So I wake up to find a couple of emails from K-State Fans regarding a couple of magazine articles written about Coach Joe G. I am grateful for technology and emails, otherwise I don’t believe we would have the periodical prints that the fans were so kind to scan and attach to the emails for me.
PERIODICAL 1.
Purple get ready to roll...
There was no jumping up and down. There was no shouting — a lack of enthusiasm existed in the locker room. Snyder, in his first year back as the Kansas State head coach, was caught off guard.
“The locker room — when you would expect after you get them ready to go out — you would expect everybody to be jumping up and down and getting excited about going to the field and it was just dead silence”. Snyder said, “I thought ‘wait a minute, I’m not accustomed to this — there’s an issue here.”
This is where Joe Gordon enters the picture. The former K-State cornerback, who played for the Wildcats from 1993-96, was named the Director of Recruiting Operations in 2009. Snyder pointed to the former All-American as someone who could help lift the spirit of the program. Thus far, he has been instrumental in transforming the enthusiasm of the team. CLICK HERE to finish reading “Joe gets us through stuff“…
PERIODICAL 2.
“Non-Stop ACTION” by: GoPowerCat.com
He's more than a coach
“It’s a great day to get better.” Step through the glass-plated doors of the Kansas State Vanier football complex and you have a 50-50 shot at hearing the phrase being belted out, by a scampering athletic gentleman gliding over the building’s purple carpet with the pace of a remote control car.
If Joe Gordon has bad days, you’d never know it.
The Wildcats’ recruiting coordinator is an energy machine, a floating asteroid of optimism that doesn’t stal. Part of it, of course is the duties that come along with the job. Setting up flights, compiling contact lists and helping entertain recruits when they set foot on the K-State campus takes energy. So it’s a good thing the K-State player-turned-support staff member has plenty to spare. Transcribing a weeks worth of the 37-year old’s words would leave the exclamation point on a keyboard tattered.
It’s not an act. It’s simply who he is.
He’s not hard to locate on gameday, either.
It doesn’t take long to identify the sideline’s white, ever-swinging towel. Once you find that, a glance just below will reveal Gordon. He’s running, standing on benches, crouching down in a catcher’s position or hurdling a Gatorade cooler. For him, the cardio routine is called Saturday.
“I consider myself to be the guy that leads by example with my energy level,” Gordon said. “I try to rally the guys behind me. Enthusiasm is contagious.”
So is Gordon’s personality.
“Tell me something good, big guy,” he injects as he scoops up the phone for a short interview recently.
You can’t help but receive a small jolt when address you. Gordon is a walking static shock and he rarely goes unnoticed. CLICK HERE to read the remainder of the GoPower.com Column. It’s NON-STOP ACTION…
GOOD STUFF and a couple of GREAT READS,
made possible by fans & our transcribing deeds.
The choice is yours. You can be whatever you want to be.
KSU thanks so much for letting one of your graduates and AN ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL Player come back to his college and help those kids. I AM A KSU FAN 4 LIFE
Awesome write ups! You can’t stifle the size of JOE G’s impact – that’s for sure. He’s H U G E in Positive Aura.
COACH JOE G — you look like a V.I.P. (Very INTERESTING Person) to follow. How do you feel about being “Documented”? We’re seeking a new documentary candidate and your name is at the top of the list. CONGRATULATIONS on the nomination. Our Field Producer will be in touch.