https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/co...story.html

A fantastic article by Teddy Greenstein. An excerpt:

When Rod Carey left for Temple in January — a seemingly lateral move that nonetheless doubled his salary to about $2 million — Frazier asked Alvarez if Hammock was ready.

“Absolutely,” Alvarez told him. “This is his place. He will put it on his shoulders and run through the wall.”

Frazier loved that Hammock had received NFL analytics training under Harbaugh. And he observed Hammock’s recruiting skills at Wisconsin.

“He is authentic, matter of fact,” Frazier says. “In this day and age where you have a bunch of car salesmen, he is not that guy. Recruiting is a business proposition, and he can talk about all the reasons why someone should be a Huskie. He can do it because he played here.”

I have been all in since he was announced. I reaffirm my commitment

I like what I’ve seen so far and I think it’s just the beginning of what Coach Hammock is going to do. Go Huskies![/i]

Very good article. Thanks for posting.

Hammock's enthusiasm is contagious and the arrow is definitely pointed up with him at the helm!

There is also this tour of Hammock's office, which I did not see in the article.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sp...vi-AAHdz2o

Please click on the story and read, retweet, share, etc. The more clicks, the more coverage!

Maybe the Trib. finally realized its less gas money to send physical reporters to Dekalb vs Urbana.

(09-13-2019 08:34 AM)BobL Wrote:  “He is authentic, matter of fact,” Frazier says. “In this day and age where you have a bunch of car salesmen, he is not that guy.

Those guys don't just sell automobiles, some are out there shilling boats.

(09-13-2019 11:20 AM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  Maybe the Trib. finally realized its less gas money to send physical reporters to Dekalb vs Urbana.

Or maybe NIU has the better team for the 2 decades.

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That is a very good article.

Awesome article but the ending fell flat to me...

Best tribune article I’ve seen written on NIU football.

(09-13-2019 06:32 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Best tribune article I’ve seen written on NIU football.

By far!

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Nice article but Carey went from 600k to two million that’s family generational changing difference. It was not a lateral move!

(09-13-2019 06:39 PM)Teamduh Wrote:  

(09-13-2019 06:32 PM)BDB5yp Wrote:  Best tribune article I’ve seen written on NIU football.

By far!

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My God ya, great piece. So happy to see something like that in the Tribune, Coach H gives off a real good vibe.

Got my wife to read it too. But take her to a game? nah, she'll spend the whole time in the bathroom...

(09-13-2019 07:53 PM)dc1 Wrote:  Nice article but Carey went from 600k to two million that’s family generational changing difference. It was not a lateral move!

Not a lateral with money, but in terms of quality of program a lateral

NIU Football >>> Temple Football.

Definitely not a lateral move.

(09-13-2019 10:22 PM)NorthCoast Wrote:  NIU Football >>> Temple Football.

Definitely not a lateral move.

Moneywise he went up. Teamwise he went down.

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