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Title: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: skycat on October 24, 2011, 07:59:21 PM
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“Coach just taught us all the difference is in the details,” says Louisiana Tech athletic director oscar Van De Velde, who was Snyder’s director for football from 1992-97. “You have to tend to the details every single day.”

Van De Velde knows that all too well. When Nebraska and Kansas State played in the Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo during the 1992 season, the two teams flew together on the same airplane and sat on separate sides.

Before the trip, Snyder asked Van De Velde to research which side of the plane would get the most sun so his team could sit on the other side to get better sleep.

“That’s the kind of detail that Coach would look into,” Van De Velde says.

Lotta great anecdotes in this story.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/kansas-state-wildcats-coach-bill-snyder-works-on-second-manhattan-miracle-102011
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: wetwillie on October 24, 2011, 08:03:26 PM
I can almost forgive him for putting the associate hc tag on sean. Almost.
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: gokatgo on October 24, 2011, 09:11:47 PM
Holy crap, his Mom was 4 foot 9 and named Marionetta.

No wonder he loves Pinocchio
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on October 24, 2011, 09:20:42 PM
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“Coach just taught us all the difference is in the details,” says Louisiana Tech athletic director oscar Van De Velde, who was Snyder’s director for football from 1992-97. “You have to tend to the details every single day.”

Van De Velde knows that all too well. When Nebraska and Kansas State played in the Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo during the 1992 season, the two teams flew together on the same airplane and sat on separate sides.

Before the trip, Snyder asked Van De Velde to research which side of the plane would get the most sun so his team could sit on the other side to get better sleep.

“That’s the kind of detail that Coach would look into,” Van De Velde says.

Lotta great anecdotes in this story.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/kansas-state-wildcats-coach-bill-snyder-works-on-second-manhattan-miracle-102011

Remember when Vandevelde tripled 18 in the British Open to force a playoff?
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: pike on October 24, 2011, 11:16:33 PM
What was the deal with that '92 Japan game anyway?
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: OK_Cat on October 24, 2011, 11:19:32 PM
can't wait for someone to tell us he was picky about butter for team meals and act surprised to hear about that.
Title: Re: The Scheme Doctor Is Always Scheming
Post by: kim carnes on October 24, 2011, 11:19:57 PM
What was the deal with that '92 Japan game anyway?

I don't know but I think its really cool that we played a game in Japan.