[NU Sports] Terps go down...again

[jhcclark at aol.com]

I had thought the same thing while watching the game.

It bothered me unbelievably when Maryland promised Vanderlinden 5 
years, and Vandy said he'd win the ACC crown at Maryland in five years, 
and then the Twerps yanked him after year #4.  Friedgen then takes 
Vandy's kids and goes 10-1 in Vandy's "fifth" year.  Glad to see the 
Twerps are hurting.  I hope there is a lot of second-guessing going on 
there.

It also made me aware that the kids Joe Pa is winning with are kids 
that more than likely were recruited by Vanderlinden.

I've always wondered if Vandy would like to come back to Northwestern, 
but with Walker as HC and Fitz as HC-in-waiting, I don't see this 
happening.  I don't see Vandy taking the DC spot here and then moving 
on in 5 years.  I also don't see Walker calling in an "equal" to be his 
assistant -- too much opportunity to "compare" the 95 season to now, 
too much competition in his own domain.  I see Vandy as HC here, but 
not DC.

-----Original Message-----
From: cherron604 at aol.com
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:42:00 -0500
Subject: [NU Sports] Terps go down...again

   As an NU fan, and one who fondly remembers Ron Vanderlinden, it was 
good to see
Maryland and Ralph Friedgen fall to NCSU this afternoon.  Thats two 
straight
years of 5-6 and missing a bowl game for Friedgen, after three very 
good years
(31-8 his first three years).  It always felt like Friedgen 'stole' the 
glory
with the players Vandy recruited.  Now that it's his own recruits in 
the system
(years 4 and 5 of the Friedgen era), the results are turning back to 
luke-warm,
or worse.

Vandy is currently coaching the LB's at Penn State.  The 92-96 defenses 
he
coached at NU ought to be sufficient to land him another DC spot (if he 
wanted
it).  Does anybody know if he has sought out a DC role, or is he 
waiting for
Paterno to move on (maybe another decade ?)

Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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