Neuheisel, Bowden, Barnett or Mason

[ponygrad90]

The more I see that list the more excited I am getting-

Let the Best man win!!!!!!

Pony Up!!!!!

[mr. pony]

Where's the list?

[smu diamond m]

Where's the list?

The thread title, maybe?

[jackspub]

great list, finally someone with realistic expectations.

[Otto]

I'd be good with any of them (although Mason doesn't get me too fired up for season tickets just yet) ... and in the order in which you have them listed.

[George S. Patton]

Absolutely NOT to Neuheisel.

I've posted this before. He does not have a good rapport when it comes to dealing with Texas High School coaches. His pretty-boy and flashy image will not work with them.

[NickSMU17]

Quote from Ex Northwestern player under Barnett....

"He's an awesome guy and would do a good job recruiting. I think he'd be great for SMU. I don't think he'd take the job though."

If we can get this guy we need to hire him. He has dealt with similar academic restrictions before.

[Billy Joe]

I would be excited about any of the aforementioned names. However, I would be equally or more excited if SMU added a few athlete friendly majors and/or an education major and announced a policy that the school would readily accept transfer hours from other Div. 1-A schools and from JUCO / Community College type schools.

[Otto]

Absolutely NOT to Neuheisel.

I've posted this before. He does not have a good rapport when it comes to dealing with Texas High School coaches. His pretty-boy and flashy image will not work with them.

You've posted everything before, usually many times, as if repeating things over and over, as if that somehow will make your point (?) more valid.

Who cares if the Texas high school coaches like him? Doesn't matter in the slightest. Jimmy Tubbs was supposed to be a personal friend of every high school coach in the city, if not DFW or the state, and his recruiting impact among local coaches wasn't a hell of a lot more significant than yours or mine. Matt Doherty waltzes in with his big name and his UNC/Kansas background, and lo and behold, recruits know who he is and come to SMU. Who was it, Kwiatkowski or someone who said he chose SMU in part because "Coach Doherty is kind of a big deal"?

If a coach can have the same impact on football recruiting, the pre-existing relationships with Texas high school coaches mean nothing.

[mr. pony]

Good point.

[MustangPride]

I'll second that....

[George S. Patton]

I'll second that....

Basketball and football ain't the same.

EDIT: John Mackovic pretty much had the same appeal. Mack Brown had to clean up a lot of that mess. We cannot afford to not cultivate, nurture and improve those relationships.

We're in a FREAKIN' hotbed for high school football. This state has a national reputation for it. And some of you don't think it's a big deal?

This is a blatant form of arrogant, naive or just flat out stupid thinking that I've come across.

But you guys are right. Let's just casually call and do as little as possible with Texas high schools and make sure that the competitive imbalance continues.

[giacfsp]

I'll use small words if it will help:

"If a kid can play, it don't matter where he's from."

This is a "freakin' hotbed" of basketball talent, too, but by all accounts, the Michigan kid is a player and the three California kids are players. If this year's Magnificent Seven and next year's freshmen start to turn things around, Texas coaches will be calling us to send their kids to SMU.

The notion that SMU players somehow have to come from Dallas, or even Texas, is inane. Sure, it's nice to say "he's a hometown guy," but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't mean anything. Logic dictates we'll get a lot of Texas players. But if Coach Doherty finds the next John Koncak in Kansas City, rest assured he'll go after him, even if it means snubbing a Texas kid.

I'm hoping the next football coach does the same thing.

[mustangxc]

I'll use small words if it will help:

"If a kid can play, it don't matter where he's from."

This is a "freakin' hotbed" of basketball talent, too, but by all accounts, the Michigan kid is a player and the three California kids are players. If this year's Magnificent Seven and next year's freshmen start to turn things around, Texas coaches will be calling us to send their kids to SMU.

The notion that SMU players somehow have to come from Dallas, or even Texas, is inane. Sure, it's nice to say "he's a hometown guy," but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't mean anything. Logic dictates we'll get a lot of Texas players. But if Coach Doherty finds the next John Koncak in Kansas City, rest assured he'll go after him, even if it means snubbing a Texas kid.

I'm hoping the next football coach does the same thing.

While I agree wholeheartedly with your approach in basketball and would not limit myself to Texas recruiting in football either, it is not reasonable to focus your recruiting efforts in football outside of Texas simply based on the numbers game.

[giacfsp]

Agreed, wholeheartedly .... hence the "Logic dictates we'll get a lot of Texas players" statement.

Glad we're on the same page here.