Dick Tomey fighting lung cancer

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:36 am

Bear Down Coach

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:39 am

Fuck that sucks! Was he a smoker? My mom who died from lung cancer quit at 47 after smoking for 30 years.

tgrumpy2 · Post by **tgrumpy2** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:06 pm

I read that he was diagnosed at UofA medical center and they sent him to Texas for treatment. UofA medical center is a major cancer treatment center and if they sent him somewhere else that is not good. I won't say he was the best ever that coached at the UofA but I'll say this, he was the most incredible human being that coached at the UofA. Bear Down Coach Tomey.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:21 pm

God damn it! Fuck cancer!

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:36 pm

tgrumpy2 wrote:I read that he was diagnosed at UofA medical center and they sent him to Texas for treatment. UofA medical center is a major cancer treatment center and if they sent him somewhere else that is not good. I won't say he was the best ever that coached at the UofA but I'll say this, he was the most incredible human being that coached at the UofA. Bear Down Coach Tomey.

My roommate in college played for him for two years and absolutely loved him as did some of my other fraternity brothers who were on the team. Said he would take a bullet for anyone and they were all so pissed when he was fired as they felt it was their faults. In hindsight an absolutely dumb decision and I was proud of Byrne for mending that fence and honoring Tomey a couple years back

Bear Down Tomey and Fuck Cancer

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:18 pm

Newportcat wrote:
tgrumpy2 wrote:I read that he was diagnosed at UofA medical center and they sent him to Texas for treatment. UofA medical center is a major cancer treatment center and if they sent him somewhere else that is not good. I won't say he was the best ever that coached at the UofA but I'll say this, he was the most incredible human being that coached at the UofA. Bear Down Coach Tomey.
My roommate in college played for him for two years and absolutely loved him as did some of my other fraternity brothers who were on the team. Said he would take a bullet for anyone and they were all so pissed when he was fired as they felt it was their faults. In hindsight an absolutely dumb decision and I was proud of Byrne for mending that fence and honoring Tomey a couple years back

Bear Down Tomey and Fuck Cancer

I'm still pissed about Jim "balance the books" Livengood firing Tomey.

Tomey: great coach, greater person.

Livengood: worst AD ever.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:37 am

Sorry to hear this - get well coach!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:36 am

Fantastic news!

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:04 pm

Merkin wrote:Fantastic news!

That's cool. I hope they caught the cancer early enough. Time will tell. My concern is the lower back (secondary location) is not the thoracic cavity (primary location) where the lungs are located. 30% of all lung cancers spread to the spine or bones. This tweet implies there was surgery to the lumbar or sacral (pelvic) area. It also means the cancer metastasized. Tomey will have to return to the radiology department for testing periodically. And my guess is he will have to continue chemotherapy for a awhile longer to make sure they got all the cancer (cancer my still be present and not show up on tests). I pray he will be tested cancer free for years to come.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat May 11, 2019 6:39 am

Unfortunately, Coach Tomey passed away last night.

http://allsportstucson.com/2019/05/11/d ... ies-at-80/" target="_blank

R.I.P. Coach

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat May 11, 2019 6:42 am

R.I.P. coach.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat May 11, 2019 7:16 am

A really good coach.... and a much better person.

RIP Coach.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat May 11, 2019 7:38 am

Damn.

RIP Coach, thanks for the memories.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat May 11, 2019 8:47 am

Really bummed about this news. Great man who really cared for his players. “Coach them hard but love them harder”. RIP coach

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat May 11, 2019 8:53 am

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat May 11, 2019 9:19 am

Alieberman wrote:A really good coach.... and a much better person.

RIP Coach.

^

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat May 11, 2019 9:51 am

RIP Coach.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat May 11, 2019 10:13 am

Great coach and a better man. RIP coach!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat May 11, 2019 11:04 am

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat May 11, 2019 11:25 am

RIP Coach Tomey. I had a feeling we would be hearing this news soon after watching Mike Candrea mention Coach Tomey during last night's game. Very sad day but we were very fortunate to have him coach the Cats

Newportcat · Post by **Newportcat** » Sat May 11, 2019 12:05 pm

RIP coach Tomey

Knew a bunch of guys who played for him and all loved him like a father

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat May 11, 2019 12:58 pm

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat May 11, 2019 3:01 pm

He was the coach at University of Hawaii when I went to high school there. Couldn’t for the life of me understand why he would leave to go to Arizona. In one of life’s odd twists I was a freshman at Arizona a few years later. From all I can tell, he was one of the few good guys in a profession filled with self-centered and just generally bad people. RIP Coach Tomey.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat May 11, 2019 3:49 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun May 12, 2019 6:30 am

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Sun May 12, 2019 7:47 am

Aloha coach! A Hui Hou Kākou

Dick Tomey, trail-blazing football coach at the University of Hawaii, dies at 80

Under Tomey’s guidance, the ‘Bows drew their first sellout crowd at the 50,000-seat stadium in 1978 losing to eventual national champion USC, 21-5, after trailing, 7-3, into the fourth quarter. Gritty defense and solid special teams play were hallmarks of his tenure at UH.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/05/ ... ies-at-80/" target="_blank

A class act.

Tomey was UA's head football coach from 1987-2000. He posted a career record of 95-64-4, making him the all-time winningest coach in the program's history. He guided the Wildcats to six bowl games, including a Fiesta Bowl victory in 1993. His eight wins over Arizona State are tied with Pop McKale for the most for a UA head coach.

He was the winningest coach in Arizona Football history
https://www.kgun9.com/sports/local-spor ... dead-at-80" target="_blank

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 12, 2019 9:28 am

He might be one of the few coaches who is the all time winningest at multiple schools. His work reviving the San Jose St program and getting them into a bowl was amazing.

Opening up against Hawaii had to be pre planned as a way to honor coach. Not sure all the players on both teams will appreciate what he did for the schools but there will be a bunch of people tearing up on those two sidelines who remember what he did

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun May 12, 2019 9:59 am

Tomey was our best FB coach. He accomplished more that any other Arizona football coach, and brought U of A football to national respectability.

He was also an excellent community member and never failed to represent the university well. He was a class act in every respect. All true.

He was also unceremoniously dismissed from the university and given the bum's rush. As I recall, the majority of fans on the then-existing sports discussion forums joined in the disrespect....

His "fault"??? He never got the U of A to a Rose Bowl.

Fuck that AD and administration. Fuck those fans. Fuck the retread who replaced him, too!

Maybe they can repeat the "success" with CSM, eh???

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun May 12, 2019 10:06 am

pc in NM wrote:and brought U of A football to national respectability.

I would say that was more Larry Smith, but Tomey was probably the most loved coach in recent UA history.

azcat49 wrote:His work reviving the San Jose St program and getting them into a bowl was amazing.

One of the few UA HCs fired by the UA that actually found another job as a college HC.

Although technically Tomey resigned in lieu of being fired. Hopefully he still got paid as getting fired, although he had to sue for it.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun May 12, 2019 2:16 pm

pc in NM wrote:He was also unceremoniously dismissed from the university and given the bum's rush. As I recall, the majority of fans on the then-existing sports discussion forums joined in the disrespect....

His "fault"??? He never got the U of A to a Rose Bowl.

Fuck that AD and administration. Fuck those fans. Fuck the retread who replaced him, too!

Maybe they can repeat the "success" with CSM, eh???

I’m sure Coach Tomey wouldn’t appreciate these kinds of sentiments while people are honoring his legacy, but you do you homie.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sun May 12, 2019 2:36 pm

Coach Tomey did reconcile with everyone in the department, even Livengood. His son Rich was set to marry his daughter but I don’t think that happened. He was a man that never held a grudge. He would tell you exactly how he felt but then it was over. Dude was top shelf

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun May 12, 2019 8:37 pm

Too many thoughts right now. I was too hard on him in life. Great person, and it was an honor to have the memory of meeting him.

Probably the closest thing to a legendary coach Wildcat football will ever have. RIP Coach.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Mon May 13, 2019 9:07 am

RIP Coach Tomey

My Arizona fandom started too late for me to appreciate Tomey's work, but I do remember watching the 1998 Holiday Bowl Vs Nebraska and being impressed with how rare it was for anybody to go toe-to-toe against the Cornhuskers like that.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon May 13, 2019 9:51 am

Dick Tomey Field at Arizona Stadium. Make it happen.

Gimino · Post by **Gimino** » Tue May 14, 2019 8:16 am

In case you haven't seen it, here is my story on Dick Tomey...

http://allsportstucson.com/2019/05/11/thanks-dick-tomey

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue May 14, 2019 8:57 am

That was a great read. Sums it up well. Thx coach and RIP

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Tue May 14, 2019 9:02 am

Gimino wrote:In case you haven't seen it, here is my story on Dick Tomey...

http://allsportstucson.com/2019/05/11/thanks-dick-tomey

Beautiful.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue May 14, 2019 9:11 am

Never heard this before, thanks for sharing:

that the “N” on the Cornhuskers’ helmet stood for “Not Today.”

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue May 14, 2019 9:37 am

Merkin wrote:Never heard this before, thanks for sharing:

that the “N” on the Cornhuskers’ helmet stood for “Not Today.”

I thought it stood for nowledge?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu May 30, 2019 12:32 pm

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Thu May 30, 2019 12:54 pm

azgreg wrote:

Well Deserved - But Should have happened a long time ago when he could have attended, in person.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu May 30, 2019 1:07 pm

MountainCat wrote:
azgreg wrote:
Well Deserved - But Should have happened a long time ago when he could have attended, in person.

Agreed

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Thu May 30, 2019 1:16 pm

How is it the all time winningest football coach in our history has to wait until he dies to get into the HOF. Not like we haven’t had over a 100 years of history to pick our best candidate. Flat out embarrassing really. Well deserved

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu May 30, 2019 2:57 pm

azcat49 wrote:How is it the all time winningest football coach in our history has to wait until he dies to get into the HOF. Not like we haven’t had over a 100 years of history to pick our best candidate. Flat out embarrassing really. Well deserved

Agreed

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:54 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:09 am

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:13 am

Merkin wrote:

Nice gesture...

...although I wouldn't be against "Tomey Stadium" or "Tomey Field" at the big house either.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:20 am

MountainCat wrote:Nice gesture...

...although I wouldn't be against "Tomey Stadium" or "Tomey Field" at the big house either.

Agreed. I was hoping for Dick Tomey Field at Arizona Stadium.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:56 am

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