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Randy Hart's honest assessment - shakrat - 03-10-2016
Last season, even as Stanford won its third Pac-12 championship in four seasons, Hart's eye for talent landed on someone whose effort didn't measure up to Hart's standards. Hart saw himself slipping.
[. . .]
He retired because he asked Earle Bruce, his lifelong mentor, for advice. [. . .] Bruce lost his wife five years ago. He told Hart, "I tell you what I'd do, if you could financially do it. You get out of it this year and you spend time with Linda. You spend time with your wife."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14937090/randy-hart-retirement-leaves-void-college-football-sidelines
"For the first time in 50 years, spring football begins without Randy Hart," by Ivan Maisel. ESPN.com, March 10th, 2016.
Randy Hart's honest assessment - shakrat - 03-10-2016
Last season, even as Stanford won its third Pac-12 championship in four seasons, Hart's eye for talent landed on someone whose effort didn't measure up to Hart's standards. Hart saw himself slipping.
[. . .]
He retired because he asked Earle Bruce, his lifelong mentor, for advice. [. . .] Bruce lost his wife five years ago. He told Hart, "I tell you what I'd do, if you could financially do it. You get out of it this year and you spend time with Linda. You spend time with your wife."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14937090/randy-hart-retirement-leaves-void-college-football-sidelines
"For the first time in 50 years, spring football begins without Randy Hart," by Ivan Maisel. ESPN.com, March 10th, 2016.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - JohnR34231 - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 10:26 AM)shakrat link Wrote:Last season, even as Stanford won its third Pac-12 championship in four seasons, Hart's eye for talent landed on someone whose effort didn't measure up to Hart's standards. Hart saw himself slipping.
[. . .]
He retired because he asked Earle Bruce, his lifelong mentor, for advice. [. . .] Bruce lost his wife five years ago. He told Hart, "I tell you what I'd do, if you could financially do it. You get out of it this year and you spend time with Linda. You spend time with your wife."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14937090/randy-hart-retirement-leaves-void-college-football-sidelines
"For the first time in 50 years, spring football begins without Randy Hart," by Ivan Maisel. ESPN.com, March 10th, 2016.
Maybe I'm a little slow today, but I don't really understand the first sentence. Does that mean someone wasn't giving 100% and Hart blamed himself because he hadn't coached him to do it?
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - JohnR34231 - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 10:26 AM)shakrat link Wrote:Last season, even as Stanford won its third Pac-12 championship in four seasons, Hart's eye for talent landed on someone whose effort didn't measure up to Hart's standards. Hart saw himself slipping.
[. . .]
He retired because he asked Earle Bruce, his lifelong mentor, for advice. [. . .] Bruce lost his wife five years ago. He told Hart, "I tell you what I'd do, if you could financially do it. You get out of it this year and you spend time with Linda. You spend time with your wife."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14937090/randy-hart-retirement-leaves-void-college-football-sidelines
"For the first time in 50 years, spring football begins without Randy Hart," by Ivan Maisel. ESPN.com, March 10th, 2016.
Maybe I'm a little slow today, but I don't really understand the first sentence. Does that mean someone wasn't giving 100% and Hart blamed himself because he hadn't coached him to do it?
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - stupac2 - 03-10-2016
I'm reasonably sure Maisel was trying to say that Hart thought he could no longer coach effectively.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - stupac2 - 03-10-2016
I'm reasonably sure Maisel was trying to say that Hart thought he could no longer coach effectively.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - JohnR34231 - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 10:39 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:I'm reasonably sure Maisel was trying to say that Hart thought he could no longer coach effectively.
Given what he had to work with I thought he did a pretty good job, but obviously he would know better than I.
It does sound like the job had stopped being fun for him, so if he didn't have to, why put himself through it.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - JohnR34231 - 03-10-2016
(03-10-2016, 10:39 AM)stupac2 link Wrote:I'm reasonably sure Maisel was trying to say that Hart thought he could no longer coach effectively.
Given what he had to work with I thought he did a pretty good job, but obviously he would know better than I.
It does sound like the job had stopped being fun for him, so if he didn't have to, why put himself through it.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - ColoradoTree - 03-10-2016
What a lovely article by Ivan. I feel very lucky that we got to have him for as long as we did, and that he retired as one of us.Â
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - ColoradoTree - 03-10-2016
What a lovely article by Ivan. I feel very lucky that we got to have him for as long as we did, and that he retired as one of us.Â
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - fullmetal - 03-10-2016
Touching advice from Bruce, and an honest self-assessment from Hart. Imagine a 50-year veteran coach coming to the realization that he wasn't measuring up to his standards. The team will miss him, but the program will endure his departure. Someone else, perhaps the next Randy Hart, will take Hart's place and spend years molding a team of men from raw high school talent. It may indeed be time for Hart to sit back, rest on his laurels, and enjoy the ride. We have been lucky to have him as a coach. I hope he continues to advise our coaching staff if possible. Fifty years of experience is a treasure trove worth mining.
Re: Randy Hart's honest assessment - fullmetal - 03-10-2016
Touching advice from Bruce, and an honest self-assessment from Hart. Imagine a 50-year veteran coach coming to the realization that he wasn't measuring up to his standards. The team will miss him, but the program will endure his departure. Someone else, perhaps the next Randy Hart, will take Hart's place and spend years molding a team of men from raw high school talent. It may indeed be time for Hart to sit back, rest on his laurels, and enjoy the ride. We have been lucky to have him as a coach. I hope he continues to advise our coaching staff if possible. Fifty years of experience is a treasure trove worth mining.