by Kevin of Ultimatecapper.com
Dennis Erickson is back and where he'd landed may surprise youa bit.
Erickson has accepted the head coaching position of the IdahoVandals a move that baffled most, however he does havehistory with them as his first head coaching position came atthat school.
This will surely give Idaho some respectability as Ericksonis the type of college coach that can flat our recruit and takea bottom feeding program to the top, as evidenced by the hugeturnaround he created at Oregon State a handful of years ago.
Erickson, the 58 year old ex 49er's coach, first took a coachingjob back with the Vandals in '82. He only stayed 3 years duringhis tenure there.
It's plain to see that this wasn't about the money either, ashe signed for what to him would be a meager 200,000/yr plus incentivesthat can land him up to 1.5 million over the course of the contract.The contract is slated for 5 years.
After seeing this transpire, all we could think about is thatErickson is one who LOVES to take a bad program and make it goodand man is he good at doing just that. He lead the Hurricanesof old to some stellar seasons, he turned around an Oregon Stateprogram that has been horrible for decades and he attempted toturn around the SF 49er's however as it turned out, he was notsuited for the pro game.
In summary, Idaho's most recent season record of 2-9 is morelikely to do a 360' shortly and you can expect some 9-2's to comefrom the land of spuds. Nonetheless, it'll be exciting to watchand we're very happy to see Dennis back where he belongs; in collegefootball.
