Lou West to Indiana State

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:27 am

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

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:54 am

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.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:29 am

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.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:42 am

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.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:59 am

That's right. Article says he's fifty, can't necessarily wait forever if he wants to be a head coach.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:10 am

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.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:31 pm

West had that defense playing pretty solid ball by the end of the year. Spence is the guy that should be getting offers.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:16 pm

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...

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:40 pm

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.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:03 pm

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.