Sadly and predictably, Terry Hoeppner died early Tuesday morning of cancer. Hoeppner who was a fighter, extremely positive and full of energy couldn't win this horribly unfair fight. This is not only a loss for IU football & the greater IU family, but also the Big Ten. Joe Tiller and other coaches spoke extremely highly of Hoeppner as a coach and a man. Nothing I've read or any anecdotes I've heard speak to the contrary."Hep" was clearly a romantic and came back to his "dream" job at IU to re-build something that had been broken since the early 90's. More than those on this site thought that if anybody could do it, Hoeppner was the guy that would take IU back to a bowl game. While I don't know if IU's athletic department deserved such a quality man, I can definitely tell you, Hoeppner deserved a shot to turn his beloved Hoosiers around.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
4 comments:
How would you know if he is a fighter? That's just silly. Of course he fought, who wants to die from a brain tumor? And can you believe it, you didn't hear anything bad about a man on the day he died. Wow.
D.A. I have friends who go to IU, and friends who graduated from said university. I have other friends who are simply fans of the Hoosiers. None of them has a Knight or Dinardo-type story with unfriendly or unethical behavior...not just today, but in the past seasons that he's been at the helm of the home of the Rock, the Walk, the Purdue Countdown and other contrived pseudo-traditions. Speaking of, I think most of these were extremely goofy...So if I was going to be critical of Coach Hoeppner, it'd be in commenting that he was a bit goofy...That said, it seems his intention always was positive and with the focus of bringing positive attention to his program.
Regarding his being a fighter, I wasn't just speaking of his battle v. cancer. I was also talking about his overall personality. On a consistent basis, both at UM and IU, I saw him getting after his own players when they didn't meet his expectations. He also argued w/ officials if he didn't see eye-to-eye with them. There are plenty of coaches who don't have the fire in them to do what he tried to do. But, during his fight with the disease, he was on the field probably when he shouldn't have been simply because of his strong will. I just watched the Purdue v. IU game from last year on DVD with your old room mate and it was pretty clear that he didn't belong on the sidelines due to his condition. I'd argue that many men, probably me, wouldn't have had the intestinal fortitude to go back to the sidelines over and over during cancer treatments.
As much as I hate IU, it was fun to see them beat Iowa last year. He definitely had the program going in the right direction. Terrible loss for his family and IU fans everywhere.
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