Posted by spartan99 on 1/18/2008, 5:52 pm, in reply to "Wilner talked with Tomey today about UH and recruiting"
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Guess that settles it. Glad he's not leaving.
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: SJSU football: Tomey, Hawaii, and the (long?)
: wait for closure
:
: By Jon Wilner
:
: Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
:
: With San Jose State smack in the middle of
: the football recruiting season, Hawaii
: begins its search for an athletic director.
:
: One would have nothing to do with the other
: if not for Dick Tomey, who is at once the
: head coach at SJSU and a candidate —
: imagined, rumored, potential, actual or
: otherwise — for the AD position at Hawaii.
:
:
: Tomey coached the Warriors in the 1980s, has
: a home in Hawaii and is very popular in the
: UH athletic community.
:
: So rampant was the speculation that Tomey
: issued a statement last week, which was fine
: and dandy with SJSU — except that Tomey did
: not exactly squash the speculation:
:
: He said it would take a “very, very
: compelling opportunity” to leave SJSU and
: that “Hawaii is the only place we would
: consider relocating to.”
:
: In his office Friday morning, Tomey
: reiterated his plans to coach the Spartans
: next season but did not slam the door on a
: (late) career change.
:
: He declined to speculate on anything about
: the Hawaii job but said he had not been
: contacted by the Warriors.
:
: “I have no intention of not coaching this
: team,'’ he said. “I’m a football coach, and
: there is no lack of commitment to any
: university I’ve worked for in my
: background.”
:
: Whether Tomey is a rumored or actual
: candidate matters not to SJSU’s competitors
: on the recruiting trail, who happily inform
: prospects of the possibility of Tomey’s
: departure.
:
: But Tomey said the Hawaii situation has not
: been an issue. SJSU doesn’t have many
: scholarships available — it’s expected to
: sign only 10-15 players — and Tomey said he
: is close to wrapping up the class.
:
: “I tell recruits that I have no intention of
: not coaching this team, and they accept what
: I say,'’ he said. “My age comes up more
: often.”
:
: So there’s no chance of the hawaii situation
: hovering over the SJSU program for weeks or
: months?
:
: “I have not talked to anybody about anything
: — that’s what’s crazy about this whole
: thing. It’s crazy. There’s no basis in fact,
: except that I have a home there.
:
: “I want the San Jose State fanbase to have
: as much excitement about the team and our
: growth as there is nashing of teeth over
: this thing (the Hawaii situation)
:
: “I want the concern about this from our
: people to manifest itself in support, coming
: to games, contributing to the program and
: helping us solve the problems we have.”
:
: Hotline prediction: UH will not even offer
: the job to Tomey.
:
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