Tommy West fired as Memphis Tigers football coach " The Commercial Appeal
Not that this wasn't already in the works. But 2009 has been a bit of a dark year for Memphis Athletics, no?
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David Hooper
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Hmmmm
The in-season firing strikes me as an odd move for Memphis. They’re not going to get any sort of real jump-start on the process I’d think, because any of the real candidates worth having are going to wait and see what happens at Louisville, Virginia, Illinois, Colorado, etc. and Memphis will have to pick from what’s left over. Unless there’s some mid-level candidate out there they think is perfect for them, which is hard to see.
Here’s hoping Tommy West has more success down the road.
I think it's the financial situation.
That athletic department is leaking money badly right now. Get the firing out of the way and you might be able to convince boosters to help out with the transition.
Anything to get more than 4,000 people into the stadium. The other fear is that if they can’t keep attendance up, they could eventually fall prey to the minimum attendance rule for 1-A status. (15,000 per game average. One year below that gets you probationary status. Two gets you relegation, IIRC. For a while, Wyoming was in danger of that.)
by David Hooper on Nov 9, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
...uh oh
Linked from Clay Travis’ Twitter - Memphis wants Trooper Taylor.
by Will Shelton on Nov 9, 2009 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Auburn has far more reason to worry than we do.
Trooper would be a great fit in terms of homecrowd excitement, for sure, but that’s a serious rebuild project.
I want Trooper to have great success, and I think he will
I just don’t want him to see him on the other sideline, no matter who it’s with. Memphis’ chances of winning go up with him there, and they’re still living off of beating us once. I’d hate to lose to them again with Trooper on the sideline, as unlikely as the whole scenario is.
Other names being thrown out there
by Dennis Dodd include Terry Bowden, and ex-Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower.
No kidding.
Someone put TOM III on suicide watch. Should Volunteer fans take offense to Memphis firing West after losing to the Vols?
Kiff'd x2
David Elson at Western Kentucky is also gone. And I agree with most of what Spencer says about it.
Whoever takes over WKU is going to have a lot of young talent to work with.
2011 should be a great year for them with all of the upperclassmen they’ll have.
by David Hooper on Nov 9, 2009 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
But yeah,
based on public knowledge, the Elson firing came way too early.
by David Hooper on Nov 9, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Should've known this was going to happen:
In his farewell press conference, West of course brings up the 1996 Memphis win over Tennessee. No program or fanbase has gotten more mileage out of one win in the history of college football…pretty much says everything you need to know about THS Football.
Dude was down too, just like EB on Saturday........
I told you we would beat Georgia!! Now, as for those 9 wins in '09......
Lane Kiffin owns lake-front property in Corch Urbie Meyers's head.
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