FB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[scotty]

no surprise here...

[Pat Coleman]

WORD ON THE STREET

Which street?

[Werner99]

WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT TIM ROGERS HAS RESIGNED AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT DEPAUW. RUNNING BACKS COACH MATT WALKER WILL BE THE HEAD COACH THIS SEASON.

HoosierQBScout,

How could you make that statement on this board and offer no source or reason to back it up?

[HoosierQBScout]

werner99---
i appreciate your question...people who told me, including a current player, would not want their names to be used.   

[HoosierQBScout]

THE NEWS IS NOW ON THE DEPAUW WEBSITE.

[Werner99]

This is unbelievable.  The program deserves so much better than this. 

The DePauw web site offered no statement from Rogers or reason as to why he is no longer there.

I'll reserve any comments (and I'll have plenty at the appropriate time) until this gets sorted out.

A quick note on Matt Walker- he has done a fine job with the baseball team and is a solid guy.

[HoosierQBScout]

werner99---
i agree with you...depauw has to be up front with folks on what happened here...

[DPU92]

As a DePauw alumnus, I am saddened by yet another coaching change.  It is tough to know if the program can continue to have success with all the coaching changes.  They have done very well the last two years (8-2 and 7-2 I believe) with new coaches each year.  

However, I have played for and coached with Matt Walker and I think he along with Robby Long will do a fantastic job.  I am eager to hear why Rogers left...any thoughts or speculation?

[Ron Boerger]

Basically the whole coaching staff (except Walker and Long) has now turned over as a result, right?  Ouch ... gotta be a story here.   Wish I knew.  

[Li'l Giant]

They have done very well the last two years (8-2 and 7-2 I believe) with new coaches each year.

Depauw has done pretty well following the last two coaching changes. But having a legendary coach retire is forseeable. Lynch's departure may have been a somewhat of surprise but not really.

This is an absolute shock and quite different from the last two changes.

[consultant]

That is unbelievable about DePauw.  From all indications, Walker does seem like a class act.  Best of luck to the Tigers.  Despite PR efforts claiming that naming Walker as head coach will make a smooth transition, the fact is that the football team is going to have to make a transition in the summer.  We'll see what happens.

Pat, regarding Millsaps' scheduling woes, the "wandering in the scheduling wilderness" was only INTENSIFIED when the school told UW-Stout it wasn't coming to Wisconsin to finish the 2002-03 home-and-home.  The wandering started in 2001 when Millsaps scheduled the club team.....University of South Alabama.

[DPU92]

Lil Giant - Ill give you that. Coach Nick announced he was leaving at the beginning of a season and most people knew that Lynch was not going to stick for that long.  Rogers leaving is a huge surprise and a summer transition is going to be...well...a challenge to say the least.  I think one thing on there side is the fact that Coach Walker is an in house hire and has been there for about 10 years playing and coaching.  Regardless...this is still a shock.

[evacuee]

That's twice today that DePauw people have made improper use of there/their. 

[DPU92]

Not pertinent to the conversation and a waste of your time.

[Werner99]

The bottom line is this:

No one is going to give DPU an extra 7 points out of pity.

The senior class now has an opportunity to take charge, show some moxy, and lead the team.  

In fact, the seniors have a chance to show the type of leadership the rest of the University lacks.