Some have mentioned the fact that BU's Jack Parker is being mentioned as the top candidate for the Bruins' vacant head coaching position and that this may cause even more coaching changes relatively close to the dawn of the new season. The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune (No. Andover, MA) reports that if Parker does go to the Bruins, Merrimack coach Ron Anderson will be a top candidate to succeed Parker at BU. Anderson played on BU's NCAA championship winning teams in the early 70s, and BU is known to be very partial to former players. There are several other former BU players around as head coaches elsewhere who would also be candidates, and I'm sure we'll hear all about them again if Parker does leave BU. Anderson was supposedly the top candidate for the Northeastern job right after Don McKenney resigned, but he said he wanted to remain at Merrimack and I don't believe he was pursued too aggressively. My personal opinion is that Anderson has spent too much time building the Merrimack program, to which he is fiercely loyal, to just walk away from it now. Although it is attractive to be considered for the prestigious BU job, where recruiting would be much easier and publicity comes more readily, I feel that Anderson would get more personal satisfaction from knowing he took an average Division II team into Division I and (hopefully) made it into a strong Division I contender and maybe even eventual champion. This seems to be the kind of guy he is; he's not interested in promoting himself. He's more of a low-key kind of guy. I was told as soon as the Northeastern rumors came out that "he wasn't going anywhere", and I have to believe that remains true even for BU. But then again, I've been wrong on so many coaching changes lately that you probably don't want to bet a significant amount of cash on this. :-) Guy, any comment on the possibility of Coach Anderson leaving for BU?