You need to get off this soapbox, Henry. Evan never said he liked Kelly as a coach; he just pointed out reasons to keep Kelly. I never found words from him that he was happy that Kelly was going to keep coaching here.
You need to get off this soapbox, Henry. Evan never said he liked Kelly as a coach; he just pointed out reasons to keep Kelly. I never found words from him that he was happy that Kelly was going to keep coaching here.
My friend, thanking for sticking up for me. I said all I have to say in response to bruinballer's mentioning me and my, what ? soapbox. I wish I was in Hyde Park, London, LOL !!!
I've actually been calling for Kelly's firing for months. But yes, I pointed out how it makes more sense to conduct our next head coaching search 12 months from now when we have the Big 10 money. Kelly deserves to have been fired, but we'd be hiring an unknown and potentially subjecting ourselves to 3-4 more years of mediocrity.
Hi my friend bruinballer, yes I have been frustrated as warplanner said ever since the year before last when Kelly, in my view, was obviously not cutting it anymore. That time, I happened to be in NYC visiting friends and UCLA was in town for an exhibition game. We got the tickets in time for the game, which UCLA won impressively on national TV. By chance somebody said Jarmond and company were sighted in the house and we did see them. So after the game, many of us confided with him about our Kelly concerns. He and his fellow AD officials were attentive, seemed mostly in agreement with us. I then relayed the whole episode here. But since some individuals were surprisingly still harboring hope for our team and the coach, my comments predicting Kelly's dismissal soon were naturally not appreciated and the language subsequently expressed against my comments was unpleasant, mocking to say the least, To make it worse, the bombshell extension announcement last spring completely vindicated their sentiments, false hope while betraying the understanding we thought we got from Jarmond and company. Since then I was on the rope for everything I said only until now when virtually nobody wanted Kelly back. So I got the LAST LAUGH and is truly vindicated by facts, by consensus. I knew I was before my time. But now I can happily say I told you so. I am not saying it is payback time but I find it hard to understand why people had to say what they said back then when I was the first one calling for his head, ahead of everyone else. Not fully grasping the imminent gravity of the program, could they have at least sounded curious, inquisitive rather than mocking from perhaps only a fan to another fan and an alum ? I just noticed the guy now saying " I've been calling for Kelly's firing FOR MONTHS ! " LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh believe me, Henry, I feel your frustration. However, my recall of this community's overall responses were not whole-heartedly in favor of Kelly. I'm sorry that some of those who were in favor were unpleasant in their responses; we should all feel free to post our opinions here, whether or not people agree with them. IIRC, Bruins Nation was predicated with the concept, hey, if you disagree, then back up your disagreement with facts, and not pejorative words. Iit seems to me that is pretty much what Evan has been trying to do. I've felt that Kelly needs to go for a few seasons now, and more and more through the last season, I read more of this sentiment from our community. Many here understandably were hopeful with the wonderful beginning of our season, but sadly, Kelly killed that hope.
Thanks so much, my dear friend. Many of you and I date back to BruinNation days. You may also recall my unique background of being Wisconsin native attending college at UCLA, then back to Wisconsin for grad school. It was rare to see out of state kids then, especially one from the midwest. Despite my split allegiance ( so to speak, LOL ) I and many of my friends in life always supported UCLA but Steve Alford, especially his last two gut wrenching miserable years haunted me to the point where I continued to be season ticket at Pauley but arranged to have our two seats attended by our neighbor and his teenage sons. He is a medical personnel at nearby Cedar Sinai Hospital. I never terminated our season ticket holdership like I did with football starting two seasons ago. Enough is enough. But this may surprise you too. UCLA still solicits heavily. Even my old undergrad friend, a Korean American and a Kia executive working overseas ( no mandatory retirement age in Korea apparently ), got the email too !!! We still talk and upon hearing it, I laughed hilariously and was totally beside myself. Someone at the AD's office took us loyal alums and season ticket holders worse than dummy ( LOL !!!! ) They apparently considered us lemmings. Follow the leader. If he says pay, we pay or jump, we jump. LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all, this next football season will be something to watch.
You need to get off this soapbox, Henry. Evan never said he liked Kelly as a coach; he just pointed out reasons to keep Kelly. I never found words from him that he was happy that Kelly was going to keep coaching here.
Rest easy, big fella. You are correct but Henry's just working off some frustrations like we all feel. Evan just walked into the free fire zone.
My friend, thanking for sticking up for me. I said all I have to say in response to bruinballer's mentioning me and my, what ? soapbox. I wish I was in Hyde Park, London, LOL !!!
Oops, he will say it is my grammar again. It is " thank you for .... " not " thanking for " - a typo.
I've actually been calling for Kelly's firing for months. But yes, I pointed out how it makes more sense to conduct our next head coaching search 12 months from now when we have the Big 10 money. Kelly deserves to have been fired, but we'd be hiring an unknown and potentially subjecting ourselves to 3-4 more years of mediocrity.
Hi my friend bruinballer, yes I have been frustrated as warplanner said ever since the year before last when Kelly, in my view, was obviously not cutting it anymore. That time, I happened to be in NYC visiting friends and UCLA was in town for an exhibition game. We got the tickets in time for the game, which UCLA won impressively on national TV. By chance somebody said Jarmond and company were sighted in the house and we did see them. So after the game, many of us confided with him about our Kelly concerns. He and his fellow AD officials were attentive, seemed mostly in agreement with us. I then relayed the whole episode here. But since some individuals were surprisingly still harboring hope for our team and the coach, my comments predicting Kelly's dismissal soon were naturally not appreciated and the language subsequently expressed against my comments was unpleasant, mocking to say the least, To make it worse, the bombshell extension announcement last spring completely vindicated their sentiments, false hope while betraying the understanding we thought we got from Jarmond and company. Since then I was on the rope for everything I said only until now when virtually nobody wanted Kelly back. So I got the LAST LAUGH and is truly vindicated by facts, by consensus. I knew I was before my time. But now I can happily say I told you so. I am not saying it is payback time but I find it hard to understand why people had to say what they said back then when I was the first one calling for his head, ahead of everyone else. Not fully grasping the imminent gravity of the program, could they have at least sounded curious, inquisitive rather than mocking from perhaps only a fan to another fan and an alum ? I just noticed the guy now saying " I've been calling for Kelly's firing FOR MONTHS ! " LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh believe me, Henry, I feel your frustration. However, my recall of this community's overall responses were not whole-heartedly in favor of Kelly. I'm sorry that some of those who were in favor were unpleasant in their responses; we should all feel free to post our opinions here, whether or not people agree with them. IIRC, Bruins Nation was predicated with the concept, hey, if you disagree, then back up your disagreement with facts, and not pejorative words. Iit seems to me that is pretty much what Evan has been trying to do. I've felt that Kelly needs to go for a few seasons now, and more and more through the last season, I read more of this sentiment from our community. Many here understandably were hopeful with the wonderful beginning of our season, but sadly, Kelly killed that hope.
Thanks so much, my dear friend. Many of you and I date back to BruinNation days. You may also recall my unique background of being Wisconsin native attending college at UCLA, then back to Wisconsin for grad school. It was rare to see out of state kids then, especially one from the midwest. Despite my split allegiance ( so to speak, LOL ) I and many of my friends in life always supported UCLA but Steve Alford, especially his last two gut wrenching miserable years haunted me to the point where I continued to be season ticket at Pauley but arranged to have our two seats attended by our neighbor and his teenage sons. He is a medical personnel at nearby Cedar Sinai Hospital. I never terminated our season ticket holdership like I did with football starting two seasons ago. Enough is enough. But this may surprise you too. UCLA still solicits heavily. Even my old undergrad friend, a Korean American and a Kia executive working overseas ( no mandatory retirement age in Korea apparently ), got the email too !!! We still talk and upon hearing it, I laughed hilariously and was totally beside myself. Someone at the AD's office took us loyal alums and season ticket holders worse than dummy ( LOL !!!! ) They apparently considered us lemmings. Follow the leader. If he says pay, we pay or jump, we jump. LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all, this next football season will be something to watch.