Craig James

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:03 am

Dwan wrote:He has no experience as a head coach...

As far as I know he has no experience as any kind of coach...

FWMustangGirl · Post by **FWMustangGirl** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:08 am

I don't think he could make nice with the fan base either. He blew off my then 2 y.o. daughter giving him the Pony Ears in a restaurant here in FW. He earned the schmuck award in my book that night.

Mustang98 · Post by **Mustang98** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:42 am

Let me start of by saying that I think Craig James is a good person and came to SMU because his high school girlfriend Marylin (now his wife) was a year ahead of him at SMU. If he received any perks, it was after he enrolled at SMU. You can't tell me UT or LSU doesn't take care of their players once they are in the program in this day and age of 2007.

I think it is great that he is talking to Orsini through the media. Anyone like him talking about SMU in the media only helps raise the profile of SMU nationally. Craig demands a lot of SMU because all the facilties are in place and it is in a great city. He is right to expect 9-3, 10-2, or 8-4 every year.

All that being said, there is a rumor that he is not a Mustang Club member and does not give back to the school financially. I don't know if that is true, but it's dissapointing if that is the case.

P.S. Hiring James as the head coach would be a Drexler like hire. Drexler did not have the hunger or stamina to recruit all year and eat sponge cake in each recruits living room. I can't imagine James would want to do those things as well.

TheRealTruth · Post by **TheRealTruth** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:59 am

I see your point. If the hunger isn't there then forget it. But if James told Orsini, "I really want this job", I think Orsini should give it to him.

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:02 am

TheRealTruth wrote:I see your point. If the hunger isn't there then forget it. But if James told Orsini, "I really want this job", I think Orsini should give it to him.

That's insane. Just because he wants it doesn't mean he's qualified to coach it at a D-I school.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:24 pm

TheRealTruth wrote:I see your point. If the hunger isn't there then forget it. But if James told Orsini, "I really want this job", I think Orsini should give it to him.

Orsini would ahve to be high on crack, meth, cheese, coke, weed, shrooms, ex, and koolaid to give him the job if he asked...

NO WAY JOSE!!!

OR-See-Nee · Post by **OR-See-Nee** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:27 pm

It's good to have CJ on the team.

But he doesn't need to be coaching it.

He is much more valuable to the school as someone with a national platform who can be our most vocal, and visible, supporter.

PonyTime · Post by **PonyTime** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:09 pm

PonySnob wrote:
MrMustang1965 wrote:SMU can't afford CJ. His 'salary' has increased exponentially since the last time he was 'paid' to be on The Hilltop.

Hasn't it been pretty well documented that CJ came to the Hilltop for the "triangle" not cash?

I think it was for the "Landing Strip".

deepellumfrog · Post by **deepellumfrog** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:03 pm

PonyTime wrote:
PonySnob wrote:
MrMustang1965 wrote:SMU can't afford CJ. His 'salary' has increased exponentially since the last time he was 'paid' to be on The Hilltop.

Hasn't it been pretty well documented that CJ came to the Hilltop for the "triangle" not cash?

I think it was for the "Landing Strip".

back then it was all triangle, landing strip didn't come into vogue for a few years.

Now that we have that out of the way, this would be an insane hire, if he wanted it, which I don't think he does.

Finally a question. haven't seen much in the paper about interviews or anything, will the head start you have serve any purpose if Orsini doesn't get crackin?

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:04 pm

deepellumfrog wrote:
PonyTime wrote:
PonySnob wrote:
MrMustang1965 wrote:SMU can't afford CJ. His 'salary' has increased exponentially since the last time he was 'paid' to be on The Hilltop.

Hasn't it been pretty well documented that CJ came to the Hilltop for the "triangle" not cash?

I think it was for the "Landing Strip".

back then it was all triangle, landing strip didn't come into vogue for a few years.

Now that we have that out of the way, this would be an insane hire, if he wanted it, which I don't think he does.

Finally a question. haven't seen much in the paper about interviews or anything, will the head start you have serve any purpose if Orsini doesn't get crackin?

He is crackin'. It is just a quiet cracklin'.

TheRealTruth · Post by **TheRealTruth** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:18 pm

I blame this whole mess on Copeland. Post - Cavan should have been a landmark hire at such a perfect time. New Stadium, Land Mark Coach, it would have been perfect. I would love to tell off Copeland if I ever saw that piece of....

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:19 pm

Book a flight to Virginia

SmooBoy · Post by **SmooBoy** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:22 pm

TheRealTruth wrote:I see your point. If the hunger isn't there then forget it. But if James told Orsini, "I really want this job", I think Orsini should give it to him.

I really want 20 million in cash, a date with Halle Berry, and of course world peace.

Dwan · Post by **Dwan** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:37 pm

We can't hire Craig James, he played football at SMU when they paid players and we will not hire anybody with a past.

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:38 pm

Dwan wrote:We can't hire Craig James, he played football at SMU when they paid players and we will not hire anybody with a past.

can anyone on this board name a coach that we would want to hire WITHOUT a past?