ADVERTISEMENT

Alfraud?

baddog25

HB All-American
Aug 6, 2018
4,996
10,409
113
I know we're not supposed to bring up hair gel boy but was just wondering if, after getting fired from UCLA, he found a basketball school???? asking for a friend.
 
Internets are hard


giphy.gif
 
I'm kind of surprised he survived as long as he did in Westwood. His predecessor was fired after multiple conference titles and may a FF or two.
 
LoL. What was Hayden’s line about showing him a coach that spent a lot of time on the golf course? And I’ll show you someone I’ll whip on the football field!

And I’m sure the admins had warm fuzzy feelings over that statement about golf and needing the golf team to supply him with gear, at no charge of course. They don’t call him Alfraud for nothing!!
 
LoL. What was Hayden’s line about showing him a coach that spent a lot of time on the golf course? And I’ll show you someone I’ll whip on the football field!

And I’m sure the admins had warm fuzzy feelings over that statement about golf and needing the golf team to supply him with gear, at no charge of course. They don’t call him Alfraud for nothing!!

I’d sure hope Hayden would whoop Dr Tom on the football field. Doesn’t seem like something to brag about though.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mtown66
He actually built a good program at New Mexico. Probably should have stayed there.

I sat next to him on a plane from CR to Denver just before he moved from Iowa City to NM. Wasn't a pleasant flight for either of us. I was super hungover and stunk of booze. He had that look of "please don't let it be that kid with the iowa hoodie sitting next to me" on his face just before I asked to squeeze by. Lucky for him I was too hungover to start a conversation. /csb
 
I think Hayden in his retirement may have actually became interested in golf. I say this because I ran into him at Finkbine. Not with my cart (!) but on the range.

It was Father's Day of 2000 (?) and I decided to swing through IC on my way to see my Dad. Couldn't resist the tug of Finkbine and decided to hit a few.

At first I was hitting all by myself. A little later I saw this "old guy" with shades checking things out. Truthfully, it was a little off-putting at first. A little later, holy shite he's still there. A little later, holy ... That's Hayden Fry!!!

So my mind starts working and I think I gotta ask him to sign something for my Dad. I approached him and he wrote a wonderful message on a scorecard, lol. Hayden also expressed interest in me and my game, similar to anyone else thinking about taking up the game.

My Dad would later say what he liked most was Hayden included a line that he "enjoyed meeting your son, SBAH." Good on both of them.

That scorecard is in my possession now and is a nice way to remember both my father and Hayden.
 
Hayden lived on a golf course in Mesquite, Nv for retirement.
Yeah, I remembered that too when I read your post. So I dug out the scorecard hoping to find a date.

No date but Lynn Blevins is listed as "Head Golf Coach/Director of Golf."

So, this would have been a decade earlier, the early nineties. Crazy. Off season but still coaching and yet he made time for this schlep.
 
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT