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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #950 on: August 17, 2025, 07:07:23 PM »
Dr. Tracz is retiring. This is his last football season.
He’s done a lot of good things but rumblings are that it is time.


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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #951 on: August 17, 2025, 08:15:15 PM »
Dr. Tracz is retiring. This is his last football season.
He’s done a lot of good things but rumblings are that it is time.


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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #952 on: August 17, 2025, 08:34:24 PM »
he has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever in Lawrence this year...
I am rooting for this so hard

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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #953 on: August 17, 2025, 09:46:03 PM »
Dr. Tracz is retiring. This is his last football season.
He’s done a lot of good things but rumblings are that it is time.


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As a non band hater, and someone not at all familiar with the day to day, everything around game day and pregame is extremely stale and the band has a massive role in that. It's no secret that Dr. Tracz is let's say, hesitant to change and is really particular about his fiefdom.

I can also report that he's ruffled some feathers around the athletic department multiple times. The email begging for money for Ireland was embarrassing for the department, especially given the funding was already provided for the band, and he didn't go through the proper channels in making sure that email, with a very false narrative, went out.

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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #954 on: August 18, 2025, 09:09:43 PM »
He’s had to fight for every inch to make that band program elite. Like him or not, he earned their Sudler Trophy (closest thing to a college marching band national championship).

Outside of all of that, he’s a tremendous human being and he does a lot to help band programs in the state.


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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #955 on: August 18, 2025, 10:41:40 PM »
Like him or not, he earned their Sudler Trophy (closest thing to a college marching band national championship).


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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #956 on: Today at 08:55:27 AM »
Dr. Tracz is retiring. This is his last football season.
He’s done a lot of good things but rumblings are that it is time.


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As a non band hater, and someone not at all familiar with the day to day, everything around game day and pregame is extremely stale and the band has a massive role in that. It's no secret that Dr. Tracz is let's say, hesitant to change and is really particular about his fiefdom.

I can also report that he's ruffled some feathers around the athletic department multiple times. The email begging for money for Ireland was embarrassing for the department, especially given the funding was already provided for the band, and he didn't go through the proper channels in making sure that email, with a very false narrative, went out.

Hadn't heard about that email. I can understand why it would be a problem.

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Re: Holler for the Band!!
« Reply #957 on: Today at 09:00:14 AM »
As for pregame, I'm not sure what changes people want. Drop Wildcat March?