B. Baldwin commentary

[Proud Griz Man]

excerpted from http://www.spokesman.com/eagles/stories/2014/nov/10/for-ewu-more-than-just-a-win/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Moments after Eastern Washington’s 36-26 Big Sky Conference win over Montana on Saturday, Eagles football coach Beau Baldwin pondered the last three years and wondered aloud: “Before this, have we ever beaten both Montana schools three years in a row?” No, but they have now.

Since the beginning of the 2012 season, Eastern is 6-0 against the Grizzlies and Bobcats. In that same period, the Eagles are 21-2 in Big Sky play and are just one win away from an even bigger trifecta: three straight conference titles. Notions of a dynasty aren’t even mentioned, not when the three games have been decided by a combined 21 points, not when Montana still owns a commanding 26-14-1 lead in this series, and not when the Grizzlies hold all the trappings of success, including bigger budgets, media attention and fan following.

On the other hand, Eastern has been doing more with less for half a decade, even before the Eagles won the FCS title in 2010. For the third time in a row, Eastern will finish ahead of the Griz in the Big Sky standings. A program win, they call it. “We talked about it before we won a national title,” Baldwin said. “We had a vision for the decade and that was something big for us.” “To be able to do that and put ourselves in a position against a program that I respect so much is not easy,” said Baldwin, who credited everyone from the administration to the assistants and fans for the Eagles’ recent success.

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[Buttegrizzle]

:-?

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Just goes to show ya, winning isn't everything to the other teams in the Big Sky. Beating Montana is.

 

[Great Day To Be An Eagle]

Just goes to show ya, winning isn't everything to the other teams in the Big Sky. Beating Montana is.

huh?

 

[Copper Griz]

Just goes to show you how easy it is for a program to fall from prominence. EWU fans should be nervous. Baldwin could easily go down the road for another job. Then they can experience the coaching carousel that Montana has experienced. Not fun. Not fun at all.

 

[grizare#1]

Yep, enjoy it now because he WILL have offers if not this year maybe next. He is a good coach no doubt.

 

[ilovethecats]

Just goes to show you how easy it is for a program to fall from prominence. EWU fans should be nervous. Baldwin could easily go down the road for another job. Then they can experience the coaching carousel that Montana has experienced. Not fun. Not fun at all.

or the one ndsu is experiencing right now. that one seems to be going alright.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Just goes to show you how easy it is for a program to fall from prominence. EWU fans should be nervous. Baldwin could easily go down the road for another job. Then they can experience the coaching carousel that Montana has experienced. Not fun. Not fun at all.

or the one ndsu is experiencing right now. that one seems to be going alright.

They haven't won anything yet this year.

 

[get'em_griz]

Just goes to show you how easy it is for a program to fall from prominence. EWU fans should be nervous. Baldwin could easily go down the road for another job. Then they can experience the coaching carousel that Montana has experienced. Not fun. Not fun at all.

or the one ndsu is experiencing right now. that one seems to be going alright.

Yeah it's working out for them just like coaching changes usually have worked out for UM. But if you have enough coaching changes over a short period of time (like UM has had), then you starts seeing those fluctuations.

 

[zirge]

so coaching does make a difference......wow, what an eye opener.........i was beginning to believe from reading egriz that coaching could not contribute to whether a team wins or loses.......certainly not the griz.

 

[NLGrizFan]

I thought Boise State and Washington offered him earlier this year?

 

[Grizzlies1982]

I thought Boise State and Washington offered him earlier this year?

They may have had talks with him, but if either offered him a job he would not be living in Cheney right now.

 

[George Ferguson]

Baldwin wasn't offered by either.