November, 2002

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Livengood should go also

Dear Goliard,

 I completely agree with your assessment of La BM. Moreover I'd like to see you come out with a screed aimed at Livengood. That moron should have supported Tomey. A few years ago if he had had a punter he would have finished at least .500. But Tomey did a great job, think about it. Other than the Florida schools nobody can stay at the top for long; Colorado, USC, Notre Dame, et al. can recruit any one they want and they can't stay on top. Tomey and the U of A has to make do with good but questionable players, and he did a great job.

Remember when Tomey came in, he was hailed as an offensive genius with the run & shoot, and remember how he had to change to a conservative defensive team to contend for the Rose Bowl. Tomey knew about offense but he couldn't get those players. (One year, if memory serves, he converted a bunch of potential offensive stars to the defensive side and Desert Swarm and the team that led the nation in defense against the run was born.) How is La BM going to get these offensive weapons? (It is silly the way programs flip flop from defensive oriented coaches to offensive oriented coaches and vice versa.)

Finally, La BM was not a world beater at Texas where he could easily recruit. He had one good year, some mediocre years and a losing year. Check the facts, but I bet that Tomey has a better career record.

Fire Livingood. He is also part of the problem.

Sincerely,

Jaye Shraeder