Thoughts: Chan Gailey?

[SMU Football Blog]

Just ruminating. Thoughts on Chan Gailey?

Personally, I think it would be a disaster.

[papawasamustang]

I am not in favor of Gailey.

I still think Mason is the man although I hope Barnett is the man

[PonyDogg]

I would take Gailey in a heartbeat and we should be excited about it if it happens.

[Stallion]

I'm worried we might get stuck with hm

[SMUMan02]

I think he'd be a good fit. Offensively, he's an innovator and uses his talent well . See Calvin Johnson.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

better than bennett
not even close to a "wow"
would be a big let down for me
seems like a Copeland type of hire.
oh please no
but if he's the guy, i guess we'll support him

[LakeHighlandsPony]

Haven't the people of Dallas suffered enough with Chan?

[dcpony]

I'd rather have the Fake Chan Gailey. But at this point SMU could do worse...

[BrianTinBigD]

Not sure if he is what we are looking for but not a bad choice. Always had a winning record and is considered a good offensive coach. My concern is his recruiting. Here is where he ranked with Rivals since arrive at Ga. Tech:

2008 - 37
2007- 18
2006 - 57
2005 - 62
2004 - 56
2003 - 50
2002- 63

[dcpony]

Not sure if he is what we are looking for but not a bad choice. Always had a winning record and is considered a good offensive coach. My concern is his recruiting. Here is where he ranked with Rivals since arrive at Ga. Tech:

2008 - 37
2007- 18
2006 - 57
2005 - 62
2004 - 56
2003 - 50
2002- 63

Why, because Cavan and PB had better recruiting classes?

[RGV Pony]

No thanks.

[BrianTinBigD]

No, because he was at one of the better ACC schools and apparently had about the same recruiting class as CUSA schools except he had a much better situation to work with. Though 2007 and 2008 look like good years.

[OR-See-Nee]

I'm told by a GT alum that admission standards at GT are the same for athletes as for student population and that there are no soft majors to take. So it may be a similar situation. But that's just what I'm told.

Not a "wow" or a "you'll really be pleased" hire, but a definite upgrade from where we were.

A concern is that he supposedly doesn't have the magnetic personality to energize fans. But the whole personality thing won't matter for the first few years if we have more W's than L's. The personality factor comes into effect after you've been at a place for a while.

[mustang06]

Chan is not interested in the SMU job. He will go back to the NFL as an assistant and finish out his career. I know Chan personally and have for a long time. We would be very lucky to get a coach that has been to bowl games for the last six years though. If we are going to go with the coordinator route then Tech's defensive coordinator John Tenuta would be interesting.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

re: Tech's defensive coordinator John Tenuta would be interesting

I remember him being an all-business type of guy while he was at SMU.
He's the kind of guy you don't wanna make mad!

If we go the coordinator route he'd be a person to talk to,
but I think we need a head coach.