Q: I see some have ripped you for your estimation of the number of people wearing blue last year at a game, downplaying it and insulting the organizers. Care to explain, because you were way off when you said just 200.
A: Well, I didn’t count personally, a little busy on game day, some of the ops people gave me estimates. They were all over the place: 200, 500, 900. I eyeballed it, and figured it was around 500, but we got word that many parents and others thought that wearing blue was some sort of deal to support the team and had no idea it was to send a message to the coaching staff and administration. So I went with the lower number because of that, and the fact that I was here when we wore blue uniforms and I think it’s an insult to the players in the program who wore those. Many players on the team from 1980-84 feel disconnected enough, to mock them by wearing blue and the message the organizers wanted to convey only continued to add to that. At the spring alumni luncheon this fall, all of one player from the Fairbanks Era returned; we want and need them back.
Bull****, Dave. You smarmy jackass. Don't give me that garbage. You and everybody else knew exactly what the purpose was for the "blue out". Don't revise history. The fact of the matter was that people were pissed. They told you they were pissed and you told them to shut up and take it. Jerk. Stick to being a stat monkey. It's what you do best.