Larry Coker = a good hire

[ponyfan84]

Before you all call me dumb/crazy, think about it...

By accepting the job here, assuming we have the money to hire him, SMU makes NATIONAL HEADLINES. Good press right there....then with the hire, more sports writers track our team to see his progress....more press.

Hes not a bad coach, but hes not a bad recruiter either. He knows how to play. Yea he may have messed up @ the U this year, but C-USA and the ACC are two different levels of competition. Here, the pressure is just to win ball games, not a national title every year. Thats easier for a guy in his shoes, and no power house is going to take him anymore. Plus, when kids see hes coaching here, it will sway them towards our side. With the right coordinators, he can be a major factor to finally turning this program around. And unlike PB, he plays to win and knows how to win, not blow leads. I am sure he can lure away a few big time recruits from Florida too. Just my thoughts. Call me crazy/dumb/smart, whatever you want, but this program is all downhill with our tougher schedule and loss of key players on an already mediocre D for next year.

[smupony94]

Ok I will call you crazy

[perunapower]

Before you all call me dumb/crazy, think about it...

By accepting the job here, assuming we have the money to hire him, SMU makes NATIONAL HEADLINES. Good press right there....then with the hire, more sports writers track our team to see his progress....more press.

Hes not a bad coach, but hes not a bad recruiter either. He knows how to play. Yea he may have messed up @ the U this year, but C-USA and the ACC are two different levels of competition. Here, the pressure is just to win ball games, not a national title every year. Thats easier for a guy in his shoes, and no power house is going to take him anymore. Plus, when kids see hes coaching here, it will sway them towards our side. With the right coordinators, he can be a major factor to finally turning this program around. And unlike PB, he plays to win and knows how to win, not blow leads. I am sure he can lure away a few big time recruits from Florida too. Just my thoughts. Call me crazy/dumb/smart, whatever you want, but this program is all downhill with our tougher schedule and loss of key players on an already mediocre D for next year.

You're an idiot. He could not control his team. They shot other people, they got shot by other people, and brawled like thugs against FIU. I refuse for that idiot to become coach here. SMU will not become the next Thug U. There are coaches out there who are competent and classy. Coker is not one of them.

[jkflamebo]

u just dethroned the idiot

[dandyfan]

now that's pretty funny stuff.

[bigdaddy08091]

All of you, go to bed please. This is [deleted] stupid. Coker would not come to SMU if you offered him the President job. Where do you people live so I can call the folks in Roswell, NM. You must be from another planet.

[craigjames4ever]

There are only 75 other programs Coker would go to before SMU. Insanity reigns supreme with some people.

[MustangLaxer]

Before you all call me dumb/crazy, think about it...

By accepting the job here, assuming we have the money to hire him, SMU makes NATIONAL HEADLINES. Good press right there....then with the hire, more sports writers track our team to see his progress....more press.

Hes not a bad coach, but hes not a bad recruiter either. He knows how to play. Yea he may have messed up @ the U this year, but C-USA and the ACC are two different levels of competition. Here, the pressure is just to win ball games, not a national title every year. Thats easier for a guy in his shoes, and no power house is going to take him anymore. Plus, when kids see hes coaching here, it will sway them towards our side. With the right coordinators, he can be a major factor to finally turning this program around. And unlike PB, he plays to win and knows how to win, not blow leads. I am sure he can lure away a few big time recruits from Florida too. Just my thoughts. Call me crazy/dumb/smart, whatever you want, but this program is all downhill with our tougher schedule and loss of key players on an already mediocre D for next year.

You're an idiot. He could not control his team. They shot other people, they got shot by other people, and brawled like thugs against FIU. I refuse for that idiot to become coach here. SMU will not become the next Thug U. There are coaches out there who are competent and classy. Coker is not one of them.

I dont think any coach could of control the players at the U...that isn't the problem. Coker could take this job, but I wouldn't see it as something he would do for more than 3-4 years if that. Tough to recruit when he wouldn't be solidly on board. Move on...

[Col. Nathan R. Jessep]

...
Where do you people live so I can call the folks in Roswell, NM. You must be from another planet...

--- BigMomma, you've been ranting & raving all nite, but that was funny.

Now, put down the Bourbon, step away from the Bourbon...

[J.T.supporta]

Coker would be a great hire but he said he pasted up on better jobs just to stay at the U. Coker will most likely coach at NCST next year and take ALL is frustration out on the U any time those two teams clash.

Watch him go to NCST just because of that reason.

I'd rather hire Chuck Amato since it islikely that NCST will cut him by the end of the year. probably this coming week.

[PK]

I dont think any coach could of control the players at the U...that isn't the problem. Coker could take this job, but I wouldn't see it as something he would do for more than 3-4 years if that. Tough to recruit when he wouldn't be solidly on board. Move on...

Just who in the hell do you think recruited those players at the U...and then couldn't control them? Not to worry, those types of players would never make it into SMU to begin with...and before you say that is why we don't win...it seems those thugs didn't do too well this year either.

[CalallenStang]

1) He cannot control his team
2) He could not sustain Miami's status as a national title contender (after winning one his first year after taking over for Butch Davis)
3) We don't know if he's a good recruiter, considering his classes at Miami were skewed by the fact that it's Miami.

Three strikes...Speculation out!

[SCHOOPS]

We can't afford him. He was making 2 million a year at Miami.

[MustangLaxer]

I dont think any coach could of control the players at the U...that isn't the problem. Coker could take this job, but I wouldn't see it as something he would do for more than 3-4 years if that. Tough to recruit when he wouldn't be solidly on board. Move on...

Just who in the hell do you think recruited those players at the U...and then couldn't control them? Not to worry, those types of players would never make it into SMU to begin with...and before you say that is why we don't win...it seems those thugs didn't do too well this year either.

Thats what I'm saying...Coker wouldn't have those issues here. Since when has anyone from SMU tried to act like a thug...halloween maybe...get real, the dude can coach and everyone learns from their mistakes. You cannot compare Miami players to SMU players. No matter the coach SMU players will be smarter and more successful whihle the U will produce guys with police records or NFL contracts

[MrMustang1965]

Ok I will call you crazy

...and I'll call you dumb (84, not 94).