How did that UAB D fare last year?

We decided since we could not beat West at Memphis or UAB we better hire him so he couldn't beat us any more.

(03-06-2012 01:31 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  We decided since we could not beat West at Memphis or UAB we better hire him so he couldn't beat us any more.

I have a TW bobble head if you want it.

No thanks, it has Memphis on it. Give it to O. C. Brown, he loves Memphis.

(03-06-2012 03:03 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  No thanks, it has Memphis on it. Give it to O. C. Brown, he loves Memphis.

All animosity aside, what was he suspended/released for?

The only thing released is "breaking team rules" I have heard rumors but have more respect for the young man than to put it on a message board unsubstantiated.

(03-06-2012 03:33 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(03-06-2012 03:03 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  No thanks, it has Memphis on it. Give it to O. C. Brown, he loves Memphis.

All animosity aside, what was he suspended/released for?

Unspecified violations of team rules was all I could find, but I read somewhere why he was kicked off (on a message board), but couldn't find anything official.

(03-06-2012 11:46 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  edit: It's interesting that Rip Sherer had comments that were close to those while he was at USM.

Rip got a raw deal. Our offense looked better than it had in years under Bower. I think Bower was feeling heat and his M.O. was to fire OC's. I had a friend who was Rip's next door neighbor. He was blindsided.

(03-06-2012 04:22 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  

(03-06-2012 11:46 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  edit: It's interesting that Rip Sherer had comments that were close to those while he was at USM.

Rip got a raw deal. Our offense looked better than it had in years under Bower. I think Bower was feeling heat and his M.O. was to fire OC's. I had a friend who was Rip's next door neighbor. He was blindsided.

Rip is a great stand-up guy.

I never knew the whole story regarding his departure at USM. He's an NFL assistant making good money and not worrying about recruiting classes any longer.

Things have worked out pretty well for him.

(03-06-2012 03:37 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  The only thing released is "breaking team rules" I have heard rumors but have more respect for the young man than to put it on a message board unsubstantiated.

Thanks....and thanks also cbhstiger.

(03-06-2012 03:03 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  No thanks, it has Memphis on it. Give it to O. C. Brown, he loves Memphis.

C'mon man, where's the ambition. A little hard work and paint and it could be the greatest USM bobblehead ever.

(03-06-2012 04:45 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(03-06-2012 04:22 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  

(03-06-2012 11:46 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  edit: It's interesting that Rip Sherer had comments that were close to those while he was at USM.

Rip got a raw deal. Our offense looked better than it had in years under Bower. I think Bower was feeling heat and his M.O. was to fire OC's. I had a friend who was Rip's next door neighbor. He was blindsided.

Rip is a great stand-up guy.

I never knew the whole story regarding his departure at USM. He's an NFL assistant making good money and not worrying about recruiting classes any longer.

Things have worked out pretty well for him.

Rip was a good guy and his daughter was hot. +2 to him.

(03-05-2012 07:54 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  “The good thing about here is this is a football place,” West said. “These guys came here to be good in football.

“I kind of see now there’s a great mentality here about winning – whether it’s baseball or basketball. It’s nice being a part of this. It reminds me a little bit of when I was at Clemson. They really don’t just expect to win, they expect to be really good. I feel that here.”

West admitted it was a very different scenario when he took over as head coach at Memphis in 2001.

“The bar was really low,” he said. “It was ‘Man, if we could ever just go to a bowl game,’ because they hadn’t been to one in 30-something years.

“We go to five bowls in our last seven years and get fired. So we moved the bar.”


http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/artic...g-life-USM

Bump. Tommy West.........program killer.

Oh well....

(12-01-2012 05:40 PM)TG4 Wrote:  

(03-05-2012 07:54 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  “The good thing about here is this is a football place,” West said. “These guys came here to be good in football.

“I kind of see now there’s a great mentality here about winning – whether it’s baseball or basketball. It’s nice being a part of this. It reminds me a little bit of when I was at Clemson. They really don’t just expect to win, they expect to be really good. I feel that here.”

West admitted it was a very different scenario when he took over as head coach at Memphis in 2001.

“The bar was really low,” he said. “It was ‘Man, if we could ever just go to a bowl game,’ because they hadn’t been to one in 30-something years.

“We go to five bowls in our last seven years and get fired. So we moved the bar.”


http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/artic...g-life-USM

Bump. Tommy West.........program killer.

Ellis Johnson, program killer. West just happened to be along for the ride.

I thank West for bringing the Tigers to bowl games and I wish him well. However, it annoys me that he used lack of football resources as an excuse for underperformance. He had about the same resources toward the end of his tenure as he did when he won and he was earning a high salary compared to his CUSA peers. If he did not think he could win with the funding situation, then he should have turned down the raise and looked elsewhere for employment rather than leading fans to believe his leadership would result in victories.

lol

(03-06-2012 10:40 AM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote:  Tommy is back in his element. He's a far better DC than HC. Hopefully this time around he realizes it and stays within his means.

the results at UAB ans USM do not agree....

Our D sucked both before and after West, so I'm not sure what you expected to learn from his year on the Southside.

I"ll say this: He sure was loud.

(12-02-2012 01:01 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Our D sucked both before and after West, so I'm not sure what you expected to learn from his year on the Southside.

I"ll say this: He sure was loud.

I was hoping UAB fans expected results on the field...I guess not.