Alternative viewpoint. JJ's system actually works...

[Grant Carter]

The phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" comes to mind.

Well said.

[gostangs]

What pony boy calls "amazing" most people would call average at best UH did well under June, but every other team was coming in off of a long flight and the competition was horrible. Any good team exposed them.

At SMU, we got into average bowls by eaking out 6 wins several times against CUSA competition. Any decent teams cleaned our clock. We won three bowls, one against a team whose coach abandoned them, the other against a Nevada team that had both their two good running backs suspended right before our game.

Excuses abounded - IPF, tutoring, mascot too small, lights in wrong direction. Never the real reason, lack of effort in recruiting.

Our head coach was wanted by nobody for 7 years. The only assistant that went anywhere (that June brought in) was the guy June didn't like -(Klemm).

No recruiting, ancient coaches, no effort and out of date system. UNLV would be bat [deleted] crazy to hire this old coot.

[PK]

The system proved not to work. We got to a few bowl games in spite of the system, not because of it. If it worked we would not be where we are today.

Actually, our defense early on had more to do with our winning a number of those games leading up to a bowl invite then the offensive scheme.

[GiddyUp]

Yes he got smu to mid-tier bowl games, yes he got Hawaii winning again with a cupcake schedule. If they want 6-6 or 7-5 - he is their man. Is that the goal for most teams? He wont ever beat anyone good..unless its a Hawaii bowl where the teams seem to play better. UNLV might be the perfect place.

[SMU Football Blog]

What "system" are we talking about? The R&S? Or just the June Jones mystique?

The R&S is no longer novel and is too easily defended by teams used to defending the spread.

The June Jones mystique is geared for middling short-term success, followed by self-destruction. June has alienated people at every job he's had for 25 years.

[PonySnob]

[lwjr]

I agree, JJ's system did work. He built up our hopes then stole money. Sounds like a well run Ponzi scheme. Yep, it worked alright

[03Mustang]

He also brought us all together in unified disgust

[RyanSMU98]

He also brought us all together in unified disgust

So I guess it did work! That's probably the only thing PF has come together on since the beginning of time. JJ's a community builder; he just builds it to universally despise him.

[Stallion]

Darn. June Jones is going to edge out Mike Cavan for the best win percentage by a third decimal. They both will be credited with a 39% winning percentage. I think Jones is about .002 better for 12 Million Dollars

[East Coast Mustang]

I hope June gets the UNLV job. He could wear black again and it's a shorter flight to Honolulu for the Hawaii Bowl

[PonyKai]

Darn. June Jones is going to edge out Mike Cavan for the best win percentage by a third decimal. They both will be credited with a 39% winning percentage. I think Jones is about .002 better for 12 Million Dollars

Not if we tack on the last 10 losses of the 2014 season which he darn well earned. Time for an asterisk.

[gostangs]

He would be perfect in Vegas. Home of slightly strange loners who wear black and have undocumented issues whenever pressure is applied.

[ponyboy]

It is so easy to forget history, so easy to forget the suckage from whence we came.

Anyway, I'm done – no more JJ talk. Excited about the Chad Morris era!

[sbsmith]

Darn. June Jones is going to edge out Mike Cavan for the best win percentage by a third decimal. They both will be credited with a 39% winning percentage. I think Jones is about .002 better for 12 Million Dollars

Isn't June's official record 36-43 (.455)?