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Mustang Nation Roll-call: MD
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:00 amby Water Pony
Informal poll, where is SMU getting press?
In today's Chicago Tribune, the anticipated signing of Matt Doherty was reported. Love seeing the Mustangs get attention up here.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:04 amby McClown27
It didn't make the New Haven Register.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:10 amby mustangbill67
In DC over the weekend. Saw it in the Washington. Post.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:17 amby Hoop Fan
lets not overestimate the media blitz. All D-1 coaching hires, no matter where and how large or small, get blurbs in papers everywhere. This is not unique to us hiring Doherty.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:23 amby McClown27
Hoop Fan wrote:lets not overestimate the media blitz. All D-1 coaching hires, no matter where and how large or small, get blurbs in papers everywhere. This is not unique to us hiring Doherty.
Please. It is good for the program and for recruiting. The positive news of his hire has definitely outweighed any local criticism of Tubbs' firing.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:36 amby Hoop Fan
McClown27 wrote:Hoop Fan wrote:lets not overestimate the media blitz. All D-1 coaching hires, no matter where and how large or small, get blurbs in papers everywhere. This is not unique to us hiring Doherty.
Please. It is good for the program and for recruiting. The positive news of his hire has definitely outweighed any local criticism of Tubbs' firing.
outweighed? Keep dreaming. But nevermind that, I am just saying you always get mentioned when you hire a new coach. Quit trying to paint this like we just landed a man on the moon or something.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:36 amby Water Pony
My enthusiasm is on reporting the 'anticipated' signing, not a press release. Interesting, since it was not from offical sources and it would be rare for a non-Texas paper to give us coverage.
Glass is offically half full, gang.
Thanks, Steve. Now schedule ND in FB. We could host them in the Cotton Bowl. Yeah, baby (Austin Powers)
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:38 amby ponydawg
Agreed we have not landed on the moon, but we are not standing in dog sh*t either.
very excited about the hire!
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:38 amby LA_Mustang
Most of these major newspapers also reported two weeks ago that SMU fired their coach for buying a kid lunch and soap.
Two weeks later, nothing new.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:42 amby smupony94
Nothing in Austin
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:47 amby White Helmet
Nothing in the Houston Chronicle save for an AP blurb. But the chronicle is about one of the worst major metro newspapers in the world.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:13 amby RE Tycoon
ponydawg wrote:Agreed we have not landed on the moon, but we are not standing in dog sh*t either.
very excited about the hire!
...[sees framed newspaper article about moon landing]
No Way! WE LANDED ON THE MOON!
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:19 amby PonyGirl
smupony94 wrote:Nothing in Austin
We make the Washington Post, and it doesn't get a mention in Austin? That's pathetic.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:26 amby MustangIcon
It is true that every D1 hire usually gets at least mention in the notes of any publication. This however is different. We are a headline on the front page of ESPN.com. Not just the college basketball page but the front page of ESPN.com. I have not been an SMU fan as long as many on this board bc of my age, but this is certainly more publicity than I have ever been used to. It IS a big deal, no matter how much a small group of you don't want it to be.
***DISCLAIMER***
I was born in '83 so I cannot attest to Pony Express days. All my first hand knowledge of SMU athletics is obviously post death penalty. When I started following bball we were in the Dement era (Willie Davis is still my favorite SMU player) and my first SMU football game was QB'd by the great Ramon Flanigan.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:34 amby McClown27
MustangIcon wrote:It is true that every D1 hire usually gets at least mention in the notes of any publication. This however is different. We are a headline on the front page of ESPN.com. Not just the college basketball page but the front page of ESPN.com. I have not been an SMU fan as long as many on this board bc of my age, but this is certainly more publicity than I have ever been used to. It IS a big deal, no matter how much a small group of you don't want it to be.
***DISCLAIMER***
I was born in '83 so I cannot attest to Pony Express days. All my first hand knowledge of SMU athletics is obviously post death penalty. When I started following bball we were in the Dement era (Willie Davis is still my favorite SMU player) and my first SMU football game was QB'd by the great Ramon Flanigan.
Doherty's acceptance of our offer is the biggest story about SMU athletics in the last 15 years.