It's about that time for a school to give Tommy West another go at HC. Louisville? Georgia Tech? He's a proven winner and laid the foundation of success at current winners like Clemson and even Memphis.

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Posted by Joe Mantegna

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:14 pm to JumboFisher

You're a funny guy

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Posted by LuckyTiger

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:26 pm to JumboFisher

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Posted by jlnoles79

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:29 pm to JumboFisher

Last thing I remember of him was blasting the Memphis admin. for lack of support

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Posted by nvasil1

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:39 pm to jlnoles79

Yeah, that press conference after Memphis fired him was fantastic.

A Clemson fan would have to speak more to this, but I've read interviews where he also didn't get any cooperation from Clemson admins while he was there, even telling Tommy Bowden to stay on their arse about facilities after he was fired.

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Posted by FearlessFreep

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 3:50 pm to nvasil1

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Tommy Bowden

Remember when he was in the mix for every major HC gig for a couple of years?

Dude fell off the face of the earth after Saban made his arse quit a decade ago.

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Posted by nvasil1

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Posted on 12/3/18 at 5:00 pm to FearlessFreep

Hard to believe Bowden was about to take the Arkansas job and take Dabo with him a decade ago. I wonder what kind of butterfly effect that would've had on the college football landscape.