Dakich has no regrets

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:02 am

Lead story on ESPN is about the West Virginia basketball team. Andy Katz has a sidebar about Dakich in the article:

Dakich has no regrets
Dan Dakich doesn't regret leaving West Virginia days after accepting the job four years ago.

In fact, he's one of the Mountaineers' biggest fans.

In one of the stranger recent coaching moves, Dakich accepted the job at West Virginia only to return to Bowling Green after the news conference announcing him as the Mountaineers' new head coach.

"I made a decision based on what was there," said Dakich, who added there was more to the potential fear of NCAA sanctions at the time with the end of the Gale Catlett era. "I said at the time that this [was] the best move for me and for West Virginia and everybody involved."

Why?

"Because all that had happened [at WVU] and based on my life and the way I live it," said Dakich, clearly focusing on the culture that existed under the previous staff. Ultimately, the Mountaineers never received any NCAA sanctions. "I just felt like it wasn't something that was going to be in the best interests for me and for West Virginia, and obviously it worked out well for West Virginia."

The Mountaineers reached the Elite Eight last season under John Beilein, who left his post at Richmond to take the WVU job once Dakich resigned and returned to Bowling Green. Dakich was coming off his best season at BGSU, with a 24-9 record and an NIT berth in 2001-02, when he landed the Mountaineers' job. Since then, he has gone 13-16, 14-17 and 18-11, never finishing higher than third in the MAC. The Falcons currently are in last place in the MAC East at 5-7 (9-13 overall).

"They've done a great job there," Dakich said of Beilein and his staff. "John Beilein should be commended for a wonderful job. They're fun to watch. I root for them. I like the way they play. They play hard, guys like Mike Gansey and Kevin Pittsnogle. "It worked out fine for me," Dakich said. "I'd rather be in the Elite Eight and things like that, but I don't have any regrets. I live my life based on being able to say, 'This is how you do things honestly, not based on money.' I do what I think is right and that's what I did. I don't have any regrets."

-- Andy Katz

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:21 am

Just to spark a little argument on here

The person to ask about regrets might be Paul Krebs...

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:36 am

I have some regrets....I never should have joined that goddamned Columbia record and tape club when I was a kid. But man, 11 cassettes for a fricking penny was just too sweet a deal to pass up...

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:49 am

Flipper wrote:I have some regrets....I never should have joined that goddamned Columbia record and tape club when I was a kid. But man, 11 cassettes for a fricking penny was just too sweet a deal to pass up...

No crap, Flip. I joined it too, I only had to buy 5 CDs at the retail price, right? Well unfortunately those CDs were $18-$19 a pop...by the time I fulfilled my requirement I had pretty much paid regular price for all the CDs.

Then wait, they wanted me back in the club and I could get 10 more free CDs if I bought 4 more at the retail price!? What a deal!

Yeah I don't regret joining it the first time, but boy was I dumb to do it a second time...LOL

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:17 pm

They've got a sweet "5 DVD's for only $.49 each" deal going on now if you join up!! You might want to consider this new deal Hammb! Seems almost too sweet to pass up!!

http://www.columbiahouse.com/

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:24 pm

I think I still have some of those cassettes somewhere...and a few of the albums.

They sell CD's now?

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:27 pm

I love my vinyls. I'm still upset with them because I have yet to buy all of the eight tracks from my original contract.

Rollo83 · Post by **Rollo83** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:00 pm

I regret not making a move on Deb Fifer in the seventh grade. She sit right in front of me and man she was developed for a 13 year old.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:54 pm

My regrets involving the opposite sex are too numerous and disturbing to mention...

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:02 pm

I can't believe all you morons out there who fell for the Columbia Records scam!

BMG was the one who suckered me in. Come to think of it, those S.O.B.s never sent me Jethro Tull's Aqualung!

San Diego Falcon · Post by **San Diego Falcon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:28 pm

Speaking of Dakich:

Per the Uniform Commercial Code, if you guys were under 18 when you signed up for Columbia Records or BMG, then you were under no obligation to buy anything else after you got the first 11 for a penny. You were legally entitled to bamboozle them if they elected to try to enter a contractual agreement with a minor.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:06 pm

San Diego Falcon wrote:Speaking of Dakich:

Per the Uniform Commercial Code, if you guys were under 18 when you signed up for Columbia Records or BMG, then you were under no obligation to buy anything else after you got the first 11 for a penny. You were legally entitled to bamboozle them if they elected to try to enter a contractual agreement with a minor.

Dammit! If only I had been a lawyer when I was 17!

OSUFALCON · Post by **OSUFALCON** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:15 pm

Funny stuff here! But I thought DD comments were very classy.

BleedOrange · Post by **BleedOrange** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:53 pm

Ha! You guys did it all wrong! I joined Columbia House and BMG many times. When the monthly shipments arrived, I'd simply write "Refused - Return to Sender" and put it right back in the mail. After a while, they'd just cancel me. A year later, I'd do it again. Over the years, I amassed over 600 CDs.

Now, thanks to LimeWire and my 200 gig Maxtor harddrive, I never listen to them.

BleedOrange · Post by **BleedOrange** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:01 pm

OSUFALCON wrote:Funny stuff here! But I thought DD comments were very classy.

St. Daniel turned his back on $550K per year + endorsements. By now, if he would've managed his money correctly, he'd be set for life.