Congrats

Pony Soup · Post by **Pony Soup** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:03 pm

Isn't this just wonderful? There is nothing I like more than arguing who has better tailgate's with fans from other schools. Hey, come on, it's not like i can say we have better football - or will have better football anytime soon. Not with this coach -

Phil Bennett may know how to be a good guy and say the right things but he just can't win football games. In fact, after the players have taken leads this year over inferior teams, Phil made sure his coaching strategies would watch those disappear along with our shot at a bowl.

What kind of highschool player wants to go to a school where no one cares so he can play in a top notch facility with no fans at the games? Not that many people get excited about SMU Football right now and for good reason. It's a shame we choose to be satisfied with mediocrity. I understand that the students and alumni are apathetic - there is little to be excited about right now.

Anyways, i digress.

Cheers, Phil Bennett, some idiots just gave you one more chance. Now do something with it, this university has been waiting...

Pony Soup · Post by **Pony Soup** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:09 pm

Oh, and Phil Bennett is 17-41 as SMU's head coach. I propse that we make that the new admission standard for athletes appyling to SMU. Just get 17 out of 41 high school credits and you are IN. That means you just have to pass about 30 % of your classes.

Not too bad if winning 30% of your games gets you a contract extention...think about, Gerald

Then we could talk recruiting!!!!

BUS · Post by **BUS** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:09 pm

STFU

Tell me who we get for say 600 thousand to come to SMU. Tell me who has built a team from scratch.

Again, I point out that we had a total of 7 players that weighed 270 when Phil got this team. I can bet that some high schools have or had more than that.

He could not even have a competitive practice.

SMU did not go JUCO and load up with 15 to 20 hired guns. Bennett had to do it the slow way.

Now that Copeland is gone maybe we can open up that a little and fill some holes for next year.

We are better, faster, larger, more athletic and the team does not QUIT.

I think you are a quitter.

LonghornFan68 · Post by **LonghornFan68** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:14 pm

This thread, aside from BUS' post, is idiotic.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:15 pm

The next time I hear:

Tell me who we get for say 600 thousand to come to SMU.

I am just going to snap.

mr. pony · Post by **mr. pony** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:20 pm

[quote="BUS"]STFU

Tell me who we get for say 600 thousand to come to SMU. Tell me who has built a team from scratch.

Again, I point out that we had a total of 7 players that weighed 270 when Phil got this team. I can bet that some high schools have or had more than that./quote]

Players are bigger now everywhere than they were six years ago.

I don't think Cavan went 0-12.

OC Mustang · Post by **OC Mustang** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:32 pm

Cavan's players went 0-12.
Cavan's players couldn't break .500
Cavan's assistant CHEATED & got NCAA scrutiny AGAIN, as if anybody would have to explain why THAT is F-ed Up.
Cavan couldn't hold Bennett's jock in coaching, even if Bennett was let go.

Bottom Line:
Coach Bennett has another year to keep this ship moving the right way.
The team is entirely his team w/ his players and nobody else's.
If SMU wants to send him Bon Voyage after next year, that option exists, and SMU can do so with no ifs-buts. He gets one more year, his biggest, to get us to conference championship (ergo also, a bowl).

Me personally, I dig the fact that 5 of the 6 times I showed up to home games, we got a win. THAT was a good show even if we had the opposite record on away games. I don't care what coach puts that up.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:34 pm

"if it aint broke don't fix it"

PB managed to salvage a season after the huge loss to UNT and the ECU game...

give him some credit to keeping this season a float.

BrianTinBigD · Post by **BrianTinBigD** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:38 pm

Tell me who we get for say 600 thousand to come to SMU.

I believe that for that amount of cash you can get the following coaches:

Brian Kelley
Dennis Erickson
Turner Gill
Frank Solich
Chris Ault
Skip Holtz
Steve Kragthorpe
Mark Dantonio
Todd Graham
Art Briles
Chris Peterson
For about a $1million you can get:
Tom O'brien
Mike Gundy
Bret Bielema
Mike Riley
Mike Stoops
Gary Patterson
Greg Schiano
Jim Grobe
Paul Johnson
Chan Gailey

This list is not all encompassing and I know a few guys just got new jobs that pay more but this is a decent look at who was out there.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:41 pm

J.T.supporta wrote:PB managed to salvage a season after the huge loss to UNT and the ECU game...

give him some credit to keeping this season a float.

Jeez if our standards for "salvaging a season" are to go 6-6 and miss the post season, it's no freaking wonder this program's in such piss-poor shape.

Anyway, looks like we're in for more Philball in the foreseeable future.

PonyLove · Post by **PonyLove** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:43 pm

BUS wrote:STFU

My thoughts exactly.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:45 pm

OC Mustang wrote:Cavan's players went 0-12.
Cavan's players couldn't break .500

The team that went 0-12 was a mix of Cavan/Bennett players.
Bennett hasn't yet broken .500 either.

stobor · Post by **stobor** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:50 pm

I see exactly what firephil is saying. This is a step back for the program. This is admitting to everyone associated with SMU football that losing is ok. Phil Bennett IS for a fact, a loser. He loses nearly 70% of the time. He has a WORSE record than Cavan did. His defense is AWFUL. We get picked on by Rice??

This is a loser move by getting a loser coach to stay on a loser team. Guys, SMU football as it is right now, are a bunch of losers.

This was not what I was looking for.

Well whatever. I hope Bennett somehow does better next year...after looking at our recruits, I am not too optimistic.

And as far as the post earlier that Bennett started from scratch? He didn't. He put us back to scratch in his second year and had to build again.

If we want to be a winning team we have to show committment to winning. Bringing back a coach who is a loser, is not showing that committment. Our progress this year at 6-6 is misleading. It was a losing effort. It is lower than our goal, it is lower than our capability. We lost. And we just lost again.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:57 pm

I love it when we get a bunch of old posters changing their names so they can argue with themselves. They have medication for that.

stobor · Post by **stobor** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:00 pm

No, just never had an account here. I have been reading this since the begining of the football season though.