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Green Menace

Green Menace

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The coach that Lamar should go after from day one is Don Carthel at West Texas A & M University.  That is, if Carthel is the type of guy who would want to start up a program from scratch.

Many fans at North Texas wanted Carthel over Todd Dodge.  Carthel has built a winning program at WTAM in a few short years and attendance averaged around 14,000 this past season.  Two home games played this season brought 23,000+ and 22,000+ fans to the game.  And that's for games played in Canyon, Texas!  Here's the link to Carthels's bio.

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weslinder

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I shared an office for a while with a former West Texas A&M student.  He had nothing but great things to say about that coach and the program.

One warning, though:  West Texas A&M Football benefits from the "nothing else to do" factor.  Their football games are the biggest thing on those plains short of the Big Texan Steak.  I know he's a good  coach, but I don't know how well the attendance would translate.

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I have spoke with him on the subject. There is not a lot I can say now, but the bowl game will be over soon. We spoke on how he would recruit and where and I did get some of his thoughts on how to make the program work and with what I was told he would be on the right track.

So he is interested? I see he recruits alot of athletes from here.

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westendfirst

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Who ever it is, it has to be a college coach....head, OC,DC.......And not one washed up.....

Based on what I've seen with our basketball team.  We don't need some assistant coach who is supposed to be a recruiting whiz.  We've gone that route several times with the basketball team with miserable results.  I think we need someone that's proven they can coach and win.  If it's high school, jc, or a small university...I don't really care...but I definitely think we need a proven winner.

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I agree with doc here. I have some information about money already pledged for Lamar University football and there is NO WAY LU hires a HC from high school. If they do, then I question the research Billy Tubbs recently stated they have invested into the possible return of football at Lamar University.

Question, would do start a multiple million dollar company with a sharp young man with a bachelor's degree or would you hire an experienced older man with a master's degree? I say, hire both with the promise of promoting the younger man once the older man decides to move on or retire.

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How would ya'll feel about Craig Stump? He coached at Mississippi State as a Recievers coach for a few years.

Personally, I'd love him to be the OC and heir apparent to become the next head coach. I even think Lamar could put together a financial package a lot better than he currently has a West Brook.

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