Chad Morris attending Rush

[RednBlue11]

Reaching out to the students and asking/expecting their support is a great idea. Greeks are just one group he should "rush".

40% of the student body, it's a big group

[Puckhead48E]

Phil Bennett did the exact same thing. He went to all the fraternity houses and gave this speech about how he needed us at every game. It did nothing. Beg all you want.... Spend millions on stupid marketing campaigns.... Filling the stadium for the millionth time all comes back to winning games in a convincing and consistent basis against credible opponents. What a joke.

Yeah.....I'm going to take Chad over Phil for the win when it comes to relating to students and motivating hyperactive late-teens. That vid he did drawing plays on the chalk board while chugging redbull, I think his personality will be a match for that group and it will be the first of many changes that will reap rewards over the next few seasons.

Or, we can all just [deleted] that he has been here over a month and we haven't won a game yet.

[smupony94]

I liked Phil until he dissed Chad in a interview after the hire

[smusic 00]

Reaching out to the students and asking/expecting their support is a great idea. Greeks are just one group he should "rush".

40% of the student body, it's a big group

So, like 2500?Just asking cause this year we had over 1k students at the games (at least first half). Students are key, but the 10k sleeping fans in Dallas who are waiting for an excuse to show up is what we really need.

[whitwiki]

I liked Phil until he dissed Chad in a interview after the hire

What did he say?

[smupony94]

Smart [deleted] response like you will need luck at SMU

[03Mustang]

Same kind of luck you need to be a decent defensive coordinator... .like having Bill Snyder as your coach and Terrance Newman at DB

[Junior]

Same kind of luck you need to be a decent defensive coordinator... .like having Bill Snyder as your coach and Terrance Newman at DB

same kind of luck that you need to hold a 20 point 4th quarter lead?

[StallionsModelT]

Coach Bennett has an axe to grind with SMU. He wasn't given a fair shake here and I understand that. June and now Coach Morris are working with a system in place that Phil never enjoyed.

[03Mustang]

Exactly the same kind.

[SMU Section F]

...and even Doh did that before him.

And this is what got me to start attending games regularly as a student and buy season tickets as soon as I graduated. Obviously Morris isn't going to radically improve football attendance just by talking to one small group of students, but every little bit helps and represents another step in the right direction.

[StallionsModelT]

I don't care if he's speaking in front of 20 students in the Dungeons and Dragons Club. We need everyone to help us get to where we want to go. Speaking to the frats and sororities is very smart and can only be viewed as something positive. I doubt June even knew where the houses were on campus. Coach Morris understands that when you have a relatively small community of fans in an area with huge state schools and traditional powers that you will need all hands on deck. I fully expect him to engage any groups willing to entertain him.

[Stallion]

Its going to have to start with alumni, students and SMU fans and family. The area College Football fan will be the last to jump on board and quite frankly its pretty doubtful that will ever happen. But for recruiting purposes we need students and season ticketholders to build a reliable core. Our sparse and checkered crowd ruins our chances at most recruits with options. It wouldn't be so bad if students filled the student section and more than 50% of season ticket holders actually consistently showed up.

[NewAgeMustange]

What's the chance of CM and the football staff holding a "Town Hall" meeting about the upcoming season for alumni in the area that follow the program.

[Johnny Utah]

Its going to have to start with alumni, students and SMU fans and family. The area College Football fan will be the last to jump on board and quite frankly its pretty doubtful that will ever happen. But for recruiting purposes we need students and season ticketholders to build a reliable core. Our sparse and checkered crowd ruins our chances at most recruits with options. It wouldn't be so bad if students filled the student section and more than 50% of season ticket holders actually consistently showed up.

It's going to have to start in 3-4 years when and "if" we start winning against P-5 schools in a consistent and convincing fashion. You could offer every student $200 to go AND STAY at the game........ but if it means watching an 1-5 team play Memphis at 11:00 a.m. on a Saturday, 95% of the students would turn down the deal.....including the ones who have to work their way through college.

CM's Ra Ra School Spirit speech isn't a bad thing. But it will have 0.00% impact on students going to the game. On the other hand paying for marketing is a bad idea as the money could be spent better elsewhere....

My recommendation instead would be to pay a TCU booster, alum, former player, super fan, etc. to come and speak to the SMU students to tell them what a laughing stock they are, the SMU football team is, their school is and how pathetic they must be to have zero involvement in "THEIR" football team or really care. Have fun at rush... Have fun watching your team play in the new Division III.