Broadway Joe certainly didn't help Holtz any by completing less than half of his pass attempts. In a recent interview with Chris Russo on Sirius XM, Holtz said he told Jets ownership that he planned to step down at the end of the season, and he was told to pack his bags immediately. To his credit, Holtz admitted he bungled his time in the pros, saying, ''God did not put Lou Holtz on this earth to coach in the pros.
The two men continued their friendship even after Holtz moved on to Arkansas, and in Holtz appeared in a pair of commercials endorsing Helms. The people of Arkansas were less than delighted to see one of their state employees dabbling in another state's politics, but the move was particularly toxic for Holtz because Helms was in the midst of spearheading a charge to block Martin Luther King Day from becoming a national holiday. As the outrage over the Holtz-Helms connection gained steam, Holtz resigned under pressure from his Arkansas job on December 19, He landed on his feet with the head-coaching gig at Minnesota and quickly tried to distance himself from political issues.
Upon arriving in Minnesota, Holtz met with Governor Rudy Perpich and publicly told the popular Democrat, "I assure you this, I will have nothing to do with politics.
When Holtz went to the University of Minnesota, he was under the impression that he was signing a lifetime contract. He wanted one exception, though: an out clause that let him leave to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. He refused to sign, and the Gophers eventually gave him a clause that allowed him to leave to take any job he wanted. Holtz's caution was justified; he got the Notre Dame job just two years later.
Although Holtz had a well-deserved reputation as a motivator, some of his most memorable moments came when he was dishing well-timed one-liners, usually at his own expense. When Arkansas fans pelted the field with oranges to celebrate the Orange Bowl berth, Holtz observed, "Thank God we didn't get invited to the Gator Bowl. During his first season as head coach at South Carolina in , the Gamecocks went , prompting Holtz to dryly note, "We raise more money per win than any school in the land.
Another classic Holtz story comes from an attempt to make a little money early in his career by selling cemetery plots. His wife, Beth, warned, "You can't sell anything. Fast forward to Tuesday.
Holtz is speaking at a luncheon for the Republican National Coalition for Life, saying the high number of immigrants coming to the U. He pointed out that his grandparents learned English after emigrating to the U. Holtz is entitled to his opinion. But as always, he couldn't help himself. He had to take it a step farther, had to make sure he completely drove the dagger deep in the heart of every immigrant. The same man who uses such fake coach speak as, "If you burn your neighbor's house down, it does not make your house any better" didn't follow his own verbal baloney.
His comment drew some laughs, which is what Holtz has always been about - hurting other people at their expense to make himself likeable and profitable. Get beyond his B. For all the talk of what a "legendary" coach he was during his career - when all he did was win one national championship and do magic tricks on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson - three of the programs he coached were placed on NCAA probation.
Minnesota, Notre Dame and South Carolina went on probation after Holtz beat the law out of town by convincing another sucker school to hire him or retiring as he did in the case of South Carolina. Cordelli said Richardson refused to accept the money, but Holtz insisted and insisted. During the three-year investigation that didn't culminate until Holtz and Cordelli were at Notre Dame, Cordelli was consistent in his testimony.
Tom Trails. While we're at it, don't blind peoples' eyes look weird? And how funny do deaf. He's always had a speech impediment.
The stroke was later. I'd never noticed it before! But now it's going to bug me, because you. The Underminer. How have you never noticed that before? I mean, I've been watching him for years, but it never dawned on me that he has.
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