FIRE TURNER
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:39 pmall in favor?!?!?! 
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:39 pmPosted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:39 pmSure, why not?
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:40 pmNo.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:41 pmyou're an idiot. do you have any idea how much money he's raised? Turner isn't going anywhere.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:44 pmI actually like Turner a lot. I think his hands are tied with the donors.
Can we read anything into his comments? Didn't he say "we have two lists, and we'd like to get someone off of the list of coaches without problematic histories"? I took that to mean Orsini wanted Barnett (since it was shortly after he threw his hat in the ring) and Turner didn't, but I would bet it's the donors/faculty and not all Turner. At what point do we get to move to list number 2?
Can we read anything into his comments? Didn't he say "we have two lists, and we'd like to get someone off of the list of coaches without problematic histories"? I took that to mean Orsini wanted Barnett (since it was shortly after he threw his hat in the ring) and Turner didn't, but I would bet it's the donors/faculty and not all Turner. At what point do we get to move to list number 2?
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:46 pmThe football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.
Give us another stab at a wart free guy and then we will go after someone with a past.
Give us another stab at a wart free guy and then we will go after someone with a past.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:46 pmTurner has been a blessing for SMU. Even if he demands a choir boy coach, he is putting a lot into athletics. If Augie Pye (R.I.P.) could have had his way, there would be no football (or an engineering school) at SMU.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:48 pmme@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.
Give us another stab at a wart free guy and then we will go after someone with a past.
All right. I'm down. One more.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:48 pmme@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.
Give us another stab at a wart free guy and then we will go after someone with a past.
If there only were a way to fire some of those faculty members . . . hmmmm . . .
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:48 pmNO!
Give him a raise because he hired The Mob Boss!
Who by the way has us bidding with schools like Georgia Tech
as opposed to coaches from Valdosta State!
Give him a raise because he hired The Mob Boss!
Who by the way has us bidding with schools like Georgia Tech
as opposed to coaches from Valdosta State!
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:48 pmat this point, we dont know for sure how much Turner has had to do with the likes of Rick and Bowden. i like the guy and hes very approachable
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:49 pmOK OK. I didnt think it would cause that big of a stink. Turner is a great guy. He has done a lot, but I think we all know it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Maybe if he just bent a little it might make things move a little smoother
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:50 pmme@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.
yeah, not liked until we start winning, that drives applications by high school kids up. that means the school can increase their admission standards. that means that you've got 'smarter' students at the school. that makes the faculty happy.
if you need a direct reference here, look west to TCU. their applications increased 40% when they went 10-1. and have continued to rise.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:51 pmQuikSStang wrote:at this point, we dont know for sure how much Turner has had to do with the likes of Rick and Bowden. i like the guy and hes very approachable
He is very approachable. I talked to him several times during my time at SMU. He even called me back several times when I left messages with his secretary. More than I can say for most people in his position
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:52 pmDutch wrote:me@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.
yeah, not liked until we start winning, that drives applications by high school kids up. that means the school can increase their admission standards. that means that you've got 'smarter' students at the school. that makes the faculty happy.
if you need a direct reference here, look west to TCU. their applications increased 40% when they went 10-1. and have continued to rise.
But their ranking continue to fall??? Something aint right in Froggie High