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Barry Alvarez (official thread)

Good news for Ohio State. Say what you want, but Alvarez has always been a thorn in our side. Wisky plays us tough every time out. I may not like Wisconsin or their fans, but I respect what Alvarez has done for thier program, you cannot doubt that.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
When Tressel retires as one of the greatest coaches ever at Ohio State, Alverez can always boast "I beat him three out of four, and twice at his place."
Too bad he can't boast the same about Indiana, after MalloryCameronDiNardoCorsowhoeverthefuck retires :slappy:
 
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fuck barry alvarez... after his kids danced on our Block O last year, he came running out and tried to start some shit with Buckeyes who were pissed off about that classless act... we were pissed off when they danced on our shit the first time. then we were pissed at dumbass Rambo when he pulled the same shit... for alvarez to allow his kids to do it AGAIN, after we'd played two straight games at HIS house without any incidents, is entirely inexcuseable...

yeah, he can coach- there's no denying that, but he's a piece of shit in my book, so, once again, fuck barry alvarez...
 
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Apparently Barry didn't follow proper procedure in naming Bielema the next head coach, since the job wasn't posted for a 2-week period. These are the kind of mistakes he won't make when he only has the AD job to worry about.

si.com

Report: Wisc. didn't follow procedure

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin didn't follow school procedure when athletic director and football coach Barry Alvarez picked his coaching successor, a newspaper reported.

School regulations require the university to post such a vacancy for two weeks before filling the job, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. Alvarez didn't do that, and UW chancellor John Wiley's special assistant blamed himself.

"It was my responsibility to advise coach Alvarez of the need to formally post a recruitment vacancy for the position of head football coach," Casey Nagy wrote Friday in an e-mail the State Journal reviewed.
"I failed to do this, operating on the mistaken belief that this step was not necessary under the university's policy regarding open recruitment."

He wrote the e-mail a day after Alvarez announced he would retire as football coach after the 2005 season so he could focus on his job as athletic director. Alvarez picked UW defensive coordinator Bret Bielema to replace him.

Nagy told the State Journal he spoke with Alvarez about the issue Friday. Alvarez declined comment to the newspaper. Nagy evaluates Alvarez's coaching performance on Wiley's behalf.

"My sense was, when you're recruiting head coaches, it's such a competitive environment that it weakens your program for people to know that you're looking," Nagy said. "It gives people an advantage with recruits, either in [the fold] or considering committing. For that reason, I didn't think it applied and my sense of past searches was simply inaccurate."

The paper asked Nagy whether his error jeopardized Bielema's hiring.

"I think the appointment's appropriate and the commitment's been made," Nagy said. "I think Barry considered the talent that was available to him and made his choice, which is what he would have done in a search. I don't believe it jeopardizes anything, but I also don't want -- particularly in this climate -- people to start niggling away at what they believe to be some scandalous event. And I don't want it to reflect on Barry or Bret because they had nothing to do with it."

Nagy said he hopes any sanctions that might come down because of the error would fall on him.

"But I certainly wouldn't hope anybody else would experience any impact whatsoever," he said.

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After D-line coach John Palermo announced he will not return next year, rumors are circulating that only three assistants are guaranteed jobs next year. All three are on the offensive side of the ball. Coach Bielema is looking to pick up some of the K-State coaches who are leaving the school since Snyder is retiring
 
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Alvarez auditions for job as Fox Sports analyst

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/06/26/alvarez.analyst.ap/index.html

Barry booth bound?
Alvarez auditions for job as Fox Sports analyst
Posted: Monday June 26, 2006 8:36PM; Updated: Monday June 26, 2006 8:36PM


MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Former University of Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez could be on his way to the broadcast booth.

Fox Sports spokesman Dan Bell confirmed via e-mail on Monday that Alvarez has auditioned for the network and is being considering as a potential game analyst.

USA Today reported Monday that Fox, which takes over rights to broadcast college football's Bowl Championship Series this season, is considering Alvarez as a game analyst and former college and NFL coach Jimmy Johnson as a studio analyst.

Alvarez, who retired from coaching at the end of last season but remains Wisconsin's athletic director, recently told The Capital Times in Madison that he cleared the idea of broadcasting with UW chancellor John Wiley before auditioning.

"That was the first thing I had to do was make sure it was OK with him," Alvarez told the newspaper. "And it works out perfectly in that the games are being played during our semester break, so it shouldn't interfere with anything, unless we're playing in a BCS game."

Bell said it was too early to tell whether Alvarez would be allowed to broadcast a Wisconsin game -- or allow himself to do so.

But one thing is clear: That's the kind of problem Alvarez would love to have.

"I'd love for us to be playing in the national championship game," he said.
 
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