Was McCown's Talent Squandered?

[PlanoStang]

Wow! No one who calls Rossley a great coach can possibly argue with me that SMU's own recruiting restrictions made it impossible to compete on an equal playing field.

I agree with you on that.

If you take the root mean square analysis of our records from 89-96, it will show a "gradual" climb which reflects our gradual climb in talent level.

[Dooby]

nope! we were 1-9-1 in 1994 and 1-10 in 1995 ending with a 10 game losing streak before Rossley's "magical" 5-6 season in the WAC. In other words the great Tom Rossley won 7 of his last 33 games. Wow! No one who calls Rossley a great coach can possibly argue with me that SMU's own recruiting restrictions made it impossible to compete on an equal playing field.

Let me get this straight, I thought Rossley was a pretty good coach. That means, I cannot argue with you that "SMU's own recruiting restrictions made it impossible to compete on an equal playing field." I don't argue that. I agree with you on that. I want the recruiting restrictions changed.

Rossley did go 5-6 in the old SWC. And that was with the worst of the recruiting restrictions. A couple of years later, he went 5-6 in the 16 team WAC, with the worst of the recruiting restrictions. Cavan then went 6-5 with Rossley's players in the 16 team WAC and did progressively worse every year in the watered down WAC, with the same recruiting restrictions. I don't see how those records add up to "Rossley stunk" and "Cavan was unappreciated." I am not saying the Rossley days were the glory years, but I think they stack up comparably to Cavan's tenure.

If it were up to me, I would do what it takes for SMU to recruit anyone that TCU can recruit and be done with it, which I think is pretty much what you advocate. I hope Bennett finely gets that opportunity. I wish Cavan had that opportunity. I wish Rossley had that opportunity, too.

Stallion, you need to figure out that most people on this board have accepted what you say on the recruiting restrictions and want them changed. I know I do. But why you need to look for opportunities to fight about it is beyond me.

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

In 94 we were 2-7-2, I believe, with a tie with nationally ranked A$M in San Antone.

No, that was '93 when we tied Missouri 10-10 in Columbia and we tied UofH 28-28, a game that we should have won as I recall we were winning it rather handily in the 1st half but completely collapsed in the 2nd down at the Astrodome.

[LA_Mustang]

Josh McCown was benched today by Dennis Green for Shaun King.