11-24-2025, 11:57 PM
It won't be until a little later that I'll be ready to start predicting our next coach, but I thought I'd re-post what a close friend of mine posted on TOS at this time in 2006. At that time, Nick Aliotti was rumored to be one of the candidates to succeed the fallen WLAT regime, and we both felt strongly that that direction would not lead anywhere good. His argument was succinct and impeccable:
COACH NICK ALIOTTI + BOB BOWLSBY + LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR (II) UNIVERSITY = 666
COACH NICK ALIOTTI + BOB BOWLSBY + LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR (II) UNIVERSITY = 666
“You often hear in chess and other sports that ‘this player is more talented’ but ‘that player works harder.’ This is a fallacy. Hard work is a talent. The ability to keep trying when others quit is a talent.” --- Garry Kasparov