The fallout begins?

[chillinfool]

I think we have the players in place to turn the program around, just not the coaches. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting differant results, and that's exactly what the coaching staff has done!

From short yardage plays just to gain 1 yard where we just run right up the middle with no imaginative playcalling (I guess Bennett and Burns never watch the pros and saw Brady's playfake then toss to Vrabel, a play even the pro defenses can't defend even though they are aware of it, just once I would like to see Willis pass to Chase!)

We also use the same defensive players and the same gameplans though it obviously wasn't working, then look at what happened at Tulsa when the coaches were FORCED to play differant players due to injuries, and we got the best results of the season.

I think the coaches have been part stubborn, and part clueless, and a new coach with a real understanding of football and how the game is played can change this program around in little time. Granted, we won't compete with Top 25 teams in the next few years, but we can darn sure compete in Conf USA.

[jtstang]

Fernando Valenzuela?

[Bergermeister]

football seasln

Is that football season or football seasoning?

[stangdad 40]

I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE ABOUT WEATHER COACH SHOULD OF DONE THINGS DIFFERENT. BUT I WILL SAY THIS WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING DEFENSE.THE MAN KNOWS HIS SH!! AND HE HAS FORGOT A LOT MORE THAN I'LL EVER KNOW!

[sweetlady]

Why bag on the kids here? We just fired the coach & we've gotta have faith in Orsini to make a level playing field. Hopefully bigdaddy's and stangdad's concerns are corrected - we all know problems exist but don't you think a program like Navy has MUCH tougher entrance requirements? Not just academic but other standards like vision, background checks, etc...Bennett had weaknesses in gameday preparation, I don't know how you guys can defend him there. These shots going back and forth are stupid and frankly not productive.

The kids who stay will find that they enjoy a coach who readies them for games and puts them in position to win. Good luck to those who transfer, if they're not committed to the program they need to go. They're not making a good decision if they make up their mind to go before they see who the new coach is

I agree with you wholeheartedly I have a son tht plays and I am very proud of him. He will tuff it out he was taught whatever you start you must finish it. I told him last night to stay encouraged and stay focused. The best is yet to come. I do believe the ones tht stick with it thru this storm will see great rewards in the end. As a parent I can only trust and believe all will be fine. For my sons sake.

[sweetlady]

I think we have the players in place to turn the program around, just not the coaches. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting differant results, and that's exactly what the coaching staff has done!

From short yardage plays just to gain 1 yard where we just run right up the middle with no imaginative playcalling (I guess Bennett and Burns never watch the pros and saw Brady's playfake then toss to Vrabel, a play even the pro defenses can't defend even though they are aware of it, just once I would like to see Willis pass to Chase!)

We also use the same defensive players and the same gameplans though it obviously wasn't working, then look at what happened at Tulsa when the coaches were FORCED to play differant players due to injuries, and we got the best results of the season.

I think the coaches have been part stubborn, and part clueless, and a new coach with a real understanding of football and how the game is played can change this program around in little time. Granted, we won't compete with Top 25 teams in the next few years, but we can darn sure compete in Conf USA.

awww finally a voice of reason in this madness......

[OR-See-Nee]

So much wasted time on such a lame post. Let's please direct our frustrations in a more positive direction, instead of lame rumors.

Anyway, if kids go, they go. Just like business. Employees leave for a lot of reasons. Sometimes they find out that the grass isn't greener over there.

[SMU Football Blog]

I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE ABOUT WEATHER COACH SHOULD OF DONE THINGS DIFFERENT. BUT I WILL SAY THIS WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING DEFENSE.THE MAN KNOWS HIS SH!! AND HE HAS FORGOT A LOT MORE THAN I'LL EVER KNOW!

Trying to decide if this is sarcasm or unintentional comedy.

[stangdad 40]

[sweetlady]

AIN'T NO SCARISM, A LOT OF THINGS ARE SUBJECTIVE AND ARE'NT WORTH DEBATING BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE THE MAN KNOWS HIS SH!!

GO MUSTANGSSSSS!!! DEFENSE DID LOOK GREAT THIS PAST WEEKEND....

[jtstang]

And as a result of that, he'll probably get an opportunity to try and remeber all those things he forgot as an assistant at another school.

[bigdaddy08091]

I thought this was a way to communicate in a postive way.....seems upsetting here. Oh yeah bigdaddy I ask you earlier this morning why do u feel the program is failing....and u still have not answered me. I have a personal interest in this.

Sweetlady, I usually do not talk sports with women, my wife broke me of that when she ask what inning we were in several years ago at a football game.

Where do you want me to start? let's see, the board of regents, who could care less about the football program, but they are starting to watch because it is costing more than it is making. I could go on forever, but everyone knows the story, but to scared to say anything. I have nothing to loose, I pay my own bills, sometimes. Athletics are such a big part of universities except SMU, so the university has to be behind the program 100%, or it fails. We have no support here, read some of the post, look in the stands. We make people think we care by firing and hiring coaches, firing and hiring AD's. Our facilities, pound for pound are the best in the country, so you tell me. I say it is all to make us think they care. I say sit back and watch. Some have been watching for 20 years and I tell them, we have not had a winning record in football at SMU during the modern era. We won when we did not wear helmets and we won when we cheated, other than that every coach and every AD has lost. So you tell me what the problem is? If it was not for JWill who will the all time leading passer in touchdowns in the Houston game, we would not have anything to celebrate. I may have that wrong, but I think he tied the all-time touchdown record against TU, and should surpass it against UH, as a redshirt soph. This should tell you how much we suck as an institution regarding sports. JWill has two more years to play? We have sucked for a long time. If we were business, the board of regents and Turner would be fired, but they are not because they hang their hats on the Cox School and other academic, which I do not blame them. It is an insitution of higher learning first, but just say that and don't keep making peope think we are going to be a top 50 team. It aint happening unless you want to do what the top 50 teams do. None of the places Orsini went are top 50 teams, they are competitive. But why did he leave? Enough!

[SMU Football Blog]

AIN'T NO SCARISM, A LOT OF THINGS ARE SUBJECTIVE AND ARE'NT WORTH DEBATING BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE THE MAN KNOWS HIS SH!!

If you only knew how many times Bennett has told the alumni, "I have forgotten more football than you will ever know." He has said it so many times, it has become a punchline.

I don't care whether the coach knows more football than me or not; I just want him to know more than the guy on the other sideline.

[stangdad 40]

I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH STALLION BUT HES RIGHT INTIL THE MODEL IS FIXED THERES GONNA BE A HOLE LOT MORE OF THE SAME! KIDS AND COACHES WHO GIVE THERE GUTS TO THIS PROGRAM GETTING BLAMED FOR THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF THERE CONTROL! I THINK THAT IF SOME OF YOU HAD AN IDEA OF REALLY HOW MUCH SOME OF THE KIDS AND COACHES PUT INTO TRYING TO TO TURN THIS PROGRAM AROUND THE POST ON THIS BOARD MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT

[Buckethead]

Hey bigdaddy, I went to an apt. and then lunch and come back see that you think that I am one of the problems. I have never come on here and blasted a player or a coach. Yes I graduated from SMU in 1979 and am comimg up on having had season tickets for football and basketball for almost 30 years. I give to the Mustang Club every year and I have a spot on the Boulevard. If you would have been here 25 years ago like you said and couldn't get in because of grades, all I have say is WOW. We took Jerry Ball.

SMU needs to change its model, we need to get better players and yes we do need a better coach. But I will never boo our coaches or our players. I know that they are busting thier [deleted].

I too do not care for your mother jokes. It is alright for us give each other a hard time but try and do it with a little class.

As far as players not wanting to be here, fine go find some place better.

This may be the most that I have ever typed in one post. Sure wish that we had spell check.