Bennett quotes from yesterday

[mr. pony]

In answer to questions about OU's recent problems and how he approaches it, Bennett said this at media day Saturday, Aug 5:

"I think, number one, being in the metroplex, we have to do a good job, and especially [with] our history."

"We are constantly ... talking about the choices that [our players] make. Unfortunately, they're still 18, 19, 20 years old. Whether it's OU players or SMU players or Texas A&M, these young men are impressionable, whether you like it or not. It doesn't mean they're bad people, ... but we try to educate them, constantly, about the things that are out there that can cause them to lose the opportunity to play here."

"As I tell [the players], and I say this laughing, there's NOTHING that they do that I don't find out about. I'm worse than their ex-girlfriend."

Bennett gives players a 'THINK' card, to carry at all times.
It says:
*Is this right or wrong?
*Is this a risk I can afford to take?
*How will it affect my future?
*How will this affect my team, my coaches?
*How will this represent SMU?

Bennett said when players got into trouble on Greenville Avenue earlier this year, he received a call from them in the middle of the night.

"They felt comfortable enough to call me, because they knew the situation was out of hand. And I was there within fifteen minutes."

"I'm not saying that I don't have kids that make mistakes. They do."

"It's not a right, it's a priviledge to represent SMU and to try to do what we're doing."

[ALEX LIFESON]

Ya gotta love that! Some funny stuff there!

[LakeHighlandsPony]

I hope Bennett is our Coach for a long time!

[PonySnob]

I hope Bennett is our Coach for a long time!

With all of the extensions that Copeland gave him, he will be - win or lose!

[Corso]

With all of the extensions that Copeland gave him, he will be - win or lose!

At what point in Copeland's recovery from cancer do you stop with the childish name-calling? Grow up. Let him enjoy his retirement.

If you think Coach Bennett won't be held to expectations of success, you haven't paid attention to word one that Steve-O has said since he got to SMU.

[Kappas Are Yummy]

With all of the extensions that Copeland gave him, he will be - win or lose!

At what point in Copeland's recovery from cancer do you stop with the childish name-calling? Grow up. Let him enjoy his retirement.

If you think Coach Bennett won't be held to expectations of success, you haven't paid attention to word one that Steve-O has said since he got to SMU.

Don't play that card, Corso. Copeland (or Copeland, as some prefer) is a public figure, and a major one in our university history, and will occassionally get ripped on. Spare us the moralizing lecture, please.

[Ikus]

Corso's right. Copeland is retired, and while we all have our opinions about his tenure as AD, the name-calling is tired and uncalled for. Personally, I don't think he was the greatest AD in the world, although he did do some good things on the Hilltop. I would have had a hard time offering an extension, but that's water under the bridge now. Look forward, PonyFans.

[DiamondM75]

....Look forward, PonyFans.

This has got to be the most meaningful message I have read on PF.com in a long long time.

Thanks Ikus.