Buh in, House out, Wilson still at large

This just in (four hours ago): the Wolf Pack defense (allegedly) loses another coach, although this time under more triste circumstances.

Dan Hinxman blogged this afternoon regarding the termination of Jim House, defensive tackles coach.  An unusual move, to be sure, for about the only bright spot on an otherwise dismal squad.  While no information is yet offered, we should know at or around 11:AM Thursday (01/07) morning.

House has/had served under four different Wolf Pack head coaches, including all three Ault regimes, between 1990-2001, then 2007-2009 (Ault [1990-1992], Horton [1993], Ault-squared [1994-1995], Tisdel [1996-1999], Tormey [2000-2001], and Ault-cubed [2007-]).

A bright spot on the dark side of the ball, though, is the hiring of new DC Andy Buh, returning to his alma mater after polishing up his resume at, well, Nevada, then Fresno State, San Diego State, California and, most recently, Stanford.

I was excited to see Burton come along, and I think he would have made great strides had he stayed on an extra three years or so.  That said, the Nevada defense wasn't exactly showing much more than baby steps, even after year two.  Buh is a solid hire with strong ties to our program and, so long as he doesn't get ruined by the regime, should be able to do good things.  He has spent three years at Stanford as linebackers coach and assistant DC, and while the results of the defensive platoon weren't exactly flashy (it is the PAC 10, after all), I expect good things to come.

Stanford Schedule/Results for the 2009 Season:
(PA reinforced in parenthesis)

8-5, 6-3 PAC 10, T-2nd
at Washington State (1-11, 0-9 PAC 10, 10th)
W 39 - 13 Sep 5, 2009 (13)

at Wake Forest (5-7, 3-5 ACC)
L 17 - 24 Sep 12, 2009 (24)

vs San Jose State (2-10, 1-7 WAC, T-7th [last place])
W 42 - 17 Sep 19, 2009 (17)

vs Washington (5-7, 4-5 PAC 10, 7th)
W 34 - 14 Sep 26, 2009 (14)

vs UCLA (7-6, 3-6 PAC 10, 8th)
W 24 - 16 Oct 3, 2009 (16)

at Oregon State (8-5, 6-3 PAC 10, T-2nd)
L 28 - 38 Oct 10, 2009 (38)

at Arizona (8-5, 6-3 PAC 10, T-2nd)
L 38 - 43 Oct 17, 2009 (43)

vs Arizona State (4-8, 2-7 PAC 10, 9th)
W 33 - 14 Oct 24, 2009 (14)

vs Oregon (10-3, 8-1 PAC 10, 1st)
W 51 - 42 Nov 7, 2009 (42)

at USC (9-4, 5-4 PAC 10, T-5th)
W 55 - 21 Nov 14, 2009 (21)

vs California (8-5, 5-4 PAC 10 T-5th)
L 28 - 34 Nov 21, 2009 (34)

vs Notre Dame (6-6, Ind.)
W 45 - 38 Nov 28, 2009 (38)

vs Oklahoma (8-5, 5-3 Big XII)
L 27 - 31 Dec 31, 2009 (31)

While all this is going on, Ken Wilson is running around somewhere.  Maybe the anonymous tipster got the coaches names mixed up?  My fingers are crossed.