grizatwork said:PlayerRep said:billingsgriz said:PR, you maybe entirely correct--Ty may not have done anything illegal, but there was/probably still is a lot of concern about Ty and his life style and possible alcoholism. He placed himself in a very bad situation even if he did nothing wrong other than drink entirely too much. USC fired Steve Sarkisian earlier this year when he appeared to be drunk and/or stoned at a press conference and apparently refused to go into treatment.
Ty was arrested in March 2009 in Minn. for DUI, plead guilty in July, and paid a fine. His Montana driver's license was revoked.
As UNLV AD Jim Livengood stated at the time in a Las Vegas Review Journal article dated May 11, 2010, " Assistant Football Coach Urged to Resign After Arrest,"
"I have no knowledge if this is true, but it wouldn't shock me if all charges were dropped. But that can't be the point in this. I feel horrible because Ty is a good young man and a good young coach, but we have a responsibility to the integrity of the program and perception of our program."
Livengood went on to state that if Ty didn't resign, his contract would not be renewed when it expired in June of 2010.
Now if you think Livengood was just a stick in the mud, these same concerns followed Ty when he applied for and was a finalist to succeed Bob Green at Mont. Tech that December.
" If you think you've got a guy with baggage, in the last year and a half, it's more like luggage," Gregorak said. When you google my name, you're going to see some things."
When a Tech parent expressed concern about what kind of role model Gregorak would be, "I hope three years from now, you won't question whether or not to send your kids to me, Gregorak said.
"Gregorak States His Case, " Bill Foley, The Montana Standard, Dec. 16, 2010
Tech hired South Dakota DC Chuck Morrell instead of Ty.
Hopefully, now that it is 5-6 years later, Ty is doing well, is sober, and if an alcoholic, in the lifelong process of recovery.
I think he is a great coach, and it appears the overwhelming majority of his current/former players agree, including Brock Coyle and Jordan Tripp. So I wish the best of luck to him !!!
But it does irritate me when he whined about still being in Missoula 12 years after he first became a GRIZ assistant and how he longed to coach in The Pac-12 and NFL. Legi is now at Hawaii, Cramsey is at Nevada, Dave Doren is the head coach at North Carolina State of The ACC, and Ty is in Bozeman. If he doesn't like his life story up to this point and the progression of his career, he should take it up with the author: himself !!!
As for TG's drinking too much in Boulder that night. see the following. He wasn't. The DUI was unfortunate. He's not an alcoholic, and like most of us, drinks less than when he was younger. "A dozen friends of Mr. Gregorak all provided statements ... that Mr. Gregorak was not intoxicated during the time he was with them."
As for the AD's quote, again, the UNLV president made him fire him. I was told that the AD later provided an recommendation for TG for the Tech job.
Players absolutely love TG, including Tripp, Coyle, Colt. It was Tech's loss and UM's gain that Tech didn't hire him.
Again, TG had the opportunity to be the DC of Hawaii (which would have doubled his salary) after he took the MSU job, and decided to stay at MSU. I don't know the reason or reasons, but your saying that TG didn't have other opportunities and is stuck at MSU is just plain not true.
PR,
Not that I am doubting you, but this is the first I have heard of TG having the opportunity to go to Hawaii as DC. Is there any mention of this in any media outlets?
It's been on egriz for a couple weeks. Offers like that don't usually get into the media. They are private calls and conversations. Again, I am 100% certain, and don't care whether some of the yahoos believe it or not.