Official: Majerus turns SMU down

[CalallenStang]

Per CBS Sports and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Our next targets need to be Scott Sutton, Johnny Jones, and Larry Brown, and we need one of them hired by the weekend.

[Bergermeister]

Per CBS Sports and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Our next targets need to be Scott Sutton, Johnny Jones, and Larry Brown, and we need one of them hired by the weekend.

Don't think so.

[Harry0569]

Hire Johnny Jones now.

[Harry0569]

I was taking a wait and see approach to this, but this is downright embarrassing.

HIRE SOMEONE right meow.

[CalallenStang]

I was taking a wait and see approach to this, but this is downright embarrassing.

HIRE SOMEONE right meow.

This.

Meow?

[ponyinNC]

I was taking a wait and see approach to this, but this is downright embarrassing.

HIRE SOMEONE right meow.

This is a real black eye on Orsini's tenure as AD. If he wants that Notre Dame job someday, he better pull a rabbit out of a hat with this hire. I had no idea that it was this bad, and that other coaches are calling us out on it.

I thought this was only embarrasing to us internally...but seems our perception in the bball community is exactly like PonyDoh has described to us.

And there must be some other obstacles (admin, curriculum, support, etc) that gives hesitation to those looking at the job. My guess is nobody wants to take us into the Big East in the current state we are in and have their W-L record completely screwed, getting killed by the Uconn's and Georgetown's of the world. Not sure whether to blame Orsini completely or how much should fall on the shoulders of RGT. If the Collins story is true, then the blame should be split between the two.

I'd like to hear from the CofC members on this one personally. You guys are the ones that have access to those two and have influence. I sure hope you are conveying the sentiment of the fans.

I woke up this morning thinking, since it was so quiet, perhaps we got RickMa. What a joke

[Wilshire Heights Pony]

Jones is interviewing at LSU. Might as well cross him on the list. Don't need another coach to turn us down.

[Mexmustang]

The black eye is the Univeristy's. It is finally becoming obvious that the administration is only giving lip service to big time college athletics and is demonstrating to the AD who is in charge. You could double the money, fire the search firm, and coaches still won't come to a place where the administration is unwilling to provide a way to keep student athletes eligible.

[Harry0569]

I was taking a wait and see approach to this, but this is downright embarrassing.

HIRE SOMEONE right meow.

This.

Meow?

super troopers.

I don't know whether I should be more pissed or disappointed in this cluster of a process.

[Comet]

sigh... Reggie Theus, Johnny Jones, or Scott Sutton, go go go FFS

[mrydel]

Go get John Brady at Arkansas State.

[CalallenStang]

I was taking a wait and see approach to this, but this is downright embarrassing.

HIRE SOMEONE right meow.

This.

Meow?

super troopers.

I don't know whether I should be more [deleted] or disappointed in this cluster of a process.

Now it makes sense...didn't draw the link to that reference.

John Brady? What, so we can have two former LSU coaches in the Metroplex?

[ponydawg]

they have swung for the fences so many times publicly that now who ever we hire the media is going to dress down and describe it as we settled. Not really great ammo for a coach trying to turn a program around to recruit with.

[fifty]

I guess money can't buy happiness or a bball coach at SMU. I really thought the 2mil would be attractive but I guess not attractice enough to wipe away potential coaches' fear of failure.
Come here, make 2mil/yr, invest it, fail and retire or go coach HS. Isn't that the worst case?

[mrydel]

John Brady? What, so we can have two former LSU coaches in the Metroplex?

Beats the heck out of having one former LSU coach and no coach.