Although the 2007 season did not turn out the way that every Bronco fan and most of the Bronco pundits (myself included) thought it would…it did show how strong of a hold Bill Cubit has on his football team.
With blowout losses to the top 2 teams in the country as well as last second losses to Akron, Ball State and embarrassing losses to Eastern Michigan as well as a referee filled controversy against Central Michigan, many teams would have simply folded.
Not this team. Not a Bill Cubit led team. Say what you want about the Broncos not being able to fight through 3 tough teams to begin the season and say what you will about those key losses…Bill Cubit held his team together.
Aside from Jamarko Simmons sideline tirade which had more to do with a single play than an entire season, this football team was a team throughout. Looking forward to their next win…as opposed to their next disappointment.
These beginning paragraphs feature things that have been written, said and exposed before…I understand that…what has not been written is that all the things that happened this season coupled with a possible MAC Championship 2008 could be what leads the big fishes into Kalamazoo to seek out the services of Bronco Head Coach Bill Cubit.
Take a quick look if you will at some of the things that Michigan State last season and now Michigan is looking for in their head coaches. Honesty, integrity, graduation, victories and an understanding of the history of whatever program they came from as well as the one they are about to take over.
Would Michigan consider Bill Cubit as Head Coach? I’m still unsure…what they do owe themselves is certainly the chance to at least speak with someone of Bill’s caliber. At least give him the opportunity to state where he would take that program.
This week former Michigan Heisman Winner Charles Woodson spoke about the importance of changing it up at Michigan…becoming innovative…understanding the importance of a fast paced scoring offense…check, check, and of course check.
At WMU as O-Coordinator and then at Stanford Cubit was considered one of the more innovative guys offensively in those regions.
Since coming to WMU he has been able to either recruit or turn others recruits into fantastic offensive players despite size, strength or natural talent. Talk to Greg Jennings or Tony Scheffler and ask them about the impact although short lived Bill Cubit had on their careers.
Ask Jamarko Simmons or Brandon Ledbetter or even Tim Hiller why they are developing into such offensive threats…its Bill Cubit…along with their ability to work.
For reasons unbeknownst to me…CMU is the one the bigger schools look to for coaching staffs. Mike Debord went from Michigan to CMU back to Michigan when he failed. Brian Kelly went from Grand Valley State to CMU to Cincinnati and so on and so on.
Why is it…that Central is covered more heavily in the East side papers than the Broncos? Either way it’s about the same distance from the cities.
Look, im not advocating that Bill Cubit leave WMU, because to be honest…what he has done with the situation that he came into…having replaced the man that he coached under with a President who didn’t care much about football is nothing short of remarkable. I’m simply saying…a day will come when the big schools come calling…will Michigan be one?
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