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Hayden Fry passes away at 90
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<blockquote data-quote="Centennial Illini" data-source="post: 1508047" data-attributes="member: 592181"><p>Most all of the fan base that remembers Evashevski has died off but 40 years ago fully 50% of the fan base wanted a 30 foot statue of him erected and the other 50% wanted him hung from it.</p><p>For you youngsters under 60, Evashevski wanted his successors to fail so he hamstrung recruiting. Coaches could only take recruits to one restaurant in town, needless to say not 5 star. Recruit Chicago only X number of weeks per year because it was too exspensive.</p><p></p><p>They had the Iowa state police do an investigation and it confirmed Evashevski's game playing with recruiting, et al. He retired, moved to rural northern Michigan and literally never worked the last 40 years of his life.</p><p></p><p>During a Big 10 coaches/AD meeting in the mid 60s, he got up from his chair, walked over to Woody Hayes and challenged him to step outside.</p><p></p><p>The Big 10 is so much more boring now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Centennial Illini, post: 1508047, member: 592181"] Most all of the fan base that remembers Evashevski has died off but 40 years ago fully 50% of the fan base wanted a 30 foot statue of him erected and the other 50% wanted him hung from it. For you youngsters under 60, Evashevski wanted his successors to fail so he hamstrung recruiting. Coaches could only take recruits to one restaurant in town, needless to say not 5 star. Recruit Chicago only X number of weeks per year because it was too exspensive. They had the Iowa state police do an investigation and it confirmed Evashevski's game playing with recruiting, et al. He retired, moved to rural northern Michigan and literally never worked the last 40 years of his life. During a Big 10 coaches/AD meeting in the mid 60s, he got up from his chair, walked over to Woody Hayes and challenged him to step outside. The Big 10 is so much more boring now. [/QUOTE]
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