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Saban and Pinkel on Don James.
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Saban: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to Coach James’ family. He was a special man and meant the world to me. There aren’t enough words to describe not only the great coach he was, but how much he cared for people and the positive impact he made in the lives of everyone he came in contact with.
“Coach James was my mentor and probably did more than anybody to influence me in this profession. Like I’ve said before, I didn’t plan on going into coaching. He saw something in me and asked me to stay on at Kent State as a graduate assistant after my playing career was over. I really enjoyed it, got hired full-time and went on from there.
From an organizational standpoint, our program today is run much like he ran his program. He was very organized, efficient, and did an outstanding job of defining expectations for players, coaches and everyone in the organization.
He was always personal and inspirational to players and people around him. He wanted you to reach your full potential as a football player, but more importantly, he wanted you to do well in school and become the best person you could be so you would be successful in life. He was the same way when it came to assistant coaches or anyone who worked for him, you were a better person because of the time you spent with Coach James.”
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Pinkel: “It’s hard to put into words how much it hurts to lose a man like Don James. He was my coach, my mentor, my friend, and he had such an amazing influence on my life, both personally and professionally. The program we built at Toledo and here at Missouri is Don James’ program, it’s a tribute to how he developed men and built football teams. This is a tough, tough day, and I’m so sorry for his wife, Carol, and the James family, as well as the entire Washington Huskies family. Coach James was a legend, and if I’m remembered for anything, I hope that it might be that I helped carry his legacy forward.”
It makes me smile and want to punch somebody when I read Saban's comment: "From an organizational standpoint, our program today is run much like he ran his program. He was very organized, efficient, and did an outstanding job of defining expectations for players, coaches and everyone in the organization."
Link: collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/21/saban-pinkel-mourn-don-james-passing/
“Coach James was my mentor and probably did more than anybody to influence me in this profession. Like I’ve said before, I didn’t plan on going into coaching. He saw something in me and asked me to stay on at Kent State as a graduate assistant after my playing career was over. I really enjoyed it, got hired full-time and went on from there.
From an organizational standpoint, our program today is run much like he ran his program. He was very organized, efficient, and did an outstanding job of defining expectations for players, coaches and everyone in the organization.
He was always personal and inspirational to players and people around him. He wanted you to reach your full potential as a football player, but more importantly, he wanted you to do well in school and become the best person you could be so you would be successful in life. He was the same way when it came to assistant coaches or anyone who worked for him, you were a better person because of the time you spent with Coach James.”
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Pinkel: “It’s hard to put into words how much it hurts to lose a man like Don James. He was my coach, my mentor, my friend, and he had such an amazing influence on my life, both personally and professionally. The program we built at Toledo and here at Missouri is Don James’ program, it’s a tribute to how he developed men and built football teams. This is a tough, tough day, and I’m so sorry for his wife, Carol, and the James family, as well as the entire Washington Huskies family. Coach James was a legend, and if I’m remembered for anything, I hope that it might be that I helped carry his legacy forward.”
It makes me smile and want to punch somebody when I read Saban's comment: "From an organizational standpoint, our program today is run much like he ran his program. He was very organized, efficient, and did an outstanding job of defining expectations for players, coaches and everyone in the organization."
Link: collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/21/saban-pinkel-mourn-don-james-passing/
Comments
From tough, hard nosed discplined football where there were standards and expectations, to grab ass pregame goof-off-fests where magical 9-4 seasons are created off 7-6 scoreboards.
I want to punch a kitten, or an Armenian.
sig is nice, but I'm not a tat guy. still, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers.
Will the death of James and eulogies about him from some of the most respected coaches in the country and national media attention cause the UW President and Board of Regents to see what was squandered and to commit to fixing the program?
I am hoping for something very positive from all this news. James' death was announced so soon after Sark's most despicable and inexcusable loss to ASU. Hopefully the wide chasm between the program under Sark presently and James during his tenure will reveal the need to fire Sark.
Great coaches are more popular than University Presidents. They have more power than the faculty. Winning big creates what Barry Switer called the monster. UW killed it in 1992 just as it was really taking off. They are not going to let it get that far again.
You seriously need to cut off their funds. They have been able to fund the department off the fumes of the James Legacy.
Doogs mocking the way Oregon operates and the way the players run amock is exactly what UW is afraid of happening here again. The Reggie Rogers and Kevin Gogans don't exactly fit the image that Professor Dyke Faggot is looking for on Upper Campus Way
Pinkel has been a savior for our program. I'm not sure there was a worse program than Mizzou in the 80's and much of the 90's. As of right now, Gary Pinkel is, I believe, four wins away from being the all-time wins leader at MU. (By the way, he's still Toledo's all-time leader in wins.) He's done things in Columbia that I never expected to see -- and I'm currently 32-years old. He gives all of the credit to Coach James' system.
When you consider Pinkel, Saban, Mora, and the others to come from Coach James, that's pretty d@mn impressive.
And welcome.
Alternate ending: Either swear or LEAVE!
Kind of like the Mariners brass don't want a manager bigger than them why they've hired one lame dick after another since Lou walked away.
The Marinerization of Husky football is so sad and eerily similar.
To be fair to the Armenian; Don James' version of Husky football was long dead before Sark showed up.
He's just a shitty coach that took over a program that was even more shitty before he got it. The harsh reality is Sark absolutely was an improvement.
Sark is what we thought we would get with Ty.