Hey SID

[SMU Football Blog]

Hope yo see this. Does anyone in the administration realize how ridiculous SMU, Orsini and Turner look right now?

[East Coast Mustang]

What alternative do you propose?

[redpony]

At what point will the success and reputation of the unversity become more important than the egos involved????

[hoopmanx]

What alternative do you propose?

Hire candidates that have made it clear they want the job..see Scott Sutton!

[redpony]

hoop- what others have a real interest? You have been very quiet lately- why?

[LA_Mustang]

What alternative do you propose?

Watch TCU, and learn.

[PoconoPony]

Hope yo see this. Does anyone in the administration realize how ridiculous SMU, Orsini and Turner look right now?

What is your solution when lead candidates decline??????

[Junior]

Hope yo see this. Does anyone in the administration realize how ridiculous SMU, Orsini and Turner look right now?

almost as ridiculous as it is to think that this thread will drive them to action.

[gostangs]

The only people who look stupid are the chicken littles with rocks for brains

[hoopmanx]

hoop- what others have a real interest? You have been very quiet lately- why?

Guys like Sutton, miller, Drew, Jones, Thompson etc

I've been quiet, cause as much as I like ponyfans, it's too public

[redpony]

hoop- in your opinion how much has this 'delay' in decision making hurt our recruiting and retention of current players?

[hoopmanx]

hoop- in your opinion how much has this 'delay' in decision making hurt our recruiting and retention of current players?

I think it hurts in roster planning in general. Every new coach wants to review film, interview kids, and determine attrition. n short, who does he want to keep, and what ships does he want to open up. Right now, we're not in the mix for any profile transfers, and there are tons. Right now, we're not n the mix for any late '12 signings, and there are still a few good ones out there that could help. Not so worried about '13 kids yet, but need to be on the road during the first eval this weekend etc.

We're not crippled by the long search, but its not helping either. We have several ships that need to be opened, and a few players we have to retain. I believe we keep much of the '12 class. Have to end this thing, though

[Water Pony]

What is ridiculous are some of the inane posts, i.e. better known as Chicken Little assumes the worse. SO has his process, options and candidates. We are hardly in a position to declare this a failure at this point. After his announcement, fire away.

[SMU89]

What is ridiculous are some of the inane posts, i.e. better known as Chicken Little assumes the worse. SO has his process, options and candidates. We are hardly in a position to declare this a failure at this point. After his announcement, fire away.

You forgot..... natatorium.

[HorsePower]

So the new name out there is Rick Majerus. Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that there's some fire behind that smoke.

Those who clamor for a TCU-esque speed hire are crazy. We waited eons for a football coach, and although he was gift-wrapped by Eric Dickerson, we landed a coach who has led us to three straight bowl games after decades (literally) of ineptitude.

Now TCU grabs a coach who was about to get fired and who often seems (to me, at least) to be grossly overmatched in the X's and O's department. SMU, meanwhile, is after a coach who admittedly is a strange dude but whose career record is 302 GAMES OVER THE .500 MARK.

But a quick hire of some afterthought would be better? I'm no Orsini fan, but if he lands Majerus, he will have kicked TCU's tail on this one.