Friend of the Blog, Marisa Proctor, was inducted in to the Alma College Athletic Hall of Fame on April 9th. She was quite a diver, and still holds several school records.
Most of the other inductees were well spoken and, most importantly, spoke an appropriate amount of time.
Only one of the inductees, former football coach Phil Brooks, spoke too long. I'm sure at Alma, as at most schools, football is king and therefore is likely to take more time. But Phil made a nice night drag on and on.
He commented about finding out he had been hired in a phone call from the previous coach, Denny Stoltz, who told him he had accepted the defensive coordinator job at MSU and wanted to switch houses with Brooks. (Brooks had been coaching high school football in Lansing/East Lansing.) He went on to say how he always had a strong relationship with Stoltz.
Since I was already angry at him for talking so long, I began to think about Stoltz and what was to become of him at MSU, and in my head take that back to Brooks.
Stotlz was DC at MSU for the 1971 and 1972 seasons, then succeeded Duffy Daugherty as Spartan head coach. He lasted 3 seasons before being shown the door for recruiting violations. I've always heard that Woody Hayes went after Stoltz because of the Spartans 1974 victory over his Buckeyes, but he couldn't have made up all the violations himself...
The 3 year probation ended up costing the 1978 Spartans a trip to the Rose Bowl. Michigan, who they had beaten, ended up co-champ and went in MSU's place.
Anyway - in my mind Stoltz is a cheater, which means his good friend - the long-winded Phil Brooks is also a cheater!
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