FIRE TURNER

by **huskerpony** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:52 pm

Dutch wrote:
me@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.

yeah, not liked until we start winning, that drives applications by high school kids up. that means the school can increase their admission standards. that means that you've got 'smarter' students at the school. that makes the faculty happy.

if you need a direct reference here, look west to TCU. their applications increased 40% when they went 10-1. and have continued to rise.

Northwestern applications went up from about 8,000 a year to about 16,000 when Gary Barnett was coaching them!

by **QuikSStang** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:52 pm

MustangMan2001 wrote:
QuikSStang wrote:at this point, we dont know for sure how much Turner has had to do with the likes of Rick and Bowden. i like the guy and hes very approachable

He is very approachable. I talked to him several times during my time at SMU. He even called me back several times when I left messages with his secretary. More than I can say for most people in his position

very true, at my high school of 1,100, i couldnt even get a chance to say "hi" to the principal

by **Roach** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:02 pm

huskerpony wrote:Northwestern applications went up from about 8,000 a year to about 16,000 when Gary Barnett was coaching them!

Yeah, but not because he was the coach. They went up because the team was winning. If Ted Bundy had coached Northwestern to the Rose Bowl, applications would have gone up.

by **expony18** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:02 pm

BOOOOO

by **Dutch** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:04 pm

Roach wrote:
huskerpony wrote:Northwestern applications went up from about 8,000 a year to about 16,000 when Gary Barnett was coaching them!
Yeah, but not because he was the coach. They went up because the team was winning. If Ted Bundy had coached Northwestern to the Rose Bowl, applications would have gone up.

EXACTLY winning is everything. it's good for the university as a whole.

by **mustangxc** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:40 pm

"Just win, baby!"

by **thefamousguy** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:57 pm

me@smu wrote:The football team is already not well liked by the rest of the faculty...hiring someone with a questionable past will just bring all those complaints to a boil again.

Give us another stab at a wart free guy and then we will go after someone with a past.

We don't have time to take stabs. That should have been done 5 weeks ago. It's time to make something happen. Also, Orsini is the sports guy and this should be his call.

by **thefamousguy** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:59 pm

Roach wrote:
huskerpony wrote:Northwestern applications went up from about 8,000 a year to about 16,000 when Gary Barnett was coaching them!
Yeah, but not because he was the coach. They went up because the team was winning. If Ted Bundy had coached Northwestern to the Rose Bowl, applications would have gone up.

Look at Northwestern's record since Barnetts departure and you just might get a clue as to why they went to that Rose Bowl. HE'S A GOOD COACH, HIRE HIM!

by **mustang91** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:33 pm

Fire Turner? Are you joking? Some of you must not remember Pye. Turner is a great president and should get credit for raising millions, hiring Orsini, etc., etc. and in the end will be looked at as the president that took SMU sports to the next level.

by **mustangxc** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:10 pm

Just get SMU into the top 50 academically and let the AD take care of athletics. The more he lets Orsini do his job without being hamstrung the easier his job will be. You need only look at USC, they were a top 50 and now practically a top 25 institution as per us news.

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