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Date Posted: 00:18:30 07/12/01 Thu
Author: Pablo
Subject: I was suprised by his money - I thought he would have gotten more coin
In reply to: THE TRUTH 's message, "Pete Gillen" on 23:13:51 07/11/01 Wed

>Surprisingly I didn�t see any report of the article on
>ESPN.com about Pete Gillen�s new contract negotiations
>on this or the other board all day. I for one am very
>happy for Pete and feel that he is worth every penny
>that Virginia will pay him. He was a great asset to
>Xavier both on and especially off the court during his
>years at X. While in school the only thing that I
>could count on more than skipping every Friday morning
>claass(and most classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
>and Thursday) because of a hangover, was having Pete
>sit behind me every Sunday night at 10 pm mass.
>
>Hopefully time will show that we have a similar coach
>in Thad, which is able to recruit quality players, and
>also contributes as an ambassador for the university.
>The last thing we need is a pretentious, brooding
>coach that is unable to both win the big game and
>control the on court actions of his players. Granted
>during Skip�s reign our players weren�t beating their
>girlfriends and screwing beagles but I think we can
>have this and a team that wins an occasional big game.
>
>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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[> It will be interesting to see if Skip can get a contract extention like Pete did. I seriously doubt it. -- Hungover, 10:12:03 07/12/01 Thu

>Surprisingly I didn�t see any report of the article on
>ESPN.com about Pete Gillen�s new contract negotiations
>on this or the other board all day. I for one am very
>happy for Pete and feel that he is worth every penny
>that Virginia will pay him. He was a great asset to
>Xavier both on and especially off the court during his
>years at X. While in school the only thing that I
>could count on more than skipping every Friday morning
>claass(and most classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
>and Thursday) because of a hangover, was having Pete
>sit behind me every Sunday night at 10 pm mass.
>
>Hopefully time will show that we have a similar coach
>in Thad, which is able to recruit quality players, and
>also contributes as an ambassador for the university.
>The last thing we need is a pretentious, brooding
>coach that is unable to both win the big game and
>control the on court actions of his players. Granted
>during Skip�s reign our players weren�t beating their
>girlfriends and screwing beagles but I think we can
>have this and a team that wins an occasional big game.
>
>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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[> [> Who knows what WF will do in 2-3 years. Though, I think Skip had a home at XU for as long as he wanted. -- NJ! NP!, 10:43:06 07/12/01 Thu

>>Surprisingly I didn�t see any report of the article on
>>ESPN.com about Pete Gillen�s new contract negotiations
>>on this or the other board all day. I for one am very
>>happy for Pete and feel that he is worth every penny
>>that Virginia will pay him. He was a great asset to
>>Xavier both on and especially off the court during his
>>years at X. While in school the only thing that I
>>could count on more than skipping every Friday morning
>>claass(and most classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
>>and Thursday) because of a hangover, was having Pete
>>sit behind me every Sunday night at 10 pm mass.
>>
>>Hopefully time will show that we have a similar coach
>>in Thad, which is able to recruit quality players, and
>>also contributes as an ambassador for the university.
>>The last thing we need is a pretentious, brooding
>>coach that is unable to both win the big game and
>>control the on court actions of his players. Granted
>>during Skip�s reign our players weren�t beating their
>>girlfriends and screwing beagles but I think we can
>>have this and a team that wins an occasional big
>game.
>>
>>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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[> [> It will be interesting to see if Skip has a job in two years. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE -- THE TRUTH, 10:44:58 07/12/01 Thu

>>Surprisingly I didn�t see any report of the article on
>>ESPN.com about Pete Gillen�s new contract negotiations
>>on this or the other board all day. I for one am very
>>happy for Pete and feel that he is worth every penny
>>that Virginia will pay him. He was a great asset to
>>Xavier both on and especially off the court during his
>>years at X. While in school the only thing that I
>>could count on more than skipping every Friday morning
>>claass(and most classes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
>>and Thursday) because of a hangover, was having Pete
>>sit behind me every Sunday night at 10 pm mass.
>>
>>Hopefully time will show that we have a similar coach
>>in Thad, which is able to recruit quality players, and
>>also contributes as an ambassador for the university.
>>The last thing we need is a pretentious, brooding
>>coach that is unable to both win the big game and
>>control the on court actions of his players. Granted
>>during Skip�s reign our players weren�t beating their
>>girlfriends and screwing beagles but I think we can
>>have this and a team that wins an occasional big
>game.
>>
>>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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