Schrödinger's Coach

[Cajun90]

Great guy... funny as hell

Due to various roles I was involved in around campus I was always over at Martin Hall for one reason or another. Dean Blanco and I would go rounds over various things through the years. It was always an adventure going into his office. I also got to meet and know Marotta soon after he arrived. Great guy and certainly knew how to entertain and mix things up. I went to lunch with him one day and he insisted on sitting in the back corner with his back to the wall. Said it was his Italian heritage and he wanted to be where he could keep an eye on everything. LOL

[CajunFun]

Due to various roles I was involved in around campus I was always over at Martin Hall for one reason or another. Dean Blanco and I would go rounds over various things through the years. It was always an adventure going into his office. I also got to meet and know Marotta soon after he arrived. Great guy and certainly knew how to entertain and mix things up. I went to lunch with him one day and he insisted on sitting in the back corner with his back to the wall. Said it was his Italian heritage and he wanted to be where he could keep an eye on everything. LOL

He wasn't entirely joking. Over the years, I learned a bit about his background, and some of his relatives.

He got his PhD at Columbia, but he came out of a working class family...

[HelmutVII]

Never sit with your back to the door. Just sayin.

[Boomer]

.....I was about a year removed from UL at Loyola Law School I think....went to see a game and party at Coach Faulk's house after the game......VERY high scoring......Coach Blanco asks where Coach Don Smith (oc) is and Coach Shipley says "at the hospital with a hernia problem"......Blanco Loudly asks How did he get that? Coach Shipley blurts out....From trying to hold up that Blanco defense.....lBlanco gets Kathleen and stomps out of the party....Man I loved all the coaches from the past and was allowed to be a part at a young age.....some very very close, sad, and competitive moments to great episodes of family fun and wild times......loved being on Augi's staff but not AS MANY crazy times!

[GeauxCajuns]

My wife thinks it’s crazy that I always have to have my back to the wall.

[Turbine]

My wife thinks it’s crazy that I always have to have my back to the wall.

I never really trusted a guy who stood facing the wall.

[CajunVic]

I never really trusted a guy who stood facing the wall.

Was this like third grade . . .

[Turbine]

Was this like third grade . . .

Turn around and I'll tell you.

[CajunVic]

Turn around and I'll tell you.

I refuse to face the wall . . .

[Turbine]

I refuse to face the wall . . .

But banging your head against the wall is your forte.

Face the wall... forehead the wall... semantics.