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Date Posted: Thursday, March 05, 10:02:41am
Author: Guns of Navarone
Subject: The Faa

Someone wanna tell The Faa that you can't be 9-10 in conference?

http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/03/faa_for_now_glory_days_are_gon.html

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[> Re: The Faa -- Gray Poll, Thursday, March 05, 10:34:26am [1]

There are three kinds of people: those that can count and those that can't.

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[> Re: The Faa -- class of 68, Thursday, March 05, 12:38:13pm [1]

Faa has always tried to attach himself to great players like o koren and live off the reflected glory.Very small time character.Hes been anti st peters for many years now

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[> Re: The Faa -- NickD, Thursday, March 05, 01:57:59pm [1]

Not anti SPC but anti the way the program is run. The Faa has been that way since Stein low balled the program after Dukiet and drove the program to the depths we are in right now.

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[> Re: The Faa -- bbfan, Thursday, March 05, 06:56:38pm [1]

the two of them are the same except that stein knew which asses to kiss. the faa tried to kiss them all

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[> [> Re: The Faa -- Tim Camp, Thursday, March 05, 11:13:39pm [1]

In 16 years at SPC, I was on the receiving end of a few barbs from the Faa (I received a few barbs in this forum, too, but that's another story).
Anyway, I think even at his most critical, he's always wanted the best for SPC and for the Peacocks to do well.

He was also the person who first told Bill Stein in the 1980s about a weed-strewn lot that a lot of people didn't even realize was a part of Lincoln Park. That lot became Jaroschak Field, which, for any faults it may have or have had, has made it immensely easier for SPC to conduct an athletic program over the last 20 years.

I also think he deserves a great deal of credit for the help he's given for so many years to so many kids in Hudson County.

There are a lot of kids in Hudson County who've needed the kind of help people like the Faa give. And he's always been there to help, getting very little in return from a material point of view over something like 40 years.

Despite his gruff exterior, the Faa is a man for others.

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[> [> [> Re: The Faa -- figgyprez, Friday, March 06, 12:24:34am [1]

Tim- Don't put the FAA and the Jesuit philosophy of education in the same sentence. He has never let facts get in the way of any of his opinions and he has written many a hurtful and inaccurate story in his so called legendary career as a columnist. I too was a victim of his lazy, unresearched "reporting". I had to call Dahoney's to find him and even when confronted with the facts which he admitted over the phone were so, he was never man enough to print a retraction in the very column he inaccurately attacked me. He covered games without so much as a piece of paper and pencil and often failed to check his facts before spewing. Today's column was just another mini failure by a self declared hard hitting journalist

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[> [> [> [> Re: The Faa -- Tim Camp, Friday, March 06, 02:11:30pm [1]

figgyprez, I'm not going to get into the pros and cons of the Faa as a journalist.

I was just responding to some claims in other posts that he has something in particular against SPC or that he lives off the reflected glory of someone like Mike O'Koren.

I know for a fact that he wants SPC to succeed. Like a lot of folks who came of age in Jersey City in the 50s and 60s, he recalls what SPC basketball meant for the city and for SPC.

I think he'd like to see SPC basketball return to the regular success it enjoyed in those days and during some later stretches. And I'd guess that's something he shares with a lot of the people who post on this message board.

As far as the term "man for others" goes, it's an ideal that is taught at SPC and other Jesuit schools and it's practiced in varying degrees.

While the Faa has no formal ties to SPC or the Jesuits, he practices that ideal in the way he gives his time and energy to young people.

His outlet happens to be coaching young athletes and in that area he is extremely generous.

For every Mike O'Koren there are hundreds, if not thousands, of kids over the years who have realized less glamorous goals. I'm sure you could find plenty of those kids who are now adults who would tell you that the Faa helped them get where they are, even if it was in a small way.

I don't think anyone would claim he's a saint, but he has some extremely positive qualities.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: The Faa -- figgyprez, Friday, March 06, 10:35:46pm [1]

Tim Agreed. I was only talking about the failures of his column. I know he helped kids, but my point was that he never should have sat before a typewriter because he never understood the responsibilities that came with a regular column in a real newspaper. He would have been better off as a poster on boards like this one I guess. You're right to say he isn't a saint as are none of us, but what he wrote was just wrong too often and caused enough harm that I had to objest to the idea that he somehow fit the Jesuit ideal.

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[> [> [> Re: The Faa -- spcbbfan, Friday, March 06, 12:41:12am [1]

"I also think he deserves a great deal of credit for the help he's given for so many years to so many kids in Hudson County.

There are a lot of kids in Hudson County who've needed the kind of help people like the Faa give. And he's always been there to help, getting very little in return from a material point of view over something like 40 years.

Despite his gruff exterior, the Faa is a man for others."

This is exactly true. He gives from his heart not only guidance to kids who have none but often even buys food and other supplies, etc., paying from his own pocket. He is a mentor to many and a darn good baseball mind and great coach. He could easily earn hundreds of dollars an hour tutoring kids as a baseball instructor but won't (he was a professional scout); instead devoting his time to helping the youth of JC., expecting nothing in return. If you really knew him and talked to him you would be surprised. He is a very interesting fellow and well respected as a baseball mind and well rounded in all sports and I know he always wanted SPC to succeed. So, don't let that gruff exterior fool you,
he is a down to earth person with a heart of gold.

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