Rev and Canzano , poker and beer

The bald faced truth the Rev interview starts about 1 minute in...

http://podcast.955thegame.com/kxtg/2780344.mp3

enjoy

Poker player, huh? R54, did you see him at your table last year?

Nice interview.

up7587 wrote:Poker player, huh? R54, did you see him at your table last year?

Haha - I think he could be more intimidating at the poker table than Phil Ivey.

Great interview. Canzano asked him the job question. It does seem that he truly enjoys UP and Portland. I just hope we can do whatever possible to keep him around. His "fit" for UP is just so dang perfect.....and he's a decent basketball coach to boot!!

He also was mentioned as a candidate at two other schools as recently as last year. Interviewed at Boise State and perhaps with if not at Cal Irvine: blessing that no Pac-12 school has yet expressed real interest. I just hope that Rev is here for a few more years . . .the program is in a better place than it has been for what seems like a generation.

I agree with Canzano's assessment that Rev is one hell of a coach . . .I fear the demand for him may eventually catch up to the assessment.

I will enjoy it while the gettin is good.

Go Pilots.

I think that perhaps UP could keep him for the long haul. Like he said in the interview, he's been around long enough to know the grass isn't always greener on the other side. He admits that loves UP and living in portland, if we can support him in his endeavor to compete for championships at UP, then why not?

Mayhaps I'm being optimistic, but he will clearly think through a decision to leave completely, and being successful at UP may not be a bad thing for the guy. It's kind of like my wife. She could clearly have married a better looking, smarter fellow than I, but what the hay, I'm not such a bad fellow, why not marry me??!!

Who could disagree with your wife's logic? Particularly if it explains why Rev will be here at least another five years.

wrv wrote:Who could disagree with your wife's logic? Particularly if it explains why Rev will be here at least another five years.

Well, I suppose I could have, but that would have made me a terrible groomsman....

Rochin54 wrote:It's kind of like my wife. She could clearly have married a better looking, smarter fellow than I, but what the hay, I'm not such a bad fellow, why not marry me??!!

So what you're saying is that we need to be on our best behavior for a year or so and convince him that that we are better than we really are. Then, once we get him to sign that long term contact, we can go back to being our fat, lazy, drunk selves.

We should be able to pull that off.

Ugh, we're going to have to switch to Michelob Ultra aren't we? (This is where R54 mocks me for ordering a Ruby at Kennedy School...)

DaTruRochin wrote:Ugh, we're going to have to switch to Michelob Ultra aren't we? (This is where R54 mocks me for ordering a Ruby at Kennedy School...)

It's true, I go out to grab a freaking BEER with this guy, and he orders a Ruby!! I didn't say anything when it happened, I mean, I'm a nice guy. He SAYS he meant to order the Rubinator.....Me thinks he just can't handle a real beer.

Hahaha, it was humorous to watch you (and your wife for that matter) holding back comments, but you judged with your eyes....

I'm not going to lie, i just had a terrible moment. It's like that moment when you see the radio DJ and it turns out to be a fat, older man. As a younger UP alum, I looked up to your stories about "the good old days in Purple Pride" and then i find out you ordered a RUBY!? I expected so much more.

You guys DO know there is always the Nebraska Bitter in the Cypres Room Bar, right?