Gilmore to Yale?

Headed for New Haven?


Several reports indicate that former Bushnell Cup winner and current Holy Cross head coach Tom Gilmore is one of the two or three finalists for the top job at Yale.

Gilmore was also a well-respected assistant coach at Columbia under Larry MacElreavy in the late 1980's. He came to Columbia right after wrapping up his stellar career at Penn.

To give you an idea of how good Gilmore is, many former Lion football players have been fans of his for years and have publicly lobbied for Gilmore to return to Columbia in the years when our head coaching job was vacant.

I don't want to set off any panics, but it is my humble opinion that Gilmore would be a big score for the Elis. He has gone from being mostly known as a defensive guru, to being flexible enough to put together a potent offensive attack as well.

I expect Yale to make its announcement by Thursday, Friday at the latest. Stay tuned.


Back to the Possibles

The avalanche of published "commits" to Columbia seems to be dry for today, so I'm back to talking about possible recruits.

Today, we go to Northern California where wide receiver where Novato High School wide receiver Jake Davis has Columbia among his possible 2009 destinations. He's also on Stanford and UC Davis' radar.