SMU Football Blog wrote:I go with Benford. I think there is a higher reward with Benford.
My view is that you get LB for 2 years, 3 years tops. He is well known for being a nomad, constantly looking for his next job and never staying in one place. His first HC job was at a college and he never coached a game, leaving before the season even started. He is well known for openly politicking for jobs in the middle of coaching a different team.
Frankly, I think there are college jobs LB is suited for, but this isn't one of them. For him to be successful at a college today he needs a situation where he can walk in and coach the talent he has. This is not that situation. I don't think anyone believes there is March Madness level talent on this squad right now.
If you give most basketball fans an over-under of LB staying of 3 years, any smart man takes the under. I predict he won't be here more than 2 and we won't make the NCAA's in either year. The talent isn't here for him to work with and he isn't going to bring the talent in in that short a period of time to get it done.
BTW, I fully predict these assistants aren't coming here as a package deal either.
Hope I am wrong. For the record, I don't have anything against LB. I used to hope and pray that one day the Mavs would bring him in as HC. Of course, that was 10-20 years ago.
Spectacularly wrong. But so was Orsini.
Thank the lord this worked out. Funny to read this in retrospect. In retrospect you can see Brown had a plan. It could not have worked out any better, both for SMU and for Brown. I truly think he is very happy here at SMU and not just blowing smoke.
