Just throwing another name out there

by **Danny Noonan** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:45 pm

Cutcliff will probably never be a head coach again for two reasons.

1) He has a heart condition that caused him to quit as the ND QB coach a few years ago. The Tenn job was easy for him to get back into a situation he was familiar with, and in the same town as his doctor. I don't think he could handle the day to day rigors of being a head coach.

2) He is an OC, not a HC. A great gameplanner, and great developer of QB's, much like Norm Chow. But he was not a good recruiter, and that is the main reason Ole Miss is still struggling.

We need a high energy guy who will get out there and recruit.

by **smudad** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:03 pm

I might favor Davie just to get him off TV. Could we hire Brent Mussberger and [deleted] Vitale as well. I could name a few more if I thought about it.

by **EastStang** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:24 am

The TCU board folks were speculating that Houston Nutt might look at the SMU job if he was canned at Arkansas.

by **atl_stangs** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:48 am

I think Gary Barnett is a good choice.

We need somebody that can change the perception of the program, with the alumni...but mostly with the players. These players need to truly, deep down in their gut, think that they are supposed to win games. You can see the teams that don't have that level of confidence...they are the teams that lose games after having 21 point leads. Bennett has served his purpose stabilizing the program, but I don't think more of the same is going to be what it takes to change that mindset among the players.

Barnett was able to change that mindset with the players at a perenial loser at Northwestern, I think he could do it with the players we have at SMU. Also, with his reputation being a bit tarnished after the Colorado fiasco, Orsini might be able to get a great coach that might not otherwise be willing to take a look at SMU...like he did with both O'Leary and Doherty.

by **mustang1108** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:57 am

Yeah terry bowden had his own problems but im also pretty sure gary barnett never went undefeated especially in the sec

by **George S. Patton** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:00 am

atl_stangs wrote:I think Gary Barnett is a good choice.

We need somebody that can change the perception of the program, with the alumni...but mostly with the players. These players need to truly, deep down in their gut, think that they are supposed to win games. You can see the teams that don't have that level of confidence...they are the teams that lose games after having 21 point leads. Bennett has served his purpose stabilizing the program, but I don't think more of the same is going to be what it takes to change that mindset among the players.

Barnett was able to change that mindset with the players at a perenial loser at Northwestern, I think he could do it with the players we have at SMU. Also, with his reputation being a bit tarnished after the Colorado fiasco, Orsini might be able to get a great coach that might not otherwise be willing to take a look at SMU...like he did with both O'Leary and Doherty.

Interesting but the sex-party scandal at Colorado and the female PK incident could levy him as damaged goods.

by **EastStang** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:06 am

The only downside with Barnett is that the Colorado fiasco included a little tiff with the NCAA gestapo. I have a feeling that we don't care about people who dated cheerleaders, strippers or fudged their resumes, but any problems with the NCAA could be a factor in any hiring decision. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the powers that be, we need to be as pure as a vestal virgin as far as the NCAA is concerned. Also, his little tiff with that chick kicker might not play well with some of our more politically correct administrators. He is a great coach and I'd sure take him if we have an opening.

by **SMUstang** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:57 pm

smudad wrote:I might favor Davie just to get him off TV. Could we hire Brent Mussberger and [deleted] Vitale as well. I could name a few more if I thought about it.

Yeah, Craig James is one. I sure would like to get him off the air. But he's too good for SMU.

by **mrydel** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:04 pm

SMUstang wrote:
smudad wrote:I might favor Davie just to get him off TV. Could we hire Brent Mussberger and [deleted] Vitale as well. I could name a few more if I thought about it.

Yeah, Craig James is one. I sure would like to get him off the air. But he's too good for SMU.

I would wager that if and when SMU can get back on track, get a bowl bid, and show some power in CUSA that Craig James will be shouting from the roof tops that HIS Ponies are back. I get the impression that he really wants to cheer and back the Mustangs but it must be tough in the circles in which he associates with his work. It is tough enough in Arkansas. We here are just lucky that what little success SMU has had in the past 20 years has primarily been against UA.

by **CA Mustang** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:31 pm

Dwan wrote:The great thing about this coaching search (and it's coming) is that there are a lot of great names out there as opposed to the last time. And we now have an AD with a proven track record of bringing in big names to lesser programs...

Bob Davie
Buddy Teevens

Your list made sense until you got to these names. Davie proved nothing at ND while Teevens was horrible at both Tulane and Stanford.

by **davidsmu94** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:44 pm

George S. Patton wrote:
atl_stangs wrote:I think Gary Barnett is a good choice.

We need somebody that can change the perception of the program, with the alumni...but mostly with the players. These players need to truly, deep down in their gut, think that they are supposed to win games. You can see the teams that don't have that level of confidence...they are the teams that lose games after having 21 point leads. Bennett has served his purpose stabilizing the program, but I don't think more of the same is going to be what it takes to change that mindset among the players.

Barnett was able to change that mindset with the players at a perenial loser at Northwestern, I think he could do it with the players we have at SMU. Also, with his reputation being a bit tarnished after the Colorado fiasco, Orsini might be able to get a great coach that might not otherwise be willing to take a look at SMU...like he did with both O'Leary and Doherty.

Interesting but the sex-party scandal at Colorado and the female PK incident could levy him as damaged goods.

Agreed, Barnett would otherwise be the logical front runner, but too much baggage.

Pony UP

by **D1Football** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:48 pm

Pete Carroll
Bob Stoops
Nick Saban

No particular order. Any of them will work just fine for me.

by **davidsmu94** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:49 pm

D1Football wrote:Pete Carroll
Bob Stoops
Nick Saban

No particular order. Any of them will work just fine for me.

cough, cough, cough.

by **mrydel** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:49 pm

D1Football wrote:Pete Carroll
Bob Stoops
Nick Saban

No particular order. Any of them will work just fine for me.

HC/OC/DC Let them take their pick on who is who.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:52 pm

Baggage wise, Neuheisel is the more logical choice. Barnett has real recruiting "issues."

Neuheisel's run-in with the NCAA basically left him vindicated.

That is not an endorsement or condemnation of either.

Just throwing another name out there

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