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Lou West to Indiana State
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:27 am
by orangeandbrown
Its official, Lou West is now head coach at Indiana State. Looks like new coordinators for UT, if Spence leaves.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /412140387
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:54 am
by Schadenfreude
My first reaction: This isn't a sexy move. Seems almost lateral. Was he being eased out?
But the more I think about it, maybe he's doing okay for himself. Better title. He might get a slight pay hike, too.
Doesn't Indiana State play in the Gateway? That's one of the best I-AA leagues. It isn't like he is taking a job at Dayton or Butler.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:29 am
by 1987alum
The guy deserves better than that, IMO.
Just doesn't seem right that a DC from one of the MAC's most successful programs would have to go to I-AA to get a head coaching position.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:42 am
by Warthog
1987alum wrote:The guy deserves better than that, IMO.
Just doesn't seem right that a DC from one of the MAC's most successful programs would have to go to I-AA to get a head coaching position.
Well, their defense wasn't that good though.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:59 am
by orangeandbrown
That's right. Article says he's fifty, can't necessarily wait forever if he wants to be a head coach.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:10 am
by NWLB
Lets be fair, he is going from Little Detroit to lead a 1AA program. So at least the school is a step up from where he came from.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:31 pm
by Falconfreak90
West had that defense playing pretty solid ball by the end of the year. Spence is the guy that should be getting offers.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:16 pm
by TG1996
NWLB wrote:Lets be fair, he is going from Little Detroit to lead a 1AA program. So at least the school is a step up from where he came from.
and Terre Haute is like Little Detroit II... I've only driven through a small section of it, and some of it was pretty rough around the edges, but I've heard stories that it's not exactly Pleasantville...
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:40 pm
by 1987alum
Falconfreak90 wrote:West had that defense playing pretty solid ball by the end of the year. Spence is the guy that should be getting offers.
Nathan:
I think Freak is spot on here. The Rockets started a lot of young guys this year and West had them ready when the deal went down. Is he a "hot" prospect? No. But he's the DC at a program that's won a lot of games while he's been there.
There was some buzz for a bit that Beckman was a candidate for the Western job. Now we have a good team and all, but I wouldn't exactly say we made our name on defense, yet he was in the running for a D-I HC job.
Just seems odd that you'd have to step back to I-AA to get a shot at a I-A HC job later.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:03 pm
by transfer2BGSU
1987alum wrote:Just seems odd that you'd have to step back to I-AA to get a shot at a I-A HC job later.
Remember there are very few black head coaches in D-IA football. If he wants to be a D-IA head coach, he knows where he must go to "prove himself" to those who make the decisions.