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Post by halum on Dec 22, 2005 23:23:39 GMT -5
I just have to ask - why does everyone think he is such a great guy and such a great influence on these young men. Just ask any football player what coach has done the last year- it that a good role model for our children?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 22, 2005 23:46:22 GMT -5
It's a simple response--people are recognizing his contributions to building the program from where it was when he took over.
In 1992, there were serious discussions whether Georgetown was better off just being a club team rather than make a commitment to I-AA. Benson not only got Georgetown to believe it could play alongside MAAC schools, but proved it. He then made the argument that Georgetown should be playing peer institutions like the Ivies and sought a league where it could do so. Where would Georgetown football be if it were still in a MAAC league which has been close to collapse for three straight years?
Iona and St. Peter's are a memory. Next year, Georgetown plays teams like Brown and Columbia, and two years from now, a Georgetown team will take to the field with Yale and Penn--imagine that, a Georgetown team at Franklin Field and the Yale Bowl, years removed from a time when the only opponents Georgetown could ever hope to compete with were Catholic and Gallaudet.
It's now up to someone else to take that next step. But getting to this point was a sea change of sorts at Georgetown, and that sea change is a direct result of Bob Benson's vision, and even if you don't like him personally (and again, this is not the place to discuss personal topics), or his assistants or his general style of coaching, his vision brought the program to a competive level few (if any) thought possible. That's worth remembering.
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Post by halum on Dec 23, 2005 0:21:14 GMT -5
Football is a game and to many of us it is a very important part of our lives, our children's live. But it IS just a game. One of the most important lessons our young men learned from coach Benson was how short life is and how important it is to value every second of it while we can. His daughter Hope taught all of us that. I know we aren't suppossed to talk about personal life and I won't but character is important when it comes to being a role model.
Edited. There is a long-standing policy on this board to keep a coach or a player's personal life off topic, and raising a character issue is unnecessary at this point.
Twice in the past there have been personal issues raised by readers about what they heard about former players. In the interests of fairness, the topics were not pursued and the players got on with their lives. The same rule should hold here. If you have further questions, send an IM and we can discuss further.--Admin
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