ponyte wrote:Yeah, lets fire a man without giving him a chance to compete on a level field. He has lacked scholarships. He has lacked talented players to practice. He has lacked enough players to often have a 5 on 5 practices.
Imagine if Ron Meyer, one of the best recruiter of all time in any sports, told Eric Dickerson that he didn't have enough scholarships to recruit enough offensive linemen? Think Dickerson would have turned down A$M? Think Dickerson would have though, ‘Hades, its not like I need offensive linemen to succeed.’ We all know if Dickerson had to face that he would be shown on the sidelines everytime A$M was on TV.
Does anyone think Jank can attract a one and done when he has to tell him there are not enough quality players to practice and Jank couldn’t recruit a strong Post, shooting guard, power forward, etc. because he didn’t have enough scholarships?
Oh, and does anyone with a momentary lapse of SANITY think any decent coach would consider SMU after firing a coach that stepped in with severe scholarships reductions? What coach would come into a program that will ax a coach without even giving him a chance to have at least the same number of scholarship players as the competition?
Remember how well LSU was able to recruit a top 5 coaches after they’re handling of Les Miles? Oh, that’s right, the two top 5 coaches they offered turned them down. One even went to revolving door A$M. Screwing a coach has consequences.
There is a reason that the NCAA handed SMU such a severe penalty. We are seeing the results. Want to blame someone; maybe our hero, Larry Brown, has a tad to do with this situation
Oh, and since Jank stepped in with a known, KNOWN scholarship reduction, would he be considered an idiot if he didn’t include in his contract a guarantee for job security (i.e. a huge buy out) if fired before he can fully recruit? If he didn’t, he is stupid as is his agent and then, I would agree, he deserves to be fired for being too stupid to do the sensible thing.
For me, the determination of whether Jank is great, average or terrible has to wait till after he has had a chance to compete on a level playing ground.
Man that’s some strong koolaid you’re drinking.
The guy has passed on at least a half dozen three and four star guys who WANTED TO COME in exchange for guys with no major offers. He thinks he can coach these guys up? Who has he coached up? Landrum? Douglas? Even Chaggy is marginal.... and a lousy defender. He could be a lot better with an LB as a coach.
How has he managed the past half dozen games? Miserably.
Go ahead, admit the guys are gassed at the end of games. It’s because he has no bench contributors (his recruits) and he rarely uses the timeouts he has.
And when was the last time he engaged the student body? Ummmm... never.
He’s coasting. And if you think things are bad today just wait until next year. Most likely ECU and Tulane pass us too.
We’re screwed and it not because of the probation.