smitty329 wrote:Let's Go!!
ECM it amazes me how your internet connection/access to Ponyfans only seems to work after an SMU loss when you criticize the coach and administration - I am sorry we missed all of your inspirational messages you would have posted after a win had you had access.
Sanctions came and Larry left - everyone ever think where we would be if Jank split then too? Or after the NCAA Appearance year? We would probably have had an assistant for a season with an interim head coach tag followed by who knows what. Why did he stay? Money? Most likely. But he stayed and the student athletes seem to appreciate him. Remember he is coaching student athletes, not a celebrity judge on "The Next NBA Idol"
And whoever mentioned Jank is worthless because he keeps Douglas on the roster - how do you know what Douglas contributes to the team? Is he worthless because he isn't putting up a double double every game? Is it possible he contributes in other ways - in practice? In the the locker room? Or maybe he's not at 100%? And wouldn't Jank be a hypocrite if he got rid of him after complaining about not having enough players to practice?
You guys need to start playing video games to get out your aggression and ease up on these guys. Geez.
This team has one legit win this year (Houston at home) and one decent win (@ Memphis, who isn't anywhere near as good as their #21 ranking when we played them). Vanderbilt is atrocious, UNLV is a middling MWC team in the midst of a rebuild and Evansville flat out sucks. We are the worst 18-win team in the country, our SOS is horrible because Jank scheduled like a total loser because he was afraid of decent teams.
As to your question about what would happen if Jank had left when we got sanctions...well we’d be in a helluva lot better place right now five years later, that’s for sure. We’d presumably have a coach who gives a damn about his job and recruiting, and we probably wouldnt be losing to ECU and Tulane and getting absolutely obliterated by a team coached by Frank Haith.
I dont know how anyone can watch the team this season and be excited in any way about the future of SMU basketball. Yes, there are some legit pieces (Davis, Jolly, Mike, Feron) but this team will never come anywhere close to its full potential with Jank at the helm. A team takes on the same demeanor as its head coach and as a result we have all the mental toughness and fortitude of the French military. Our team is soft, our program is soft, and it’s not going to get better while the Self-Imposed Janktion is running things.