bubba pony wrote:when JJ went to the Hawaii bowl I recall we were all ecstatic. even Peruna, JJ horses, band, cheerleaders went to Hawaii. It was a big deal. After that, JJ rolled over and coasted. he and some were content with low ranked bowls. when he tried to go to ASU, Orsini already extended his contract. for some reason I understood to fire JJ then would have cost SMU something like 3 years pay or $6 million. so he stayed. Now I read on this forum, that we had to keep him one more year to avoid a $2 million buy out and then we can dump him sometime in the middle of this season for chump change.
Orsini also didn't want LB. he mouthed off to Turner and got fired. Hart comes on and hands over the marketing to an outside source which did a great job promoting SMU basketball.
Hard said he had no comment after the UNT game I rather hear that then some AD spin about we have to improve and we'll do better. I read this as Hart knows what has to be done, does he have the stones to do it and who will he pick?
Agreed completely. Some may not like or believe in Hart but everything I've seen he's a much better fit as AD than Orsini...sometimes professionalism and class come off as weak to the masses, but he's shown in action that he's a very capable AD.
Of course, that could all change in my mind if Jones is here much longer....
