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Never has a standard five sentence AP report about off-season coaching moves left me as confused as this one.

Tulsa announced West's departure Monday, saying he would coach inside linebackers for the Illini. West had spent only one season at Tulsa after previously serving as defensive coordinator at Clemson.

So West has gone from Clemson DC to a position coach at Illinois in two years...I don't think his career is moving in a positive direction. On top of this, he's the "inside linebacker coach." Unless Illinois decided to operate out of a 3-4 in the offseason, doesn't that mean he's coaching a single position? Essentially, Mr. West is going to coach Ian Thomas and Ian Thomas' backup. I know the Illini' LB corps was pretty poor this past season, but to they really need a 1-to-1 student/coach ratio?

Clarence James also resigned from Tulsa's staff after one season. He had been the Golden Hurricane's outside receivers coach and director of recruiting.

What the hell is an "outside receiver"? Does he only coach wide receivers that line up outside of the pocket? If a WR goes in motion and lines up behind the QB does that mean the University of Tulsa has a different "inside receiver" coach to handle these situations? Perhaps he needed that extra time that would have been spent on coaching motions and instead focused on recruiting? I'm baffled.

Thank you, AP, for your enigmatic Big Ten offseason coaching moves bulletin.

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Speaking of Illinois...

Have you seen their class? Zook is supposed to be a great recruiter and he’s signing players who only have offers from Illinois, South Dakota, South Dakota State, etc. Northern Iowa is too good for these players.

And I mean, some coaches could develop these players, but, ummmmm…

"I AM A DIEHARD REDSKINS FAN, CAPS, LEAFS, AND I LOVE WATCHING TENNIS. SO WHATS THE BIG DEAL"

by ReadingRambler on Feb 9, 2010 6:57 PM EST reply actions  

Easy rec

"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"

by Jeff Junstrom on Feb 9, 2010 8:01 PM EST reply actions  

Dude, Cairo, you scared the shit out of me

I thought GERG was leaving Michigan from the title of the post. You have no idea how relieved I am.

by dawsonPSU10 on Feb 9, 2010 10:22 PM EST reply actions  

Always rec'd.

"I AM A DIEHARD REDSKINS FAN, CAPS, LEAFS, AND I LOVE WATCHING TENNIS. SO WHATS THE BIG DEAL"

by ReadingRambler on Feb 10, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions  

Tulsa & Coach Todd Graham

Dude must be as big a douchea as Hey Jenny Slater says he is:

42. Todd Graham
Charges: Graham, you may or may not recall, was the coach who set a new standard for career ADD by ditching Rice after only one season to go to Tulsa — just two days after signing a six-year contract extension with Rice, the negotiations for which he interrupted repeatedly to go to the bathroom so that he could call Tulsa and haggle over terms with them. He’s managed to give Tulsa his undivided attention in the three years since, so good for him, I guess, but he did make minor headlines earlier this season by getting his players to fake injuries on the field to effectively snake a few extra time-outs. Though the gambit didn’t work — Houston scored nine points in the final 21 seconds to win 46-45 — it was the kind of cravenly exploitative move indicative of a man mercenary enough to one day get hired by a desperate BCS-conference program that Graham will then haul to the deepest bowels of NCAA-probation hell.
Exhibit A: Tulsa in Graham’s first two seasons: 21-7 record, average of 44.18 points scored per game. Tulsa in Graham’s most recent season, i.e. after offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn had left for Auburn: 5-7, 29.25 points per game. So there’s a case to be made that he’s not even all that good a coach.
Sentence: Chokes to death on a piece of gristle in a Tulsa rib shack after being ignored repeatedly by waitstaff and fellow customers who find his frantic gesticulations “unconvincing.”

"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess

by jtothep on Feb 10, 2010 1:38 PM EST reply actions  

Taylor Mays deserves a spot on that list IMO.

"I AM A DIEHARD REDSKINS FAN, CAPS, LEAFS, AND I LOVE WATCHING TENNIS. SO WHATS THE BIG DEAL"

by ReadingRambler on Feb 10, 2010 2:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Write it

The Rambler Loathsome List.

"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess

by jtothep on Feb 11, 2010 12:14 AM EST up reply actions  

Why?

It would mainly be a repeat of this guy’s list.

"...there'll be some woman, maybe 45 or 50, she'll come up and give me a hug, and I'll give my wife a wink: See? I'm not that old." - Joe Paterno

by ReadingRambler on Feb 11, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions  

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