The Ghost of Caven

[ponyte]

Bennett inherited Caven's material and had the record to prove it. Now, after 6 years and with Bennett's material, it looks like a Caven team. SMU goes into a game and can count on 3+ turnovers. We have more penalties than a Dennis Erickson Miami football team. We have taken tackling with itty-bitty flailing arms to a new level of art form. One is shocked that the Meadows School of the Arts hasn't conveyed on the Pony defense a degree for their inventiveness in arm tackling. Spaghetti strainers from the old country are less porous than a Caven/Bennett defense. After six years we still have the Caven mistake prone Mustangs and we still have the Caven results. And lets face the facts, this is one sorry excuse for a football team.

Please SMU, next time get serious about the next head coach. Find a coach that A) teaches discipline and eliminates penalties. B) Teaches solid face in the numbers tackling and C) How to hang on to the football. And teaching how to cover opponent’s receivers would be a huge plus.

This is football! This isn't ballroom dancing where feeling good about one's performance is reward enough. We need a coach that teaches football at a Division 1-A level (or whatever the hell the NCAA calls it this year).

[PK]

My recollection is that during the Cavan years, our defense was not all that bad given the players we had to work with and that is because of Eric Schumann...not Cavan. In fact if memory serves me right our run defense was relatrively highly rated. Unfortunately our offense in those days was not particularly productive...QB d'jour, etc.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

Bennett inherited Caven's material and had the record to prove it. Now, after 6 years and with Bennett's material, it looks like a Caven team. SMU goes into a game and can count on 3+ turnovers. We have more penalties than a Dennis Erickson Miami football team. We have taken tackling with itty-bitty flailing arms to a new level of art form. One is shocked that the Meadows School of the Arts hasn't conveyed on the Pony defense a degree for their inventiveness in arm tackling. Spaghetti strainers from the old country are less porous than a Caven/Bennett defense. After six years we still have the Caven mistake prone Mustangs and we still have the Caven results. And lets face the facts, this is one sorry excuse for a football team.

Please SMU, next time get serious about the next head coach. Find a coach that A) teaches discipline and eliminates penalties. B) Teaches solid face in the numbers tackling and C) How to hang on to the football. And teaching how to cover opponent’s receivers would be a huge plus.

This is football! This isn't ballroom dancing where feeling good about one's performance is reward enough. We need a coach that teaches football at a Division 1-A level (or whatever the hell the NCAA calls it this year).

Good Stuff!

[that's great raplh]

its cavan

[Junior]

[quote="ponyte"]Please SMU, next time get serious about the next head coach. Find a coach that A) teaches discipline and eliminates penalties. B) Teaches solid face in the numbers tackling and C) How to hang on to the football. And teaching how to cover opponent’s receivers would be a huge plus.
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I think that might be part of what PB forgot about football...