him from scrutiny?
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Re: Interesting GA article.
GA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Weak sauce nothing article with nothing more than Doug Robinson's weak sauce nothing article behind it.
Nobody here knows anything.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
I've seen this story pop up on Yahoo's main articles and a few other national spots too.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
The Oregon State situation and his most recent stint at USU get all the attention, but him leaving SUU after one year and Wisconsin are weird too. Those times he genuinely quit.ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Most of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
You talking about the week before we beat BYU?aggies22 wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 12:58 pmMost of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Interesting that you bring that up, I forgot that had that "head injury" thing (uh hu).tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:04 pmYou talking about the week before we beat BYU?aggies22 wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 12:58 pmMost of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
For the record, I'm pretty sure he had a bruise/gash and neck brace on during the game, so if he was playing it up he was all in, that's for sure.ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:05 pmInteresting that you bring that up, I forgot that had that "head injury" thing (uh hu).tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:04 pmYou talking about the week before we beat BYU?aggies22 wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 12:58 pmMost of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
I think the story is he worked himself to exhaustion and fell at home or something like that. I am sure that was exactly what happened.tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:09 pmFor the record, I'm pretty sure he had a bruise/gash and neck brace on during the game, so if he was playing it up he was all in, that's for sure.ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:05 pmInteresting that you bring that up, I forgot that had that "head injury" thing (uh hu).tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:04 pmYou talking about the week before we beat BYU?aggies22 wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 12:58 pmMost of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Oh for sure, no doubt.Intermeddler wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 2:21 pmI think the story is he worked himself to exhaustion and fell at home or something like that. I am sure that was exactly what happened.tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:09 pmFor the record, I'm pretty sure he had a bruise/gash and neck brace on during the game, so if he was playing it up he was all in, that's for sure.ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:05 pmInteresting that you bring that up, I forgot that had that "head injury" thing (uh hu).tetonaggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 1:04 pmYou talking about the week before we beat BYU?aggies22 wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 12:58 pmMost of you forget, he tried to quit half way through his first stint here as well. Does anyone recall his "leave of absence"?ViAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 10:13 amGA is nothing but a quitter and never lasted long at any head coaching job he had, the numbers don't lie:
Southern Utah 1 Season
USU (first stint) 4 Seasons
Wisconsin 2 Seasons
Oregon State 2.5 Seasons
USU (second stint) 1.5 Seasons
GA lasted 11 seasons at 5 different jobs (USU twice). He's a quitter
On a side not, I too feel exhausted after a night of drinking with the boys. But that's just me.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
It could also be legit mental health stuff? Who knows, not me.
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So it’s the AD and covids fault that Gary’s team sucked so bad this year. Got it.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Right, the AD "didn't want him to succeed." I'm sure JH was looking to make a point
On the other hand, the claims of him working himself hard and passing out that one time, not sure why we need to doubt it. He literally resurrected Aggie football. I get destruction has followed him everywhere since then, but would we have had the last 10 years of generally good football without him? I'd say no. So we can hate the last couple of years of decline, but we owe a lot to GA in the grand scheme of things.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Yeah, ADs usually like it when their coaches lose, really helps push their career when coaches suck. I think little Andersen is reaching.
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The top boosters were SOO pissed that they threw piles of money in disgust at the AD.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
Somebody who is on Twitter ought to ask Keegan for specifics. If he is going to throw out those kind of comments he should be willing to back it up. (Which he won’t).
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I wondered if the firing wasn't hasty. On the other hand, something was definitely missing. Was it energy or what? I don't know. But something was missing from the program as evidenced by the play on the field and the downward trend was palpable. Yes, we lost JL this last season, but to go from 10 wins to 5 in one year with a QB of Love's quality seemed to indicate something was seriously amiss with GA at the helm. Secondly, bringing in another QB to compete with a guy who was pretty well proven made no sense at all.
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His exits from Southern Utah, Wisconsin, Oregon State and his second stint here(as well as how he just wasn't the same the second time around) are fair game, but his leave of absence during his first stint was cause of a neck injury and NOT anything close to quitting. What happened was he suffered a bad fall at his house the Monday morning after a blowout loss to San Diego State, and before the win over BYU. He was stressed out cause of how poorly we were playing, and that brought attention to the fact that he had gone several years without getting a physical, and with it the fact that other football coaches do the same. That Monday while he was in the hospital, he had to have assistant coach Bill Busch go to the luncheon for him. He had a neck brace on when he did his radio show on Wednesday, and the talk was he would have to wear it on the field at the game, but then by the skin of his teeth got cleared to be on the field without it. He had to have the strength coach and Steve Wiley around him to make sure noone ran into him during the game. Then after the game, he had to have all the assistant coaches surround him. That was also the year we lost Turbin for the season to a fluke ACL injury in conditioning drills, and Stanley Morrison to fluke diving board accident, as well as the backups behind them, so then there was joke the injury bug even hit Coach A as well.
You will see the scene of Coach A surrounded and the reference to his fall at 1:18:45
You will see the scene of Coach A surrounded and the reference to his fall at 1:18:45
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We had in another discussion on here talked about how Hartwell is no threat to go anywhere because at the current time the football program is in the toilet and that is how he will ultimately be judged. The idea that Hartwell would want Gary to fail is pathologically idiotic. Gary's failure greatly damaged Hartwell's chances for an AD job in the SEC. Now Hartwell not wanting Gary is believable and who can blame him with the trainwreck that ensued.
Keegan's words are further evidence to me Gary was fired for cause and didn't just leave 2.7 million on the table. If Gary truly believed Hartwell was so terrible and that he was unfairly treated, he would be lawyering up right now and trying to get everything he could from USU. We have precedent with both Arslanian and Duryea. Coaches, even bad coaches don't just walk away from big money when they are fired.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
While COVID made for a difficult situation, what is more telling to me was the 7-6 year last season.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
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Not just the 7-6, but our 3 biggest games we just were not ready for. The Air Force, Boise State and byu games last year were just bad preparation by the coaching staff. The team was not prepared to play those games.NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:28 pmWhile COVID made for a difficult situation, what is more telling to me was the 7-6 year last season.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
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COVID made it difficult for our competition as well. That excuse doesn't work cause the playing field is level.NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:28 pmWhile COVID made for a difficult situation, what is more telling to me was the 7-6 year last season.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
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I don't dislike GA, I will always be grateful for the turnaround, he just wasn't the same coach.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:41 pmNot just the 7-6, but our 3 biggest games we just were not ready for. The Air Force, Boise State and byu games last year were just bad preparation by the coaching staff. The team was not prepared to play those games.NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:28 pmWhile COVID made for a difficult situation, what is more telling to me was the 7-6 year last season.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
I wish him well.
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He was great the first time around. The second time around he was a disaster. An A+ hire in Dec 2008, F hire 10 years later in Dec 2018.NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 9:16 pmI don't dislike GA, I will always be grateful for the turnaround, he just wasn't the same coach.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:41 pmNot just the 7-6, but our 3 biggest games we just were not ready for. The Air Force, Boise State and byu games last year were just bad preparation by the coaching staff. The team was not prepared to play those games.NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑January 27th, 2021, 7:28 pmWhile COVID made for a difficult situation, what is more telling to me was the 7-6 year last season.
Jordan Love was a first round talent, and they went almost .500 after an 11-2 season. It isn't exactly like it was only the 1-5 season that did this.
I wish him well.
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Re: Interesting GA article.
I don’t know Keegan but I have not been impressed these last few days by his actions on Twitter.