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ECoug01: Tony has A-rodded us. … I am so pissed. Don’t tell us how much you love pullman, 
want to build a program, raise kids and have no desire to leave, sign an extension for 1 million bucks in pullman (which is equivalent to 2 mill in seattle at least) and then drop us a year later. If you are going to hit the road do it last year when I was prepared you would probably use WSU as a stepping stone to bigger schools. No more WSU legend in the works, no more hall of fame.
Question: Do you agree with ECoug01 that Tony Bennett has pulled an A-Rod — or Dennis Erickson, for that matter — taking the money, prestige, and running? Or is he something better than that?
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toadman on March 31 at 8:28 a.m.
If I knew who any of those people were, I’m sure I’d be upset. As it is…well, what’s for lunch?
JBelle on March 31 at 8:43 a.m.
ECoug makes a point; I don’t know too much about Tony except he’s one of the most charming, good looking men I’ve ever met. So here’s my question: could he have honed his craft as an assistant at another Pac 10 school? Was he good enough that he might have been hired up and down the West Coast and matured and ripened as a coach on his own? Or as it was, did he and his dad capitalize on nepotism at WSU’s expense? The whole thing does smell a little A-Roddish but even at that, these days A-Rod couldn’t be in a better place because New Yorkers are all about a fresh start—except with them. You screw up with them and they have a millenia-sized memory. So my thought is that Tony’s water, like that of others, will seek its own level.
daveo on March 31 at 8:47 a.m.
Tony gave us one more year than he had to. This isn’t even close to the Dennis Erickson betrayel. The tradjedy with this is we are loosing a class act. I wish him the best.
Charlie on March 31 at 8:58 a.m.
Were is the loyalty in sports today? The fans seem to take the dirty end of the stick all the time. I just as soon watch little leaguers.
wheels on March 31 at 9:00 a.m.
Tony has done a great job at WSU and although disappointed I wish him the very best.My only hope is that he has thought this over better than Mike Price.