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Post by Brinyi on Jul 7, 2006 20:16:57 GMT -5
"It is not a done deal, but I've spoken to Brad. He's got a very good record as a coach and he is somebody that I'd like to work with."
-- A. Murray
"I am teasing you and the British media, you are an idiot and I would not coach you for any money in the world."
-- B. Gilbert's Brain
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 7, 2006 21:54:48 GMT -5
If Brad could put up the other Andy, he may take the ultimate risk on the most obnoxious player.
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Post by Maeby Fünke on Jul 8, 2006 7:10:40 GMT -5
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 8, 2006 7:16:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the great link! I really think Gilbert knows better.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 16, 2006 6:50:28 GMT -5
GAME, SET AND CASH Murray signs megabucks book deal By Thomas Smith SCOTS tennis star Andy Murray has struck a megabucks deal to publish his life story - before he has even turned 20. The 19-year-old has signed a lucrative deal with publishers Random House for an autobiography to be published next year. Although the exact figures are not yet known, Murray is expected to rake in hundreds of thousands of pounds from the deal. He joins other young British sportsmen to cash in with books when barely old enough to leave school - including most notably Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney. Rooney has signed a £5 million deal for five books about his life at the age of just 20. Murray's book will hit the shelves just a year after another book, called The Story So Far, was published by Scots firm Mainstream. The UK's hottest tennis prospect has exploded on to the world stage thanks to a string of great results at tournaments across the globe. He has shot up the world rankings to become Britain's No 1, after becoming the youngest ever Briton to win an ATP title. Victories at Wimbledon marked Murray out as a star in the making and he even boasts 007 movie star Sean Connery as a fan. In January this year, Mainstream published Andy Murray: The Story So Far, written off the back of last year's triumphs on the tennis court. Priced £10.99, the 320-page book, tells the story of Murray's childhood and career to date. But it's understood copies have been slow to sell. Although it still doesn't yet have a title, the new book will go on sale after Wimbledon next year. Noted tennis sage Yi Brin has suggested the title, "I Can't Even Beat Gimelstob". It will chronicle his rise which has been masterminded by his tennis fan mum Judy. Murray's agent Patricio Apey said: "Andy is a great tennis player with a fierce will to win and a personality that this country has rarely seen. "We are looking forward to the telling of his journey so far - most importantly, in his words." A spokesman for Random House's Century division said: "We are confident that the book will be a huge success."
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Post by janie on Jul 16, 2006 7:08:19 GMT -5
Noted tennis sage Yi Brin has suggested the title, "I Can't Even Beat Gimelstob". :lmao: :lmao:
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 16, 2006 9:55:31 GMT -5
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 16, 2006 10:25:05 GMT -5
Oh, that Gimmy, who only hits those sweaty ape-like shots.
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Post by janie on Jul 16, 2006 11:18:54 GMT -5
I like Gimmy. I've always liked Gimmy. But even if I hadn't liked him ever, I'd like him now, for reaching his first ATP final at age 29 , and for sending Mopey to the Zoo. Gotta do it now, before Mopey hires Brad G. and starts playing smarter tennis.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 23, 2006 15:38:33 GMT -5
Israel defeated Great Britain 3-2 in Great Britain R1 - N.OKUN (ISR) def. A.BOGDANOVIC (GBR) 6-4 7-5 6-2 R2 - A.MURRAY (GBR) def. A.RAM (ISR) 2-6 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3 R3 - J.ERLICH / A.RAM (ISR) def. J.DELGADO / A.MURRAY (GBR) 3-6 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4 R4 - N.OKUN (ISR) def. J.DELGADO (GBR) 6-3 6-4 6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 R5 - A.MACKIN (GBR) def. D.VALTZER (ISR) 6-2 6-1 Murray apparently hurt his neck in the doubles.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 23, 2006 15:48:20 GMT -5
And LOL, Gilbert still hasn't signed with Murray/LTA. He's driving a hard bargain, it seems.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 24, 2006 19:47:36 GMT -5
Gilbert signs on as LTA dances to Murray's tune
By Neil Harman, Tennis Correspondent
ANY doubts about the extraordinary influence exerted by Andy Murray on British tennis were dispelled yesterday with confirmation that Brad Gilbert will become his coach and the least likely member of the LTA in the week that Jeremy Bates chose, with great reluctance, to fall on his Davis Cup sword. Negotiations to entice the former coach of Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick into the British game — a decision that may not sit well in the Home Counties — were halted during the tie against Israel at the weekend to prevent unwanted distractions. Now that Great Britain are preparing for a relegation fixture in Ukraine in September with no one to lead them, the nation needs all the distractions it can muster.
Gilbert does not come cheaply and there are those such as Yi Brin who believe his move to Britain is nothing more than a stunt that is going to cost the LTA an awful lot of money and credibility. But Murray and his management had been on his case for weeks, the British No 1’s desires override almost everything in the sport and the deal had to be airtight. Should last night’s scan on the 19-year-old’s injured neck register the all-clear, Murray will team up for the first time with Gilbert at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington DC next week.
Equally, Murray never warmed to Bates as team captain; he virtually ignored anything said to him when seated in adjacent chairs and will have an enormous say in the choice of his replacement by the LTA.
If the arrival of Gilbert is the start of a period of convulsive change, all well and good. His priority is to provide the direction, the inspiration and the breakfasts in bed (he used to deliver those to Roddick on command) for Murray, but what he does to drive up standards in the qualities of player and coaching so that there are more Murrays in the pipeline is demonstrably more critical. Success there would mean he would have been worth every penny.
How much his remit involves participation with the Davis Cup side remains to be seen. Gilbert cannot be the captain — he would need a British passport and to have lived in the country for 24 consecutive months to qualify — but there is nothing in the rules to stop him becoming a “shadow” in the front row of the support box with someone in the chair, a contemporary who suited the character of the players. The make-up of the team certainly must change.
Bates, the former British No 1, will keep a role inside the LTA in charge of player development, but with hindsight, he was too conservative in his selections for the Davis Cup. He knows now that he should not have reinstated Alex Bogdanovic, Jamie Delgado gave his all against Israel but will be 30 next birthday, Alan Mackin has lost his two live rubbers — though they were against Mark Philippou ssis in Australia and Roger Federer in Switzerland — and players who were brought in as hitting partners and caught the eye were promptly dropped for the subsequent ties.
It is time to find out who among those in their teenage years and early twenties can live with the demands of the competition. Now, with Britain in the second division, with a chance of being relegated to the third, the time for the blooding process has arrived. And, while Britain does not have the luxury of three quality players in the side to jostle for singles priority and be half of a decent doubles pair, serious thought must be given to working on a proper doubles team.
Murray has had three different partners in his four ties, Greg Rusedski twice, David Sherwood and, last Saturday, Delgado. Rusedski and Tim Henman proved a tremendously effective team but, having played singles the first day, were spent physically and mentally come the Sunday, the consequence being that they could never quite see Britain to World Group success.
We can disregard such a prospect for the next five years, by which time Murray should be in his prime and, if Gilbert hasn’t lost patience with him, there should be at least half a dozen players eager to embrace the demanding disciplines of Davis Cup.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 24, 2006 19:55:04 GMT -5
Next year's British DC squad
Andy Murray Jamie Murray Bill Murray Arthur Murray Captain: Judy Murray
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Post by DBBN on Jul 24, 2006 20:16:57 GMT -5
Gilbert does not come cheaply and there are those such as Yi Brin who believe his move to Britain is nothing more than a stunt that is going to cost the LTA an awful lot of money and credibility. You have been getting so much press lately! Really?
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Post by janie on Jul 25, 2006 5:46:56 GMT -5
I should not have read this before breakfast. I HATE throwing up before breakfast!
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 25, 2006 7:49:45 GMT -5
Boo. Well, hopefully they're split up by the end of the year.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 25, 2006 10:21:25 GMT -5
Andy Murray has been given the go-ahead to play in next week's Legg Mason Tennis Classic after receiving positive news about his neck injury.
The 19-year-old was forced out of Sunday's decisive singles as Great Britain lost their latest Davis Cup match 3-2 to Israel, a result which prompted captain Jeremy Bates to resign.
Murray had been in pain following the previous day's doubles, but he has been told that a short rest should allow him to recover, meaning he can stick to his original schedule and travel to Washington for the ATP tournament.
"I wasn't really injured. I just used it as a f***in' excuse to tank Davis Cup and get that sh*tbag Bates fired," admitted the world number 36, according to his longtime confidant Yi Brin.
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 28, 2006 13:00:36 GMT -5
Andrew currently has the passion video up on atptennis.com.
Let's all enjoy it.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 31, 2006 18:02:51 GMT -5
The Scot will work together with his new coach for the first time this week at the Legg Mason Classic in New York after Murray and the Lawn Tennis Association clinched a deal to hire the American. One of Gilbert's first moves will be to employ a fitness trainer for his 19-year-old pupil. "He is a friend of mine who has worked in basketball, football and tennis the past 20 years," Gilbert said. "
Now /me understands whyGilbert took the job -- make work for his friends!
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Post by shenaynay on Jul 31, 2006 18:16:53 GMT -5
Oh no, poor Andrew will be worked!
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Post by molala on Jul 31, 2006 20:23:53 GMT -5
Brinyi, who is Arthur Murray?
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 31, 2006 22:18:44 GMT -5
Arthur Murray From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Murray (April 4, 1885 - March 3, 1991), a dance instructor and businessman, was born in New York, New York as Moses Teichman. In 1912 at the age of 17, he began teaching dance at night, while working as a draftsman by day. He studied under Irene and Vernon Castle and went to work for them.
He soon began teaching ballroom dancing to the residents of Boston, Massachusetts at the Devereaux Mansion. He soon went to Asheville, North Carolina.
At the outbreak of World War I he changed his name to make it sound less German.
In 1919 he began studying business administration at Georgia Tech, and he taught ballroom dancing in Atlanta at the Georgian Terrace Hotel. In 1920, Murray organized the first "radio dance"; a band on the Georgia Tech campus was broadcast to dancers at Atlanta, Georgia's Capital City Club.
His first business was selling dance lessons by mail, using a kinetoscope. Though the idea was successful, he had problems with the business, which failed. His second business was drawing and selling "footprints" (an unusual use of drafting skills) which prospective dancers could place on the floor and follow to learn how to dance. This mail-order business remained successful. His third business, launched in 1925, involved selling branded dance lessons through franchising. He trained dance instructors for the Statler Hotel chain, who then went to various hotels and gave lessons; Murray kept some of the profits from each franchise.
This business was expanded more widely in 1938, when an Arthur Murray dance studio franchise was opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Others followed.
The Murray name and franchise was further immortalized in the 1942 hit song Arthur Murray Taught me Dancing in a Hurry written by Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger.
After World War II, Murray's business grew further with the rise of interest in Latin dance, and he regularly taught and broadcast in Cuba in the 1950s. Murray went on television with a dance program, hosted by his wife Kathryn Murray, running from 1950 to 1960, first on CBS, then ABC, and then back to CBS. The Murrays retired in 1964 although they continued to be active for some time, even appearing as guests on the "Dance Fever" disco show in the late 1970's.
At that date, there were over 3,560 dance studios bearing his name, but by 2003 there were only about 180 studios. Arthur Murray Dance Studios claims to be the second-oldest franchised company (the first, A&W Restaurants, began in 1919).
Pupils of Murray include: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Duke of Windsor, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Barbara Hutton, Elizabeth Arden, and Jack Dempsey.
The Murrays had twin daughters.
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Post by molala on Aug 1, 2006 4:52:56 GMT -5
Thanks, BHo. I suppose he'd be a worthy Murray for the Brit DC team if he were alive.
I can't think of any other famous Murray.
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Post by molala on Aug 18, 2006 21:38:34 GMT -5
I saw Murray play Massu at Wimbledon but I don't know him that much. Was I impressed by his game? No. - Chino
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 18, 2006 21:40:58 GMT -5
Chino is a hard man to impress. "He doesn't do anything special, but he wins most of his matches easily. That means he's good." -- C. Moya
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Post by molala on Aug 18, 2006 21:45:59 GMT -5
Carlosh , so diplomatic. I was impressed with how blunt Chino can still be, I thought retirement might've softened him.
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 29, 2006 12:05:27 GMT -5
Sounds like a very bitter and angry company...Murray hit by Gilbert lawsuit By Mark Hodgkinson in New York (Filed: 29/08/2006) A legal battle threatened to complicate Andy Murray's preparations for the US Open last night when it emerged his new coach, Brad Gilbert, is being sued for an alleged breach of contract by his management company. Much of the action, which could cost Gilbert up to £1 million, concerns the agreement he entered into with the Lawn Tennis Association to work with the British teenager. On the rainy opening day of the New York slam, and on a day which was quickly dominated by talk of the explosive and detailed legal action, it was revealed that Gilbert's management company, Creative Sports and Entertainment, are suing the Californian coach for what they claim are unpaid fees, amounting to about £415,000, plus interest and costs. Creative, Gilbert's representatives for most of the last 15 years, have alleged that Gilbert "schemed to secretly execute a lucrative contract with the LTA", by entering into an agreement with the British game's ruling body without Creative's knowledge and so avoiding paying their management fees of 15 per cent. Creative have also alleged that Gilbert has not paid some of the management fees he owed for his previous deal commentating for ESPN, the American sports network. Gilbert terminated his contract with ESPN last month before becoming an employee of the LTA. With Murray preparing for his first grand slam tournament as a seeded player, starting with an opening-round match against American qualifier Robert Kendrick, the timing was particularly unfortunate. Gilbert was served with the complaint on Friday, when it was lodged in the Supreme Court of New York, and apparently has 20 days to respond. Gilbert indicated last night that the matter "was in the hands of my lawyers". The fine detail suggested that Gilbert's deal with the LTA may be worth up to £1 million a year, which is considerably more than previously supposed. When Gilbert joined the LTA last month, to be leased out to coach Murray, it was originally claimed that he had been given a three-year deal, with an estimated annual salary of around £500,000, plus bonuses. That was already the richest coaching contract in the history of British tennis. But the complaint has suggested that, when questioned, Gilbert told Creative that he had entered into an agreement with the LTA worth around £700,000-a-year, plus bonuses, and that the contract was for three-and-a-half years. Creative are demanding the outstanding fees related to Gilbert's ESPN contract, 15 per cent of all fees which have already been paid to Gilbert through his deal with the LTA, and also 15 per cent of any fees which will be "paid to Gilbert over the lifetime of the LTA agreement". The complaint included the mysterious claim that Creative and its president, David Bagliebter, "have assisted Gilbert in quietly resolving serious personal issues that Gilbert has had to face throughout his career". Interestingly, Creative have alleged that Gilbert contacted the LTA before the ruling body got in touch with him. At one stage, Creative were apparently hopeful of securing for Gilbert a contract that would pay him more than £4 million over five years. The complaint then includes the allegation that Gilbert "misled" Creative by saying that he "probably would not enter into an agreement with the LTA because it would require him to be in England for a substantial amount of time". Creative have alleged that Gilbert then refused to respond to "enquiries concerning the negotiations with the LTA". Towards the end of June, Creative learnt from the press that Gilbert was close to an agreement with the LTA. But Gilbert has allegedly declined to pay the fees Creative are demanding. Roger Draper, the LTA's chief executive, although probably aggrieved that the figures and details of their negotiations have entered the public domain, indicated he was not "unduly concerned" with the lawsuit. "The lawyers have things in hand," he said.
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 29, 2006 12:40:01 GMT -5
So... did Andy get himself involved with:
1) a compulsive gambler; 2) a drug addict; 3) an alcoholic; 4) a perv; 5) a psychopath; 6) there is no point number 6; 7) all of the above?
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Post by janie on Aug 29, 2006 14:52:34 GMT -5
You mean Brad, right?
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 29, 2006 14:57:52 GMT -5
You mean Brad, right? Yes.
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