The Futon Report
We’re Gonna Take This Sitting Down
Amstutz Is Done Coaching
By Matt Sussman | Nov 2, 2008 | Filed Under Football
Really? I mean … he had another year left on his contract, and maybe at the end of the year a move is made but … really? Stepping down now? Now?
Toledo’s iconic portly coach Tom Amstutz is calling it quits as University of Toledo football head coach. It’s being said he will take a job within the University, which either means he’s burned out and doesn’t want to scan CareerBuilder for a new job, or the University was going to kick his ass to the curb but actually likes the guy and knows he means well.
Either way, why now? Why less than a month after a marquee win for the program? Why the evening of November 2, when they have a nationally-televised game Wednesday night? Something doesn’t smell right about this, but a press conference on Monday will explain everything. Or most everything. I don’t think we’ll get an explanation for the summer sausage.
Tags: college football, toledo, tom amstutz
To me, it smells definitely like, “You’ve done a lot for our program, but we don’t trust you to captain this ship for much longer, so here, have a position, but get the hell out of coaching.”
But that’s me.