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Post by TrojanFanatic on Oct 5, 2014 19:43:50 GMT -6
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Post by jerichojohnny on Oct 5, 2014 19:45:18 GMT -6
Exactly. Well there you have it folks. I literally clicked on Twitter 24s after this hit, totally to check on something else. It was at the top.
Not easy not to have mixed emotions about this one, though it had to happen at some point.
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Post by TrojanFanatic on Oct 5, 2014 19:48:31 GMT -6
I honestly didn't think it'd come down before homecoming, maybe it'll spur the team on to greater heights. I just hope it was on his terms. Yes, I wanted him gone, but he's a legend at Troy and deserves to go out better than this season may let him
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Oct 5, 2014 19:54:53 GMT -6
Get Orgeron on the phone!
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Post by Spiritual Trojan on Oct 5, 2014 19:55:20 GMT -6
"Blakeney currently ranks seventh among active coaches with 175 career victories, which is one shy of former Auburn head coach Shug Jordan for the third most by a coach in the state of Alabama."
After reading that I really hope the team gets a fire under them to send him out in style.
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Post by saintflorian on Oct 5, 2014 19:56:49 GMT -6
Thank you for your service Coach.
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Post by yarddog on Oct 5, 2014 19:57:42 GMT -6
I was wanting him to retire but now that it is happening, it feels kind of sad.
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Post by jerichojohnny on Oct 5, 2014 19:59:07 GMT -6
Love for us to get that tying win this coming weekend at homecoming. It's very doable.
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Post by atlantatrojan on Oct 5, 2014 19:59:44 GMT -6
Praise him!
Time to pony up some money guys... I'm gonna up my donation
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Post by doug4troy on Oct 5, 2014 20:06:26 GMT -6
Praise him! Time to pony up some money guys... I'm gonna up my donation Outstanding idea! I have done that and I know many others who have as well. We need all Trojans to step up and do all that they can!
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Post by Hemi Man on Oct 5, 2014 20:18:16 GMT -6
Great coach and great man. We have been lucky to have him as long as we did. Hope he goes at on a high note and the new guy comes in with a bang!!
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Post by TrojanFanatic on Oct 5, 2014 20:22:22 GMT -6
Really and truly, he is a legend at Troy and deservedly so. I hate that he's going out this way, but cheers to a new era of Trojan Football
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Post by LAZebra on Oct 5, 2014 20:37:22 GMT -6
A great man and a great coach! I wish all the best for Coach Blakeney and his family. I also look forward to the next chapter in Troy football and a return to conference championships and bowl games.
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Post by Redwaver on Oct 5, 2014 21:57:33 GMT -6
Get Orgeron on the phone! Well, if our President in Montgomery FINDS the money to pay a big name coach I might be guilty of wondering where that money was for better assistant coaches, etc when they were so sorely needed. Cheap can last only so long and folks we owe LB and enduring THANK YOU for what he did for Troy for what he was paid. Won't happen again! We got WAY more than we paid for! Thank you Larry Blakeney!
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Post by Redwaver on Oct 5, 2014 21:59:01 GMT -6
Praise him! Time to pony up some money guys... I'm gonna up my donation Why now?
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Post by atlantatrojan on Oct 5, 2014 22:45:38 GMT -6
Praise him! Time to pony up some money guys... I'm gonna up my donation Why now? Would u prefer I dont? Troy paid Blakeney 500,000 bucks and we were getting a deal on that. Assistants are way underpaid and I don't see any of them stay. To get a good coach to Troy we are gonna have to pay 700k and upwards plus up the assistants pay. I'm gonna do what I can to help fill the bill.
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Post by Redwaver on Oct 6, 2014 5:01:57 GMT -6
Would u prefer I dont? Troy paid Blakeney 500,000 bucks and we were getting a deal on that. Assistants are way underpaid and I don't see any of them stay. To get a good coach to Troy we are gonna have to pay 700k and upwards plus up the assistants pay. I'm gonna do what I can to help fill the bill. No disrespect meant in my comment. It just seems if grads/fans had ponied up what they could years ago we might be at a point with hiring the best assistant coaches and having the best facilities that LB MIGHT have been able to go out on his on plan. Troy has been begging for grads/fans to financially support them for years. Saw a former Troy player Sunday at a "support your school" function......he was wearing "Ol' Miss"! Guess that's the new Bama/Auburn trend. No I appreciate every fan that contributes anything. We are simply fighting a large dose of apathy!
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Post by Hemi Man on Oct 6, 2014 5:54:59 GMT -6
Would u prefer I dont? Troy paid Blakeney 500,000 bucks and we were getting a deal on that. Assistants are way underpaid and I don't see any of them stay. To get a good coach to Troy we are gonna have to pay 700k and upwards plus up the assistants pay. I'm gonna do what I can to help fill the bill. No disrespect meant in my comment. It just seems if grads/fans had ponied up what they could years ago we might be at a point with hiring the best assistant coaches and having the best facilities that LB MIGHT have been able to go out on his on plan. Troy has been begging for grads/fans to financially support them for years. Saw a former Troy player Sunday at a "support your school" function......he was wearing "Ol' Miss"! Guess that's the new Bama/Auburn trend. No I appreciate every fan that contributes anything. We are simply fighting a large dose of apathy! Great post and proof you and I are on the same page even though we've butted heads in the past.
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