What Is So Special About July 1, 1999?

[Ricardo del Rio]

Hint: Historic and I mean extra long term historic. Maybe into perpetuity long term. We shall see.

Hint: An event that could be memorialized by holidays, statues, fireworks and the naming of buildings and other structures.

rdr

[wheathead]

I give up. Do tell.

[Aargh]

It was the 18th Pre-Anniversary of WSU's entrance into the AAC.

[JB4WSU]

WSU hires Jim Schaus?

[ShanShock]

Was the American Athletic Conference formed?

[Ricardo del Rio]

WSU hires Jim Schaus?

Ding, ding, ding.

It was AD Schaus' first day on the job.

Who would have guessed that it was the first step in a long journey to the P-6?

Nothing could be finer than recognizing AD Schaus at half-time of the first American Athletic Conference game at Koch Arena. It would bring the house down.

I realize many would not agree with my next sentiment, but I would not mind, if Coach Mark Turgeon was present too.

Before Shaus and Turgeon, we were in the wilderness.

[UCONN_Husky]

Was the American Athletic Conference formed?

Yikes. You're about 15 years off there. Haha.

[Aargh]

I would not mind, if Coach Mark Turgeon was present too.

You must really hate Turgeon to want to invite him to a celebration of what he couldn't do. A S16 followed by a 6th-place finish in the MVC was about what he expected to be the height of what could be accomplished "at this level".

[Ricardo del Rio]

You must really hate Turgeon to want to invite him to a celebration of what he couldn't do. A S16 followed by a 6th-place finish in the MVC was about what he expected to be the height of what could be accomplished "at this level".

I marked you down as a no. Make it no way.

[Ricardo del Rio]

You must really hate Turgeon to want to invite him to a celebration of what he couldn't do. A S16 followed by a 6th-place finish in the MVC was about what he expected to be the height of what could be accomplished "at this level".

I marked you down as a no. Make it no way.

You have a good point about "at this level." I forgot about those famous words.

[SHOCKvalue]

Turgeon dug himself a pretty big hole with some of his statements, but he did take us from abysmal to respectable, which was a challenging abyss to get the program over. At the same time, the likelihood we'd be where we are today if he was still at the helm is basically nill. We'd just be another UNI.

[ShanShock]

I marked you down as a no. Make it no way.

Ricardo you are so cute!!!

[BOBB]

Both Schaus and Turgeon deserve a ton of credit. HCGM got the keys to a really sweet ride from those two and he has driven the hell out of it.

I am sure Mark has no regrets about his career trajectory, other than he still needs a breakout few seasons and for Self to go away to get back to Larryland. I have no regrets about his tenure at WSU.

We forget that Randy Smithson was an improvement over the previous couple guys, who were good people by all accounts, in the HC role. We had been down so long it looked like up before Turg got here.

[Topshock]

Both Schaus and Turgeon deserve a ton of credit. HCGM got the keys to a really sweet ride from those two and he has driven the hell out of it.

I am sure Mark has no regrets about his career trajectory, other than he still needs a breakout few seasons and for Self to go away to get back to Larryland. I have no regrets about his tenure at WSU.

We forget that Randy Smithson was an improvement over the previous couple guys, who were good people by all accounts, in the HC role. We had been down so long it looked like up before Turg got here.

Jim Schaus can't get enough credit for where we are today.
GM thought he had bought a sweet ride only to take delivery of a stripped down version. He then proceeded to build his own very sweet ride.

[another shocker]

turgeon, hunh? lol