SPS Breaking News- Mempho has had preliminary discussions...

[Coach34]

with The Kang about the football job. And this was from about as good of a source as you can get.

How wild would it be if Jackie rolled into Sherrill-Wade Stadium at Scott Field as the coach of Memphis State?

 

[therightway]

Between time and Croom, he surely still has the love of the fan base. The loudest I heard the Hump last year was when he came onto the floor.

 

[croomandwhite]

shoddyrecordku

 

[Todd4State]

that I could see Jackie getting back into coaching college- I figured it would be at some I-AA school in Texas, or a team like North Texas, or possibly Memphis because he was living there.

I wonder if Micheal Anotonescu is still on their team, because if he is, it would be ironic because that's the guy that Xenareb adopted that played at Ridgeland a la Touhy.

 

[Coach34]

and not my fault or my source's Petersen changed his mind

 

[KurtRambis4]

awesome

 

[Arkitekt Dawg]

I am pretty sure i would have to buy Memphis football apparel.

 

[heathdawg]

Coach Sherrill and Peggy just sold there big ole house which happens to be in the neighborhood next to mine in Germantown (let me clarify, my house could fit in the "great room" of most of those houses). Anyway, just thought it was relevant.

 

[wbc40]

That one is on Petersen!

 

[topbulldawg]

and not my fault or my source's Petersen changed his mind

 

[Coach34]

said after the Ga Tech loss last year Byrne was told the money was there to fire Crooms if need be- and we see how that turned out.

believe what you want about Jackie-up to you

 

[Dawg725]

Be hired as our Special teams coach...You guys think he would take a job like that? I would LOVE to have him back on the sidelines...

 

[Chesusdog]

Tommy West might keel over after being fired and replaced by his nemesis.

 

[zerocooldog]

and hopefully he won't be going anywhere for awhile</p>

 

[PettysDumpster]

If you listened to Tommy West's press conference today, he was stressing that whoever took over for him had to be able to overcome the negative stigma that is associated with Memphis's football program. If you look back on when Sherrill took over for us, there was a similar stigma. Jackie has shown the rare ability to transform a fanbase rife with negativity into one that believes it can achieve great things. His formula should work in a place like Memphis, and I'd be willing to bet that they would become a helluva lot more competitive with UT. Conference USA is a place that Memphis football <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> thrive.

The key is if Jackie has restored the fire that drove him in younger years or if it was permanently extinguished at the end of his run here. I'd say that even a 50% as effective as the glory days era JWS turns that program around. You know it would make a national splash. Sherrill will always polarize regardless whether he can still coach or not.

 

[MSUCostanza]

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