Give Tim Lester His Own Thread

[OrangePA]

For gosh sakes.

So ridiculous that Lester getting WMU HC job needs to be lumped into overly broad and unnecessary "Coaching" thread.

 

[GoSU96]

Wow good for him

Didn't see that coming

 

[OrangePA]

Wow good for him

Didn't see that coming

And Shafer may be his DC

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Great news for him. That's a pretty solid gig for Mr. Lester.

 

[Trueblue25]

And Shafer may be his DC

Would be VERY interested to see how that pans.

Edit: Don't wanna take away from Lester in this thread. Very happy for him.

 

[crales44]

I liked Lester a lot. Definitely happy for him.

 

[Louie and Bouie]

Interestingly, despite not many fans when he was here, his offense had a higher points per possession, points per game and yards per play than the 2016 team. Popcorn and soda

 

[GoSU96]

Interestingly, despite not many fans when he was here, his offense had a higher points per possession, points per game and yards per play than the 2016 team. Popcorn and soda

Also the slowest playing self limiting offense on the sport

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Interestingly, despite not many fans when he was here, his offense had a higher points per possession, points per game and yards per play than the 2016 team. Popcorn and soda

Where did you get your numbers? According to ESPN 2016 had 1,451 more yards of offense and 5 more touchdowns each in 12 games.

 

[orangenauburn]

Where did you get your numbers? According to ESPN 2016 had 1,451 more yards of offense and 5 more touchdowns each in 12 games.

They added in D and ST TDs too

 

[rocklloyd]

The Submarine!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Interestingly, despite not many fans when he was here, his offense had a higher points per possession, points per game and yards per play than the 2016 team. Popcorn and soda

This is just an odd drum to be banging.

 

[kcsu]

In my opinion he was the best coach on Shafers staff. I actually posted that he would have made a good head coach. I absolutely believe that if Shafer had named him OC from the start that Shafer wouid still be our coach.

 

[TheCusian]

Interestingly, despite not many fans when he was here, his offense had a higher points per possession, points per game and yards per play than the 2016 team. Popcorn and soda

Not points per game.

 

[TheCusian]

This is just an odd drum to be banging.

He's not into the new offense.

 

[Moontan]

They added in D and ST TDs too

And OT. We went through this six weeks ago.
Of course those were based on points-per-game. With the faster tempo of this season, the points-per-possession claim may be accurate.

 

[Moontan]

Good for Tim. A very likable coach. It would be good to see him do well.

I was not a fan of some aspects of his 2015 offense. Having a WR run through the backfield on what seemed like almost every play just drove me nuts. He may have done that based on available personnel instead of what he would've preferred to run. I'll be curious to see what kind of offense he runs at the new gig.

Good luck, Tim!

 

[sutomcat]

And Shafer may be his DC

Lester is a legend at Western Michigan. Record setting QB there who came back as an assistant coach, then hit the big time as a coordinator at the P5 level.

He helped got DeAndre Smith a job at Purdue in 2015. I suspect he will follow Tim there.

I agree Scott would be his first choice as DC. But I think Scott might want to work closer to Ithaca and Wolfie. He can make more money elsewhere too, though I think at this point that isn't very important to him. Possible landing spots for Scott include Michigan, Oregon, NC State, Maryland and Pitt. But Ithaca just changed their head coach. Could see Scott signing up as their DC to be close to family.

Other candidates for DC i can think of include Chuck Bullough, Tim Daoust and Steve Morrison. Chuck seems the best fit...he is DL coach at EMU now.

Would not be surprised if he brings in Bill Cubit, his OC at WMU, as OC or QB coach,

Good luck to Tim. Good guy, talented coach, thought he did well here under trying circumstances.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Lester is a legend at Western Michigan. Record setting QB there who came back as an assistant coach, then hit the big time as a coordinator at the P5 level.

He helped got DeAndre Smith a job at Purdue in 2015. I suspect he will follow Tim there.

I agree Scott would be his first choice as DC. But I think Scott might want to work closer to Ithaca and Wolfie. He can make more money elsewhere too, though I think at this point that isn't very important to him. Possible landing spots for Scott include Michigan, Oregon, NC State, Maryland and Pitt. But Ithaca just changed their head coach. Could see Scott signing up as their DC to be close to family.

Other candidates for DC i can think of include Chuck Bullough, Tim Daoust and Steve Morrison. Chuck seems the best fit...he is DL coach at EMU now.

Would not be surprised if he brings in Bill Cubit, his OC at WMU, as OC or QB coach,

Good luck to Tim. Good guy, talented coach, thought he did well here under trying circumstances.

Daoust is DC at Ball State. My thought is he will stay in Ohio. I think I saw that Bullough is involved with the fb program at Michigan State? And isn't Wolfgang a senior this year?

 

[sutomcat]

Daoust is DC at Ball State. My thought is he will stay in Ohio. I think I saw that Bullough is involved with the fb program at Michigan State? And isn't Wolfgang a senior this year?

According to the EMU and Wikipedia sites, Chuck is at EMU. His twitter account also indicates this.

I think he is most likely since WMU is probably preferable to Chuck and he could be a DC again.

Scott places a huge premium on working with people he likes and is comfortable with. For that reason, WMU has to be attractive to him.

I believe Wolf will be a senior next season.

 

[CIL]

I'm a big Lester fan. Good luck to him. Great guy.

 

[upperdeck]

Wolfgang was a SR this year.. HS grad in 2012 so I dont think he has any eligibility left.

 

[Finwad32]

This was Wolf's last season. SS was at every game.

I could see SS going a variety of ways, but, Ithaca isn't one imo.

 

[hoopsupstate]

The Pittsburgh forum says he will join Pitt's staff as a defensive back or linebacker coach. They like the hire if it's made.

 

[McNabb2Brominski]

Lester found Dungey. He has an eye for talent and I thought he did a great job developing the qbs last yr ( considering one was a true frosh and one was a juco).