Saturday NC Central game

[NickSMU17]

you are great

[PonyDoh]

you are great

no, just more knowledgeable about program building then most folks here. After all, it's my job

[NickSMU17]

Maybe you should be our next coach...

[PonyDoh]

Maybe you should be our next coach...

I'd recruit very well, Nick, very well. Not much of the coaching type, though. Don't you think the reason I'm so critical of Orsini may b/c I know how he's perceived in the basketball industry?

[NickSMU17]

How bout asst.?

Have you been a head coach before, maybe you should try it?

[Pony_Fan]

we actually have another W on the schedule. Sorry to disappoint most of the board - we won 78-50.

[PonyDoh]

How bout asst.?

Have you been a head coach before, maybe you should try it?

I love a good comedian. Apologies for cluttering the basketball and hoops recruiting portion of the board w/industry perspective. I'll try and refrain in the future

[mustangxc]

I'll take it! I for one would love to see the team win out! It is in the best interest of everyone involved to see us win as many as possible regardless of whether we make a coaching change!

[PonyDoh]

I'll take it! I for one would love to see the team win out! It is in the best interest of everyone involved to see us win as many as possible regardless of whether we make a coaching change!

exactly. It's like we have people cheering against the kids around here. It just looks awful to recruits

[ponyscott]

Maybe you should be our next coach...

I'd recruit very well, Nick, very well. Not much of the coaching type, though. Don't you think the reason I'm so critical of Orsini may b/c I know how he's perceived in the basketball industry?

Can you still be objective though being so close to the SMU program for so long?....just askin...sometimes you can be too close.....

[CalallenStang]

I'll take it! I for one would love to see the team win out! It is in the best interest of everyone involved to see us win as many as possible regardless of whether we make a coaching change!

exactly. It's like we have people cheering against the kids around here. It just looks awful to recruits

Give me a break. No one is cheering against the kids. Personally, I'd like to see us win out, keep Doh, and go 38-0 and win a national championship next year. I just don't see that happening.

[NickSMU17]

How bout asst.?

Have you been a head coach before, maybe you should try it?

I love a good comedian. Apologies for cluttering the basketball and hoops recruiting portion of the board w/industry perspective. I'll try and refrain in the future

I appreciate the info, just not the way you put down posters and make yourself seem like Coach K...

[PonyDoh]

How bout asst.?

Have you been a head coach before, maybe you should try it?

I love a good comedian. Apologies for cluttering the basketball and hoops recruiting portion of the board w/industry perspective. I'll try and refrain in the future

I appreciate the info, just not the way you put down posters and make yourself seem like Coach K...

it's all good, I know the way I come off. I'm not claiming some advanced knowledge of Xs & Os or mean to come off like the rat, but as an industry guy, and an SMU alum & advocate, this is all very tough viewing, and not just the Doh years. I truly believe we should be an elite national level private program. Not Duke, but certainly close to the Gonzaga's of the world. I die a little everyday we don't make that move.

To be honest, the ceiling is a lot lower in football then it is in hoops, IMO, which is doubly frustrating. As for putting down posters, that's not my intent. It does peeve though, when this place is so negative, that people start the 'if we lose' threads, before tip-off. It's a posters right, and in this case Callalen is a very devout hoops & program fan, so it's not meant as a call out, but it doesn't help, especially when it comes to recruiting. Just this week there was a thread that's entire premise was the hope we tank, just so we can clean house. Whatever happens is going to happen, let's discuss hoops and recruiting. There are like 1500 hundred fans, maybe 150 as devout as most of us, and new media matters when it comes to turning this thing around. Rant over

[PonyDoh]

Maybe you should be our next coach...

I'd recruit very well, Nick, very well. Not much of the coaching type, though. Don't you think the reason I'm so critical of Orsini may b/c I know how he's perceived in the basketball industry?

Can you still be objective though being so close to the SMU program for so long?....just askin...sometimes you can be too close.....

I don't work for SMU, or w/their apparel company etc. I'm only close b/c I'm a fan/alum, and water cooler talk in my industry gives the straight poop on most programs, not just SMU. I'm not blind to the issues, but I also have a 3rd party perspective on what this job is and isn't. Specifically, how it is regarded on the food chain, if its AD is a pro or con etc

[NickSMU17]

Have you made yourself known to Orisini or Doh?

It would seem that we could use an image consultant or someone who understands the game...