Rod Strickland

[dcpony]

If you want recruiting prowess. It's hard to beat Strick. But his baggage is undeniable.

http://dallas.sbnation.com/2012/3/20/28 ... tt-doherty

To turn the corner, SMU has to lock down it's backyard. The road to relevance starts with the talent that's readily available in South Dallas. However, the perception of a school located in the middle of Highland Park in the rest of the city is well captured in this comment on dallasnews.com: "SMU really has no connection to Dallas Period! They are content to sit on their own little island waiting to star in their own movie version of 'The Help!'"

Deserved or not, that's what the school's next coach will have to overcome if SMU has any chance of becoming relevant in college basketball.

It's not impossible, as Mike Dement showed at times during his 14-year stretch on the Hilltop. Armed with a coaching staff that included Tubbs, Dement was able to land Jeryl Sasser (the No. 2 prospect in the state) from Kimball and Willie Davis from Lincoln. Two years later, Quinton Ross (Kimball) came as well. Sasser and Ross went on to the NBA while Davis had a long career overseas. Since then, the talent just hasn't been there.

As it stands now, the Mustangs have a Division III player running the point, a mis-used Top 100 recruit and a few other pieces that might qualify as Division I talent. At a certain point, talent is the name of the game in college basketball and SMU needs someone who can recruit local products like Le'Bryan Nash and Perry Jones III, someone who can get the support of both the Highland Park boosters and the DISD coaches. Someone like Rod Strickland.

The ex-NBA star is working in an administrative role with Kentucky for John Calipari (read: recruiting). Strickland's career would command the respect of recruits and give SMU instant credibility. If he follows his mentor's model of building a program, he could turn SMU into Dallas' Memphis -- a hometown team built up on local prospects. Beyond that, he's a hire that could get the boosters excited, especially with the team moving into the Big East.

Unfortunately, he also has 4 DUI's and no head coaching experience. While his track record as a player indicates he knows the game inside and out, it's an easy thing for Steve Orsini to point to as a reason for not hiring him should the boosters object to his penchant for going hard in the car. The boosters could overlook the DUIs easily in the name of winning ... if the most recent one wasn't less than two years ago.

[gostangs]

ehh - i say no. don't care about the DUI's - but no head coaching experience.? For 2M we don't have to take this big a risk.

[EastStang]

4 DUI's are the tip of the iceberg on Rod. The man had a serious drinking problem in DC. Hopefully he's gotten treatment and put it behind him. He's not an X and O guy. We need a complete package,solid recruiter, good game management, good game planning for head coach. I don't care if he's 30 or 70. Please, just get us a guy who will win here.

[hoopmanx]

4 DUI's are the tip of the iceberg on Rod. The man had a serious drinking problem in DC. Hopefully he's gotten treatment and put it behind him. He's not an X and O guy. We need a complete package,solid recruiter, good game management, good game planning for head coach. I don't care if he's 30 or 70. Please, just get us a guy who will win here.

I used to watch Rod slam hot dogs, skittles and cokes at timeouts of games in DC. Even saw him throw up on the court once, after such a binge. He's a farce of a candidate. If you're gonna go w/a slick guy, go w/Cameron Dollar

[EastStang]

Talk to some of his former teammates on the Wizards/Bullets and see what they say about Rod. Won't go into details, but Hoop kind of touched on it. I think there are so many solid candidates out there to go after, we just have to figure out who the candidate is, round up the cash, and go for it. If turned down (like we were with Paul Johnson), we go to candidate #2.

[Alaric]

4 DUI's are the tip of the iceberg on Rod. The man had a serious drinking problem in DC. Hopefully he's gotten treatment and put it behind him. He's not an X and O guy. We need a complete package,solid recruiter, good game management, good game planning for head coach. I don't care if he's 30 or 70. Please, just get us a guy who will win here.

I used to watch Rod slam hot dogs, skittles and cokes at timeouts of games in DC. Even saw him throw up on the court once, after such a binge. He's a farce of a candidate. If you're gonna go w/a slick guy, go w/Cameron Dollar

all that and still an incredible basketball player and athlete. mainly athlete. incredible player. sexual abuse, substance abuse, you name it and he did it. amazing that he could play at such a high level when he abused himself (and others) so much.

[hoopmanx]

4 DUI's are the tip of the iceberg on Rod. The man had a serious drinking problem in DC. Hopefully he's gotten treatment and put it behind him. He's not an X and O guy. We need a complete package,solid recruiter, good game management, good game planning for head coach. I don't care if he's 30 or 70. Please, just get us a guy who will win here.

I used to watch Rod slam hot dogs, skittles and cokes at timeouts of games in DC. Even saw him throw up on the court once, after such a binge. He's a farce of a candidate. If you're gonna go w/a slick guy, go w/Cameron Dollar

all that and still an incredible basketball player and athlete. mainly athlete. incredible player. sexual abuse, substance abuse, you name it and he did it. amazing that he could play at such a high level when he abused himself (and others) so much.

No doubt, great great NYC PG. Loved Rod, just a [deleted] candidate to coach at SMU

[ponyinNC]

Why are we debating a candidate put out there by some no-name blogger???

Why don't we just hire Allen Iverson? I know he needs the money.

Horrible idea and I actually just want to nuke this thread.

Bush Library.
Burgers and Cheer.
Obama.
[deleted].

[Digetydog]

4 DUI's are the tip of the iceberg on Rod. The man had a serious drinking problem in DC. Hopefully he's gotten treatment and put it behind him. He's not an X and O guy. We need a complete package,solid recruiter, good game management, good game planning for head coach. I don't care if he's 30 or 70. Please, just get us a guy who will win here.

I used to watch Rod slam hot dogs, skittles and cokes at timeouts of games in DC. Even saw him throw up on the court once, after such a binge. He's a farce of a candidate. If you're gonna go w/a slick guy, go w/Cameron Dollar

all that and still an incredible basketball player and athlete. mainly athlete. incredible player. sexual abuse, substance abuse, you name it and he did it. amazing that he could play at such a high level when he abused himself (and others) so much.

There are plenty of athletes that function despite amazingly destructive off the field/court behavior.

Exhibit A and B: Michael Irvin and Lawrence Taylor.

[ponyinNC]

I used to watch Rod slam hot dogs, skittles and cokes at timeouts of games in DC. Even saw him throw up on the court once, after such a binge. He's a farce of a candidate. If you're gonna go w/a slick guy, go w/Cameron Dollar

all that and still an incredible basketball player and athlete. mainly athlete. incredible player. sexual abuse, substance abuse, you name it and he did it. amazing that he could play at such a high level when he abused himself (and others) so much.

There are plenty of athletes that function despite amazingly destructive off the field/court behavior.

Exhibit A and B: Michael Irvin and Lawrence Taylor.

Plenty of regular people too.

Exhibit A: Myself

[PK]

Why are we debating a candidate put out there by some no-name blogger???

Why don't we just hire Allen Iverson? I know he needs the money.

Horrible idea and I actually just want to nuke this thread.

Bush Library.
Burgers and Cheer.
Obama.
[deleted].

Nice avatar.

[DoakJimJerryPayne]

This forum is quite comical. I think I will enjoy this.