Tommy West Era Likely Over in Memphis

Explain why it’s well past time for the guy to be fired. And I could do that, I suppose. There’s no shortage of material. But after a game like Saturday’s, it almost feels like piling on. This is over, isn’t it? It has to be over. After nine seasons and a lot of good memories, the Tommy West era at Memphis will end after this year. It gives me no pleasure to write this, but it’s not some great mystery. West has lost five of his last six games against teams from the Sun Belt Conference. He has abandoned many of the things he believed in to recruit players who were kicked off other teams. And Saturday, before a crowd of maybe 12,000, his Tigers lost to a lousy Marshall team, 27-16, in what could be the last game of the year they’ll be favored to win. – Commercial-Appeal