State of the program

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Re: State of the program

Post by 69MG » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:59 am

Early History. Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. When a friend suggested opening a pizza parlor—then a rarity—they agreed that the idea could prove successful, and they borrowed $600 from their mother to start a business with partner John Bender.
The company I used to work for did business with the Carney brothers so I had prior knowledge of the Wichita connection.

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Re: State of the program

Post by McKinney » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:05 am

If we're talking Wichita, you can't forget about Koch.

But I'm not sure we're one to talk. It's not like the surrounding area around UMass is a bustling metropolis.
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Re: State of the program

Post by 69MG » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:08 am

My final piece of info on Wichita. The Carney's were very proud when talking about their home town.
Although building the first jet started in Switzerland, the tooling for building the aircraft was moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1962. Bill Jr stated that it took too long to get anything done in Switzerland despite the cheaper labor costs.[5] LearJet was in a temporary office which opened in September 1962 while the plant at Wichita's airport was under construction. On February 7, 1963 assembly of the first Learjet began. The next year, the company was renamed the Lear Jet Corporation.

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Re: State of the program

Post by Roadtrip » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:50 am

Screw those Pizza Hut crap eating flatlanders and the Lear Jet they flew in on.

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Re: State of the program

Post by Floyd » Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:41 pm

I am a lineman for the county...
And I drive the main road...
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Re: State of the program

Post by Badger13 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:04 pm

Off Season when is Bergeron being added? Why the delay?i

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Re: State of the program

Post by jrdupe » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:32 pm

Brewster Academy seems to think he's an assistant at Umass

https://twitter.com/BrewsterHoops/statu ... 2471967744

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Re: State of the program

Post by TheOFFSeason » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:35 pm

He’s been added and doing things in that capacity as he tied up loose ends at WA...not sure why there hasn’t been an announcement.

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Re: State of the program

Post by UMassfan_19 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:49 pm

They will wait to announce all the assistants at once I bet. Also wouldn't be surprised if it is like football where the paperwork wasn't officially done yet the coaches were recruiting. Saw walfish tweet some of the football assistants didn't have there contracts finalized as late as 3 weeks a go

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Re: State of the program

Post by MJatUM » Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:31 am

I think I saw it mentioned somewhere on here as well, there are probably some technicalities that need to be handled with the hiring of a "state" employee as well. We have Tre and TJ's NLI's and if he's out there recruiting as a UMass assistant then it is already done.

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Re: State of the program

Post by 78 » Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:54 pm

TheOFFSeason wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:35 pm He’s been added and doing things in that capacity as he tied up loose ends at WA...not sure why there hasn’t been an announcement.
Any idea what’s going on?...still 3 roster spots to fill.
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Re: State of the program

Post by stevemaz » Sat Apr 27, 2019 6:42 am

I know they offered ex Gw head coach an assistants position

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Re: State of the program

Post by TruBluMaroon » Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:00 am

stevemaz wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 6:42 am I know they offered ex Gw head coach an assistants position
Have to narrow that down some, there have been a lot of ex GW head coaches......lol

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Re: State of the program

Post by m626t » Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:07 pm

Jarvis? :lol:
All due respect, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart, I'm gonna pass.

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Re: State of the program

Post by NilesGold » Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:23 pm

TruBluMaroon wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:00 am
stevemaz wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 6:42 am I know they offered ex Gw head coach an assistants position
Have to narrow that down some, there have been a lot of ex GW head coaches......lol
Have to assume he's referring to Maurice Joseph. He's from Montreal Canada, and assuming he has Canadian connections, those would probably be more worthwhile at UMass than at GW due to the closer proximity.

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