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Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:39 pm
by ponyinNC
I hadn't seen this posted yet.

http://saturdayblitz.com/coaches-hot-seat-top-10/


7. June Jones, SMU (Preseason: 6); Lost to Texas Tech, 41-23

It doesn’t matter that the season-opening opponent hails from the Big 12. Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury swaggered in with a walk-on, true freshman quarterback who proceeded to hang 5 TDs and 41 points on the Mustangs. This isn’t going to cut it for Jones. SMU hired him from Hawaii to come in and return the program to glory – not to help it qualify for meaningless bowl games. The Mustangs, who were only 4.5-point underdogs, played the Red Raiders close through three quarters. Then Tech started going guns-a-blazin’. Yes, there were some positive signs – starting with 490 yards of total offense. But SMU wants to get back to relevance. That means beating Big 12 programs in ideal circumstances. Getting blown out at home by a walk-on freshman is the opposite of checking that box. Next up: Montana State.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:43 pm
by blackoutpony
Damn.... But it's all true. Glad someone in the media noticed honestly.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:45 pm
by ponyinNC
There are quite a few AAC coaches on that list after week 1.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:47 pm
by blackoutpony
ponyinNC wrote:There are quite a few AAC coaches on that list after week 1.


4 out 10 doesn't exactly bode well for the conference...

SMU, Houston, USF, UConn

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:49 pm
by ponyinNC
two lost to FCS.

One lost to FCS last year and had a pretty bad season

JJ lost to a B12 team, but has gone to 4 bowls, and still made the list - that really says something.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:00 pm
by Mustangsabu
Someone has been reading PF...

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:06 pm
by ponyinNC
Mustangsabu wrote:Someone has been reading PF...


:lol:

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:10 pm
by PlanoStang
Maybe we could hire Paul Johnson, or Mike Leach. Both highly recommended by PonyFans just a few years ago just after we phired Phil :!: Probably again after the ASU debacle.

Feeling heat: Charlie Weis (Kansas), Randy Edsall (Maryland), Mike London (Virginia), Jim Grobe (Wake Forest), Paul Chryst (Pittsburgh), Kyle Whittingham (Utah), Steve Sarkisian (Washington), Mike Leach (Washington State), Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech).


Coaches roulette is a loser's game :!:

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:16 pm
by East Coast Mustang
Mike London? Really?

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:21 pm
by Big Hoss
East Coast Mustang wrote:Mike London? Really?


I was thinking the same thing. This is only his 2nd season, right? I mean, they hung on to their last coach for at least 4 seasons with awful results each year, so I'm thinking they'll give him more time because who the heck wants to go to Pullman anyway?

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:23 pm
by Mustangs35SMU
ponyinNC wrote:SMU hired him from Hawaii to come in and return the program to glory – not to help it qualify for meaningless bowl games.


Definitely depends on who you ask for the answer to that.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:23 pm
by East Coast Mustang
Big Hoss wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:Mike London? Really?


I was thinking the same thing. This is only his 2nd season, right? I mean, they hung on to their last coach for at least 4 seasons with awful results each year, so I'm thinking they'll give him more time because who the heck wants to go to Pullman anyway?

Mike London is at UVA

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:33 pm
by leopold
Pasqualoni definitely deserves to be #1 on that list.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:36 pm
by Water Pony
After the Washington Huskies tattooed Boise State in the reopening of their renovated (and beautiful lakefront) stadium, Steve Sarkisian, HC @ Washington, is looking solid. A winning record this season in the PAC12 will earn him a longer tenure and more money.

Re: Jones #7 on Coaches Hot Seat

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:49 pm
by PlanoStang
Mustangs35SMU wrote:
ponyinNC wrote:SMU hired him from Hawaii to come in and return the program to glory – not to help it qualify for meaningless bowl games.


Definitely depends on who you ask for the answer to that.


Just curious. Were you in Allen or University Park last Friday night :?:

Maybe we should fire coach King after that 4th qtr. :wink:

Glad I stayed at Ford, and didn't head up there at halftime.