Gene has many excellent qualities but the main one is his vision. Great leaders can see ahead and move the entire organization there.
Gene has many excellent qualities but the main one is his vision. Great leaders can see ahead and move the entire organization there.
"Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong" E. O. Wilson
"I'm not crazy my mother had me tested". Sheldon Cooper
My boss hates it when I shorten his name to Dick, mainly because his name is Steven.
Most people have this skill. The challenge is to hone and use it well.
Larson has it, Taylor has it, even Entzion had. Of course, Bob diverted much of his energy to troll for queers and couldn't simultaneously operate his gaydar and police sting awareness program at the same time.
Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
A few years ago I was in IC for a game and stopped in and saw Gene. Had an interesting conversation talking about comparable fan bases passion and hard nose brand of football. When I asked him if they were still going to play the Bison after we seal clubbed the Cyclowns he told me that he and Barta were catching bits and pieces of the game while watching the Hawkeys game. At the end of the game Gene said he looked at Barta and said--"""who was the idiot that scheduled those guys" Barta said "" who ever it was he needs to be fired""
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If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
Gene Taylor will be on Bison1660 today at Noon. If you are away from your radio download the mobile app or go to the website
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My fondest memory of GT was the day the Big Sky turned us down for a conference invite. I ran into him at the Union as a student and he was completely devastated. It was a 10 second conversation but the jist of it was that he refused to fail and that he would get us into a conference that we would be proud of. Indeed Mr. Taylor, indeed. Good luck at K-State!
Really happy for Gene. I think it really demonstrates what a special place this is that an AD can leave and you still have the fans cheering for him to succeed and even the guy himself still openly roots for us (when we're not playing them).
Don't matter. FIVE-PEAT!
Too bad the Bison play Oregon in 2020 and don't have an open date that year; GT could have bought out the UND game and, instead, scheduled the Bison.......it would be just another "f'hawk you" to the F'Hawkers.........nice.
My favorite Gene memory is when NDSU was rolling out that stupid Emo Bison logo, I sent him an email about how ugly it was. Like half an hour later he emailed me back explaining the process a bit.
Good luck, hope he nails the football coach hire when the time comes.
College of Business Alumnus
Gene's vision was much-needed, his leadership was impeccable, his character was refreshing, his scheduling was leading-edge, and his "dealings" (or un-dealings) with UND were absolutely inspired.
An NDSU legend..............no doubt!