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[QUOTE="SU68, post: 1415994, member: 3438"]
[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff8000]We may be overlooking a much more basic reason why he left Boise State.  He replaced Gene Bleymaier who had been AD for 29 years and installed the smurf turf.  The damn athletic center is named after him.  Bleymaier was fired after an academic scandal there and Coyle was brought in to straighten out the mess.

The new Boise State AD is Curt Apsey, who is Bleymaier's friend and assistant for 13 years.  I don't believe the Coyle was ever truly accepted at Boise State and knew he had to get out of there.  It's tough to follow a legend.  Frank Maloney had to follow Ol' Ben.  He could have lost only 1-2 games a year and would never have been accepted here.  When Jim Boeheim retires, good luck to his replacement if it's anyone else than Mike Hopkins!

In an ironic postscript, Bleymaier is now the AD at San Jose State where the Defensive Coordinator is....... (wait for it)....... Greg Robinson.  :rolling:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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