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Postby me@smu » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:10 pm

Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3129416&sportCat=ncf
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Postby biggin » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:14 pm

I don't think the SMU faithful understands just how poorly SMU is perceived by the outside world. If - and I mean if - Barnett is still interested I would sign him today if I were Orsini. Convince Turner and answer questions later.
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Postby Cadillac » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:19 pm

biggin wrote:I don't think the SMU faithful understands just how poorly SMU is perceived by the outside world. If - and I mean if - Barnett is still interested I would sign him today if I were Orsini. Convince Turner and answer questions later.


Word.

Barnett showing interest but getting no love really torques me.

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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby SoCal_Pony » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:21 pm

me@smu wrote:Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!


And to think...it is all becasue we can't TACKLE!!!!

Hey biggin, what do you think our odds are of hiring Fran?
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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby LakeHighlandsPony » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:22 pm

me@smu wrote:Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3129416&sportCat=ncf


I think the Sears Cup standings prove we are much better than thy think. The potential is huge around here.
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Postby Mustang1991 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:22 pm

He didn't mention Baylor either, and the first part of the story says he is discussing the "recent" job vacancies since Thanksgiving.

Last week on ESPN Sean Salisbury said the SMU job was much more attractive than Baylors. We're getting some positive press on ESPN.
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Postby Hoofbeat83 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:24 pm

biggin wrote:I don't think the SMU faithful understands just how poorly SMU is perceived by the outside world. If - and I mean if - Barnett is still interested I would sign him today if I were Orsini. Convince Turner and answer questions later.


i think most of us do understand that sir.
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Postby LakeHighlandsPony » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:25 pm

Thats because Salisbury lives in Dallas and has a clue
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Postby SoCal_Pony » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:25 pm

LH,

Those Sears Cup rankings were skewed in part due to our Men's Track team that had to be moth-balled because we won't fix our Model in revenue sports.

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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby Hoofbeat83 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:28 pm

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:
me@smu wrote:Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3129416&sportCat=ncf


I think the Sears Cup standings prove we are much better than thy think. The potential is huge around here.


we are no longer where we once were in the sears cup either. only our soccer teams achieve consistently high levels now as opposed to when i was in school when, besides football, we excelled CONSISTENTLY in swimming, track and field, tennis, and golf. a victory hear and there in those sports now (notwithstanding the demise of track and field) but nothing like we once were. potential, yes i agree, but our athletic program is a SHELL of its former self, and i mean beyond the so-called money sports of football and basketball.
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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby biggin » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:28 pm

SoCal_Pony wrote:
me@smu wrote:Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!


And to think...it is all becasue we can't TACKLE!!!!

Hey biggin, what do you think our odds are of hiring Fran?


I mentioned it in another thread - Fran has not hired an agent which means if he is negotiating with SMU it is on his own. Not likely considering his last few hires were all negotiated by his former agent, Craig Kelly, who is no longer alive. It is possible, though. I have also heard no reliable information on Fran to SMU anywhere other than speculation on blogs, etc.
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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby mrydel » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:48 pm

biggin wrote:
SoCal_Pony wrote:
me@smu wrote:Wow not only is our vacancy the only one that he doesn't bother to mention but then says we should be demoted out of D1A and replaced with Wofford.

OUCH!!!


And to think...it is all becasue we can't TACKLE!!!!

Hey biggin, what do you think our odds are of hiring Fran?


I mentioned it in another thread - Fran has not hired an agent which means if he is negotiating with SMU it is on his own. Not likely considering his last few hires were all negotiated by his former agent, Craig Kelly, who is no longer alive. It is possible, though. I have also heard no reliable information on Fran to SMU anywhere other than speculation on blogs, etc.


Maybe the fact that Fran's agent is dead is one reason things are so quiet during negotiations. Perhaps we are waiting for a response.
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Postby davidsmu94 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:52 pm

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Postby Insane_Pony_Posse » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:57 pm

my sources say......we are.....like today...... in hot pursuit of Fran!
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Re: ESPN - Dash

Postby Cadillac » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:05 pm

mrydel wrote:
Maybe the fact that Fran's agent is dead is one reason things are so quiet during negotiations. Perhaps we are waiting for a response.


That would explain why I keep getting some Korean lady answering the phone everytime I try to fax him something.

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