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[Cat#4]

How quickly we forget the great running backs that Locey coached before the Brett Elliot era.  I hope I don't have to name them!

[Orca Jr.]

Very good point #4.  Without even going very far back, think of how great our running game was.  Marty, D-Rus, can you think of any others??    And that's just in the last four years!!  Locey will do fine as a running backs coach.  I just hope he can handle the new attitudes that he will run into without to much frustration.  Sure will be a different situation than anyone he's worked with at Linfield.  Best of Luck to Locey and much success for his future in D-I

[RedandPurple]

Very good point #4. Without even going very far back, think of how great our running game was. Marty, D-Rus, can you think of any others?? And that's just in the last four years!! Locey will do fine as a running backs coach. I just hope he can handle the new attitudes that he will run into without to much frustration. Sure will be a different situation than anyone he's worked with at Linfield. Best of Luck to Locey and much success for his future in D-I

Here are just a few from the Linfield stats page:
RUSHING Yards (SEASON)
  1541 - David Russell (250-1541) - 2002
  1322 - Gary McGarvie (193-1322) - 1992
  1237 - Ad Rutschman (180-1237) - 1953
  1219 - Steve Beguin (195-1219) - 1961
  1152 - Thomas Ford (199-1152) - 2003
  1127 - Ad Rutschman (174-1127) - 1952
  1098 - Ed Griffin (206-1098) - 1967
  1054 - Bill Dressel (191-1054) - 1961
  1029 - Leo Sloan (152-1029) - 1978
  926 - Ad Rutschman (162-926) - 1951

[D O.C.]

Yes it's a good point.
I look at the Stagg Bowl season and I see Riley Jenkins catching a pass one handed and running ...well.  I see the trophy.

By the way brothers,
1098 - Ed Griffin (206-1098) - 1967
Not in the LINFIELD Hall of Fame and he has coached a Connecticut High School boy's basketball team to at least one State Championship that I know of. Ran for over 100 yards against the University of Hawaii to help put LINFIELD on a larger map by beating The Rainbows in Honolulu.

[beancounter]

Dens....on the list of leading single season rushing leaders that was posted, only Ad Rutschman is in the Linfield HOF. 

If you feel strongly about Griffin, I'll recommend you go to the HOF page at the Linfield Athletics web site.  Nominations are taken until April 30 each year.

[RedandPurple]

News to me:
"When Riley left OSU after his first tenure, Gilstrap made the short move to Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., to serve as an assistant athletic director and coach."

Jim Gilstrap is listed as the current running backs coach at OSU. I did not know he had a past association with Linfield.

[Cut City]

Tuxguy-
I understand your reluctance to take my word for Smith's appointment. When its officially announced, just remember I broke it first. Smith will definitely bring a different...flavor to the team.

[Wildcat'64]

Cut City,

Thanks for your "inside" information....for those of us that are perhaps a little slower.....could you define just a bit what "a different flavor to the team" means!  The flavor has been pretty good for the past 50 years.....I hope the new "flavor" means more championships!!!

[light n' darkness]

well, well, wildcat fans bet nobody thought this would be the start to the season.

gilstrap was a mistake. should have never hired him, if you know what i mean.

i for one vote NO on the joe smouth appointment. i think there are others that should get the job. joe may be a great guy but a head coach for the cats ..  not yet.

i wish locey all the best, OSU has been doing some cutting edge moves lately. i don't know what riley is up to, but i hope they can make it solid in corvalis. all i know is this, i prepared locey as best i could. after he coached me i know that he can handle the beavers. locey is a man of great charactor ...  he will do fine where ever he is

go cats!!!!!

lnd

[downtown48]

Cut...

Can you beat knowing who it was going to be since the day the newspaper article came out last week?  Sometimes it better not to leak the news like a loose lipped reporter.  That's what put Locey in a bad position to begin with.  Not all info is meant for public consumption at the time you get it...

And I think Joe will be fine...different, but fine.  The team may get a bit more fiery as a result.  I'll never forget Locey having to pull Coach Smith off of a guy on our sidelines after he late hit one of our RB's.  He's got your back, so he'll have no problem getting guys to play hard for him. 

[footballfan413]

How quickly we forget the great running backs that Locey coached before the Brett Elliot era.  I hope I don't have to name them!

Can't forget what you never knew.  My knowlege of the Cats has only been in the last several years.  It was just a joke!!   My apologizes to all the past Cat RB's!!   

[Cat#4]

i for one vote NO on the joe smouth appointment. i think there are others that should get the job. joe may be a great guy but a head coach for the cats ..  not yet.


go cats!!!!!

lnd

L'n'D
Interesting choice of words "not yet" how long do you have to be coaching? My numbers may be off but I think Locey was at Linfield for 13 years before becoming the head coach assuming Joe's been coaching there since he graduated in 92' that would be 13 years under his belt as well (starting in 93'-06'). Who else personifies the Linfield tradition more so then Joe or Hire?  Have you been around any practices with players and coaches interacting? Your opinions seem to say, yes so I'm wondering what makes you think that Gilstrap was a mistake and that other should get the Head coaching job over Joe or even Hire? (assuming you're saying if Joe shouldn't get the job Hire shouldn't as well)

Cat#4

[D O.C.]

That little 'personal message offline' button is fun to use.

[Tuxguy]

Any time a College has a Coaching change your going to have people on both sides of the fence. I've found over the years that it's really hard to make everyone happy, no matter what it is. I for one have faith The people in charge will make the best possible choice for the College and the Football program. Seems to me they have done a pretty good job over the last 50 seasons!

That said, I feel we as a Linfield Nation need to back the new Coach( who ever it may be) and not question the decision made, and give the coach all the support we can. As always IMHO

               GO WILDCATS......LEAVE NO DOUBT '06

[rockcat]

Congats to Joe Smith who was officailly named head coach.